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Passengers wearing masks, following the coronavirus outbreak in China, arrive at the Tom Jobim International Airport in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Reuters
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Residents in Singapore stock up on food and necessities after the Singapore Ministry of Health raised its Disease Outbreak Response System Condition (DORSCON) level from yellow to orange with regards to the coronavirus outbreak, meaning that the virus is spreading but is still being contained. EPA
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Passengers on board a bus shortly before their departure from Tuen Mun in Hong Kong to Shenzhen, via the Shenzhen Bay Bridge. AFP
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Canadian Forces personnel stand by to assist Canadians evacuated from China as they disembark from a plane at Canadian Forces Base Trenton in Trenton, Ontario, Canada. Reuters
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Customers walk by an almost empty shelf of canned food and instant noodles at a supermarket in Singapore. EPA
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Medical workers in protective suits are seen at the Wuhan Parlor Convention Center, which has been converted into a makeshift hospital following an outbreak of the novel coronavirus, in Wuhan, Hubei province, China. Reuters
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A customer walks by an almost empty shelf of canned food and instant noodles at a supermarket in Singapore. EPA
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A worker measures body temperature of people leaving a supermarket in Qingshan district following an outbreak of the novel coronavirus in Wuhan, Hubei province, China. Reuters
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A volunteer helps residents who are affected by the measures to prevent and control the novel coronavirus to purchase daily necessities from a store in Tangshan, Hebei province, China. Reuters
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A Chinese woman wears a protective mask as she waits for a bus in Beijing, China. Getty Images
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Flight attendants wearing protective clothing and masks serve snacks to Canadians, who had been evacuated from China due to the outbreak of novel Coronavirus on an American charter plane, on another aircraft taking them to Canadian Forces Base (CFB) Trenton, from Vancouver International Airport in Richmond, British Columbia, Canada. Reuters
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A Royal Canadian Mounted Police officer wearing a mask checks Canadians evacuated from China. Reuters
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Staff from the US embassy board a cargo plane, chartered by the US State Department to evacuate Americans and Canadians from China. Reuters
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Passengers wearing masks, following the coronavirus outbreak in China, arrive at the Tom Jobim International Airport in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Reuters
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Residents in Singapore stock up on food and necessities after the Singapore Ministry of Health raised its Disease Outbreak Response System Condition (DORSCON) level from yellow to orange with regards to the coronavirus outbreak, meaning that the virus is spreading but is still being contained. EPA
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A Chinese woman wears a protective mask and rubber gloves as she walks by the Drum Tower in Beijing, China. Getty Images
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Passengers on board a bus shortly before their departure from Tuen Mun in Hong Kong to Shenzhen, via the Shenzhen Bay Bridge. AFP
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Canadian Forces personnel stand by to assist Canadians evacuated from China as they disembark from a plane at Canadian Forces Base Trenton in Trenton, Ontario, Canada. Reuters
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Customers walk by an almost empty shelf of canned food and instant noodles at a supermarket in Singapore. EPA
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Medical workers in protective suits are seen at the Wuhan Parlor Convention Center, which has been converted into a makeshift hospital following an outbreak of the novel coronavirus, in Wuhan, Hubei province, China. Reuters
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A customer walks by an almost empty shelf of canned food and instant noodles at a supermarket in Singapore. EPA
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A worker measures body temperature of people leaving a supermarket in Qingshan district following an outbreak of the novel coronavirus in Wuhan, Hubei province, China. Reuters
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A volunteer helps residents who are affected by the measures to prevent and control the novel coronavirus to purchase daily necessities from a store in Tangshan, Hebei province, China. Reuters
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A Chinese woman wears a protective mask as she waits for a bus in Beijing, China. Getty Images
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Flight attendants wearing protective clothing and masks serve snacks to Canadians, who had been evacuated from China due to the outbreak of novel Coronavirus on an American charter plane, on another aircraft taking them to Canadian Forces Base (CFB) Trenton, from Vancouver International Airport in Richmond, British Columbia, Canada. Reuters
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A Royal Canadian Mounted Police officer wearing a mask checks Canadians evacuated from China. Reuters
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Staff from the US embassy board a cargo plane, chartered by the US State Department to evacuate Americans and Canadians from China. Reuters
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Passengers wearing masks, following the coronavirus outbreak in China, arrive at the Tom Jobim International Airport in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Reuters
Two new cases of coronavirus confirmed in UAE
One of the sufferers is a Filipino, according to a statement released by the Ministry of Health and Prevention
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