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A patient suspected of carrying the new coronavirus, named COVID-19, arrives at Kyungpook National University Hospital in Daegu, South Korea. EPA
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A South Korean woman, left, wearing a mask exits a store in central Seoul. EPA
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A football fan walks past a thermal camera used to detect signs of the corona virus ahead of the AFC Champions League Group E match between FC Seoul and Melbourne Victory. Getty Images
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A medical worker producing traditional Chinese medicine electuary at a hospital in Shenyang in China's northeastern Liaoning province. AFP
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Dutch passengers from the Westerdam cruise ship arrive at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol. EPA
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Dutch passengers from the Westerdam cruise ship arrive home. EPA
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Workers wearing face masks sort and package eggs at a factory, as the country is hit by an outbreak of the novel coronavirus, in Rongcheng, Shandong province, China. Reuters
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A health worker sprays disinfectant outside a bus to protect from the recent coronavirus outbreak, at Noi Bai airport in Hanoi, Vietnam. Reuters
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A worker in protective gear checks a passenger after she disembarked the Diamond Princess cruise ship at the Daikoku Pier Cruise Terminal in Yokohama, south of Tokyo, Japan, 21 February 2020. Passengers have been disembarking since 19 February following a two-week-long quarantine period after around 600 passengers and crew were infected with the novel coronavirus. The SARS-CoV-2 outbreak, which originated in the Chinese city of Wuhan, has so far killed more than 2,000 people with over 76,000 infected worldwide, mostly in China. EPA
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Shanghai Ballet dancers wearing masks practise in a dance studio in Shanghai. Reuters
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A worker wearing protective gear sprays disinfectant against the coronavirus in front of the Daenam Hospital in Cheongdo, South Korea. Lim Hwa-young/Yonhap via AP
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Pedestrians wearing protective masks walk past a mural featuring fruits in Hong Kong, China. Bloomberg
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This photo taken on February 20, 2020 shows doctors looking at a lung CT image at a hospital in Yunmeng county, Xiaogan city. AFP
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A worker wearing protective gears disinfect chairs as a precaution against the coronavirus at a subway station in Seoul. AP Photo
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A patient suspected of carrying the new coronavirus, named COVID-19, arrives at Kyungpook National University Hospital in Daegu, South Korea. EPA
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A South Korean woman, left, wearing a mask exits a store in central Seoul. EPA
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A football fan walks past a thermal camera used to detect signs of the corona virus ahead of the AFC Champions League Group E match between FC Seoul and Melbourne Victory. Getty Images
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A medical worker producing traditional Chinese medicine electuary at a hospital in Shenyang in China's northeastern Liaoning province. AFP
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Dutch passengers from the Westerdam cruise ship arrive at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol. EPA
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Dutch passengers from the Westerdam cruise ship arrive home. EPA
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Workers wearing face masks sort and package eggs at a factory, as the country is hit by an outbreak of the novel coronavirus, in Rongcheng, Shandong province, China. Reuters
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A health worker sprays disinfectant outside a bus to protect from the recent coronavirus outbreak, at Noi Bai airport in Hanoi, Vietnam. Reuters
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A worker in protective gear checks a passenger after she disembarked the Diamond Princess cruise ship at the Daikoku Pier Cruise Terminal in Yokohama, south of Tokyo, Japan, 21 February 2020. Passengers have been disembarking since 19 February following a two-week-long quarantine period after around 600 passengers and crew were infected with the novel coronavirus. The SARS-CoV-2 outbreak, which originated in the Chinese city of Wuhan, has so far killed more than 2,000 people with over 76,000 infected worldwide, mostly in China. EPA
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Shanghai Ballet dancers wearing masks practise in a dance studio in Shanghai. Reuters
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A worker wearing protective gear sprays disinfectant against the coronavirus in front of the Daenam Hospital in Cheongdo, South Korea. Lim Hwa-young/Yonhap via AP
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Pedestrians wearing protective masks walk past a mural featuring fruits in Hong Kong, China. Bloomberg
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This photo taken on February 20, 2020 shows doctors looking at a lung CT image at a hospital in Yunmeng county, Xiaogan city. AFP
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A worker wearing protective gears disinfect chairs as a precaution against the coronavirus at a subway station in Seoul. AP Photo
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A patient suspected of carrying the new coronavirus, named COVID-19, arrives at Kyungpook National University Hospital in Daegu, South Korea. EPA
Two new cases of coronavirus confirmed in UAE
Two people, from Bangladesh and the Philippines, have been infected but are in a 'stable condition'
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