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Investors look at a screen showing stock market movements at a securities company in Hangzhou in China's eastern Zhejiang province. Chinese stocks crashed on February 3 with some major shares quickly falling by the maximum daily limit as the country's investors got their first chance in more than a week to react to the spiralling coronavirus outbreak. AFP
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Chinese residents line up to get a free protective mask at a local pharmacy in Beijing, China. Getty Images
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A member of a coronavirus prevention and control team communicates through walkie-talkie with a colleague inside a laboratory at the Ningxia Center for Diseases Prevention and Control in Yinchuan, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, China. Reuters
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Medical workers in protective suits lift an isolated patient from an ambulance as the country is hit by an outbreak of the new coronavirus, in Chengdu, Sichuan province, China. Reuters
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Employees work during the manufacturing of reusable protective masks at the Clever Co. factory in Toyohashi, Aichi Prefecture, Japan. Bloomberg
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Medical workers hold a strike near Queen Mary Hospital to demand the government shut the city's border with China to reduce the spread of the coronavirus in Hong Kong, China. Getty Images
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Medical workers hold a strike near Queen Mary Hospital to demand the government shut the city's border with China to reduce the spread of the coronavirus in Hong Kong, China. Getty Images
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A woman wears a mask as a preventive measure against the coronavirus outbreak, in Bangkok, Thailand. Reuters
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A security staff stands at the entrance of a primary school closed to prevent the spread of corona virus in Hanoi. AFP
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A man wearing a protective facemask walks pass a policeman in Hanoi. AFP
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Pedestrians wearing masks cross a street in Shibuya district, Tokyo, Japan. EPA
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A medical worker takes the temperature of a woman in the reception of Queen Elizabeth Hospital, following the outbreak of the coronavirus, in Hong Kong, China. Reuters
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South Korean young men wear masks to protect against the new coronavirus as they take part in a conscription examination for the national service in Seoul, South Korea. Reuters
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A Buddhist monk wears a mask as a preventive measure against the coronavirus outbreak, in Bangkok, Thailand. Reuters
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A nurse checks the temperature of a visitor as part of the coronavirus screening procedure at a hospital in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Reuters
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A nun gives protective facemasks to students outside a Catholic school in Bangkok. AFP
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Investors look at a screen showing stock market movements at a securities company in Hangzhou in China's eastern Zhejiang province. Chinese stocks crashed on February 3 with some major shares quickly falling by the maximum daily limit as the country's investors got their first chance in more than a week to react to the spiralling coronavirus outbreak. AFP
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Chinese residents line up to get a free protective mask at a local pharmacy in Beijing, China. Getty Images
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A member of a coronavirus prevention and control team communicates through walkie-talkie with a colleague inside a laboratory at the Ningxia Center for Diseases Prevention and Control in Yinchuan, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, China. Reuters
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Medical workers in protective suits lift an isolated patient from an ambulance as the country is hit by an outbreak of the new coronavirus, in Chengdu, Sichuan province, China. Reuters
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Employees work during the manufacturing of reusable protective masks at the Clever Co. factory in Toyohashi, Aichi Prefecture, Japan. Bloomberg
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Medical workers hold a strike near Queen Mary Hospital to demand the government shut the city's border with China to reduce the spread of the coronavirus in Hong Kong, China. Getty Images
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Medical workers hold a strike near Queen Mary Hospital to demand the government shut the city's border with China to reduce the spread of the coronavirus in Hong Kong, China. Getty Images
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A woman wears a mask as a preventive measure against the coronavirus outbreak, in Bangkok, Thailand. Reuters
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A security staff stands at the entrance of a primary school closed to prevent the spread of corona virus in Hanoi. AFP
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A man wearing a protective facemask walks pass a policeman in Hanoi. AFP
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Pedestrians wearing masks cross a street in Shibuya district, Tokyo, Japan. EPA
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A medical worker takes the temperature of a woman in the reception of Queen Elizabeth Hospital, following the outbreak of the coronavirus, in Hong Kong, China. Reuters
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South Korean young men wear masks to protect against the new coronavirus as they take part in a conscription examination for the national service in Seoul, South Korea. Reuters
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A Buddhist monk wears a mask as a preventive measure against the coronavirus outbreak, in Bangkok, Thailand. Reuters
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A nurse checks the temperature of a visitor as part of the coronavirus screening procedure at a hospital in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Reuters
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A nun gives protective facemasks to students outside a Catholic school in Bangkok. AFP
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Investors look at a screen showing stock market movements at a securities company in Hangzhou in China's eastern Zhejiang province. Chinese stocks crashed on February 3 with some major shares quickly falling by the maximum daily limit as the country's investors got their first chance in more than a week to react to the spiralling coronavirus outbreak. AFP
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