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A security guard sits outside the closed Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market, which has been linked to cases of Coronavirus in Wuhan, Hubei province, China. Getty Images
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Passengers walk through a thermal scanner upon their arrival at Ngurah Rai International Airport in Kuta, Bali, Indonesia. EPA
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Passengers wearing face masks who arrived from Taiwan undergo thermal screening at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport in Manila, Philippines. EPA
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An officer inspects a monitor as passengers walk through a thermal scanner upon their arrival at Ngurah Rai International Airport in Kuta, Bali, Indonesia. EPA
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Staffers open a box of face masks at Yifeng Pharmacy in Wuhan, China. AP Photo
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Staff sell masks at a Yifeng Pharmacy in Wuhan, Chin. AP Photo
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Cleaning workers in uniforms wear face masks next to a notice on preventing infection at a hospital, where a Chinese woman who was confirmed to have the new coronavirus strain is isolated, in Incheon. AFP
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Medical staff transfer patients to Jin Yintan hospital in Wuhan, Hubei, China. Getty Images
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A quarantine station measures passenger body temperatures at Narita Airport. AFP
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A quarantine officer at Incheon International Airport, west of Seoul, South Korea uses an electronic thermometer to check the temperature of passengers arriving by plane from Wuhan, China, and South East Asia. EPA
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People wearing masks arrive at Beijing railway station to head home for the Lunar New Year. AFP
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Gabriel Leung chair professor of public health medicine at the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Hong Kong, speaks about the extent of the Wuhan coronavirus outbreak in China, during a press conference in Hong Kong. AFP
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Head of Communicable Disease Branch, Centre for Health Protection, Chuang Shuk-kwan (L), Director of Health, Constance Chan (2L), Secretary for Food and Health, Sophia Chan (C), Chief Executive of Hospital Authority, Tony Ko (2R), and Chief Infection Control Officer, Hospital Authority (R), attend a press conference about the cluster of virus cases in Wuhan, China, in Hong Kong, China. EPA
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Chinese girls wear masks near the Tiananmen Gate Tower in Beijing, China. EPA
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An exterior view of a medical center in Incheon, west of Seoul, South Korea, where a 35-year-old Chinese woman has been in quarantine since she showed symptoms of pneumonia after visiting the Chinese city of Wuhan in Hubei Province. EPA
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An airport officer walks past international travelers arriving to Los Angeles International Airport on the first day of health screenings for coronavirus of people coming from Wuhan, China in Los Angeles, California. AFP
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Passengers walk past a notice displayed near a quarantine control station at Narita airport in Narita, Japan. EPA
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A security guard sits outside the closed Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market, which has been linked to cases of Coronavirus in Wuhan, Hubei province, China. Getty Images
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Passengers walk through a thermal scanner upon their arrival at Ngurah Rai International Airport in Kuta, Bali, Indonesia. EPA
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Passengers wearing face masks who arrived from Taiwan undergo thermal screening at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport in Manila, Philippines. EPA
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An officer inspects a monitor as passengers walk through a thermal scanner upon their arrival at Ngurah Rai International Airport in Kuta, Bali, Indonesia. EPA
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Staffers open a box of face masks at Yifeng Pharmacy in Wuhan, China. AP Photo
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Staff sell masks at a Yifeng Pharmacy in Wuhan, Chin. AP Photo
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Cleaning workers in uniforms wear face masks next to a notice on preventing infection at a hospital, where a Chinese woman who was confirmed to have the new coronavirus strain is isolated, in Incheon. AFP
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Medical staff transfer patients to Jin Yintan hospital in Wuhan, Hubei, China. Getty Images
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A quarantine station measures passenger body temperatures at Narita Airport. AFP
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A quarantine officer at Incheon International Airport, west of Seoul, South Korea uses an electronic thermometer to check the temperature of passengers arriving by plane from Wuhan, China, and South East Asia. EPA
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People wearing masks arrive at Beijing railway station to head home for the Lunar New Year. AFP
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Gabriel Leung chair professor of public health medicine at the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Hong Kong, speaks about the extent of the Wuhan coronavirus outbreak in China, during a press conference in Hong Kong. AFP
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Head of Communicable Disease Branch, Centre for Health Protection, Chuang Shuk-kwan (L), Director of Health, Constance Chan (2L), Secretary for Food and Health, Sophia Chan (C), Chief Executive of Hospital Authority, Tony Ko (2R), and Chief Infection Control Officer, Hospital Authority (R), attend a press conference about the cluster of virus cases in Wuhan, China, in Hong Kong, China. EPA
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Chinese girls wear masks near the Tiananmen Gate Tower in Beijing, China. EPA
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An exterior view of a medical center in Incheon, west of Seoul, South Korea, where a 35-year-old Chinese woman has been in quarantine since she showed symptoms of pneumonia after visiting the Chinese city of Wuhan in Hubei Province. EPA
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An airport officer walks past international travelers arriving to Los Angeles International Airport on the first day of health screenings for coronavirus of people coming from Wuhan, China in Los Angeles, California. AFP
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Passengers walk past a notice displayed near a quarantine control station at Narita airport in Narita, Japan. EPA
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A security guard sits outside the closed Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market, which has been linked to cases of Coronavirus in Wuhan, Hubei province, China. Getty Images
China confirms human-to-human transmission of coronavirus
Chinese authorities say the virus has killed six people and almost 300 cases have been confirmed
Shawn Yuan, Beijing
21 January, 2020
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