Secure, Contain, Protect: How China and Other Countries Fight Against New Coronavirus

According to the latest data, there have been over 1,970 confirmed coronavirus cases in China, with the death toll currently at 56. Numerous Chinese cities are on lockdown in order to stop the virus from spreading and Beijing has also suspended Lunar New Year celebrations.

The authorities are also constructing two hospitals in the quarantine zone in order to save patients.

Confirmed cases of the new coronavirus have also been recorded in Portugal, Thailand, Japan, South Korea, Vietnam, Singapore, Nepal, France, the United States, Malaysia, Australia, and Canada.

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Medical staff attending to a patient at the Central Hospital Of Wuhan, China on an unknown date.

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Airport personnel monitor a thermal scanner as passengers arrive at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport in Pasay, Philippines.

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Workers dismantle decorations after the temple fair for the Chinese Lunar New Year in Ditan Park was cancelled in Beijing.

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People wearing masks queue at a shop in Wuhan, Hubei Province, where the first major outbreak of the virus was reported.

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An airport staff member uses a temperature gun to check people leaving Wuhan Tianhe International Airport in Wuhan, China.

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Employees disinfecting Suseo Station in Seoul, South Korea, in order to prevent the spread of the virus.

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Chinese health authorities announce the first microscope photo of the new coronavirus.

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An airport employee puts on protective gloves and respiratory mask as she prepares to check-in passengers at the counter of China Southern Airlines at Rome's Fiumicino Airport, for a flight returning to Wuhan, China.

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Passengers wear protective face masks at the departure hall of a high-speed train station in Hong Kong.

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Workers make protective masks at a factory in Handan, in the Chinese province of Hebei.

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An employee sprays disinfectant on a train as a precaution against the new coronavirus at Suseo Station in Seoul, South Korea.

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Passengers from China pass by a thermal screening point upon their arrival at Istanbul International Airport in Turkey.

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A staff member from a local sanitation and epidemic prevention team checks the body temperature of a passenger in a car at a toll station in Wuhan, Hubei Province.

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A woman wearing a mask walks past a quarantine notice about the outbreak of coronavirus in Wuhan, China at an arrival hall of Haneda Airport in Tokyo, Japan.

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A Chinese tourist wears a mask during a trip to Saint Petersburg, Russia.

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