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#BREAKING China halts flights and trains out of virus outbreak city: state media

#BREAKING WHO extends emergency talks over China virus

#BREAKING WHO says Chinese measures 'minimising' risk of virus spreading internationally

#UPDATE With millions travelling across China for the Lunar New Year holiday, health authorities also announced security measures including sterilisation and ventilation at airports and bus stations, and inside planes and trains u.afp.com/34kH

The pathogen appears to be a new strain of coronavirus -- viruses that can cause diseases ranging from a cold to Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS), which killed 349 people in mainland China and another 299 in Hong Kong 2002-2003 u.afp.com/34kB

City in lockdown.

China bans trains and planes from leaving Wuhan, seeking to seal off its 11 million inhabitants to contain the virus outbreak

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AFP map showing countries and regions with confirmed cases of 2019 Novel Coronavirus and the Wuhan Seafood Market in Hubei, China, identified as the centre of the outbreak

'Everyone was wearing masks.'

One of the last flights from Wuhan lands in Australia

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Hong Kong to turn holiday camps into quarantine zones as virus fears spike
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VIDEO: Hong Kong masks up as virus outbreak fears mount.

So far two people in the international financial hub have tested positive for the new coronavirus -- which is similar to the SARS pathogen

#BREAKING A second central Chinese city is being put on lockdown to help control the spread of a virus epidemic that broke out in neighbouring Wuhan, authorities say

#UPDATE China has locked down two major cities in a province at the centre of a deadly virus outbreak, banning planes and trains from leaving in an unprecedented move aimed at containing the disease which has already spread to other countries
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Videographic on the #coronavirus outbreak

How did the new #coronavirus emerge? Infographic explains how a virus is transmitted from animals to humans, and then between people
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Map showing the two cities locked down by Chinese authorities in response to the #coronavirus outbreak
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Chronology of previous and current epidemics in China
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What are the signs and symptoms of #coronavirus ?
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How can you reduce the risk of infection and relieve the symptoms of #coronavirus ?
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#BREAKING Dubai to screen all passengers arriving from China amid #coronavirus outbreak

Map showing the countries and territories where cases of the #coronavirus have been confirmed
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#BREAKING Beijing cancels large-scale Lunar New Year events over virus fears: official

#UPDATE Beijing reacts to the #coronavirus outbreak by cancelling massive Lunar New Year gatherings that usually attract throngs at temples during the annual holiday u.afp.com/343n

#BREAKING Beijing's Forbidden City to close over virus fears: official

#BREAKING China shuts roads, public transport in two more cities near virus epicentre

#BREAKING China expands public transport shutdown near virus epicentre

#UPDATE China locked down some 20 million people around the epicentre of a deadly virus outbreak on Thursday, banning planes and trains from leaving in an unprecedented move aimed at containing the disease which has spread abroad u.afp.com/3Zt6 #Wuhan #coronavirus

#BREAKING China reports first death outside virus epicentre: official

#UPDATE Lockdown measures meant to contain a deadly virus were announced as China confirmed the first death from the virus outside the epicentre u.afp.com/34SP

#BREAKING New Chinese virus not yet a global health emergency, says WHO

#BREAKING "No evidence" of human to human virus spread outside China, WHO chief says

#BREAKING WHO chief urges China to keep city lockdowns short

#UPDATE After two days of talks to determine the level of global concern, the World Health Organization stopped short of declaring a so-called public health emergency of international concern -- a declaration used for the gravest epidemics u.afp.com/34SP

#BREAKING China virus toll jumps to 25 dead with 830 total cases, says government

#BREAKING Another city near China virus epicentre halts public transport, closes bridge: official

VIDEO: People in New York's Chinatown give their take on the deadly China virus outbreak.

The respiratory virus emerged from a seafood and animal market in Wuhan, and cases have been reported as far away as the United States

#UPDATE China seals off more cities as virus toll climbs.

Lockdown now covers some 26 million people and 8 cities

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#BREAKING China adds ninth city to transport ban, 32 million people now affected

#BREAKING Shanghai Disneyland says closing over China virus concerns

#UPDATE Jingzhou has become the ninth Chinese city to go into lockdown due to a deadly virus, bringing the number affected in the country to over 30 million

📸 Travellers are checked by security personnel in hazmat suits at the entrance to an underground train station in Beijing

#UPDATE Shanghai Disneyland to close until further notice due to a deadly virus outbreak in China.

Special celebrations had been prepared for the Lunar New "Year of the Mouse" at the home of Mickey Mouse

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Workers package masks at a factory in Handan, Hebei province, China.

The @WHO has stopped short of declaring the latest contagious virus a global emergency despite China attempting to quarantine more than 30 million people

@WHO China rushing to build a new hospital in a staggering 10 days to treat patients at the epicentre of a deadly virus outbreak

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📹 The existing Wuhan Medical Treatment Center

@WHO #BREAKING China adds four more cities to transport ban, 41 million people now affected