the epicentre of the deadly coronavirus, @AFP’s @LeoRamirezAFP, @hectorretamal and @SebRicciAFP went in to document the unprecedented quarantine effort.
Here are some of their top photos and videos:
@AFP’s @hectorretamal in Wuhan captures hotel staff exercising during a briefing on how to deal with guests during the virus outbreak, including taking the temperature of all visitors
@AFPTV’s journalist @LeoRamirezAFP in Wuhan films Chinese authorities racing to build a 1000-bed hospital to contain the epidemic
A number of countries are chartering flights to evacuate their citizens
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On the ground in Wuhan, @AFP photographer @hectorretamal captures the near empty streets of a city under quarantine