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#BREAKING China urges its citizens to delay foreign travel over virus fears

When China sealed off the city of 11 million at
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:

@LeoRamirezAFP @hectorretamal @SebRicciAFP Here are some of the topshots by AFP photographer @hectorretamal from the Red Cross Hospital in the city

@LeoRamirezAFP @hectorretamal @SebRicciAFP VIDEO: China virus death toll soars above 100. The total number of confirmed cases in the country has also risen to more than 4,000

@LeoRamirezAFP @hectorretamal @SebRicciAFP Hotel quarantine.

@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

@LeoRamirezAFP @hectorretamal @SebRicciAFP Building a hospital in 10 days.

@AFPTV’s journalist @LeoRamirezAFP in Wuhan films Chinese authorities racing to build a 1000-bed hospital to contain the epidemic

@LeoRamirezAFP @hectorretamal @SebRicciAFP @AFPTV #UPDATE Foreigners prepare to flee as China virus toll tops 100.

A number of countries are chartering flights to evacuate their citizens

u.afp.com/34Ki

@LeoRamirezAFP @hectorretamal @SebRicciAFP @AFPTV A city on lockdown.

On the ground in Wuhan, @AFP photographer @hectorretamal captures the near empty streets of a city under quarantine

@LeoRamirezAFP @hectorretamal @SebRicciAFP @AFPTV VIDEO Ghost town: Drone images of Wuhan, epicentre of the virus outbreak

@LeoRamirezAFP @hectorretamal @SebRicciAFP @AFPTV #BREAKING German virus patient is case of human-to-human transmission in Germany: authorities

@LeoRamirezAFP @hectorretamal @SebRicciAFP @AFPTV #BREAKING Japan confirms virus in man who had not been to China

@LeoRamirezAFP @hectorretamal @SebRicciAFP @AFPTV #BREAKING China engaged in serious fight against 'demon' virus: President Xi

@LeoRamirezAFP @hectorretamal @SebRicciAFP @AFPTV #UPDATE China on Tuesday urged its citizens to postpone foreign travel to curb a viral outbreak that is known to have killed 106 people, as the first cases of human-to-human contagion were detected in Germany and Japan u.afp.com/34VG #Coronavirus

@LeoRamirezAFP @hectorretamal @SebRicciAFP @AFPTV VIDEO: 🇨🇳 "Everyone goes out wearing masks and they are worried about the infection," says one resident of #Wuhan, the Chinese city at the epicentre of a deadly #coronavirus epidemic

@LeoRamirezAFP @hectorretamal @SebRicciAFP @AFPTV #UPDATE Japan sent a first plane to the Chinese city of #Wuhan on Tuesday night to evacuate citizens from the epicentre of a deadly #coronavirus outbreak, a foreign ministry official said u.afp.com/34V9

@LeoRamirezAFP @hectorretamal @SebRicciAFP @AFPTV A viral #coronavirus outbreak that has killed 106 people in China could reach its peak in around 10 days, according to a top Chinese government expert u.afp.com/34jf

@LeoRamirezAFP @hectorretamal @SebRicciAFP @AFPTV Videographic on coronaviruses as President Xi Jinping says China is in a struggle against a "demon" epidemic

@LeoRamirezAFP @hectorretamal @SebRicciAFP @AFPTV Hong Kong has announced drastic measures to cut the number of people crossing into the city from mainland China in a bid to curb the spread of a SARS-like virus that has already killed more than 100 people u.afp.com/349N

@LeoRamirezAFP @hectorretamal @SebRicciAFP @AFPTV #BREAKING US asks China for 'more cooperation and transparency' on virus

#BREAKING US developing vaccine against deadly China virus: officials

#BREAKING EU citizens to be airlifted out of virus-hit city in China: Commission

#BREAKING Chinese tourist in "serious condition" is France's fourth coronavirus case: official

#BREAKING UK warns against "all but essential travel" to mainland China

#BREAKING US plane evacuating Americans leaves virus-hit Wuhan: official