January 25, 2020 05:55 am
A girl wears a mask as she walks past a scanning machine monitoring people's temperature following the new coronavirus outbreak from China, at Bandaranaike international airport in Katunayake, Sri Lanka January 24, 2020. (Photo : REUTERS/Dinuka Liyanawatte)
Bandaranaike international airport security officials wears masks as they inspect passengers using a scanner monitoring their temperature following the new coronavirus outbreak from China, at Bandaranaike international airport in Katunayake, Sri Lanka January 24, 2020. (Photo : REUTERS/Dinuka Liyanawatte)
Bandaranaike international airport security officials wears masks as they inspect passengers using a scanner monitoring their temperature following the new coronavirus outbreak in China, at Bandaranaike international airport in Katunayake, Sri Lanka January 24, 2020. (Photo : REUTERS/Dinuka Liyanawatte)
Medical personnel at Rome's Fiumicino airport prepare to check passengers arriving from China's Wuhan for signs of coronavirus in Rome, Italy, January 23, 2020. (Photo : Aeroporti di Roma (AdR)/Handout via REUTERS. )
Vietnam's Vice Minister of Health Nguyen Truong Son (R) talks with a man at an isolated section of a hospital where two Chinese citizens had tested positive for coronavirus, in Ho Chi Minh city, Vietnam January 23, 2020. Picture taken January 23, 2020. (Photo : Thanh Chung/VNA via REUTERS)
A news conference following the second meeting of the International Health Regulations (IHR) Emergency Committee for Pneumonia due to the Novel Coronavirus 2019-nCoV in Geneva, Switzerland January 23, 2020. (Photo : Christopher Black/WHO/Handout via REUTERS)
A security officer in a protective mask checks the temperature of a passenger following the outbreak of a new coronavirus, at an expressway toll station on the eve of the Chinese Lunar New Year celebrations, in Xianning, a city bordering Wuhan to the north, Hubei province, China January 24, 2020. (Photo : REUTERS/Martin Pollard)
People stand in front of the closed gate of Lama Temple, with a notice saying that the temple is closed for safety concerns following the outbreak of a new coronavirus on its gate, in Beijing, China January 24, 2020. (Photo : REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins)
An official wears a protective mask and glasses at the arrivals hall of Suvarnabhumi Airport, as a measure to prevent the spread of coronavirus in Bangkok, Thailand January 24, 2020. (Photo : REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun)
An official uses a thermal camera at the arrivals hall of Suvarnabhumi Airport as a measure to prevent the spread of coronavirus in Bangkok, Thailand January 24, 2020. (Photo : REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun)
The health centre's chief physician Outi Liisanantti (L) and Inari Municipality Mayor Toni K. Laine speak during a news conference at the centre in Ivalo, Finland January 24, 2020. On Thursday, two tourists visiting Finland from Wuhan, China went to the health centre, seeking treatment for flu-like symptoms. The tourists are suspected of being infected with the coronavirus. (Photo : Lehtikuva/Tarmo Lehtosalo via REUTERS)
A man walks past a notice for passengers about new coronavirus that has broken out in China, at Seoul railway station in Seoul, South Korea, January 23, 2020. Picture taken January 23, 2020. (Photo : Yonhap via REUTERS )
An advisory sign hangs on the door of the health centre in Ivalo, Finland January 24, 2020. On Thursday, two tourists visiting Finland from Wuhan, China went to the health centre, seeking treatment for flu-like symptoms. The tourists are suspected of being infected with the coronavirus. (Photo : Lehtikuva/Tarmo Lehtosalo via REUTERS)
Masks and hand sanitiser are layed out on a tray at the health centre in Ivalo, Finland January 24, 2020. On Thursday, two tourists visiting Finland from Wuhan, China went to the health centre, seeking treatment for flu-like symptoms. The tourists are suspected of being infected with the coronavirus. (Photo : Lehtikuva/Tarmo Lehtosalo via REUTERS)
A flight crew, wearing masks, arrives on a direct flight from China, after Canada's Public Health Agency added a screening question for visitors and began displaying messages in several airports urging travellers to report flu-like symptoms in efforts to prevent any introduction of coronavirus at Vancouver International Airport in Richmond, British Columbia, Canada January 24, 2020. (Photo : REUTERS/Jennifer Gauthier)
A traveller wears a mask, after arriving on a direct flight from China, as Canada's Public Health Agency added a screening question for visitors and began displaying messages in several airports urging travellers to report flu-like symptoms in efforts to prevent any introduction of coronavirus, at Vancouver International Airport in Richmond, British Columbia, Canada January 24, 2020. (Photo : REUTERS/Jennifer Gauthier)
A traveller wears a mask, after arriving on a direct flight from China, as Canada's Public Health Agency added a screening question for visitors and began displaying messages in several airports urging travellers to report flu-like symptoms in efforts to prevent any introduction of coronavirus, at Vancouver International Airport in Richmond, British Columbia, Canada January 24, 2020. (Photo : REUTERS/Jennifer Gauthier)
Travellers, wearing masks, arrive on a direct flight from China, after Canada's Public Health Agency added a screening question for visitors and began displaying messages in several airports urging travellers to report flu-like symptoms in efforts to prevent any introduction of coronavirus, at Vancouver International Airport in Richmond, British Columbia, Canada January 24, 2020. (Photo : REUTERS/Jennifer Gauthier)
In December, 2019, Wuhan, Hubei province, China, became the centre of an outbreak of pneumonia of unknown cause, which raised intense attention not only within China but internationally. Chinese health authorities did an immediate investigation to characterise and control the disease, including isolation of people suspected to have the disease, close monitoring of contacts, epidemiological and clinical data collection from patients, and development of diagnostic and treatment procedures.
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