Photos: Heightened precautions as coronavirus cases in China cross 290

Updated On Jan 21, 2020 03:58 pm IST

Heightened precautions are being taken in China and elsewhere Tuesday as governments strove to control the outbreak of a novel coronavirus that threatens to grow during the Lunar New Year travel rush. Anxieties around the disease grew after Chinese government expert Zhong Nanshan revealed on state television late Monday that the virus can be spread between humans. Japan, South Korea, Hong Kong and other places with extensive travel links to China are also enacting stricter screening measures. At least three US airports have started screening incoming airline passengers from central China.

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A traveller wears a face mask as he walks outside of the Beijing Railway Station in Beijing on January 20. With millions of Asians travelling on Tuesday for the Lunar New Year holiday, authorities in China confirmed that a new virus could be spread through human contact, reporting 15 medical staff had been infected and a fourth person had died. (Mark Schiefelbein / AP)

Updated on Jan 21, 2020 03:58 pm IST

A traveller wears a face mask as he walks outside of the Beijing Railway Station in Beijing on January 20. With millions of Asians travelling on Tuesday for the Lunar New Year holiday, authorities in China confirmed that a new virus could be spread through human contact, reporting 15 medical staff had been infected and a fourth person had died. (Mark Schiefelbein / AP)

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The closed Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market in Wuhan, China considered the epicentre of the outbreak. So far, four people have died. The new type of coronavirus appears to have originated in the central city of Wuhan, which has reported 198 cases and all of the fatalities. Others who have been diagnosed in Beijing, Shanghai and southern Guangdong province had also visited Wuhan. (Kyodo News via AP)

Updated on Jan 21, 2020 03:58 pm IST

The closed Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market in Wuhan, China considered the epicentre of the outbreak. So far, four people have died. The new type of coronavirus appears to have originated in the central city of Wuhan, which has reported 198 cases and all of the fatalities. Others who have been diagnosed in Beijing, Shanghai and southern Guangdong province had also visited Wuhan. (Kyodo News via AP)

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A woman wearing a mask walks past a quarantine notice about the outbreak of coronavirus in Wuhan at an arrival hall of Haneda airport in Tokyo, Japan. Internationally, (Kim Kyung-Hoon / REUTERS)

Updated on Jan 21, 2020 03:58 pm IST

A woman wearing a mask walks past a quarantine notice about the outbreak of coronavirus in Wuhan at an arrival hall of Haneda airport in Tokyo, Japan. Internationally, (Kim Kyung-Hoon / REUTERS)

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The Wuhan Hygiene Emergency Response Team conducts searches at Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market. The first cases identified late last month were among people connected to the market. The first patients were suspected to have contracted the virus from animals, but human-to-human transmission was confirmed late Monday. (Noel Celis / AFP)

Updated on Jan 21, 2020 03:58 pm IST

The Wuhan Hygiene Emergency Response Team conducts searches at Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market. The first cases identified late last month were among people connected to the market. The first patients were suspected to have contracted the virus from animals, but human-to-human transmission was confirmed late Monday. (Noel Celis / AFP)

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An airport staff member uses a temperature gun to check people leaving Wuhan Tianhe International Airport in Wuhan. Japan, South Korea, Hong Kong and other places with extensive travel links to China are also enacting stricter screening measures. At least three US airports have started screening incoming airline passengers from central China. (Dake Kang / AP)

Updated on Jan 21, 2020 03:58 pm IST

An airport staff member uses a temperature gun to check people leaving Wuhan Tianhe International Airport in Wuhan. Japan, South Korea, Hong Kong and other places with extensive travel links to China are also enacting stricter screening measures. At least three US airports have started screening incoming airline passengers from central China. (Dake Kang / AP)

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Travellers pass through a health screening checkpoint at Wuhan Tianhe International Airport in Wuhan. “We need to step up our caution levels as the number of patients is continuing to rise in China,” Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said at a meeting with the health minister and others from related ministries. “Please take every possible precaution,” Abe said. (Emily Wang / AP)

Updated on Jan 21, 2020 03:58 pm IST

Travellers pass through a health screening checkpoint at Wuhan Tianhe International Airport in Wuhan. “We need to step up our caution levels as the number of patients is continuing to rise in China,” Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said at a meeting with the health minister and others from related ministries. “Please take every possible precaution,” Abe said. (Emily Wang / AP)

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People wearing masks head for Beijing railway station. On the Weibo social media platform, which is widely used in China, people posted prevention advice such as wearing masks and washing hands. Some people said they had cancelled their travel plans and were staying home for Lunar New Year. (Nicolas Asfouri / AFP)

Updated on Jan 21, 2020 03:58 pm IST

People wearing masks head for Beijing railway station. On the Weibo social media platform, which is widely used in China, people posted prevention advice such as wearing masks and washing hands. Some people said they had cancelled their travel plans and were staying home for Lunar New Year. (Nicolas Asfouri / AFP)

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A rescue worker walks past a notice about the coronavirus, at a hospital where a Chinese woman, who flew from Wuhan and has been confirmed its first case, is isolated, in Incheon, South Korea. The update on the coronavirus outbreak sent shivers through financial markets, as the World Health Organization called a meeting for Wednesday to consider declaring an international health emergency. (Yonhap via REUTERS)

Updated on Jan 21, 2020 03:58 pm IST

A rescue worker walks past a notice about the coronavirus, at a hospital where a Chinese woman, who flew from Wuhan and has been confirmed its first case, is isolated, in Incheon, South Korea. The update on the coronavirus outbreak sent shivers through financial markets, as the World Health Organization called a meeting for Wednesday to consider declaring an international health emergency. (Yonhap via REUTERS)

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Medical staff members carrying a patient into the Jinyintan hospital, where patients infected with the virus are being treated, in Wuhan. The scare has brought back bad memories of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS), another coronavirus that broke out in China in 2002-2003, resulting in the death of nearly 800 people in global pandemic. (AFP)

Updated on Jan 21, 2020 03:58 pm IST

Medical staff members carrying a patient into the Jinyintan hospital, where patients infected with the virus are being treated, in Wuhan. The scare has brought back bad memories of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS), another coronavirus that broke out in China in 2002-2003, resulting in the death of nearly 800 people in global pandemic. (AFP)

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