Photos: India keeps watch as China locks down cities over coronavirus

By HT Correspondent

Updated On Jan 25, 2020 10:20 pm IST

The Indian health ministry is monitoring close to 25 students who travelled to India from Wuhan for signs of the coronavirus. On Friday, two persons were quarantined and a special ward set up in Mumbai. There are also suspicions of unsuspecting vectors among the more than 600 Indian students who have left Wuhan, which is at the core of the Coronavirus outbreak.

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Medical staff at a hotel lobby where tourists from Hubei province will have 14-day centralised medical observation, in China’s Haikou. Transportation has been shut down in Wuhan, the city of 11 million at the epicentre of the coronavirus outbreak, and in at least 18 other cities in the central Hubei province of China. (REUTERS)

Updated on Jan 25, 2020 10:20 pm IST

Medical staff at a hotel lobby where tourists from Hubei province will have 14-day centralised medical observation, in China’s Haikou. Transportation has been shut down in Wuhan, the city of 11 million at the epicentre of the coronavirus outbreak, and in at least 18 other cities in the central Hubei province of China. (REUTERS)

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A medical worker attends to a patient in the intensive care unit at Zhongnan Hospital at Wuhan University. The number of confirmed cases around the world climbed sharply to 1300, with at least 41 deaths on Friday. (Xiong Qi / Xinhua via AP)

Updated on Jan 25, 2020 10:20 pm IST

A medical worker attends to a patient in the intensive care unit at Zhongnan Hospital at Wuhan University. The number of confirmed cases around the world climbed sharply to 1300, with at least 41 deaths on Friday. (Xiong Qi / Xinhua via AP)

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People wearing face masks walk under a canopy decorated with spinning coloured fans for a cancelled Lunar New Year temple fair at Longtan Park in Beijing. Authorities in Beijing and other cities have cancelled many public celebrations and other events marking the Lunar New Year on Saturday. (Mark Schiefelbein / AP)

Updated on Jan 25, 2020 10:20 pm IST

People wearing face masks walk under a canopy decorated with spinning coloured fans for a cancelled Lunar New Year temple fair at Longtan Park in Beijing. Authorities in Beijing and other cities have cancelled many public celebrations and other events marking the Lunar New Year on Saturday. (Mark Schiefelbein / AP)

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A thermographic camera is used to screen people at Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport in Kolkata for the novel coronavirus (nCoV). In India, none of the thousands who have arrived from Chinese cities in the last fortnight have so far been tested positive, but at least 11 were believed to have been quarantined till Friday with flu-like symptoms before four were declared uninfected late on Friday. (Ministry of Civil Aviation / AFP)

Updated on Jan 25, 2020 10:20 pm IST

A thermographic camera is used to screen people at Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport in Kolkata for the novel coronavirus (nCoV). In India, none of the thousands who have arrived from Chinese cities in the last fortnight have so far been tested positive, but at least 11 were believed to have been quarantined till Friday with flu-like symptoms before four were declared uninfected late on Friday. (Ministry of Civil Aviation / AFP)

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20,844 passengers from 96 flights have been screened for symptoms as on January 24. On Friday alone, 4,082 passengers were screened in 19 flights. In Delhi, the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) and the Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital have also readied isolation wards. On Friday two persons were quarantined and a special ward was set up in Mumbai for the virus. (Thomas Peter / REUTERS)

Updated on Jan 25, 2020 10:20 pm IST

20,844 passengers from 96 flights have been screened for symptoms as on January 24. On Friday alone, 4,082 passengers were screened in 19 flights. In Delhi, the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) and the Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital have also readied isolation wards. On Friday two persons were quarantined and a special ward was set up in Mumbai for the virus. (Thomas Peter / REUTERS)

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Snakes and other items seized from a store suspected of selling trafficked wildlife seen in Anji city of China’s Zhejiang Province. The outbreak of the virus is linked to a wildlife market in central China and is prompting renewed calls for enforcement of laws against the trade in and consumption of exotic species. (Anti-Poaching Special Squad via AP)

Updated on Jan 25, 2020 10:20 pm IST

Snakes and other items seized from a store suspected of selling trafficked wildlife seen in Anji city of China’s Zhejiang Province. The outbreak of the virus is linked to a wildlife market in central China and is prompting renewed calls for enforcement of laws against the trade in and consumption of exotic species. (Anti-Poaching Special Squad via AP)

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An aerial view of the construction site of a new hospital that is projected to have 1,000 beds dedicated to treat patients with coronavirus, in Wuhan. (China News Service via REUTERS )

Updated on Jan 25, 2020 10:20 pm IST

An aerial view of the construction site of a new hospital that is projected to have 1,000 beds dedicated to treat patients with coronavirus, in Wuhan. (China News Service via REUTERS )

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A worker in a protective suit checks a passenger arriving at the Xianning North Station on the eve of the Chinese Lunar New Year. The vast majority of cases have been in and around Wuhan or involved people who visited the city or had personal connections to those infected. Chinese officials have not yet said how long the shutdowns of the cities will last. (Martin Pollard / REUTERS)

Updated on Jan 25, 2020 10:20 pm IST

A worker in a protective suit checks a passenger arriving at the Xianning North Station on the eve of the Chinese Lunar New Year. The vast majority of cases have been in and around Wuhan or involved people who visited the city or had personal connections to those infected. Chinese officials have not yet said how long the shutdowns of the cities will last. (Martin Pollard / REUTERS)

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