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A thermal scanner screens arriving passengers for fever at Tianhe airport in Wuhan in China's central Hubei province on January 23, 2020. - China banned trains and planes from leaving a major city at the centre of a virus outbreak on January 23, seeking to seal off its 11 million people to contain the contagious disease that has claimed 17 lives, infected hundreds and spread to other countries. (Photo by Leo RAMIREZ / AFP)

Indian FM: Nurse in Saudi infected with China virus
TOPSHOT - Hairdressers wear protective masks as they cut the hair of customers in Beijing on January 23, 2020. - Seventeen people have died and more than 570 people have been infected with the new SARS-like virus across China -- with most cases found in Wuhan, where a seafood market that illegally sold wild animals has been identified as the epicentre of the outbreak. (Photo by NICOLAS ASFOURI / AFP)

China locks down two cities to curb coronavirus outbreak
TOPSHOT - People wearing protective masks walk outside Beijing railway station in Beijing on January 22, 2020. - A new virus that has killed nine people, infected hundreds and reached the United States could mutate and spread, China warned on January 22, as authorities urged people to steer clear of the city at the heart of the outbreak. (Photo by NICOLAS ASFOURI / AFP)

China virus toll hits 17; call to avoid Wuhan
This photo taken on January 21, 2020 shows commuters wearing face masks arriving the Yichang East Railway Station, in China's central Hubei province. - The Chinese city at the centre of a SARS-like virus outbreak has urged people to stay away, cancelling a major Lunar New Year event, as it strives to contain a disease that has spread across the country. (Photo by STR / AFP) / China OUT

Masks, disinfectants in low supply as China virus spreads
TOPSHOT - A Malaysian health officer screens arriving passengers with a thermal scanner at Kuala Lumpur International Airport in Sepang on January 21, 2020 as authorities increased measure against coronavirus. - China has confirmed human-to-human transmission in the outbreak of a new SARS-like virus as the number of cases soared and authorities January 21 said a fourth person had died, as the World Health Organization said it would consider declaring an international public health emergency over the outbreak. (Photo by MOHD RASFAN / AFP)

Asia steps up checks as China virus kills 6, infects more than 300
Medical staff members carry a patient into the Jinyintan hospital, where patients infected by a mysterious SARS-like virus are being treated, in Wuhan in China's central Hubei province on January 18, 2020. - The true scale of the outbreak of a mysterious SARS-like virus in China is likely far bigger than officially reported, scientists have warned, as countries ramp up measures to prevent the disease from spreading. (Photo by STR / AFP) / China OUT

Experts warn over scale of China virus as US airports start screening
A woman walks in front of the closed Huanan wholesale seafood market, where health authorities say a man who died from a respiratory illness had purchased goods from, in the city of Wuhan, Hubei province, on January 12, 2020. - A 61-year-old man has become the first person to die in China from a respiratory illness believed caused by a new virus from the same family as SARS, which claimed hundreds of lives more than a decade ago, authorities said. (Photo by Noel Celis / AFP)

Mystery China virus patients could have infected family members: officials
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