A staff member from a local sanitation and epidemic prevention team checks body temperature of a passenger in a car at a toll station in Wuhan, Hubei province January 23, 2020. — Picture by China Daily via Reuters
Here is a rundown of the efforts by countries around the world to contain the outbreak, which has already been detected in Japan, Hong Kong, Macau, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, Singapore, Vietnam and the United States.China has quarantined Wuhan, suspending public transport, closing roads and cancelling planes and trains to and from the city of 11 million people.
Beijing’s Forbidden City — which saw 19 million visitors last year — will be closed from Saturday. City authorities have also cancelled large-scaled Lunar New Year events, including popular temple fairs. Hong Kong is on high alert, carrying out scans at the airport — one of the world’s busiest — and at other international land and sea crossings. Airline Cathay has suspended flights to Wuhan until February 29. Tickets for high-speed trains to the city are no longer being sold.
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