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About 64 passengers from the ship have tested positive for the virus. A day earlier, Taiwan stopped sending tour groups to, or receiving tour groups from Wuhan, China, due to concerns over the cornonavirus outbreak.Passengers arriving from China are screened at Kolkata International Airport, India, on Jan. 22, 2020. Another ship, the World Dream, has been docked and quarantined at the Kai Tak Cruise Terminal in Hong Kong. Local health government and medical chief members speak to media at the Son Espases hospital, where a case of coronavirus has been detected, in Palma de Mallorca, Spain, on Feb. 9.
(L-R) Sabine Hagenauer of the infection department at the 4th medical department of Kaiser Franz Josef Hospital, Michael Binder, medical director of the Vienna Hospital Association, and Judith Aberle of the department of virology, Medical University Vienna, address a press conference at Kaiser-Franz-Josef hospital in Vienna, Austria, on Jan. 26. A worker disinfects a railway station in Wuhan on Jan. 22. Locals wear face masks while browsing in a store ahead of the Lunar New Year, in Taipei, on Jan. 23, 2020.
Cambodia's health ministry reported the country's first case of coronavirus on Jan. 27.A woman wearing a protective mask prays at the Lungshan Temple on the fourth day of the Lunar New Year, in Taipei, Taiwan, on Jan. 28.Paramilitary officers wearing face masks stand guard at the Tiananmen Gate in Beijing, on Jan. 27.Dr. Medical staff transfer patients to Jinyintan hospital where patients infected with the coronavirus are being treated, in Wuhan on Jan. 20. © Thai Government Spokesman's office via AP
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Members of an emergency team participate in a drill to prepare for the potential arrival of passengers infected with the coronavirus at the Viru Viru International Airport, in Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia, on Feb. 6. The Huanan Wholesale Seafood Market, where a number of people related to the market fell ill with the virus, sits closed in Wuhan on Jan. 21. As more states confirm more cases of coronavirus and media coverage continues to paint an increasingly apocalyptic picture of the situation, events both big and small are being canceled right and left.Overseas, ’80s pop icon Madonna’s final two concerts in Paris for her “Madame X” tour were abruptly shut down Monday by French authorities, while here in the states, ’90s super-band Pearl Jam had to inform their fans this week that they’ve reluctantly decided to postpone their new tour. A worker uses a thermometer to check the temperature of a customer as she enters a Starbucks shop in Beijing, on Jan. 30. A passenger walks past a notice for passengers from Wuhan, displayed near a quarantine station at Narita International Airport in Japan on Jan. 17. © Andrei Samsonov/TASS via Getty Images
Director-General of World Health Organization (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, takes part in a news conference after a meeting of the International Health Regulations (IHR) Emergency Committee to discuss about the outbreak of Pneumonia in China and other countries due to the 2019-nCoV, in Geneva, on Jan. 22. A disinfection worker in protective gear sterilizes a restaurant in Tong-in Market in Seoul, South Korea, on Feb. 7. © Feature China/Barcroft Media/Getty Images
People spray chemical to sterilize vehicles against the virus in Thai Nguyen, Vietnam, on Feb. 7.
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Passengers wearing masks arrive at the Tom Jobim International Airport in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Feb. 7.
it is not meant to be a comprehensive or efficient resource. As are “free samples at Costco.” That’s the “dark humor” the editor was talking about.While it might sound like every event, famous university and hyperbolic television personality are officially “cancelled,” it’s not all over. Members of U.S. President Donald Trump's Coronavirus task force – (L-R) Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Robert Redfield, Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar and Deputy Secretary of State Stephen Biegun – attend a news conference about the virus at the Health and Human Services headquarters in Washington, D.C, U.S., on Feb. 7.
Ambassador Zhang Jun stated in his press briefing that over 130 patients have been cured of pneumonia caused by the coronavirus in New York City, New York, U.S., on Jan. 31.
Outside of China, the Philippines reported the first death on Feb. 2, 2020, and Hong Kong on Feb. 4. Here are just a few:The bare-bones site was created by TC Sottek, executive editor of website Yes, there’s a bit of humour (let’s be honest, we could all use it right now), but the rundown is a telling sign of how seriously event organisers are taking these health concerns.China has been battling an outbreak of a new SARS-like coronavirus, named 2019-nCoV, which originated in Wuhan. Thousands of Chinese tourists are reportedly stranded in Bali following suspension of all flights to and from China.Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam speaks to the media during a press conference on the coronavirus situation in Hong Kong on Feb. 8. Brazilian citizens from Wuhan arrive at the Air Force base of Anapolis, in Brazil on Feb. 9.