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A staff member screens arriving passengers with thermal scanners at Hankou railway station in Wuhan, China.

Life inside ground zero of Wuhan coronavirus outbreak

Commuters wearing face masks walk in Hankou railway station in Wuhan, in China's central Hubei province on January 21, 2020. - Asian countries on January 21 ramped up measures to block the spread of a new virus as the death toll in China rose to six and the number of cases surpassed 300, raising concerns in the middle of a major holiday travel rush. (Photo by - / AFP) / China OUT (Photo by -/AFP via Getty Images)

Wuhan coronavirus death toll rises to nine with 471 infected says China, sparking fears of wider spread

A staff member screens arriving passengers with thermal scanners at Hankou railway station in Wuhan, in China's central Hubei province on January 21, 2020. - Asian countries on January 21 ramped up measures to block the spread of a new virus as the death toll in China rose to six and the number of cases surpassed 300, raising concerns in the middle of a major holiday travel rush. (Photo by - / AFP) / China OUT (Photo by -/AFP via Getty Images)

Wuhan coronavirus outbreak kills nine in China as first case found in US

WUHAN, CHINA - JANUARY 17: (CHINA OUT) Medical staff transfer patients to Jin Yintan hospital on January 17, 2020 in Wuhan, Hubei, China. Local authorities have confirmed that a second person in the city has died of a pneumonia-like virus since the outbreak started in December. (Photo by Getty Images)

China confirms Wuhan virus can be spread by humans

HONG KONG - APRIL 16: People wear masks to protect themselves against the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) virus April 16, 2003 in Hong Kong. The mystery virus has killed 154 people and infected 3,437 worldwide, according to the World Health Organization. (Photo by Christian Keenan/Getty Images)

China confirms new coronavirus can spread between humans

Malaysian Minister of Energy, Science, Technology, Environment and Climate Change Yeo Bee Yin shows samples of plastics waste shipment from Australia on May 28, 2019.

Malaysia has sent back tons of plastic waste to rich countries, saying it won't be their 'garbage dump'

A man walks between trees and buildings covered in ash from the eruption of the Taal volcano, in the village of Buso Buso, near Laurel on January 17, 2020. - The threat of the Philippines' Taal volcano unleashing a potentially catastrophic eruption remains high, authorities warned on January 16, saying it was showing dangerous signs despite a "lull" in spewing ash. (Photo by Ed JONES / AFP) (Photo by ED JONES/AFP via Getty Images)

Taal volcano eruption poses deadly dilemma for people living in its shadow

Japanese company Ajinomoto produces MSG seasoning and spice mixes.

MSG in Chinese food isn't unhealthy -- you're just racist, activists say

Three-dimensional drawing of Coronavirus

China's coronavirus cases likely grossly underestimated, study says

US Ambassador to South Korea Harry Harris poses for a photo after a group interview at the ambassador's residence in Seoul on January 16, 2020. - Washington has compromised in its demands that South Korea should pay billions of dollars towards US troop presence and it was Seoul's turn to reciprocate, the American ambassador said on January 16. (Photo by Sebastien BERGER / AFP) / The erroneous mention[s] appearing in the metadata of this photo by Sebastien BERGER has been modified in AFP systems in the following manner: [after a group interview] instead of [during an interview with AFP]. Please immediately remove the erroneous mention[s] from all your online services and delete it (them) from your servers. If you have been authorized by AFP to distribute it (them) to third parties, please ensure that the same actions are carried out by them. Failure to promptly comply with these instructions will entail liability on your part for any continued or post notification usage. Therefore we thank you very much for all your attention and prompt action. We are sorry for the inconvenience this notification may cause and remain at your disposal for any further information you may require. (Photo by SEBASTIEN BERGER/AFP via Getty Images)

Racism, history and politics: Why South Koreans are flipping out over a US ambassador's mustache

To go with 'China-society-health-childbirth-lifestyle,FEATURE' by Tom Hancock This picture taken on November 28, 2012 shows a baby wrapped in a bath towel being held by a nurse after a bath at Antai Hospital in Beijing. The proportion of Chinese mothers choosing caesareans more than doubled in less than a decade, from around 20 percent in 2001 to above 46 percent in 2008 -- and approaching two-thirds in cities, according to the latest World Health Organization figures for the country. AFP PHOTO / WANG ZHAO (Photo credit should read WANG ZHAO/AFP/Getty Images)

China's birthrate hits lowest level since country was founded in 1949

DMZ, SOUTH KOREA - DECEMBER 03: A South Korean soldier stands at the Military Demarcation Line (MDL) between South and North Korea, a site of fierce battles in the 1950-53 Korean War, to build a tactical road across MDL inside the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ), in the central section of the inter-Korean border on December 3, 2018 in DMZ, South Korea. The two Koreas connected the 3-kilometer-long road at Arrowhead Ridge, a site of fierce battles in the 1950-53 Korean War. South Korea thinks it is still possible for N.K. leader to visit S. Korea this year. (Photo by Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images)

South Korea to rule on first transgender soldier

Thai hospital staff work in the isolation ward where a 75-year-old man from Oman was being treated for the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (Mers) at Bamrasnaradura Infectious Diseases Institute in Nonthaburi province on June 19, 2015. Thailand on June 18 said a 75-year-old man from Oman was confirmed to have MERS in Southeast Asia's first case of the virus since an outbreak in South Korea that has killed 23 people. AFP PHOTO / Pornchai KITTIWONGSAKUL (Photo credit should read PORNCHAI KITTIWONGSAKUL/AFP via Getty Images)

China's new SARS-like virus has spread to Japan, but we still know very little about it

Protests and a weakening economy spell a rocky road ahead for India's Narendra Modi

BEIJING, CHINA - JUNE 25: Russian President Vladimir Putin (L) shakes hands with Chinese President Xi Jinping during a signing ceremony in Beijing's Great Hall of the People on June 25, 2016 in Beijing, China. Russian President Vladimir Putin is in China to discuss more economic and military cooperation between the two countries. (Photo by Greg Baker-Pool/Getty Images)

Putin may be following Xi's lead, but he's nowhere near as secure as the Chinese leader

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