Coronavirus update: Thousands in quarantine on cruise ships as death toll nears 500

Feb 5, 2020

Workers with sanitizing equipment walk up a flight of stairs as they disinfect a railway station while the country is hit by an outbreak of the new coronavirus, in Kunming, Yunnan province, China February 4, 2020. Picture taken February 4, 2020. cnsphoto via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. CHINA OUT.

Workers disinfecting a railway station in Kunming, Yunnan province, China. Image: REUTERS

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Cars travel on Yanan Road, a main commercial area in Hangzhou, after the city imposed new measures to prevent and control the new coronavirus, in Zhejiang province, China February 4, 2020. Picture taken February 4, 2020. China Daily via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. CHINA OUT.

Scenes of empty streets are rife across China. Image: REUTERS

People ride a motorcycle past a closed shopping mall in Hangzhou after the city imposed new measures to prevent and control the new coronavirus, in Zhejiang province, China February 4, 2020. Picture taken February 4, 2020. China Daily via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. CHINA OUT. -

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Ambulance workers in protective gear drive an ambulance which is believed to carry a person who was transferred from cruise ship Diamond Princess after ten people tested positive for coronavirus, at a maritime police's base in Yokohama, south of Tokyo, Japan February 5, 2020. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon - RC21UE98M5O1

An ambulance rushing suspected carriers of the virus in Yokohama, Japan. Image: REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon

People are transferred from cruise ship Diamond Princess to a patrol ship, after ten people onboard the cruise have tested positive for coronavirus, in Yokohama, Japan in this picture taken by Kyodo February 5, 2020. Mandatory credit Kyodo/via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. MANDATORY CREDIT. JAPAN OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN JAPAN.?? -

Transferring those affected on the Diamond Princess cruise ship to a control ship in Japan. Image: REUTERS

Officers in protective gears carry luggage cases after people who were transferred from cruise ship Diamond Princess, arrive at a maritime police's base in Yokohama, south of Tokyo, Japan February 5, 2020. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon - RC21UE9RTQPW

Medical workers in protective gear off the ship of the affect Diamond Princess cruise ship in Japan. Image: REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon

Officers in protective gear escort a person (under the blue sheet) who was on board cruise ship Diamond Princess and was tested positive for coronavirus, after the person is transferred to a maritime police base in Yokohama, south of Tokyo in this photo taken by Kyodo February 4, 2020. Mandatory credit Kyodo/via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. MANDATORY CREDIT. JAPAN OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN JAPAN TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY - RC21UE9UL7ZC

Officers transferring those affected off the Diamond Princess cruise ship in Japan. Image: REUTERS

A police officer wears a face mask and goggles at a checkpoint at the Jiujiang Yangtze River Bridge as the country is hit by an outbreak of the novel coronavirus in Jiujiang, Jiangxi province, China, February 4, 2020. Picture taken February 4, 2020. REUTERS/Thomas Peter - RC21UE9D1YG3

A police officer wearing a protective face mask and goggles at a checkpoint at the Jiujiang Yangtze River Bridge. Image: REUTERS/Thomas Peter - RC21UE9D1YG3

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