PHOTONEWS: Jan. 26, 2020: NOVEL CORONAVIRUS: Residents fret as China’s virus exclusion zone widens

Passengers wearing masks are seen at the Changsha Railway Station, in Hunan

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China’s status as a major superpower clearly places it outside the “normal actions” of the World Health Organization, experts have warned, as the country’s coronavirus outbreak continues to spread.

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China ushered in the Lunar Year of the Rat on Saturday, which in the country’s folklore is an animal that symbolises wealth and surplus.
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 Beijing’s famous landmarks have been closed to prevent a deadly new virus from spreading, including the historic Forbidden City

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People in Wuhan are buying medical supplies in pharmacies where staff wear full body-suits, gloves and masks

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In this photo taken on January 25, 2020, medical staff wearing protective clothing to protect against a previously unknown coronavirus arrive with a patient at the Wuhan Red Cross Hospital in Wuhan. - The number of confirmed deaths from a viral outbreak in China has risen to 54, with authorities in hard-hit Hubei province on January 26 reporting 13 more fatalities and 323 new cases. (Photo by Hector RETAMAL / AFP)

In this photo taken on January 25, 2020, medical staff wearing protective clothing to protect against a previously unknown coronavirus arrive with a patient at the Wuhan Red Cross Hospital in Wuhan. (Photo by Hector RETAMAL / AFP)

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A medical staff prepares equipment at a lung isolate-room specialised for the patients affected by coronavirus at a hospital in Dumai, Riau province

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The mood in the city of Wuhan in central China’s Hubei province.

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In this photo taken Jan 24, 2020 and released by Xinhua News Agency, a military medic from the Air Force Medical University prepares to leave for Wuhan from Xi&#39;an, capital of northwestern China&#39;s Shaanxi Province. The Chinese military dispatched medical staff, some with experience in past outbreaks including SARS and Ebola, to help treat the many patients hospitalized with viral pneumonia, Xinhua reported. (Zhang Haopeng/Xinhua via AP)

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<The Chinese military has deployed hundreds of medics to Wuhan, the epicentre of the viral outbreak

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The spread of a deadly virus is overwhelming hospitals in Wuhan, the city at the epicentre of the health emergency

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