In Pictures: Countries step up checks for Wuhan virus

Countries in the region have stepped up checks for the Wuhan virus as China quarantined the city and shut down flights. At least 17 people have died from the illness, with hundreds more infected.

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Jan 23, 2020, 11:23 AM

Paramedics transport a man believed to be Hong Kong’s first Wuhan coronavirus patient to a hospital on Jan 22, 2019. PHOTO: NYTIMES

Officials from the Health Department of Bangladesh screen arriving passengers at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka on Jan 22, 2020. PHOTO: AFP

A staff member checks the temperature of a guest entering the casino of the New Orient Landmark hotel in Macau on Jan 22, 2020. PHOTO: AFP

A child having her temperature checked by a border screener at Changi Airport after a flight from Hangzhou. ST PHOTO: DESMOND FOO

Passengers arriving at Changi Airport Terminal 3 on a flight from Hangzhou going through a thermal scanner. ST PHOTO: DESMOND FOO

An airport staff member distributing health advisory pamphlets to passengers who had just disembarked from a flight from Hangzhou, at Changi Airport. ST PHOTO: DESMOND FOO

A notice offering guidance to travellers from Wuhan is displayed at a quarantine station at Narita Airport in Narita, Chiba Prefecture, Japan, on Jan 22, 2020. PHOTO: BLOOMBERG

Indonesian health quarantine officials take the temperature of passengers arriving at Soekarno-Hatta International Airport in Tangerang, outside Jakarta, Indonesia, on Jan 22, 2020. PHOTO: EPA-EFE

A staff member disinfects at the Hankou Railway Station in Wuhan, in China's central Hubei province, early on Jan 22, 2020. PHOTO: AFP

Passengers walk through a thermal scanner upon their arrival at Ngurah Rai International Airport in Kuta, Bali, Indonesia on Jan 22, 2020. PHOTO: EPA-EFE

A worker monitors infrared detector screens for signs of fever in passengers at Hankou Railway Station in Wuhan, Hubei province, China, on Jan 22, 2020. PHOTO: EPA-EFE

Malaysian health officers screen arriving passengers with thermal scanners at Kuala Lumpur International Airport in Sepang on Jan 21, 2020. PHOTO: AFP

People wearing masks walk through an underground passage to the subway in Beijing, China on Jan 21, 2020. PHOTO: REUTERS

Quarantine workers spray disinfectant at Incheon International Airport, in Incheon, South Korea on Jan 21, 2020, to prevent the advance of a new strain of coronavirus now spreading in China and other parts of Asia. PHOTO: EPA-EFE

A quarantine officer at Incheon International Airport, west of Seoul, South Korea, uses an electronic thermometer to check the temperature of passengers arriving by plane from Wuhan, China, and South-east Asia on Jan 20, 2020. PHOTO: EPA-EFE

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