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A worker disinfecting a residential area in the Chinese city of Wuhan, the epicentre of the outbreak, on Wednesday. China has imposed strict quarantine and travel restrictions on hundreds of millions of citizens and foreigners.
PHOTO: AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
Lester Wong, Audrey Tan
As coronavirus infections rise, many people who keep track of this say there is a curve that needs flattening.
The epidemic curve is used to visualise the extent and speed of new cases during a virus outbreak.
