The outbreak of a new strain of coronavirus, first detected in the Chinese city of Wuhan, in Hubei province, has led to massive efforts to quarantine major cities and halt the spread. The current death toll has reached 82 in China, with another 2,900 confirmed cases. The city is rapidly building two hospitals in a matter of days, set up to accommodate more than 2,000 coronavirus patients. Several photographers continue to report from Wuhan, where streets appear nearly deserted after a traffic ban was put in place.
Coronavirus: Photos From Wuhan Under Quarantine
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Read moreA woman checks her son's forehead in Wuhan, China, on January 27, 2020. #
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Read moreRoads remain empty in Wuhan on January 27, 2020. #
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Read moreConstruction continues at a field hospital in Wuhan on January 26, 2020. Wuhan Leishenshan Hospital, with a capacity of 1,300 beds, will be completed on February 5. This is the second temporary hospital, after Huoshenshan Hospital. #
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Read moreConstruction workers drive excavators at the site of a new 1,000-bed field hospital being built in Wuhan to accommodate the increasing number of coronavirus patients, on January 24, 2020. The hospital is set to be completed by February 3. #
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Read moreAn engineering contractor walks in front of construction machinery at a Wuhan field-hospital site on January 26, 2020. #
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Read moreTwo residents walk in an empty Jiangtan Park, in Wuhan, China, on January 27, 2020. #
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Read moreA man sprays disinfectant in a Wuhan street on January 27, 2020. #
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Read moreEmpty roads, due to travel restrictions, photographed in Wuhan on January 26, 2020 #
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Read moreA police officer takes the temperature of a driver at a checkpoint on a street on the outskirts of Wuhan on January 27, 2020. #
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Read moreThis photo, taken on January 26, 2020, shows medical staff members in Wuhan disinfecting one another while wearing protective clothing to help stop the spread of the coronavirus. #
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Read moreMedical staff help a patient walk into a hospital in Wuhan on January 26, 2020. #
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Read moreMedical staff members wearing protective clothing arrive with a patient at the Wuhan Red Cross Hospital on January 25, 2020. #
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Read morePeople wearing face masks to help stop the spread of the coronavirus wait inside the Wuhan Red Cross Hospital on January 25, 2020. #
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Read moreAn empty road is seen in Wuhan, in China's central Hubei province, on January 27, 2020. #
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Read moreAn aerial view shows residential and commercial buildings in Wuhan on January 27, 2020. #
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Read moreA woman wears a protective mask as she walks across the Yangtze River Bridge, in Wuhan, on January 27, 2020. #
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Read moreOn January 25, 2020, shoppers wait to check out of a busy supermarket in Wuhan. The city was readying a ban on private traffic, prompting shopping sprees for necessities and groceries. #
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Read moreA fully protected man checks out at the self-help machine of a supermarket in Wuhan on January 25, 2020. #
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Read moreA passenger stands after arriving at the nearly deserted Wuhan train station, usually full of passengers ahead of the Lunar New Year, on January 23, 2020. #
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Read moreA group of women wear protective masks while exercising in Wuhan on January 27, 2020. #
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Read moreThis photo, taken on January 26, 2020, shows a medical staff member using her smartphone, covered in a disposable plastic glove, in an ambulance in Wuhan as she organizes transferring patients. #
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Read moreA woman puts on a protective mask in a neighborhood on the outskirts of Wuhan on January 27, 2020. #
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Read moreA family looks out the window of their home in a neighborhood on the outskirts of Wuhan on January 27, 2020. #
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Read moreRoads remain empty in Wuhan on January 27, 2020. #
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