Coronavirus outbreak: Death, panic or shutdown, they serve the needy

Watch how health care workers battle the coronavirus outbreak in its epicenter Wuhan

Published: January 31, 2020 15:33 Compiled by Christian Borbon, Digital Content Producer

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A medical staff member getting lunch boxes for patients through a window in an isolation ward at a hospital in Wuhan. The World Health Organization declared a global emergency over the new coronavirus, as China reported January 31 the death toll had climbed to 213 with nearly 10,000 infections. Image Credit: AFP

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Doctors watch as donated medical supplies from Beijing are unloaded at a hospital in Wuhan. Image Credit: AP

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A doctor working inside an isolation ward at a hospital in Wuhan. Image Credit: AFP

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Medical staff attending to patients in Wuhan. Image Credit: Reuters

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Officials in protective suits gathered on a street after an elderly man wearing a facemask (not pictured) collapsed and died on the pavement near a hospital in Wuhan. Image Credit: AFP

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People dressed in protective clothes disinfect an area in Wuhan. Image Credit: AFP

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A doctor attends to a patient in an isolation ward at a hospital in Wuhan. Image Credit: AP

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Medical staff in protective clothes are seen carrying a patient from an apartment suspected of having the virus in Wuhan. Image Credit: AFP

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A doctor putting on a protective suit before entering the isolation ward at a hospital in Wuhan. Image Credit: AFP

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Staff members of a funeral parlour wearing protective suits disinfecting a colleague after they transferred a body at a hospital in Wuhan. Image Credit: AFP

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Medical staff in protective clothes are seen carrying a patient from an apartment suspected of having the virus in Wuhan. Image Credit: AFP

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A doctor wearing a facemask looking at a lung CT image from a patient at a hospital in Wuhan. Image Credit: AFP

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A doctor putting on a pair of protective glasses before entering the isolation ward at a hospital in Wuhan. Image Credit: AFP

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A medical worker attends to a patient in the intensive care unit in Wuhan. Image Credit: AP

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Officials in protective suits checking on an elderly man wearing a facemask who collapsed and died on a street near a hospital in Wuhan. Image Credit: AFP

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