China has quarantined cities and shut major tourist attractions from Disneyland to the Forbidden City and a section of the Great Wall as it scrambles to stop a deadly SARS-like virus from spreading further.
AFP
2/16
Hong Kong's Disneyland announced it was shutting its doors until further notice over the deadly virus outbreak in central China, a day after city authorities classified the crisis as an emergency.
AFP
3/16
A locked gate is seen after the Hong Kong Disneyland theme park has been closed, following the coronavirus outbreak in Hong Kong, China.
Reuters
4/16
File photo: Shanghai Disneyland said it would shut for an indefinite period "to ensure the health and safety of our guests and cast".
AFP
5/16
The drastic moves come as hundreds of millions of people criss-crossed the country in recent days to celebrate the Lunar New Year holiday, which officially started Friday and is typically a joyous time of gatherings and public celebration.
Reuters
6/16
Employees wearing protective masks stand outside the Hong Kong Disneyland theme park that has been closed, following the coronavirus outbreak.
Reuters
7/16
The historic Forbidden City, a sprawling imperial palace in Beijing that is one of the country's most revered cultural sites, will temporarily close from Saturday.
AFP
8/16
Security personnel wearing protective masks stand at the main entrance of the Forbidden City where a notice is seen saying that the place is closed to visitors for the safety concern following the outbreak of a new coronavirus.
Reuters
9/16
A man wears a protective facemask to help stop the spread of a deadly SARS-like virus which originated in the central city of Wuhan, as he walks on the outskirts of the Forbidden City and a New Year instalation displaying a fish and the number 2020 in Beijing.
AFP
10/16
A security guard wearing a protective facemask to help stop the spread of a deadly SARS-like virus.
AFP
11/16
Security guards (L) and a paramilitary police officer (R) wearing protective facemasks stand at the exit of the Forbidden City in Beijing.
AFP
12/16
People pose for pictures in front of an entrance to the Juyongguan section of the Great Wall, which is closed to visitors, according to a notice in its tickets office for the safety concern following the outbreak of coronavirus.
Reuters
13/16
Security guards stand behind the barrier at an entrance to the Badaling section of the Great Wall, which is closed to visitors in Yanqing district in Beijing, China
Reuters
14/16
People walk past closed stores near an entrance to the Badaling section of the Great Wall, which is closed to visitors in Yanqing district in Beijing, China.
Reuters
15/16
People stand in front of the closed tickets office to the Juyongguan section of the Great Wall, where a notice is seen saying that the place is closed to visitors for the safety concern following the outbreak of a new coronavirus, near Beijing, China.
Reuters
16/16
People walk outside an entrance to the Juyongguan section of the Great Wall, which is closed to visitors, according to a notice in its tickets office for the safety concern following the outbreak of a new coronavirus, near Beijing, China.
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