African heads of state gather at the headquarters of the African Union to try to find a way to prevent conflicts proliferating across the continent
Medical workers transfer a patient in the isolation ward for 2019-nCoV patients at a hospital in Wuhan in central China's Hubei province, February 6, 2020.
More than 300 cases in some two dozen countries and two fatalities have been confirmed outside the mainland.The response this time has been much quicker and countries around the world are enforcing tougher measures to contain the disease. The territory has refused to completely seal its border but hopes the quarantine will dissuade travelers from the mainland.
Authorities have expressed their regrets over the death of 34-year-old Dr. Li Wenliang, who was threatened by police after trying to sound the alarm about the disease over a month ago and became infected himself. The ophthalmologist died last week at Wuhan Central Hospital, where he worked and likely contracted the virus while treating patients in the early days of the outbreak.
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