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WHO experts in Wuhan travel to Xinhua hospital after leaving their hotel to begin an investigation into the origins of coronavirus. The fieldwork was hobbled by delays, amid concerns over access and what the strength of evidence would be a year after the virus emerged. IMAGES
Workers build a tent to perform coronavirus testing outside The Brooklyn Hospital Center in the borough of Brooklyn in New York. Multiple venues including cinemas, theaters and nightclubs have been ordered to close in the city in order to curb the spread of the virus. New York's schools are also closing until April 20. IMAGES
Hundreds of Hong Kong medical workers, who are on their fifth day of strike, stage a protest in the offices of the Hospital Authority. They are demanding to meet with senior management and for the city to close its border completely with China as well as for the government to ensure adequate medical supplies to combat the deadly novel coronavirus. IMAGES
The Philippines has reported the first death outside China from the coronavirus that has killed over 300 and spread to other countries. The 44-year-old Chinese man from the city of Wuhan, where the virus was first detected, died in a Manila hospital. IMAGES
Ambulances carrying masked patients arrive outside the emergency department of Zhongshan Hospital in Shanghai. An explosion of Covid-19 cases in China has overwhelmed the healthcare system, and crematoriums across the country are struggling to deal with the influx of bodies. IMAGES
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