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On the frontlines as authorities around the world battle to prevent the spread of coronavirus.

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In pics: World races to contain coronavirus

Health authorities take part in a drill to prepare for the potential arrival of passengers infected with the coronavirus at Sofia airport, Bulgaria. (Reuters)

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A woman wearing a mask to prevent contracting the coronavirus reacts as employees from a disinfection service company sanitize a traditional market in Seoul, South Korea. (Reuters)

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People wear protective face masks, following the outbreak of the new coronavirus, as they play cards in a coffee shop in Salmiya, Kuwait. (Reuters)

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Tourists with masks are seen near the pool of H10 Costa Adeje Palace, which is on lockdown after cases of coronavirus have been detected there in Adeje, on the Spanish island of Tenerife, Spain. (Reuters)

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Members of the medical team check the temperature of Iraqi men, following the coronavirus outbreak, at the entrance checkpoint of South Mosul, Iraq. (Reuters)

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A member of the medical team checks the temperature of an Iraqi man, following the coronavirus outbreak, at the entrance checkpoint of South Mosul, Iraq. (Reuters)

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A member of the civil defense team sprays disinfectant to sanitize the houses near the house of people with detected coronavirus, in Kirkuk, Iraq. (Reuters)

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Guests, wearing protective face mask, look through a window at H10 Costa Adeje Palace, which is on lockdown after cases of coronavirus have been detected there in Adeje, on the Spanish island of Tenerife, Spain. (Reuters)

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Medical workers put on protective suits at a preparation room next to isolation wards at Wuhan Red Cross Hospital in Wuhan, the epicentre of the novel coronavirus outbreak, in Hubei province, China. (Reuters)

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A medical worker in protective suit inspects a CT scan image at a ward of Wuhan Red Cross Hospital in Wuhan, the epicentre of the novel coronavirus outbreak, in Hubei province, China. (Reuters)

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