A worker disinfects the Hankou Salvation Church in Wuhan, in China's central Hubei province on March 6, 2020. China reported 30 more deaths from the new coronavirus outbreak on March 6, with fresh infections rising for a second straight day and 16 new cases imported from overseas. Over 80,500 people have now been infected in mainland China, which has imposed a series of dramatic measures to try and contain the spread of infections beyond the epicentre, central Hubei province. (Photo by AFP Photo/China Stringer Network)





Medical staff celebrate after all patients were discharged at a temporary hospital set up to treat people with the COVID-19 coronavirus in Wuhan in China's central Hubei province on March 9, 2020. China closed most of its makeshift hospitals for coronavirus patients, some schools reopened and Disney resort staff went back to work on March 9 as normality slowly returns to the country after weeks battling the epidemic. (Photo by AFP Photo/China Stringer Network)





This aerial shot taken on March 5, 2020 shows the statue of Mao Zedong in Orange Isle in Changsha, the capital of Hunan province. (Photo by Noel Celis/AFP Photo)





A barber and a customer wear protective masks in a barbershop on March 03, 2020 in Shanghai, China. Since the outbreak began in December last year, more than 80,000 cases have been confirmed in China, with the death toll rising to more than 2,900. As of today, the number of cases of new coronavirus COVID-19 being treated in China dropped to approximately 30,000 in China, in what the World Health Organization (WHO) declared to raises coronavirus threat assessment to “very high” across the world by the end of February. (Photo by Yifan Ding/Getty Images)





A worker wears protective clothing as a preventive measure against the COVID-19 coronavirus as she watches over customers in a supermarket in Beijing on March 3, 2020. The world has entered uncharted territory in its battle against the deadly coronavirus, the UN health agency warned, as new infections dropped dramatically in China on March 3 but surged abroad with the US death toll rising to six. The world has entered uncharted territory in its battle against the deadly coronavirus, the UN health agency warned, as new infections dropped dramatically in China on March 3 but surged abroad with the US death toll rising to six. (Photo by Greg Baker/AFP Photo)





A robot with a dispenser for hand sanitizer goes around a shopping complex as the country is hit by an outbreak of the novel coronavirus, in Shanghai, China on March 4, 2020. (Photo by Aly Song/Reuters)





A man wearing a protective face mask rides an electric bike at a residential area in Wuhan, China on March 4, 2020. (Photo by Reuters/China Stringer Network)





A baby wearing a face mask inside a stroller is seen as the country is hit by an outbreak of the novel coronavirus, in Shanghai, China on March 5, 2020. (Photo by Aly Song/Reuters)





Medical workers wearing face masks jump rope as they take a break outside the hotel where they stay, in Wuhan, China March 5, 2020. (Photo by China Daily via Reuters)





A man sits alone on the metro to Beijing Capital Airport on January 30, 2020 in Beijing, China. The number of coronavirus cases rose to over 7000 in mainland China as the city of Wuhan is still under lock-down in an effort to contain the spread of the pneumonia-like disease which experts have confirmed can be passed from human to human. Chinese authorities have put travel restrictions on the city which is the epicenter of the virus and neighboring municipalities affecting tens of millions of people. The number of those who have died from the virus in China climbed to over 170 on Thursday, mostly in the Hubei province. With cases have been reported in other countries including the United States, Canada, Australia, Japan, South Korea, and France, the World Health Organization has warned all governments to be on alert, and its emergency committee is to meet later on Thursday to decide whether to declare a global health emergency. (Photo by Kevin Frayer/Getty Images)





Rescuers evacuate an injured person from the rubble of a collapsed hotel building in Quanzhou city in southeast China's Fujian province Saturday, March 07, 2020. The hotel used for medical observation of people who had contact with coronavirus patients collapsed in southeastern China on Saturday, trapping dozens, state media reported. (Photo by Chinatopix via AP Photo)





A worker wearing a face mask rescues a child at the site where a hotel being used for the coronavirus quarantine collapsed, in the southeast Chinese port city of Quanzhou, Fujian province, China on March 8, 2020. (Photo by China Daily via Reuters)





A masked bicyclist passes by a breakfast stand in the central business district in Beijing Monday, March 9, 2020. With almost no new COVID-19 cases being reported in Beijing, workers are slowly returning to their offices with masks on and disinfectant in hand. But officials remain cautious, torn between wanting to restart the economy and fear of a resurgence of the outbreak. (Photo by Ng Han Guan/AP Photo)





A man wearing a mask walks past a billboard depicting lightning in Beijing on Wednesday, March 4, 2020. The mushrooming outbreaks in other countries contrasted with optimism in China, where thousands of recovered patients were going home and the number of new infections dropped to the lowest level in more than six weeks. (Photo by Ng Han Guan/AP Photo)





Environmental protection volunteers in Tengzhou city, Shandong province, carried out compulsory epidemic prevention and disinfection on 1,026 buses, school buses, buses, taxis and other passenger vehicles on March 5, 2020 operated by Tengzhou transportation company, creating a clean and safe riding environment for road passenger transport to resume operations. (Photo by SIPA Asia/China Stringer Network)





Patients (back) infected by the COVID-19 coronavirus wait to be transferred from Wuhan No.5 Hospital to Leishenshan Hospital, the newly-built hospital for the COVID-19 coronavirus patients, in Wuhan in China's central Hubei province on March 3, 2020. Across the world, 3,127 people have died from the new virus. More than 92,000 have been infected in 77 countries and territories, according to AFP's latest toll based on official sources at 1100 GMT on March 3. (Photo by AFP Photo/China Stringer Network)





A young passenger wearing face mask push a cart with luggage in the recently opened Beijing Daxing International Airport, China, on March 03, 2020. As the novel coronavirus expands worldwide and bookings decrease, airlines around the world face a big crisis. (Photo by Andrea Verdelli/Getty Images)





Farmers load cabbage on a truck after harvest at Huarong county in Hunan province, at the border of Hubei on March 5, 2020. (Photo by Noel Celis/AFP Photo)





Female Chinese volunteers from Blue Sky Rescue wear protective suits as they put on equipment before fumigating and disinfecting an area of a local bus station on March 7, 2020 in Beijing, China. The fumigation work, which is usually done by male volunteers, was done by a group of female volunteers in advance of International Women's Day. Blue Sky Rescue, which is China's largest non-profit rescue NGO, is said to have over 30,000 members and trained to assist in emergencies and natural disasters. The number of cases of the deadly new coronavirus COVID-19 being treated in China dropped to below 21,000 in mainland China Sunday, in what the World Health Organization (WHO) declared a global public health emergency last month. China continued to lock down the city of Wuhan, the epicentre of the virus, in an effort to contain the spread of the pneumonia-like disease. Officials in Beijing have put in place a mandatory 14 day quarantine for all people returning to the capital from other places in China and countries with a large number of cases like South Korea and Japan. The number of those who have died from the virus in China climbed to over 3100 on Sunday, mostly in Hubei province, and cases have been reported in other countries including the United States, Canada, Australia, Japan, South Korea, India, Iran, Italy, the United Kingdom, Germany, France and several others. The World Health Organization has warned all governments to be on alert and raised concerns over a possible pandemic. Some countries, including the United States, have put restrictions on Chinese travellers entering and advised their citizens against travel to China. (Photo by Kevin Frayer/Getty Images)





An aerial view of Jumbo floating restaurants in Hong Kong, Tuesday, March 3, 2020. Hong Kong's Jumbo floating restaurants is closed “until further notice” as the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak continues to slam the city's food and beverage industry. (Photo by Kin Cheung/AP Photo)