A man wearing a face mask rides a bicycle to pass the Chinatown's main entrance gate in Incheon, South Korea. Even as cases and deaths from the new virus mount, fear is advancing like a tsunami – and not just in the areas surrounding the Chinese city of Wuhan, the center of the outbreak that has been declared a global health emergency. — Photos: AP
TOKYO: You might have heard that the fear of a new virus from China is spreading faster than the actual virus.
From earnest officials trying to calm a building panic. From your spouse. From the know-it-all who rattles off the many much more likely ways you’re going to die: smoking, car accidents, the flu.
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A man wearing a face mask rides a bicycle to pass the Chinatown's main entrance gate in Incheon, South Korea. Even as cases and deaths from the new virus mount, fear is advancing like a tsunami – and not just in the areas surrounding the Chinese city of Wuhan, the center of the outbreak that has been declared a global health emergency. — Photos: AP
A woman wearing a face mask walks on a almost empty street at the Chinatown in Incheon, South Korea. Even as cases and deaths from the new virus mount, fear is advancing like a tsunami – and not just in the areas surrounding the Chinese city of Wuhan, the center of the outbreak that has been declared a global health emergency. A restaurant owner in the Chinatown says visitors have dropped by 90%. — AP
An empty Chinese restaurant is seen at the Chinatown in Incheon, South Korea. Even as cases and deaths from the new virus mount, fear is advancing like a tsunami - and not just in the areas surrounding the Chinese city of Wuhan, the center of the outbreak that has been declared a global health emergency. A restaurant owner in the Chinatown says visitors have dropped by 90%. — AP
A woman wearing a face mask walks on the almost empty Namdaemun Market street in Seoul, South Korea. Even as cases and deaths from the new virus mount, fear is advancing like a tsunami – and not just in the areas surrounding the Chinese city of Wuhan, the center of the outbreak that has been declared a global health emergency. — AP
Workers wearing protective gears prepare to spray disinfectant as a precaution against the coronavirus at Namdaemun Market in Seoul, South Korea. Even as cases and deaths from the new virus mount, fear is advancing like a tsunami - and not just in the areas surrounding the Chinese city of Wuhan, the center of the outbreak that has been declared a global health emergency. — AP
A huge electric screen about precautions against the COVID-19 illness is seen in Seoul, South Korea. Even as cases and deaths from the new virus mount, fear is advancing like a tsunami - and not just in the areas surrounding the Chinese city of Wuhan, the center of the outbreak that has been declared a global health emergency. — AP
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