Fight against coronavirus: Beijing cancels major New Year celebrations

Jan 23, 2020

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(200123) -- BEIJING, Jan. 23, 2020 -- A kid selects knick knacks of Chinese Lunar New Year at Pancoran market in Jakarta, Indonesia, Jan. 22, 2020. ) XINHUA PHOTOS OF THE DAY VerixSanovri
Chinese wear protective respiratory masks in Beijing on Wednesday, January 22, 2020. Health authorities in China reported the country s sixth death from a new type of coronavirus, as the country braces for the Lunar New Year travel boom amid concerns over a possible outbreak similar to that of the SARS virus in the early 2000s. PEK2020012207 STEPHENxSHAVER
Chinese wear protective respiratory masks in Beijing on Wednesday, January 22, 2020. Health authorities in China reported the country s sixth death from a new type of coronavirus, as the country braces for the Lunar New Year travel boom amid concerns over a possible outbreak similar to that of the SARS virus in the early 2000s. PEK2020012201 STEPHENxSHAVER
Chinese security guards stand outside the capital s center for disease control, prevention and research in central Beijing on Tuesday, January 21, 2020. Health authorities in China reported the country s fourth death from a new type of coronavirus, as the country braces for the Lunar New Year travel boom amid concerns over a possible outbreak similar to that of the SARS virus in the early 2000s. PEK2020012105 STEPHENxSHAVER
Chinese wear protective respiratory masks in downtown Beijing on Tuesday, January 21, 2020. Health authorities in China reported the country s fourth death from a new type of coronavirus, as the country braces for the Lunar New Year travel boom amid concerns over a possible outbreak similar to that of the SARS virus in the early 2000s. PEK2020012114 STEPHENxSHAVER
Chinese wear protective respiratory masks in downtown Beijing on Tuesday, January 21, 2020. Health authorities in China reported the country s fourth death from a new type of coronavirus, as the country braces for the Lunar New Year travel boom amid concerns over a possible outbreak similar to that of the SARS virus in the early 2000s. PEK2020012108 STEPHENxSHAVER
Chinese wear protective respiratory masks in downtown Beijing on Tuesday, January 21, 2020. Health authorities in China reported the country s fourth death from a new type of coronavirus, as the country braces for the Lunar New Year travel boom amid concerns over a possible outbreak similar to that of the SARS virus in the early 2000s. PEK2020012107 STEPHENxSHAVER
(200120) -- BEIJING, Jan. 20, 2020 -- Mickey and Minnie dressed in their new traditional Chinese-style costumes pose for photos during the Chinese Lunar New Year celebrations at Disney s California Adventure Park in Anaheim, the United States, Jan. 17, 2020. ) XINHUA PHOTOS OF THE DAY LixYing
Chinese walk through a decorated a park for the upcoming Chinese New Year celebrating the Year of the Rat in Beijing on Saturday, January 18, 2020. The Year of the Rat is traditionally the most unfortunate, laden with bad omens and mishaps - this as China s economic growth hits a three-decade low, a new coronavirus outbreak, a trade war and and pork output plunging to a 16-year low. PEK2020011803 STEPHENxSHAVER
Chinese workers decorate a park for the upcoming Chinese New Year celebrating the Year of the Rat in Beijing on Saturday, January 18, 2020. The Year of the Rat is traditionally the most unfortunate, laden with bad omens and mishaps - this as China s economic growth hits a three-decade low, a new coronavirus outbreak, a trade war and and pork output plunging to a 16-year low. PEK2020011802 STEPHENxSHAVER
(200117) -- BEIJING, Jan. 17, 2020 -- Chinese Premier Li Keqiang holds a symposium with representatives of foreign experts working in China ahead of the Spring Festival, or the Chinese Lunar New Year, at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, Jan. 17, 2020. ) CHINA-BEIJING-LI KEQIANG-SYMPOSIUM-FOREIGN EXPERTS (CN) PangxXinglei
Chinese workers decorate a park for the upcoming Chinese New Year celebrating the Year of the Rat in Beijing on Thursday, January 16, 2020. China will celebrate its Lunar New Year on January 25 as millions of Chinese travel home for the holiday. PEK2020011625 STEPHENxSHAVER
December 27, 2019, Beijing, Beijing, China: Beijing, CHINA-Two treasure animals of Tibetan culture, Vomit treasure rat , are shown at Taihe gate square of the Forbidden City in Beijing, capital of China, Dec. 26, 2019.The year 2020 is the year of the rat in the Chinese lunar calendar. The rat is a very typical image in Tibetan buddhist culture. It is called Vomit treasure rat and is regarded as a symbol of auspiciousness and prosperity. Beijing China - ZUMAs145 20191227_zaa_s145_002 Copyright: xSongxJiarux
(190912) -- BEIJING, Sept. 12, 2019 -- Fancy lanterns are displayed at Senado Square in south China s Macao on Sept. 10, 2019. Decorative lanterns were set to celebrate the upcoming Mid-Autumn Festival, which falls on the 15th day of the eighth month of the Chinese lunar calendar, or Sept. 13 this year. ) XINHUA PHOTOS OF THE DAY CheongxKamxKa

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(200123) -- BEIJING, Jan. 23, 2020 -- A kid selects knick knacks of Chinese Lunar New Year at Pancoran market in Jakarta, Indonesia, Jan. 22, 2020. ) XINHUA PHOTOS OF THE DAY VerixSanovri

(200120) -- BEIJING, Jan. 20, 2020 -- Mickey and Minnie dressed in their new traditional Chinese-style costumes pose for photos during the Chinese Lunar New Year celebrations at Disney s California Adventure Park in Anaheim, the United States, Jan. 17, 2020. ) XINHUA PHOTOS OF THE DAY LixYing

Chinese workers decorate a park for the upcoming Chinese New Year celebrating the Year of the Rat in Beijing on Thursday, January 16, 2020. China will celebrate its Lunar New Year on January 25 as millions of Chinese travel home for the holiday. PEK2020011625 STEPHENxSHAVER