Passengers at the West Kowloon High-Speed Railway Station in Hong Kong wear masks as a precaution following the outbreak of an unidentified form of pneumonia in Wuhan, China. Photo: Sam Tsang Passengers at the West Kowloon High-Speed Railway Station in Hong Kong wear masks as a precaution following the outbreak of an unidentified form of pneumonia in Wuhan, China. Photo: Sam Tsang
Passengers at the West Kowloon High-Speed Railway Station in Hong Kong wear masks as a precaution following the outbreak of an unidentified form of pneumonia in Wuhan, China. Photo: Sam Tsang
This Week in Asia /  Health & Environment

Wuhan pneumonia: Asia battens down for Lunar New Year rush

  • The outbreak of the new strain of coronavirus comes just weeks before tens of millions of Chinese travellers take part in the ‘world’s largest human migration’
  • Singapore has already reported its first case in a 3-year-old girl

Topic |   Coronavirus pandemic
Meaghan Tobin
Meaghan Tobin

Updated: 8:12pm, 17 Feb, 2020

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Passengers at the West Kowloon High-Speed Railway Station in Hong Kong wear masks as a precaution following the outbreak of an unidentified form of pneumonia in Wuhan, China. Photo: Sam Tsang Passengers at the West Kowloon High-Speed Railway Station in Hong Kong wear masks as a precaution following the outbreak of an unidentified form of pneumonia in Wuhan, China. Photo: Sam Tsang
Passengers at the West Kowloon High-Speed Railway Station in Hong Kong wear masks as a precaution following the outbreak of an unidentified form of pneumonia in Wuhan, China. Photo: Sam Tsang
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