SEOUL, South Korea — Officials scrambled on Feb. 25 to halt the spread of the burgeoning new virus, from northern Italy where troops were dispatched to enforce quarantines and schools were shuttered, to South Korea, where some neighborhoods in a city of 2.5 million were brought to a near standstill.
Associated Press: Desperate to stop virus’ spread, countries limit travel
An Indonesian health officer points at the screen of a thermal scanner for passengers amid a deadly virus outbreak which began in the Chinese city of Wuhan, at the Lombok International airport in Praya, Central Lombok, West Nusa Tenggara on Jan. 26, 2020.
