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    1. AFP News Agency‏Verified account @AFP 23 Jan 2020

      #BREAKING Dubai to screen all passengers arriving from China amid #coronavirus outbreakpic.twitter.com/nlNS2elRuB

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    2. AFP News Agency‏Verified account @AFP 23 Jan 2020

      Map showing the countries and territories where cases of the #coronavirus have been confirmed ▶️ http://u.afp.com/343n pic.twitter.com/5NVjw6INC7

      10 replies 117 retweets 98 likes
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    3. AFP News Agency‏Verified account @AFP 23 Jan 2020

      #BREAKING Beijing cancels large-scale Lunar New Year events over virus fears: officialpic.twitter.com/7QZynLddC0

      3 replies 129 retweets 69 likes
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    4. AFP News Agency‏Verified account @AFP 23 Jan 2020

      #UPDATE Beijing reacts to the #coronavirus outbreak by cancelling massive Lunar New Year gatherings that usually attract throngs at temples during the annual holidayhttp://u.afp.com/343n 

      2 replies 69 retweets 42 likes
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    5. AFP News Agency‏Verified account @AFP 23 Jan 2020

      #BREAKING Beijing's Forbidden City to close over virus fears: officialpic.twitter.com/kNvzrOjjIg

      3 replies 84 retweets 39 likes
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    6. AFP News Agency‏Verified account @AFP 23 Jan 2020

      #BREAKING China shuts roads, public transport in two more cities near virus epicentrepic.twitter.com/bDm6vEeWlx

      3 replies 71 retweets 47 likes
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    7. AFP News Agency‏Verified account @AFP 23 Jan 2020

      #BREAKING China expands public transport shutdown near virus epicentrepic.twitter.com/jEO27TQHT0

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    8. AFP News Agency‏Verified account @AFP 23 Jan 2020

      #UPDATE China locked down some 20 million people around the epicentre of a deadly virus outbreak on Thursday, banning planes and trains from leaving in an unprecedented move aimed at containing the disease which has spread abroad http://u.afp.com/3Zt6  #Wuhan #coronaviruspic.twitter.com/tmW8YtTGQQ

      10 replies 120 retweets 93 likes
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    9. AFP News Agency‏Verified account @AFP 23 Jan 2020

      #BREAKING China reports first death outside virus epicentre: officialpic.twitter.com/Yq975vcmSJ

      5 replies 79 retweets 62 likes
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    10. AFP News Agency‏Verified account @AFP 23 Jan 2020

      #UPDATE Lockdown measures meant to contain a deadly virus were announced as China confirmed the first death from the virus outside the epicentrehttp://u.afp.com/34SP 

      1 reply 40 retweets 28 likes
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      AFP News Agency‏Verified account @AFP 23 Jan 2020

      #BREAKING New Chinese virus not yet a global health emergency, says WHOpic.twitter.com/RVY3EEuba7

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        2. AFP News Agency‏Verified account @AFP 23 Jan 2020

          #BREAKING "No evidence" of human to human virus spread outside China, WHO chief sayspic.twitter.com/dkpxRemunR

          44 replies 94 retweets 89 likes
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        3. AFP News Agency‏Verified account @AFP 23 Jan 2020

          #BREAKING WHO chief urges China to keep city lockdowns shortpic.twitter.com/QTkP2NMplQ

          8 replies 45 retweets 48 likes
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        4. AFP News Agency‏Verified account @AFP 23 Jan 2020

          #UPDATE After two days of talks to determine the level of global concern, the World Health Organization stopped short of declaring a so-called public health emergency of international concern -- a declaration used for the gravest epidemicshttp://u.afp.com/34SP 

          4 replies 56 retweets 34 likes
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        5. AFP News Agency‏Verified account @AFP 23 Jan 2020

          #BREAKING China virus toll jumps to 25 dead with 830 total cases, says governmentpic.twitter.com/kghIHDJl0y

          12 replies 117 retweets 72 likes
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        6. AFP News Agency‏Verified account @AFP 23 Jan 2020

          #BREAKING Another city near China virus epicentre halts public transport, closes bridge: officialpic.twitter.com/h8lUENQwZl

          1 reply 60 retweets 57 likes
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        7. AFP News Agency‏Verified account @AFP 23 Jan 2020

          VIDEO: People in New York's Chinatown give their take on the deadly China virus outbreak. The respiratory virus emerged from a seafood and animal market in Wuhan, and cases have been reported as far away as the United Statespic.twitter.com/x8CMJXg00s

          5 replies 34 retweets 30 likes
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        8. AFP News Agency‏Verified account @AFP 23 Jan 2020

          #UPDATE China seals off more cities as virus toll climbs. Lockdown now covers some 26 million people and 8 cities http://u.afp.com/34cN pic.twitter.com/PEJ3sH56Vy

          7 replies 120 retweets 73 likes
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        9. AFP News Agency‏Verified account @AFP 23 Jan 2020

          #BREAKING China adds ninth city to transport ban, 32 million people now affectedpic.twitter.com/T9iYnH1Wdq

          5 replies 182 retweets 130 likes
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        10. AFP News Agency‏Verified account @AFP 23 Jan 2020

          #BREAKING Shanghai Disneyland says closing over China virus concernspic.twitter.com/QOZz6s9Gio

          1 reply 95 retweets 80 likes
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        11. AFP News Agency‏Verified account @AFP 23 Jan 2020

          #UPDATE Shanghai Disneyland to close until further notice due to a deadly virus outbreak in China. Special celebrations had been prepared for the Lunar New "Year of the Mouse" at the home of Mickey Mouse http://u.afp.com/34cK pic.twitter.com/pNWPNDpwsc

          3 replies 59 retweets 45 likes
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        12. AFP News Agency‏Verified account @AFP 23 Jan 2020

          Workers package masks at a factory in Handan, Hebei province, China. The @WHO has stopped short of declaring the latest contagious virus a global emergency despite China attempting to quarantine more than 30 million peoplepic.twitter.com/EZ6oqFR0iv

          1 reply 24 retweets 24 likes
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        13. AFP News Agency‏Verified account @AFP 24 Jan 2020

          China rushing to build a new hospital in a staggering 10 days to treat patients at the epicentre of a deadly virus outbreak http://u.afp.com/34px  📹 The existing Wuhan Medical Treatment Centerpic.twitter.com/cKEuksz1gc

          14 replies 120 retweets 148 likes
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        14. AFP News Agency‏Verified account @AFP 24 Jan 2020

          #BREAKING China adds four more cities to transport ban, 41 million people now affectedpic.twitter.com/faoicRwgo6

          3 replies 86 retweets 58 likes
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