Virus whistleblower doctor punished 'inappropriately': Chinese probe

Police in China's virus epicentre Wuhan acted "inappropriately" by punishing a doctor who blew the whistle on the outbreak that has now killed more than 9,000 worldwide, a Chinese government investigation found Thursday.

Li Wenliang, one of a group of doctors in Wuhan who shared posts on social media warning of a SARS-like virus spreading in the city in December, was reprimanded by police for sharing the information and made to sign a statement agreeing not to commit any more "law-breaking actions."

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Japan was one of first countries outside of China hit by the coronavirus and now it’s one of the least-affected among developed nations. That’s puzzling health experts.

Unlike China’s draconian isolation measures, the mass quarantine in much of Europe and big U.S. cities ordering people to shelter in place, Japan has imposed no lockdown. While there have been disruptions caused by school closures, life continues as normal for much of the population. Tokyo rush hour trains are still packed and restaurants remain open.

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Thick stands of stalagmites rise from moon-pale banks of sediment in the Drunken Forest—a cave in Borneo named for formations that tilt at unusual angles.

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Zhangjiajie National Forest, China

If you're afraid of heights, don't look down... This national park was used as a model for the movie Avatar, and it's just as otherworldly in real life. It's majestic, wild, and tranquil all at the same time thats to its towering peaks, abundant flora, and running brooks.

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Special Report: How Korea trounced U.S. in race to test people for coronavirus

In late January, South Korean health officials summoned representatives from more than 20 medical companies from their Lunar New Year celebrations to a conference room tucked inside Seoul’s busy train station.

One of the country’s top infectious disease officials delivered an urgent message: South Korea needed an effective test immediately to detect the novel coronavirus, then running rampant in China. He promised the companies swift regulatory approval.

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At dusk, a swarm of bats disperses to hunt in the rainforest surrounding Deer Cave in Borneo. One of the planet’s largest underground passages, it holds more than two million bats.

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America’s Economy Begins to Shut Down as Pandemic Measures Take Hold

In some places, public officials and private business owners moved with stunning speed. In others, paralyzing hesitancy, defiant bravado or blithe disregard dominated. But by Monday, it was clear everywhere that most of the American economy was grinding to an unparalleled halt and would remain that way for months.

California took some of the most aggressive steps to curb the spread of the coronavirus, with San Francisco and its surrounding counties telling residents to “shelter in place” and not leave their homes unless necessary. Primary elections in Georgia, Kentucky and Louisiana were postponed.

On the East Coast, Gov. Phil Murphy of New Jersey recommended a blanket curfew from 8 p.m. to 5 a.m. for his state’s nine million residents. In New York, owners, waiters, chefs and bartenders arrived for work Monday as if for a funeral, ordered to close by Tuesday morning.

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Matt Oakleaf, camera mounted on his gear bag, drops behind the rest of his team to a landing site near smoldering boreal forest in Alaska. Smokejumpers can put on 100 pounds of gear and get on a plane in minutes. Their mission: Extinguish fires before they rage out of control.

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China relaxes travel restrictions in coronavirus-hit Wuhan, shifts concern to international travelers

As Europe and the U.S. hunker down at home and stock up on supplies as coronavirus cases surge, officials in China began to ease travel restrictions on Monday in the country's epicenter of the deadly outbreak that's since spread globally.
The official Xinhua News Agency reported Monday that cities just outside the epicenter of Wuhan in the hardest-hit virus province of Hubei were chartering buses to send people who had returned home for the Lunar New Year in late January back to work.

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Oia Santorini, Greece

This coastal town on the tip of Santorini is packed with whitewashed houses on rugged clifftops that overlook the water. It also boasts Oia Castle, which has amazing sunset views.

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Spain Becomes Latest Epicenter of Coronavirus After a Faltering Response

Just last weekend, about 120,000 people marched through downtown Madrid to celebrate International Women’s Day. Some 60,000 soccer fans filled one of the city’s largest stadiums. And 9,000 supporters of Vox, Spain’s third-largest party, gathered inside a former bullring.

Now Spain has the second-highest number of coronavirus infections of any European country, after Italy — overtaking the larger nations of France and Germany — and faces the fastest spreading contagion on the Continent.

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Wilmer Flores, his face shielded to protect against sunburn, collects salt near the Salar de Uyuni salt flat in Bolivia.

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A geothermal spa in southwestern Iceland, the Blue Lagoon is located in a lava field on the Reykjanes Peninsula. The lagoon is one of the 25 wonders of the world and is a popular destination for swimmers looking to kick back and relax while bathing in nature.

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