The discovery of the new coronavirus has transformed cities in China and neighboring countries. The impact is strongest in Wuhan, China, the epicenter of the virus — a city of 11 million that is now under lockdown. Other Asian cities, from Manila to Seoul, are also feeling the effect. Photographers are documenting the way life has changed since the discovery of 2019-nCoV. Ulet Ifansasti / Getty Images Passengers arriving on an international flight this week at Indonesia’s Adisucipto airport in the city of Yogyakarta lined up to be checked for fever with a thermal scanner (screen at right). AFP via Getty Images This week, dozens of excavators descended on the construction site for a new hospital in Wuhan. Existing hospitals in the city are overcrowded with patients seeking care. To meet the demand, Chinese authorities on Thursday pledged to build and open a new coronavirus hospital by February 3, modeling the facility on an emergency hospital built in Beijing during the SARS epidemic in
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