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After vacationing in Vietnam over the Lunar New Year holiday, Dover High School alumnus Douglas Coleman, 26, headed back to China. That was Jan. 27, less than a week after the Chinese government instated a lockdown in Wuhan in response to the new coronavirus.

Maurizio Massari is the Italian permanent representative to the European Union.

The coronavirus crisis is not just a national crisis. It’s a European crisis, and it needs to be treated as such.

Nucleic acid test is an important method for clinical diagnosis of new coronavirus infection. The Enhanced Bio Lab of Shanxi Bethune Hospital is in charge of the Nucleic acid test for the whole hospital, that's the battle field against the Coronavirus.

Qingdao Airport border police check during the outbreak of Coronavirus. This photo has nothing to do with the Bay Area man.

'It was surreal': How a Bay Area man spent a week in China amid the coronavirus outbreak before following the CDC's advice to self-quarantine for 2 weeks after returning to the US.

It was a strange sight in Kunming, China, for Chinese New Year.

The 40-day event celebrates the beginning of the new year in the traditional Chinese calendar. Also known as the Lunar New Year Spring Festival, 3 billion trips are made throughout China during the holiday and many in the country typically are off work. It's a time to spend with family and is a cause for celebration.