Aviation security officers wearing medical masks stand guard at international arrival terminal of Soekarno Hatta airport near Jakarta, Indonesia, January 21, 2020.
A Thai Airways flight attendent offers meal service aboard an nearly
empty 744 jumbo jet on a morning flight from Bangkok to Singapore May
10, 2003. Both Thailand and Singapore's tourist arrivals have fallen
sharply due to the outbreak of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome
(SARS). Analysts have forecast a second-quarter profit decline for Thai
Airways in a range of 44 to 63 percent due to increased fuel prices and
falling passenger numbers. Picture taken May 10, 2003.
A Chinese man afraid of a growing outbreak of SARS in Beijing wears a
mask as he walks past shelves nearly emptied of instant noodles at a
supermarket April 25, 2003. Residents in China's capital stocked up on
daily necessities, like food, toilet paper and disinfectant, as more
and more people try to go out as little as possible to keep from
getting Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS).
Migrant workers queue for medical checkup at a hospital in Beijing June
2, 2003. Local authorities have ordered all migrant workers who are
working in China's capital to obtain health certificates from hospitals
as a measure to control the spread of SARS. In Beijing, which has
handled more SARS cases than any other city on earth, the World Health
Organisation (WHO) said it was encouraged by the fall-off in numbers of
cases and said it was aiming to eliminate SARS rather than just control
it.
Chinese woman fixes her friend's protective masks against SARS, while
strolling in Shanghai May 13, 2003. Almost two thirds of the world's
cases of the flu-like SARS virus have occurred in China, where the
government said on Monday 252 people had died and 5,013 had been
infected by the disease.
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