Thai School Disinfected in Coronavirus Control Measures

CORONAVIRUS: Bangkok city officials have begun disinfecting the homes and schools of patients diagnosed with the COVID-19 illness, Thursday, February 27.

Police manned checkpoints in quarantined towns, governments issued travel warnings and more flights were suspended Tuesday as officials desperately sought to stop the seemingly inevitable spread of a new virus.

Clusters of the illness continued to balloon outside mainland China, fueling apprehension across the globe that was reflected in sagging financial markets.

The crisis pushed into areas seen as among the worst-equipped to deal with an outbreak as well as some of the world’s wealthier nations, including South Korea and Italy.

As it proliferates, the virus is bringing a sense of urgency for local officials determined to contain it but often unsure how.