Ding Yining

Qi Ya

<p>This year’s Spring Festival was not a normal holiday. China’s vacation plans were derailed by an outbreak of a novel coronavirus that has killed more than 300 people and infected at least another 10,000 as of Feb. 2. During the past 10 days, the country has entered something resembling a war footing, quarantining entire cities and rushing reinforcements to overstretched and undersupplied hospitals. Here is a selection of images from the heart of the crisis.</p><p><strong>Frontline: Wuhan</strong></p><div style="text-align:center;height:inherit"><div data-index="0" class="illustrationWrap"></div></div><p></p><p></p><div style="text-align:center;height:inherit"><div data-index="1" class="illustrationWrap"></div></div><p></p><div style="text-align:center;height:inherit"><div data-index="2" class="illustrationWrap"></div></div><p></p><div style="text-align:center;height:inherit"><div data-index="3" class="illustrationWrap"></div></div><p></p><div style="text-align:center;height:inherit"><div data-index="4" class="illustrationWrap"></div></div><p></p><p><strong>Cities on Alert</strong></p><div style="text-align:center;height:inherit"><div data-index="5" class="illustrationWrap"></div></div><p></p><p></p><div style="text-align:center;height:inherit"><div data-index="6" class="illustrationWrap"></div></div><p></p><div style="text-align:center;height:inherit"><div data-index="7" class="illustrationWrap"></div></div><p></p><div style="text-align:center;height:inherit"><div data-index="8" class="illustrationWrap"></div></div><p></p><div style="text-align:center;height:inherit"><div data-index="9" class="illustrationWrap"></div></div><p></p><div style="text-align:center;height:inherit"><div data-index="10" class="illustrationWrap"></div></div><p></p><p><strong>Villages Take Protective Action</strong></p><div style="text-align:center;height:inherit"><div data-index="11" class="illustrationWrap"></div></div><p></p><div style="text-align:center;height:inherit"><div data-index="12" class="illustrationWrap"></div></div><p></p><p><strong>Families Take Their Own Measures</strong></p><div style="text-align:center;height:inherit"><div data-index="13" class="illustrationWrap"></div></div><p></p><div style="text-align:center;height:inherit"><div data-index="14" class="illustrationWrap"></div></div><p></p><div style="text-align:center;height:inherit"><div data-index="15" class="illustrationWrap"></div></div><p></p><div style="text-align:center;height:inherit"><div data-index="16" class="illustrationWrap"></div></div><p></p><p><em>Editors: Dominic Morgan and Qi Ya.</em></p>

Collage: China Battles the Coronavirus

Visual stories that get up close and personal with contemporary China. A mix of short videos, documentaries, photography, and data visualization.

MULTIMEDIA

Photos from the frontline of China’s struggle to contain the Wuhan coronavirus outbreak, selected by Sixth Tone’s visual editors.