In this Week in Photos, four feverish passengers and two others who took anti-flu medicine before boarding a flight from Frankfurt, Germany, were sent to designated medical facilities for screening and treatment upon arriving in Shanghai; a doctor rests on a bed at a closed-down “shelter hospital” for COVID-19 patients in Wuhan, Hubei province; and a man who became trapped under tons of rubble when a quarantine hotel collapsed in Quanzhou, Fujian province, is rescued nearly three days later.
A worker in a hazmat suit sprays disinfectant outside a plane that arrived from Frankfurt, Germany, at Shanghai Pudong International Airport, March 13, 2020. Four feverish passengers and two others who had taken anti-flu medication before boarding were sent to designated medical facilities for screening and treatment. Zhang Chi/Jiefang Daily
Ambulances are parked on the tarmac next to a commercial jet that arrived from Frankfurt, Germany, at Shanghai Pudong International Airport, March 11, 2020. Four feverish passengers and two others who had taken anti-flu medication before boarding were sent to designated medical facilities for screening and treatment. From @湾区零食工 on Weibo
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A medical worker takes a man’s throat sample to conduct a COVID-19 nucleic acid test at a school in Wuhan, Hubei province, March 10, 2020. Xiong Qi/Xinhua
A doctor rests on a bed at a recently closed “shelter hospital” for COVID-19 patients in Wuhan, Hubei province, March 9, 2020. Lai Xinlin/Jiefang Daily
A man who was trapped for 69 hours in the rubble of a collapsed quarantine hotel is rescued in Quanzhou, Fujian province, March 10, 2020. Lin Shanchuan/Xinhua
A masked man does his morning tai chi exercises on a playground in Nanjing, Jiangsu province, March 12, 2020. Residents are required to reserve time slots before using the public space. Li Bo/Xinhua
Black-necked cranes congregate in a field near the Yarlung Zangbo River near Shannan in the Tibet Autonomous Region, March 11, 2020. Jinmei Duoji/Xinhua
Vendors at a night market that was closed for nearly two months because of the COVID-19 pandemic, Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, March 13, 2020. Chen Zhongqiu for Sixth Tone