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The education minister confirms institutions will be closed across the country until mid-March.
The coronavirus is believed to have originated in Wuhan, the Chinese city of 11 million people that has now been locked down for weeks.

No-one is allowed to leave the city, which is the capital of Hubei province.

The city's normally busy main railway station is now virtually deserted.

...and so are the main streets, where an occasional bike rider in a protective suit can be spotted going shopping.

But residents have been slowly adjusting to the new reality. Here people are seen resting outside their houses in an area blocked by barriers.

Laundry is put to dry above boards blocking an entrance to a residential area in Wuhan Image caption: Laundry is put to dry above boards blocking an entrance to a residential area in Wuhan

Some have made good use of the blocking board to put out their laundry.