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The coronavirus pandemic changes life as we know it, globally almost 200,000 people have the disease and the death toll is climbing towards 8,000. The outbreak of respiratory disease caused by a novel (new) coronavirus that was first detected in China and which has now been detected in more than 150 locations internationally, including in the United States. The virus has been named ‘SARS-CoV-2’ and the disease it causes has been named ‘coronavirus disease 2019’ (abbreviated COVID-19). All 50 states in the US now have confirmed cases. The European Union has closed its borders for 30 days. Millions across the world have been put under lockdown. Governments are pumping huge sums of stimulus funds into their economies to keep industries from collapsing. These images are from ZUMA Press photographers covering the outbreak around the world: David Becker, Jordi Boixareu, Christy Bowe, Michael Brochstein, Lorenzo Carnero, Vanessa Carvalho, Liau Chung-ren, Albert Ivan Damanik, Pradeep Dambarage, Rouzbeh Fouladi, Skanda Gautam, Serg Glovny, Stan Godlewski, Donal Husni, Evandro Inetti, Paul Kuroda, Jack Kurtz, Rodrigo Reyes Marin, Zikri Maulana, Matthias Oesterle, Chris Putnam, Robin Rayne, Marcus Santos, Ryu Seung-Il, William J Simpson, Bayne Stanley, Ramiro Agustin Vargas Tabares, Matteo Trevisan
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