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Governments Face a Time of Trial as COVID-19 Crisis Mounts

  • The author visits the quarantine ward at Beijing’s Ditan Hospital on April 17, 2003. The writing on the suit reads “For use in Chinese regions only.” (© Izumi Nobumichi)

    The author visits the quarantine ward at Beijing’s Ditan Hospital on April 17, 2003. The writing on the suit reads “For use in Chinese regions only.” (© Izumi Nobumichi)

  • SARS patients in the isolation ward at Ditan Hospital. Note the open windows. (© Izumi Nobumichi)

    SARS patients in the isolation ward at Ditan Hospital. Note the open windows. (© Izumi Nobumichi)

  • Normally one of the busiest areas of Beijing, Wangfujing was almost deserted on April 26, 2003. (© Izumi Nobumichi)

    Normally one of the busiest areas of Beijing, Wangfujing was almost deserted on April 26, 2003. (© Izumi Nobumichi)

  • An almost deserted Tiananmen Square on May 1 (May Day), 2003. As the SARS epidemic worsened, more than 10,000 people were placed under quarantine. (© Izumi Nobumichi)

    An almost deserted Tiananmen Square on May 1 (May Day), 2003. As the SARS epidemic worsened, more than 10,000 people were placed under quarantine. (© Izumi Nobumichi)

  • Empty tables dominate this popular restaurant in the Dongcheng district of the capital on May 13, 2003. (© Izumi Nobumichi)

    Empty tables dominate this popular restaurant in the Dongcheng district of the capital on May 13, 2003. (© Izumi Nobumichi)

  • Prime Minister Abe Shinzō speaks at a meeting of the government taskforce to address the COVID-19 crisis on February 16, 2020. (© Jiji)

    Prime Minister Abe Shinzō speaks at a meeting of the government taskforce to address the COVID-19 crisis on February 16, 2020. (© Jiji)

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