Photos: Poignant moments, anxiety amid Coronavirus outbreak

It has been a week of global cancellations from vacations, to sporting events, to flights after the spread of the new coronavirus. Associated Press photographers from Washington state to Italy have captured touching moments, from family conversations to home-bound Italians singing from their balconies. It’s a reality Asia has been living with for months, but while the focus of the pandemic appears to be shifting away from its original epicenter in China, many in Asia continue to urge vigilance against anything that might hurt hard-won gains. ...read more

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Paramedics treat a patient infected with the coronavirus, at a hospital in Tehran, Iran. With the approaching Persian New Year, known as Nowruz, officials have kept up pressure on people not to travel and to stay home. Health Ministry spokesman Kianoush Jahanpour has reiterated that people should not even attend funerals. (Mohammad Ghadamali / AP)

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Travellers wearing protective masks look at a smart phone at the Ministro Pistarini International Airport, in Ezeiza on the outskirts of Buenos Aires. Argentina has published a decree establishing a 30-day ban on entry to non-residents who have travelled to a country highly affected by coronavirus in the last 14 days. (Marcos Brindicci / AP)

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The Grand Princess maintains a holding pattern about 30 miles off the coast of San Francisco. Some 2,400 passengers of the cruise ship on a vacation to Hawaii ended in quarantine after a COVID-19 outbreak was detected aboard the vessel. Diagnostic kits were flown by helicopter to the ship, and 21 people aboard - mostly crew - tested positive. (Noah Berger / AP)

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An elderly woman wears a face mask as she shops at a food market in Tel Aviv, Israel. Israel has imposed a number of tough restrictions to slow the spread of the coronavirus. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced that schools, universities, restaurants and places of entertainment will be closed to stop the spread of the coronavirus. He also encouraged people not to go to their workplaces unless absolutely necessary. (Oded Balilty / AP)

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A taxi driver, wearing a protective mask as a precaution drives his American classic car with tourists in Havana, Cuba. For most people, the new coronavirus has caused only mild or moderate symptoms, such as fever and cough. Cuba said Monday it would allow a British cruise ship to dock with five people aboard infected with the coronavirus and nearly 40 others in isolation with flu-like symptoms. (Ramon Espinosa / AP)

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General view of Mestalla stadium during the Champions League round of 16 second leg soccer match between Valencia and Atalanta in Valencia, Spain. The stadium is empty because of the coronavirus outbreak. It has been a week of global cancellations from vacations, to sporting events, to flights after the spread of the coronavirus. (Emilio Morenatti / AP)

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A couple kiss, at the Barcelona Airport, Spain, Thursday. Airlines and travellers were left sorting out the new travel ban that President Donald Trump announced late Wednesday last week, barring most foreign visitors from continental Europe for 30 days. (Emilio Morenatti / AP)

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An employee sprays disinfectant at the Sea World at Jaya Ancol Dream Park in Jakarta, Indonesia. The capital city announced a lockdown of all tourist destinations and entertainment spots. President Joko Widodo, has not declared a nationwide state of emergency, however, the head of Indonesia’s disaster mitigation agency has issued a circular extending the state of “certain emergencies” until May 29. (Dita Alangkara / AP)

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Tourists wear face masks as news about the coronavirus is seen in a reflection off a glass surface in Times Square in New York. President Donald Trump on Sunday called on Americans to cease hoarding groceries and other supplies, while one of the nation's most senior public health officials called on the nation to act with more urgency to safeguard their health. (Wong Maye-E / AP)

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A teacher works in an empty classroom at the Pompeu Fabra university in Barcelona, Spain. Spain set up police checks at its land borders with France and Portugal on Tuesday and turned back foreigners attempting to enter, part of strict measures to prevent the spread of the coronavirus in Europe’s second hardest-hit country. The government has sent home nearly 10 million students and asked people to work remotely. (Emilio Morenatti / AP)

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Student volunteers perform a Purim reading from the Book of Esther for residents under self-quarantine due to potential exposure to the coronavirus, in New Rochelle, New York. In Westchester County, student volunteers from a Jewish secondary school were fanning out in teams to read the megillah (scroll) outside the homes of about 120 families from the community who are quarantined. (John Minchillo / AP)

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People wave and clap their hands as a banner reading everything will be alright is displayed at right, at the Garbatella neighbourhood, in Rome, Italy. The nationwide lockdown to slow coronavirus is still early days for much of Italy, but Italians are already showing signs of solidarity with flash mob calls circulating on social media for people to gather on their balconies at certain hours, either to play music or to give each other a round of applause. (Alessandra Tarantino / AP)

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Firemen spray disinfectant outside a market in Manila, Philippines. President Rodrigo Duterte has widened a monthlong quarantine in the Manila region to cover all of the country’s main island, a move that risks stalling one of Asia’s fastest-growing economies. The escalation prompted the suspension of Philippine stock, bond and currency trading from Tuesday with trade resuming Thursday. (Aaron Favila / AP)

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People applaud from their houses in support of the medical staff that are working in COVID-19 outbreak in Rivas Vaciamadrid, Spain. Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said his government will declare a two-week state of emergency last Saturday, giving itself extraordinary powers including the mobilization of the armed forces, to confront the COVID-19 outbreak. (Manu Fernandez / AP)