The coronavirus outbreak began in late 2019 in Wuhan, a city of more than 11 million people and the capital of Hubei province in China.
Over 80,000 cases have been reported in mainland China, but the number of cases outside of the country now exceeds that figure, with more than 170,000 affected worldwide. There have been in excess of 6,700 deaths so far.
The World Health Organisation has declared it a pandemic.
