This photo taken on January 28, 2020 shows a medical staff member checking a patient infected by the novel coronavirus inside an isolation ward at a hospital in Zouping in China’s easter Shandong province. – China faced deepening isolation over its coronavirus epidemic on February 1 as the death toll soared to 259, with the United States leading a growing list of nations to impose extraordinary Chinese travel bans. (Photo by STR / AFP) / China OUT (Photo by STR/AFP via Getty Images)