The Big Picture: Masked

Chinese guards reading newspapers

Security guards wearing face masks read newspapers while on duty at the Guomen Hotel in Beijing on May 12, 2009, where people are held under quarantine from the A(H1N1) influenza virus.

Chinese authorities are also searching for people who may have come into contact with the mainland's first confirmed case .

Photo: Frederic J Brown/AFP/Getty Images


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