Footage has emerged that shows a Chinese taxi driver taking passengers about in his cab while wearing a full hazmat (hazardous materials) suit, complete with goggles and a surgical mask, presumably in an attempt to avoid being infected by the novel coronavirus.
The video, which was shot by an unnamed taxi passenger in the Chinese capital of Beijing, shows a full pan shot around the cab, complete with the driver in his cautious - but entirely understandable - get-up.
He's even got a hand sanitiser dispenser - definitely a valuable tool in preventing the spread of infection - in the central console of the vehicle.
The passenger, who - it would seem - was trying to get to the airport on 25 January, can be heard to tell him to step on it and get to their destination 'as soon as possible'.
She then asks the taxi driver: "Do you get many clients while dressed like this?"
The driver then responds: "These are extraordinary times. I'm being responsible for myself, and for my family.
"It's important to have awareness."
That seems like a fair argument, given how devastating the virus has been so far.
At the latest count, the novel coronavirus - it doesn't actually have a name yet - has killed 170 people in mainland China and - according to official figures - infected as many as 7,700 people in the country.
The virus is a pneumonia-like virus that causes severe respiratory problems in some of those who become infected.
So far, the World Health Organisation has not called the epidemic, of which the epicentre has been the city of Wuhan, a global health crisis, but the UN body is due to meet today in order to discuss whether to escalate the status of the virus.
The Chinese government is taking it very seriously, that's for sure.
One of four temporary hospitals with up to 1,000 beds opened for patients after just two days of construction work on Monday.
The Dabie Mountain Regional Medical Centre, in Huanggang City, started taking patients after only 48 hours of construction work, which saw the building develop an empty shell to a functional medical facility.
This is just one of four hospitals - two of which are being built from scratch - that are being used exclusively to treat those infected with the novel coronavirus.
The new medical centres are based on those that were established by the Chinese government during the 2003 SARS outbreak.
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