Denial sometimes gets confused with rationalization, which is when people try to explain away or diminish the threat of the source of anxiety. Health workers in protective gears evacuate residents from a public housing building in Hong Kong on Feb 11. Is it true that you can reduce anxiety by watching videos of cute animals? The International Olympic Committee is "committed" to holding the 2020 games in Tokyo as planned despite the widening coronavirus outbreak, the body's president has pledged. 5. U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a news conference on the coronavirus outbreak as (L-R) U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Director Anthony Fauci, U.S. Vice President Mike Pence, Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Robert Redfield and U.S. Another ship, the World Dream, has been docked and quarantined at the Kai Tak Cruise Terminal in Hong Kong. Members of the media stand near the cruise ship Diamond Princess, where dozens of passengers were tested positive for coronavirus, at Daikoku Pier Cruise Terminal in Yokohama on Feb. 11. People wear face masks as they go about their daily lives in Singapore on Feb. 4. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrives to a tent during his visit to the Chaim Sheba Medical Center at Tel HaShomer in Ramat Gan, Israel, for discussion on the coronavirus, on Feb. 19. Death toll from the virus reached 34 in the country on Feb. 28. The other nations with confirmed cases include Andorra, Ecuador, Indonesia, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Tunisia, Czech Republic, Dominican Republic, Armenia, Mexico, Nigeria, New Zealand, Algeria, Switzerland, Lebanon, Israel, Egypt, Belgium, Cambodia, Canada, Finland, Germany, India, Malaysia, Brazil, Greece, Norway, Pakistan, Nepal, Russia, Singapore, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Thailand, UAE, the U.K. and Vietnam. School staff leave after the government announced a 14-day closure as they found a eight-year old student was infected with the virus, at Phraharuthai Donmuang School in Bangkok, Thailand, on Feb. 26. Commuters wear face masks on a street in Karachi, Pakistan, on Feb. 28, as the country detected its first two cases of novel coronavirus on Feb. 26. With 2,943 deaths, China is the worst affected, with fatalities reported in other countries and regions such as the U.S., Australia, the Philippines, Hong Kong, Japan, France, Taiwan, Iran, Italy and South Korea, which also has the highest cases of confirmed infections outside China. Tourists wear protective masks at Saint Mark's Square in Venice, as Italy battles a coronavirus outbreak, on Feb. 27. A worker wears a protective mask suit as he checks the temperature of customers in a shopping area in Beijing on Feb. 14. The chartered plane brought back 175 nationals from Hubei province. Psychologists know some of the reasons why. Russian President Vladimir Putin listens to Health Minister Mikhail Murashko during a meeting on preventing the spread of the virus in Moscow on Jan. 29. Pandemic movie (2016) - Coronavirus Film - Plot synopsis: Pandemic is set in the near future, where a virus of epic proportions has overtaken the planet. (Pictured) People wearing face masks cross a road in Shanghai, China, on March 2. Lam said that the government has bought 48 million masks and received 17 million more from China to counter the shortage of masks in Hong Kong. 6. Watch this video to know what it is! The country reported its first death on March 1. Also Read: Biocon chief Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw tests COVID-19 positive; Anand Mahindra, Shashi Tharoor wish speedy recovery. Aboard this quarantined ship, 219 people have tested positive with the virus. More than 90,000 people have been infected, with cases registered in more than 60 countries. Women wearing face masks walk on a street in Jakarta, Indonesia, on March 2. Fans wear masks at Stadio San Paolo in Naples, Italy, on Feb. 25, prior to the UEFA Champions League round of 16 first leg match between SSC Napoli and FC Barcelona. People wear face masks and plastic raincoats as protection at the Shanghai railway station in China, on Feb. 17. Bruce Aylward, international team lead for the WHO-China joint mission on COVID-19 attends a news conference after his trip to China at the World Health Organization (WHO) in Geneva, Switzerland, on Feb. 25. Did you know that our planet Earth is made up of three distinct layers? Watch the video for more. People look on from the quarantined cruise liner Diamond Princess, in Yokohama, south of Tokyo, on Feb. 7. A researcher works in a lab that is developing testing for the COVID-19 at the Hackensack Meridian Health Center for Discovery and Innovation in Nutley, New Jersey, U.S., on Feb 28. Had an extensive review regarding preparedness on the COVID-19 Novel Coronavirus. We also heard people saying that they thought they were already exposed to the virus because someone in their family was sick with some undiagnosed illness and now they think it was Covid-19, and therefore they think they are fine because they should be immune. In pics: Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak around the world. Being a secured loan, it is available at lower interest rates and banks process it in no time. Will summer save us? South Korean Prime Minister Chung Sye-kyun has his temperature checked during a visit to a clinic in Gyeonggi, South Korea, on Feb. 8. Short-term, it gives someone the time to adjust to a situation. Personnel wearing protective gear spray anti-septic solution at a traditional market in Seoul on Feb. 26. A worker disinfects a public bus against coronavirus in Tehran, Iran, on Feb. 26. Russia evacuated 144 people, Russians and nationals of Belarus, Ukraine and Armenia, from the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak in Wuhan, China, on the day. With over 30 years of experience in their profession, psychologists Eve and Mark Whitmore have spent recent years studying misinformation and confirmation bias. People wearing face masks pass by an electric screen about precautions against COVID-19 in Seoul on Feb. 18. Japan's schools prepared to close for almost a month and entertainers, topped by K-pop superstars BTS, canceled events as a virus epidemic spread through Asia into Europe and into sub-Saharan Africa. A health worker in a protective gear stands outside a Lego store at a main shopping area in Shanghai, China, on Feb. 21. 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Korea's trade ministry pledges all possible measures to support local oil industry hit by COVID-19 pandemic Without aggressive containment measures, over 20 million Pakistanis could be impacted by Covid-19 by June, Dawn's columnist Usman. Bruce Aylward of the World Health Organization (WHO) attends a news conference on the WHO-China Joint Mission on coronavirus in Beijing, on Feb. 24. The taxpayer would not need to mention high value transactions in their return. Once they begin to accept it, then you escalate the intensity of the realistic information in stages until they more fully accept it and achieve a greater sense of control. A woman wearing a mask in precaution of the virus outbreak prays at the Kwan Im Hood Cho Temple in Singapore on Feb. 19. Just pay this much in monthly SIP, says expert, Demand for flu shots surge in Asia to head off COVID-19 complications, International Flights: Why Was Ban on Intl Flights Extended? 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