Indonesia Eyes Empty Islands for Quarantine Hub Amid Virus Fears

People wait at the Raden Sadjad airport in Ranai, Natuna island, Indonesia, on Feb 3.

Photographer: Ricky Prakaso/AFP via Getty Images

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Indonesia plans to build a medical and rehabilitation center on an uninhabited island that would be used to isolate infectious disease victims as fears grow over the rapid spread of the Wuhan coronavirus.