World struggles to stop spread of coronavirus

Workers lower a coffin during the burial of a COVID-19 coronavirus victim in Bekasi, West Java Indonesia on Feb. 16, 2022.

People lie in hospital beds with temperatures falling at nighttime outside the Caritas Medical Centre in Hong Kong on Feb. 16, 2022, as hospitals become overwhelmed with the city facing its worst COVID-19 coronavirus wave to date.

Security stand in front of people as they line up for nucleic acid tests to detect COVID-19 at a mass testing site on Jan. 24, 2022 in Beijing, China. While China has mostly contained the spread of COVID-19 during the pandemic, and even though cases remain relatively low, recent outbreaks of the virus including the emergence of the highly contagious Omicron variant have prompted the government to lockdown people in various major cities and to reinforce stricter health measures. Mask mandates, mass testing, immunization boosters, quarantines, some travel restrictions and bans and lockdowns have become the norm as China continues to maintain its zero-COVID policy. China"u2019s capital city Beijing, has been put on high alert as it prepares to host the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics and Paralympics which open February 4th.

Sri Lanka Army medic inoculates a woman with a booster shot of the Covid-19 coronavirus vaccine at a vaccination centre in Colombo on Feb. 1, 2022.

A health worker prepares to inoculate a child with a dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine against COVID-19 during a vaccination campaign in Lima, on January 25, 2022, amid the coronavirus pandemic. Peru began vaccinating children aged five to 11 against COVID-19 on Monday, as the country is on track to surpass three million cases due to a sharp rise in infections driven by the omicron variant.

A child receives a Sinovac vaccine against Covid-19 coronavirus in Yogyakarta on December 21, 2021.

Children accompanied by their parents wait in line as they arrive to receive a dose of Covid-19 vaccine, outside of the vaccination centre of Parque das Nacoes in Lisbon on December 18, 2021, as Portugal started the vaccination of children from ages 5-11.

Churchgoers wearing face masks observe social distancing as they attend a pre-dawn mass at a church on December 20, 2021 Paranaque, Metro Manila, Philippines.

A health care worker of Castilla La Mancha Health Care (SESCAM) administers the first dose of Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine to a girl at a walk in clinic at Sculptor Alberto Sanchez Public School on December 15, 2021 in Toledo, Spain. Spain began the Covid-19 vaccination of children from 5 to 11 years-old, an age group experiencing high coronavirus infection rates across Europe.

A shopper in a santa hat and wearing a face covering to combat the spread of the coronavirus walks through Covent Garden, in central London on December 9, 2021.

Medics wearing PPE are seen transporting a patient infected with the coronavirus (Covid-19) to other intensive care units (ICU) from a MedEvac of the German armed forces Bundeswehr to an ambulance to move to other intensive care units (ICU) in the country, at Muenster Osnabruck Airport, northern Germany on November 26, 2021.

Palestinian ministry of health employees prepare to administer Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccines to school students age 12 and up on November 24,2021 in the village of Dura, west of Hebron.

DRESDEN, GERMANY - NOVEMBER 23: A man wearing a protective face mask walks walks past a closed carousel and cash desk at the shuttered Striezelmarkt Christmas market during the fourth wave of the coronavirus pandemic on November 23, 2021 in Dresden, Germany. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)

A girl of a school class gives her sample for the so-called 'lollipop test', which is a pool PCR test for the coronavirus, at Petri primary school in Dortmund, western Germany, on November 23, 2021, amid the novel coronavirus / COVID-19 pandemic. (Photo by Ina FASSBENDER / AFP)

A boy wears a hat and a face mask as he attends lessons in his aerated classroom at the Petri primary school in Dortmund, western Germany, on November 23, 2021 amid the novel coronavirus / COVID-19 pandemic. (Photo by Ina FASSBENDER / AFP)

Kindergarten students attend a face-to-face class at Siocon Elementary School in the town of Bogo in Cebu province on November 15, 2021, after thousands of children were allowed to return to class for the first time since the start of the coronavirus pandemic.

Women walk past a fuming chimney of a crematorium at a cemetery in Kiev on November 11, 2021, amid the ongoing coronavirus disease (Covid-19) pandemic.

A man waits at the reception of a Corona testing station in Duisburg, western Germany, on November 12, 2021, amid the ongoing coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic.

A municipal worker sprays disinfectant as mask-clad Iranians gather in a mosque in the capital Tehran to perform the Friday prayers, for the first time after authorities eased some restrictions put in place for over a year in a bid to stem the spread of the coronavirus, on October 22, 2021.

A protestors takes a picture of a skeleton with a syringe between its teeth during a demonstration against the vaccination certificate and the requirement to wear masks amid the COVID pandemic on Seapoint Promenade in Cape Town, on October 2, 2021. More than 1.000 people took part in the protest. South African President Cyril Ramaphosa announced a few days before a new standardized COVID vaccination certificate, which could ease travel and help access events that require proof of inoculation.

This aerial view shows the funeral of a coronavirus victim in the village of Barisha in the Idlib province, on September 30, 2021.

A girl is inoculated with the Pfizer-BioNtech COVID-19 vaccine at a school in Medellin, Colombia, on Sept. 7.

Healthcare workers wearing hazmat suits conduct swab tests on residents exposed to COVID-19 patients on Sept. 6, 2021 in the mountainous village of Basca in Aringay town, La Union province, Philippines. Healthcare workers from the Aringay COVID-19 Diagnostic Team often have to go on long walks to reach remote villages in their town to conduct contact tracing on suspected COVID-19 patients. Due to a lack of supply of protective equipment from the country's health department, they are forced to wear their hazmat suits as they cross rivers and mountains under the scorching sun or intense rain to avoid wastage. The country is struggling to cope with a huge wave of cases fueled by the more infectious Delta variant, recording more than 2 million cases and more than 34,000 deaths with every one in four people tested turning out positive for the coronavirus.

A Buddhist monk receives the Sinovac COVID-19 coronavirus vaccine at a health center in Phnom Penh on August 29, 2021, as Cambodia began vaccinating adolescents between the ages of 12 to 17.

Grave diggers carry a coffin of a COVID19 victim for burial at a cemetery in Cimahi, West Java on August 22, 2021.

Marion County Public School Bus Driver Terri Haynes, sanitizes her bus before leaving the bus compound for Zone 1 Monday afternoon, August 16, 2021. "We've done lost two drivers (to COVID)," Haynes said. The Marion County School Board held an emergency meeting Monday morning, August 16, 2021, to discuss COVID-19 impacts and bus driver shortages.The public spoke for and against mask mandate with and opt-out. Last week there were 93 Covid cases involving students and 46 involving employees. A total of 531 students and employees were quarantined.

This photo taken on August 13, 2021 shows a staff member spraying disinfectant as a preventive measure against the COVID-19 coronavirus in the dining hall of a Lenovo factory in Wuhan, China's central Hubei province.

Iranians wait their turn to be inoculated against the coronavirus, at a vaccination centre set up inside the Iran Mall in the capital Tehran, on August 14, 2021.

Volunteer healthcare workers rest after their turn in the Zwartkops Raceway drive-through vaccination site amid the Covid-19 pandemic in Centurion, near Pretoria, in South Africa on August 13, 2021.

Anti-lockdown protesters hold placards in Canberra on August 12, 2021, as Australia's capital was ordered into a seven-day lockdown after a single COVID-19 case was detected.

A drummer wears a face mask while performing inside a music club on August 11, 2021 in New Orleans, Louisiana. The Louisiana Department of Health today reported 3,930 new confirmed COVID-19 cases and 42 additional deaths. 2,895 COVID-19 patients are now hospitalized in Louisiana, a new daily record.

Volunteers from the Nahdatul Ulama (NU) Sleman burial team bury the body of a woman who died from COVID-19 during a funeral service at a cemetery on August 12, 2021 in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. Indonesia has recorded over 100,000 deaths from COVID-19, as the country continues to struggle with a huge wave of infections driven by the delta variant. Burial teams are working round to clock in many parts of the country, not only assisting with burying the dead, but also educating the public on best practices when dealing with those who have lost their lives to the disease.

Pro-democracy protesters hold signs during a car mob protest calling for the resignation of Thailand's Prime Minister Prayut Chan-O-Cha over the government's handling of the Covid-19 coronavirus crisis, in Bangkok on August 10, 2021.

People gather at City Hall to protest vaccine mandates on August 09, 2021, in New York City. NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio announced last week that as of August 16th proof of coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccination will be required to attend indoor restaurants, gyms, and entertainment venues with enforcement of the mandate to begin on September 13th.

People gather at City Hall to protest vaccine mandates on August 09, 2021, in New York City. NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio announced last week that as of August 16th proof of coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccination will be required to attend indoor restaurants, gyms, and entertainment venues with enforcement of the mandate to begin on September 13th. Gov. Andrew Cuomo also announced a vaccination mandate for state employees and patient-facing health care workers at state hospitals with an option to get weekly testing. According to CDC data, NYC is now considered a "high" or "substantial" COVID transmission area, after an increase in coronavirus (COVID-19) infections. The Delta variant now accounts for over 80% of all positive cases in NYC.

The sun sets over a cemetery designated for Covid-19 coronavirus victims in Surabaya on August 9, 2021.

Workers pray as they conduct a burial the body of a baby that died in the womb after the mother contracted Covid-19 during a funeral at the cemetery on August 09, 2021, in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. Indonesia, facing a severe wave of Covid-19 infections, has passed the grim milestone of more than 100,000 deaths recorded due to the disease.

A medical worker wears protective clothing while performing a nucleic acid test on a client from behind glass at a small private testing site on August 6, 2021 in Beijing, China. While cases still remain relatively low compared to many countries, China is battling its worst COVID-19 outbreak in months after workers in the arrivals area at Nanjing International Airport were infected with the highly contagious Delta variant and it has since spread to dozens of cities in at least 18 provinces.

Commuters wear masks to protect against COVID-19 as they sit on a public bus as it waits to depart during the evening rush hour on August 4, 2021, in Beijing, China. While cases still remain relatively low compared to many countries, China is battling its worst COVID-19 outbreak in months after workers in the arrivals area at Nanjing International Airport were infected with the highly contagious Delta variant and it has since spread to dozens of cities in at least 18 provinces.

People visit graves at a cemetery, which no longer accepts burials after its plots were filled amid the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic, in Tegal Alur, Jakarta, on August 1, 2021.

July 17, 2021: A funeral worker walks past the graves at the burial site for the Covid-19 coronavirus victims at Keputih cemetery in Surabaya, East Java,

A man sits on empty oxygen canisters, as he waits to fill them up, outside a factory in Mandalay amid a surge in Covid-19 coronavirus cases, July 13, 2021.

Patients receive care underneath a tent, erected on the compounds of a hospital to handle an influx of people suffering from the Covid-19 coronavirus, in Yogyakarta, as Indonesia faces its most serious outbreak driven by the highly infectious Delta variant, July 13, 2021.

An aerial photo taken on July 11, 2021 shows a maze in a maize field forming an image of a person who gets vaccinated against the coronavirus in Selm, western Germany. The maze was created by farmer Benedikt Luenemann and will be open for visitors from July 16 until Halloween at the end of October, according to media reports.

A young woman receives the AstraZeneca Covid-19 coronavirus vaccine at a makeshift mass vaccination clinic in Denpasar on Indonesia's resort island of Bali on July 6, 2021, as the Southeast Asian nation battles an unprecedented wave of new infections.

A health worker takes a quick test for the coronavirus on a woman at a test center in Herrsching, Germany, on July 5, 2021, amid the pandemic.

Gravediggers bury a coffin of a COVID-19 coronavirus victim at a cemetery in Bekasi on July 4, 2021.

Ambulance staff rest on a bench after their Covid-19 coronavirus duty at a crematorium ground in Guwahati, India, June 25, 2021.

Inmates wait 30 minutes in case they experience side effects after receiving doses of the Sinopharm Covid-19 coronavirus vaccine at Chonburi Central Prison in Thailand, June 25, 2021.

Health workers inoculate an elderly man at his village with the Covishield vaccine against the Covid-19 coronavirus, June 25, 2021.

People hug behind roses placed by the NGO Rio de Paz on Copacabana beach, Rio de Janeiro, in memory of Brazil's half a million COVID-19 victims, on June 20, 2021. On the eve, Brazil became the second country after the United States to surpass 500,000 COVID-19 deaths as the South American giant grapples with a third wave of the pandemic.

Medical workers wearing PPE suits (Personal Protective Equipment) play chess as they take a break inside a Covid care center set up inside a cricket stadium with the support of Uttar Pradesh Government in the wake of rising cases of the Covid contagion on May 23, 2021 in NOIDA, India. India's prolonged and devastating wave of COVID-19 infections has gripped cities and overwhelmed urban health resources, but it has also reached deep into rural India, where the true extent of devastation may never be known because of the lack of widespread testing or reliable data.

woman receives a dose of the Oxford/AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine as health workers visit door-to-door to deliver the vaccines to people who live far from health facilities on May 18, 2021 in Siaya, Kenya.

Health care workers care for COVID-19 patients at a field hospital set up in the Pedro Dell’Antonia Sports Complex on May 17, 2021 in Santo Andre, Brazil. There are currently no ICU patients being treated in the field hospital. Health experts are warning that Brazil should brace for a new surge of COVID-19 amid a slow vaccine rollout and relaxed restrictions. The state of Sao Paulo has registered over 3 million cases of COVID-19 and more than 100,000 deaths. Over 435,000 people have been killed in Brazil by COVID-19, second only to the U.S.

Tables and chairs are cordoned off to prevent people from dining at a hawker food centre in Singapore on May 16, 2021, on the first day of increased restrictions over concerns in a rise in the number of COVID-19 coronavirus cases.

May 2, 2021: A health worker wearing a personal protective equipment (PPE) suit attends COVID-19 coronavirus patients inside a centre of the Commonwealth Games (CWG) village temporarily converted into a COVID care facility, in New Delhi.

A health worker takes a nasal swab sample of a man during a COVID-19 screening at a bus station on April 24, 2021 in New Delhi, India. With recorded cases crossing 300,000 a day, India has more than 2 million active cases of COVID-19, the second-highest number in the world after the U.S. A new wave of the pandemic has totally overwhelmed the country's healthcare services and has caused crematoriums to operate day and night as the number of victims continues to spiral out of control.

Rows of beds for incoming COVID-19 coronavirus patients are seen at a new field hospital in a sports stadium on the outskirts of Bangkok on April 18, 2021.

In this aerial picture taken on April 16, 2021, relatives and friends gather to bury the dead bodies of Covid-19 coronavirus victims at a graveyard in New Delhi.

A health worker takes a swab sample from a shopkeeper for a RT-PCR COVID-19 coronavirus test in Chennai on April 10, 2021.

April 3, 2021: Vaccines are administered at The Helix North Dublin vaccination center in Dublin, Ireland. Irish Health officials have warned that the next few weeks will determine whether Ireland endures a fourth wave of infection, or controls numbers until widespread vaccinations have been administered by June.

A near-deserted Regent Street is pictured in London on Sunday afternoon, March 21, 2021, as the government prepares to gradually lift restrictions following a third shutdown to combat the spread of coronavirus. - Many parts of the UK are following a road map out of a third coronavirus lockdown, as the country nears the one year anniversary of the UK government's first "stay at home" order of the pandemic, on March 23.

Seats are left empty to respect the social distances during a screening at the Luxy cinema as cinemas remain closed in France due to restrictions related to the coronavirus pandemic in Ivry-sur-Seine, South of Paris, on March 14, 2021.

A medical worker, right, injects an over 80-year-old woman with a dose of Moderna vaccine, on March 13, 2021 at her home in Dronero, Maira Valley, near Cuneo, Northwestern Italy.

A resident of the Villa Sacra Famiglia nursing home in Rome kisses the hand of her grandson through a plastic screen in a "Hug Room" on March 3 amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

Workers spray disinfectant in the playground of a primary school in Huaibei, in eastern China's Anhui province on February 19, 2021, as the school prepares for the start of a new term.

Election workers wear protective equipment during the final hour of voting, which was allocated to also allow those who are COVID-positive or who are in quarantine to cast their ballots, at a Polling Station during regional Catalan elections on Feb. 14, 2021 in Barcelona, Spain. In a survey, a third of those chosen by a draw to perform the civic duty of running polling locations on election day said they are worried about the risk of COVID-19 contagion. Spain has been amongst the worst-hit nations by the Coronavirus pandemic, and although the average number of infections has fallen the death rate remains high.

A tractor digs graves in a new area of the Nossa Senhora Aparecida, where COVID-19 victims are buried, in Manaus, Brazil, on Jan. 22, 2021. With over 3,000 burials in January, the COVID-19 pandemic accelerates the expansion of the largest cemetery in the capital of Amazonas state.

An undertaker in full body personal protective equipment (PPE) sprays disinfectant liquid around the grave of a person who passed away due to COVID-19 at Glen Forest cemetery in Harare on Jan. 14, 2021 where gravediggers say the rising COVID-19 related death toll in Zimbabwe is keeping them and undertakers busy.

People dine separated by dividing screens at a street food corner in Bangkok's Chinatown on Jan. 10, 2021, after Thai authorities imposed restrictions on restaurants due to the recent COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak.

Participants sit with social distancing as a preventive measure against the Covid-19 coronavirus during a coming-of-age ceremony in Namie, Fukushima Prefecture on January 9, 2021.

A burial takes place in an area reserved for COVID-19 victims at the Nossa Senhora Aparecida cemetery in Manaus, Brazil, on Jan. 5, 2021.

A cameraman records during the rehearsal of The Nutcracker by the Czech National Ballet amid the coronavirus pandemic on Dec. 21, 2020 in Prague, Czech Republic. As the government restrictions disallow spectators into the theaters Czech National Ballet will live stream traditional Christmas carol The Nutcracker.

Nouran Faraj, a 24-year-old Palestinian, holds her niece as she dons a handmade crochet wool mask as a prevention measure for the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic in Gaza City on December 1, 2020.

Medical workers collect a swab sample from a resident to test for the COVID-19 coronavirus in Colombo on Nov. 9, 2020.

A worker sanitizes a theatre hall ahead of the scheduled reopening of cinemas as theCOVID-19 coronavirus imposed lockdown eases further in Mumbai on Oct. 13, 2020.

Volunteers wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) on a boat transfer people suspected of having the COVID-19 coronavirus to a quarantine center in Yangon, Myanmar on Oct. 12, 2020.

A health worker takes a swab from a resident to be tested for the COVID-19 coronavirus in Qingdao, China on Oct. 12, 2020.

First grade students wearing protective face masks line up to have their temperature taken before entering the school building at the Florya Ugur College on Sept. 21, 2020 in Istanbul, Turkey. For the first time since schools closed on March 16, due to the coronavirus outbreak, kindergarten and first grade students were allowed to return for in-person classes at schools across Turkey. The one day a week classes are voluntary and restarted amid strict coronavirus precautions. As coronavirus cases continue to spike around the globe many families continue to opt for online classes.

People wearing face masks attend a meeting by Thai government officials discussing the economic impact of the COVID-19 coronavirus in the border area with Malaysia at Sungai Kolok town in Thailand's southern province of Narathiwat on September 12, 2020.

A vendor sets up his stall in marks painted on the floor for social distancing as he waits for customers at the 100-year-old Pallavaram Friday market that has reopened following the state government's decision to ease the measures imposed against the Covid-19 coronavirus, in Chennai on September 11, 2020.

Jewish Seminary students study behind a protective plastic screen cells to prevent the spread of the Coronavirus disease COVID-19 in a Hesder Yeshiva on Sept. 9, 2020 in Sderot, Israel. Israel is struggling to contain the COVID-19 Virus outbreak with daily records of new infections and more than 1,000 lives claimed.

Workers unload coffins from a truck outside a funeral home located in front of the General Hospital in Mexico City on August 20, 2020 amid the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic.

A demonstrator with a Brazilian flag is seen beside crosses before a thousand red balloons are released, during a tribute to COVID-19 victims organized by the Rio de Paz NGO at the Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on August 08, 2020.

A teacher wearing personal protective equipment as a preventive measure against the spread of the novel coronavirus, COVID-19, gives a class to a girl at home in Cali, Colombia, on Aug. 4, 2020. The "teacher at home" modality implemented by a local kindergarten seeks to help children keep in touch with teachers and reduce the emotional impact due to isolation during the pandemic.

A health worker takes a break outside of Medellin's General Hospital, amid the COVID-19 pandemic, in Medellin, Colombia on Aug. 3, 2020.

Children travelling from Kuwait international Airport, wear face masks and shields as protections against the novel coronavirus, in Farwaniya, about 15kms south of Kuwait City, on August 1, 2020.

Customers dine among mannequins, used as a method to maintain social distancing, at a restaurant in the Akabane district of Tokyo on July 26, 2020, amid the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic.

This aerial picture shows a funeral taking place at the Olifantsvlei Cemetery in Soweto, on July 23, 2020.

A health worker (L) wearing Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) takes the temperature of a resident during a door-to-door medical screening drive for the COVID-19 coronavirus, at a residential complex in Mumbai on July 20, 2020. - Coronavirus cases in India passed one million on July 17, official data showed as authorities struggle to check the spread of the deadly pandemic across the world's second-most populous nation.

An employee of a funeral home plays the violin during the accompaniment of mourning before the cremation of a victim of the novel coronavirus COVID-19, at the Serafin cemetery in Bogota, on July 17, 2020. - The pandemic has killed at least 590,000 people worldwide, including more than 6,000 in Colombia, since it surfaced in China late last year and more than 13.8 million have been infected, according to an AFP tally at 1200 GMT on Friday based on official sources.

A customer has her hair washed at Tusk Hair stylists in Camden just after midnight on July 4, 2020 in London, England.

Wuhan University graduates wear face masks during their graduation ceremony at Wuhan University on June 20, 2020 in Wuhan, China. More than 600 student representatives attended the graduation ceremony, while 15000 graduates watched the live webcast. Since June 13, 2020 the response level of public health emergencies in Hubei Province has been reduced to level 3. Wuhan's health commission said that the city had no asymptomatic cases as of June 15, and there are no more close contacts under medical observation.

An Israir Airlines flight attendant wearing full PPE (personal protective equipment) prepares for take off from the Ben Gurion International Airport near the central Israeli city of Tel Aviv to southern Israeli Red Sea resort city of Eilat amid the COVID-19 pandemic, on June 16, 2020.

Gondoliers go with customers for a gondola ride on a canal in Venice, Italy on June 12, 2020 as the country eases its lockdown aimed at curbing the spread of the COVID-19 infection, caused by the novel coronavirus.

Muslim worshippers, distanced safely from each other and clad in face masks due to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, perform the noon prayers at a mosque in Kuwait City on June 10, 2020 for the first time since a lockdown was instated three months ago.

Health workers from the city of Melgaco ride a boat ambulance on their way back after visiting eight families that live without electricity in a small riverside community at the Quara river, amid concern over the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus, in the southwest of Marajo Island, Brazil, on June 9, 2020.

Members of the Bangladesh police attend a yoga session to boost the immune system of police personnel during the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, in Dhaka on July 8, 2020.

A barber cuts the hair of a customer at a barbershop as it reopened after closing due to the COVID-19 coronavirus in Quezon City, Manila on June 7, 2020.

People eat at a street restaurant implementing social distancing with plastic dividers after the Thai government relaxed measures to combat the spread of the COVID-19 novel coronavirus, in Bangkok's Chinatown on May 21, 2020. Thailand continued easing restrictions related to the COVID-19 novel coronavirus on May 17 by allowing various businesses to reopen, but warned that the stricter measures would be re-imposed should cases increase again.

Relatives of a deceased person mourn during a mass burial of coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic victims at the Parque Taruma cemetery on May 19, 2020 in Manaus, Brazil. Brazil has over 260,000 confirmed cases and more than 17,000 deaths caused by coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.

A woman sunbathes in a roped off distancing zone marked out by the municipality along the beaches in La Grande Motte, France, on May 21, 2020, as the nation eases lockdown measures taken to curb the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, caused by the novel coronavirus. The local municipality dubbed this set up 'organized beaches', the first in France to implement separated zones for beach goers in order to respect social distancing.

Colombian Huitoto indigenous people pose wearing face masks, amid concerns of the COVID-19 coronavirus, in Leticia, department of Amazonas, Colombia on May 20, 2020.

A taxi driver and a mechanic install a bulkhead barrier against the spread of COVID-19 novel coronavirus, made by Thai military aeronautical engineers, in Bangkok on May 13, 2020.

A woman wearing a face mask takes a selfie while visiting the Disneyland amusement park in Shanghai on May 11, 2020. Disneyland Shanghai reopened on May 11 to the public after being closed since January due to the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak. Visits will be limited initially and must be booked in advance, and the company said it will increase cleaning and require social distancing in lines for the various attractions.

Spanish priest Antonio Gomez wearing a face mask and an acrylic shield gives the holy communion to worshippers at the San Miguel Basilica in Palma de Mallorca on May 11, 2020 as Spain moved towards easing its strict lockdown in certain regions. One of the worst-hit countries, Spain plans a phased transition through the end of June, with around half of the 47 million population being allowed out to socialize to a limited degree from Monday and restaurants offering some outdoor service.

Palestinian girls wearing protective masks attend a graduation ceremony from the Police Academy amid concerns about the spread of the coronavirus COVID-19 in Gaza City on May 7, 2020.

A nurse holds a newborn baby wearing a face shield, as a preventive measure against the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus, at the National Maternity Hospital in Hanoi on May 6, 2020.

A visitor in a plexiglass lock talks to a resident at Les Jardins d'Astrid, a rest home in Maurage, La Louviere, on April 29, 2020, as the visits to residents of rest homes are possible from today in Wallonia.

A resident living close to a boarding house, which housed foreign students from Malaysia, gets his temperature taken by an Indonesian health officer amid the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic in Banda Aceh, Indonesia on April 20, 2020.

Novice monks wearing face shields as a preventive measure against the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus attend religious studies at Wat Molilokkayaram Buddhist temple in Bangkok, Thailand on April 20, 2020.

Police personnel try Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) during a government-imposed nationwide lockdown as a preventive measure against the COVID-19 coronavirus, in Amritsar on April 16, 2020.

A mariachi band serenades the National Institute of Respiratory Diseases (INER) in Mexico City, on April 7, 2020 to give hope to those fighting COVID-19 and the medical personnel during the coronavirus pandemic. The serenade was organized by the Tequila and Mezcal Museum with the aim of encouraging the sick and medical personnel and the whole of Mexico during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Iranian women, members of paramilitary organisation Basij, make face masks and other protective items at a mosque in the capital Tehran, amid the novel coronavirus pandemic crisis on April 5, 2020.

A volunteer sprays disinfectant in Shwedagon Pagoda compound as a preventive measure against the COVID-19 coronavirus, in Yangon on March 31, 2020. Myanmar reported its first coronavirus death a 69-year-old man who returned to the country in mid-March after receiving cancer treatment in Australia.

Police inspector Rajesh Babu, wearing coronavirus-themed helmet, speaks to a family on a motorbike at a checkpoint during a government-imposed nationwide lockdown as a preventive measure against the COVID-19 coronavirus in Chennai, India, on March 28, 2020.

Members of the Charitable Brotherhood of Saint-Eloi de Bethune, each wearing a face mask, carry a coffin towards a grave, at Pierrette cemetery in Bethune, on March 27, 2020, as the country is under lockdown to stop the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic caused by the novel coronavirus. Founded in 1188, the Charitables have for eight centuries taken care of funerals for the inhabitants of Bethune regardless of religion or wealth. Rarely, though, are they done behind almost-closed doors.

An Armenian Syrian volunteer sews masks to distribute to the poor for protection against the coronavirus pandemic, in Syria's northern city of Aleppo, on March 27, 2020.

An opera tenor singer performs the song O sole mio from his window in Paris on March 26, 2020 on the evening of the tenth day of a strict lockdown in France aimed at curbing the spread of COVID-19, caused by the novel coronavirus.

Egyptian municipality workers disinfect the Giza pyramids necropolis on the southwestern outskirts of the Egyptian capital Cairo on March 25, 2020 as protective a measure against the spread of the coronavirus COVID-19.

Don Giuseppe Corbari, parson of the Church of Robbiano, adjusts prints of selfies sent by his congregation and glued to empty pews before celebrating Sunday mass in Giussano on March 22, 2020. Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte on March 21, 2020, ordered all non-essential companies and factories to close nationwide to stem a coronavirus pandemic that has killed 4,825 people in the country in a month. "The decision taken by the government is to close down all productive activity throughout the territory that is not strictly necessary, crucial, indispensable, to guarantee us essential goods and services," Conte said in a late-night TV address.

Health personnel measure the temperature of a visitor at the entrance of the Mbagathi Hospital in Nairobi, Kenya on March 18, 2020. The Government of Kenya confirmed new positive cases of COVID-19 coronavirus on March 18, 2020, bringing the total official number of cases in the East African country to 7. African countries have been among the last to be hit by the global COVID-19 coronavirus epidemic but as cases rise, many nations are now taking strict measures to block the deadly illness.

Employees of the Istanbul Municipality wearing protective gear disinfects a subway carriage to prevent the spread of the COVID-19, caused by the novel coronavirus, in Istanbul on March 12, 2020. Turkey announced on March 11, 2020 its first coronavirus case, a man who had recently travelled to Europe and is in good health.

A disinfectant worker sprays anti-septic solution against COVID-19 aboard a firetruck along a street on March 11, 2020 in Manila, Philippines. Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday declared a state of public health emergency as the number of people infected with COVID-19 in the country rose to 33 from just 3 cases last week. With over 115,000 confirmed cases around the world, the coronavirus has so far claimed over 4,000 lives.

A doctor checks a lung CT image while making his rounds at a ward of a quarantine zone in Wuhan, China.

A Chinese girl wears a plastic bottle as makeshift homemade protection and a protective mask while waiting to check in to a flight at Beijing Capital Airport on Jan. 30, 2020 in Beijing, China. The number of cases of a deadly new coronavirus rose to over 7000 in mainland China Thursday as the country continued to lock down the city of Wuhan in an effort to contain the spread of the pneumonia-like disease which medicals experts have confirmed can be passed from human to human. In an unprecedented move, Chinese authorities put travel restrictions on the city which is the epicenter of the virus and neighboring municipalities affecting tens of millions of people. The number of those who have died from the virus in China climbed to over 170 on Thursday, mostly in Hubei province, and cases have been reported in other countries including the United States, Canada, Australia, Japan, South Korea, and France. The World Health Organization has warned all governments to be on alert, and its emergency committee is to meet later on Thursday to decide whether to declare a global health emergency.