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Coronavirus updates: Biden wants 100 days of mask-wearing; California set for new stay-at-home order; US passes 14 million cases - msnNOW
The nation's one-day toll of coronavirus deaths surpassed 3,000 for the first time Wednesday and on Thursday the U.S. recorded its 14 millionth COVID-19 case, milestones showing the pandemic continues to race out of control.
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However, the daily death number may be inflated by fatalities reported days late because of the Thanksgiving holiday. Even so, the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention predicted the U.S. could reach 450,000 deaths by February.
"The reality is, December and January and February are going to be rough times, and I actually believe they’re going to be the most difficult time in the public health history of our nation, largely because of the stress it’s going to put on our public health system," Dr. Robert Redfield said Wednesday at a U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation event.
Joe Biden said Thursday that he will ask Americans to commit to 100 days of wearing masks as one of his first acts as president. The move marks a notable shift from President Donald Trump, whose own skepticism of mask-wearing has contributed to a politicization of the issue.
Former presidents Barack Obama, George W. Bush and Bill Clinton have said they are willing to take a coronavirus vaccine to prove that the treatment is safe and effective. They may even film themselves getting injected.
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo displayed a box of empty vials during his COVID briefing Thursday, demonstrating how the packages will be shipped to states and ultimately administrated. "So it’s not easy, but it’s real," he said.
The number of hospitalized COVID-19 patients nationwide passed the 100,000 mark Wednesday, and experts fear weary staff will be "overrun" by patients. Many hospitals will be forced to suspend elective surgeries and other routine operations, set up temporary field hospitals and stretch staff to the limit, experts said.
📈 Today's numbers: The U.S. has reported more than 14 million cases and over 274,000 deaths, according to Johns Hopkins University data. The global totals: 64.9 million cases and 1.5 million deaths.
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Moderna says vaccine candidate provides at least 3 months of protection
Participants in a trial of Moderna's candidate vaccine appeared to be protected from the virus for at least three months, the vaccine maker announced Thursday, marking the first indication of how long a COVID-19 vaccine might last.
Some vaccines, like one for the measles, essentially provide a lifetime of protection, while others, like the annual flu shot, have to be given repeatedly. Animal studies suggest that COVID-19 vaccines will provide long-term protection, but that has not yet been tested in people.
Both Moderna’s candidate COVID-19 vaccine and one made by Pfizer/BioNTech have been shown to be safe and more than 94% effective and are now awaiting authorization from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
— Karen Weintraub
Joe Biden asks Anthony Fauci to become his chief medical adviser
Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, has been a top official dealing with the pandemic. But President Donald Trump sidelined him at points during the year after Fauci’s stark warnings about the importance of wearing masks, social distancing and halting large-scale gatherings.
"I asked him to stay on the exact same role he's had for the past several presidents, and I asked him to be a chief medical adviser for me as well, and be part of the Covid team," Biden said.
— Bart Jansen
California set for new stay-at-home order
California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced a regional stay-at-home order Thursday based on hospital capacity amid a staggering rise in coronavirus cases that could overwhelm the state's health care system within weeks.
“If we don’t act now, our hospital systems will be overwhelmed. If we don’t act now, death rates will climb,” Newsom said.
The new order divides the state into five regions. Newsom said none of the regions currently meet the threshold for the new rules but projects all will in coming days and weeks.
When they do, the order includes a three-week lockdown that prohibits residents from gathering. If implemented, essential businesses such as grocery stores must operate at 20% capacity; bars, wineries salons and restaurant dining have to shut down; and hotels can only be open for critical infrastructure support.
Schools can remain open if they've received a waiver. Restaurants can continue take-out and delivery services, Newsom said. All non-essential travel is restricted statewide, the governor added.
“This is not a permanent state,” Newsom said. “This is what we predicted. This is the final surge of the pandemic. There is a light at the end of the tunnel.”
— Nicole Hayden, Palm Springs Desert Sun
World War II vet beats COVID-19, marks 104th birthday
An Alabama man who spent World War II repairing bomb-damaged trains in France recovered from a fight with COVID-19 in time to mark his 104th birthday on Thursday.
Major Wooten was physically drained and a little fuzzy mentally after battling the new coronavirus but appears to be on the mend, said granddaughter Holley Wooten McDonald.
“I’m just thankful that they were able to treat him so quickly and we were able to get him tested,” said McDonald, adding: “It’s amazing that a 104 year old survived COVID.”
Pfizer chief not sure if vaccinated people can still spread infection
The CEO of Pfizer, maker of the first virus vaccine candidate to seek FDA approval, says he is not sure whether inoculation prevents the vaccinated person from infecting others with COVID-19. Albert Bourla told Dateline NBC, for an episode airing Thursday at 10 p.m. EST, that "this is something that needs to be examined. We are not certain about that right now." Pfizer could grant emergency use authorization for its vaccine as soon as Dec. 10. Bourla also said he felt an obligation to vaccinate volunteers involved in the testing phase who were given a placebo instead of the vaccine.
“It is a moral and ethical-dilemma and obligation I think that we have to these people," he said. "I believe that in discussion with regulators, we should find a way, sooner rather than later."
New York City creating institute to prepare for future epidemics
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Thursday the creation of the Pandemic Response Institute, dedicated to preparing the city and other jurisdictions for future health emergencies and epidemics. This effort is part of city’s long-term recovery agenda "by building on the network of premier hospital systems, world leading medical universities and growing life sciences and tech sectors to make New York City the public health capital of the world," de Blasio said in a statement. Building new technologies that detect, track and monitor health issues is among the institute's goals.
“No city in the county has sacrificed more, or worked harder to keep COVID-19 at bay," de Blasio said. "It’s time to ... move forward with bold ideas to keep New Yorkers healthy and jump-start our economic recovery.”
Virginia county that balked at gun curbs digs in against virus restrictions
A Virginia County that once declared itself a "Second Amendment sanctuary" in defense of gun rights now says it is a "First Amendment sanctuary" and won't enforce statewide restrictions aimed at curbing the virus outbreak. The rural county's supervisors unanimously passed a resolution banning the use of county funds to uphold Democratic Gov. Ralph Northam's mandates, saying they violate the Constitution of Virginia.
“It’s a sad day in the United States of America and the Commonwealth of Virginia when a governor using unlegislated mandates is harassing, fining citizens, business owners and elected officials, forcing compliance through fear and intimidation,” Supervisor Matt Cline told The News and Advance.
Northam’s executive order caps gatherings at 25 people and directs restaurants and bars to stop alcohol sales at 10 p.m. and close by midnight. The county’s 7-day average of 32.2 new daily cases reported per 100,000 people is higher than the state’s average of 27.1, according to the Virginia Department of Health.
Delta partners with CDC for international traveler contact tracing
Delta Air Lines is partnering with the CDC to begin coronavirus contact tracing efforts for travelers arriving in the U.S. The airline said in a news release Thursday that the effort is aimed at keeping "international customers informed of potential COVID-19 exposure."
Beginning Dec. 15, Delta will ask customers traveling to the U.S. from an international location to voluntarily provide information for contact tracing and public health follow-up efforts. Information includes the passenger's full name, email address, address in the U.S., primary phone number and secondary phone. The release says the data will be "directly and securely transmitting" to the CDC via U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
"This will give the CDC access to the data in moments, dramatically decreasing the time it takes to notify affected customers via local health departments," Delta says.
– Sara M. Moniuszko
48 NBA players test positive for COVID; season to start Dec. 22
In the NBA, 48 of 546 players tested positive for COVID-19 in the first batch of testing for players who returned to their home market the week of Nov. 24-30, the league and the National Basketball Players Association said Wednesday. That’s an 8.7% positivity rate, slightly less than the 10.2% seven-day average for the U.S., per John Hopkins COVID-19 data tracking web site. The season is scheduled to start Dec. 22.
"Anyone who has returned a confirmed positive test during this initial phase of testing in their team’s market is isolated until they are cleared for leaving isolation under the rules established by the NBA and the Players Association in accordance with CDC guidance," the NBA and NBPA said in a news release.
– Jeff Zillgitt
Pence visiting with FedEx officials ahead of vaccine distribution
Vice President Mike Pence was bound for Memphis, Tennessee, on Thursday to hold a roundtable discussion on distributing a COVID-19 vaccine. Though a vaccine has not yet been authorized in the U.S., officials are preparing for mass distribution of doses. Pence will be meeting with executives of FedEx, the Memphis-based shipping giant that will be among key transportation players in distributing a COVID-19 vaccine once approved. Operation Warp Speed, the White House-led initiative to develop and distribute vaccines, plans to begin the first vaccine deliveries within 24 hours of FDA authorization.
– Max Garland, Memphis Commercial Appeal
WHO updated social distancing guideline: Stay 3 feet away
The World Health Organization's latest update on COVID safety guidelines urges extensive use of masks, frequent handwashing and physical distancing of at least three feet. Six feet has been the standard provided by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. WHO also warns to avoid touching your face and urges "adequate ventilation in indoor settings," plenty of testing, contact tracing, quarantine and isolation.
Masks should be worn outdoors and in well ventilated indoor spaces where physical distancing of at least three feet can't be maintained, the guidelines say. In areas of COVID-19 spread, WHO also advised “universal” wearing of medical masks in health care facilities, including when caring for other patients.
IBM analysts warn of phishing attack on overseas vaccine supply chain
IBM analysts have detected a global phishing campaign targeting organizations associated with an overseas supply chain used for vaccine distribution. Spoofed emails impersonating a Chinese biomedical executive targeted organizations that help meet "transportation needs within the COVID-19 cold chain,” analysts wrote. Many vaccines, including those under review for COVID-19, must be kept cool and sometimes frozen during distribution, and the Chinese company whose executive was impersonated is a supplier of low-temperature equipment.
The purpose of the phishing campaign "may have been to harvest credentials, possibly to gain future unauthorized access to corporate networks and sensitive information relating to the COVID-19 vaccine distribution,” analysts Melissa Frydrych and Claire Zaboeva wrote.
– Donovan Slack
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Will some preschoolers ever catch up after shutdowns?
Countless American preschoolers are falling behind with social and emotional skills after months of shutdowns. Experts say the result could be devastating for the long-term success of many kids given that preschool years are arguably among the most formative of a child’s life. A student who starts kindergarten without preschool is more likely to repeat a grade, require special-education services or drop out, statistics show.
“Unfortunately, for children, the impact of this pandemic will be felt for years,” said Dimitri Christakis, a pediatrician who directs the Seattle Children’s Hospital Center for Child Health, Behavior and Development.
– Alia Wong
A health care employee works at a walk-up COVID-19 testing site, Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2020, in Miami. Florida health officials have reported a steady increase in the number of new coronavirus cases each day over the past month and a half, though the numbers are no where near the peak in July.
Medical assistant Linh Nguyen works at a COVID-19 testing site set up at the OC Fairgrounds in Costa Mesa, Calif., Monday, Nov. 16, 2020.
People get tested for COVID-19 at the Reno-Sparks Indian Colony Tribal Health Clinic on Nov. 13, 2020.
Salt Lake County Health Department public health nurse Lee Cherie Booth performs a coronavirus test outside the Salt Lake County Health Department Thursday, Nov. 5, 2020, in Salt Lake City. Utah Gov. Gary Herbert said he is feeling "frustrated" with the state's rising coronavirus numbers as new cases and hospitalizations continued a streak of new record highs on Thursday.
El Paso county begins using Ascarate Park as new mega COVID-10 testing site Wednesday, Oct. 28, in El Paso.
A Rapid Engagement Team, comprised of employees from the Department of Public Health and Social Services, Department of Public Works, Guam Homeland Security/Office of Civil Defense and others, are assisted by Guam National Guard soldiers, during the second day of free COVID-19 testing for the residents living in the Gill Baza and Zero Down subdivisions in Yigo on Friday, Oct. 16, 2020. Of the tests conducted on Thursday with 124 residents at the subdivisions, 48 were tested positive of having contracted COVID-19, said Janela Carrera, DPHSS spokesperson.
Healthcare workers walk to a tent, Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2020, at a COVID-19 testing site outside Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Fla. State officials say Florida has surpassed 500,000 coronavirus cases. Meanwhile, testing is ramping up following a temporary shutdown of some sites because of Tropical Storm Isaias.
Cars wait in lines, Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2020, at a COVID-19 testing site outside Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Fla.
A person is tested for the COVID-19 Coronavirus Tuesday, July 28, 2020 at Cesar Chavez City Park in Phoenix.
Department of Public Health and Social Services personnel, health professionals and volunteers collect information and swab samples from residents during an extended outreach for free COVID-19 testing at the Asan-Maina mayor's office on Thursday, July 23, 2020. Residents were offered the option of walk-up testing or drive-through testing being conducted at the site.
A swab sample is collected from a resident by Department of Public Health and Social Services personnel during an extended outreach for free COVID-19 testing conducted at the Asan-Maina mayor's office on Thursday, July 23, 2020. Residents were offered the option of walk-up testing or drive-through testing being conducted at the site.
Lab technician Zenobia Neal sets up for a COVID-19 test Thursday, July 23, 2020, at Poplar Healthcare in Memphis.
Vehicles line up at a rapid COVID-19 testing site early Friday morning, July 24, 2020, at a parking lot near the Advance Medical Urgent Care Center in Naples, Florida.
Specialist Mary Felton hands a test sample to Private Jon-Rena Thomas from the Louisiana Army National Guard as they conduct COVID-19 testing at Cajun Field. Thursday, July 23, 2020.
A boy receives a free COVID-19 test at a St. Johns Well Child & Family Center mobile clinic set up outside Walker Temple AME Church in South Los Angeles amid the coronavirus pandemic on July 15, 2020 in Los Angeles, California. A clinic official said most of the residents they are currently testing in their South L.A. clinics are Latinos. According to the California Department of Health, Latinos are currently 2.9 times more likely than white people to test positive for the coronavirus. California reported over 11,000 new coronavirus infections today, the most in the state in a single day since the pandemic began.
An aerial view shows a long line of cars July 15, 2020, at a COVID-19 testing site at Dodgers Stadium in Los Angeles.
Staff at direct cars at a drive-through COVID-19 test site, July 15, 2020 at Dodgers Stadium in Los Angeles, California. - Los Angeles County Public health director Barbara Ferrer said July 15 that "We are in an alarming and dangerous phase" of the coronavirus pandemic and access to testing in hard-hit communities would be dramatically expanded.
Leiana Smith, a registered nurse, right, explains the COVID-19 testing process to Gustavo Carrillo, left, at a new walk-up site Thursday, July 16, 2020, in the parking lot of 2001 W. Lincoln Ave. in Yakima, Washington.
Medical workers from New York wearing personal protective equipments test for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at temporary testing site for COVID-19 in Higher Dimensions Church on July 17, 2020 in Houston, Texas. New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo dispatched medical workers from New York State to assist with the spread of COVID-19 in Houston, and particularly in the hard-hit communities of color.
The Patients First COVID-19 testing site that was previously causing major traffic back-ups on Mahan and Magnolia drives has now been moved to Northwood Centre.
Workers direct cars as they wait in line for coronavirus testing at Dodger Stadium, July 14, 2020, in Los Angeles.
A COVID-19 testing site sits in front of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge during the coronavirus outbreak in San Francisco, Saturday, July 11, 2020.
People stand in line to get tested for COVID-19 at a free walk-up testing site on July 11, 2020 in Atlanta, Georgia. With nearly 4,500 new cases of COVID-19 being reported over the previous day the City of Atlanta has rolled back to a Phase I status.
Vehicles wait in line at a COVID-19 testing site at the Miami Beach Convention Center during the coronavirus pandemic, Sunday, July 12, 2020, in Miami Beach, Fla. Fla. on Sunday reported the largest single-day increase in positive coronavirus cases in any one state since the beginning of the pandemic.
People wait in their cars for COVID-19 test at a drive through testing site in the South Mountain Community College parking lot in Phoenix, Ariz. on July 10, 2020.
People wait in their cars for COVID-19 test at a drive through testing site in the South Mountain Community College parking lot in Phoenix, Ariz. on July 10, 2020.
Nurses and doctors take samples for COVID-19 tests at a drive through testing site in the South Mountain Community College parking lot in Phoenix, Ariz. on July 10, 2020.
Montgomery County residents wait in line to be tested for the coronavirus in Chevy Chase, Md., on July 8.
Drivers wait to be tested for COVID-19 at the Hard Rock Stadium parking lot July 6 in Miami Gardens, Fla. The state is experiencing a spike in coronavirus cases and plans to close some businesses to combat the rise.
An aerial view of people in cars lined up to be tested for COVID-19 in a parking lot at Dodger Stadium amid the coronavirus pandemic on June 26, 2020 in Los Angeles, California.
Healthcare professional Kenzie Anderson, left, prepares to take a sample from a patient at a United Memorial Medical Center COVID-19 testing site Friday, June 26, 2020, in Houston.
Lillian Palacios, left, holds her son, Daniel, 7, as a healthcare professional prepares to take a sample from him at a United Memorial Medical Center COVID-19 testing site Friday, June 26, 2020, in Houston.
A Tampa Public Safety Officer signals drivers where to go at a coronavirus testing site at the Lee Davis Community Resource Center on June 25, 2020 in Tampa, Florida. The USF Health system partnered with the Hillsborough County Government to provide coronavirus testing at several location sites throughout the county. Florida is currently experiencing a surge in COVID-19 cases, as the state reached a new record for single-day infections on Wednesday with 5,511 new cases.
Bob Audette, a reporter for the Brattleboro Reformer, gets COVID-19 test at ClearChoiceMD Urgent Care, in Brattleboro, Vt., on Saturday, May 16, 2020. (Kristopher Radder /The Brattleboro Reformer via AP) ORG XMIT: VTBRA101
Physician's assistant Jessica DeMarco places a swab into a vial after collecting a sample from a patient tested for COVID-19 at the Sangamon County Health Clinic's drive-up testing site at 2833 South Grand Ave. East in Springfield, Ill., Tuesday, May 12, 2020.
Dr. Careyana Brenham waits with a swab to test a patient for COVID-19 at the Sangamon County Health Clinic's drive-up testing site at 2833 South Grand Ave. East in Springfield, Ill., Tuesday, May 12, 2020.
A woman is tested for COVID-19 by the San Antonio Fire Department at a free walk-up test site, Friday, May 8, 2020, in San Antonio.
Residents of senior public housing wait to be tested for COVID-19 in Paterson, N.J., Friday, May 8, 2020.
A driver gets tested for coronavirus at a drive-thru site in a Walmart parking lot in Rochester, N.Y., on May 5.
Jersey City, N.J., started giving residents COVID-19 tests May 4 even if they did not show any symptoms of the virus. Some stood in line for 90 minutes to receive the free test. (Pets were not given tests.)
Captain Raymond Ortiz is shown while blood is drawn for an antibody test in Jersey City, Monday, May 4, 2020.
A medical professional works at a drive-thru coronavirus testing site at Cambridge Health Alliance Somerville Hospital on April 28, 2020 in Somerville, Massachusetts. The city of Somerville is offering free testing to any resident who wants it, and requiring residents to wear masks in public spaces in order to combat the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19).
Members of the Army National Guard work at a recently opened coronavirus testing site on April 19, 2020 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City.
Members of the Army National Guard work at a recently opened coronavirus testing site on April 19, 2020 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City.
Detail view of a medical professional administering a test for coronavirus (COVID-19) at a drive thru test site on April 18, 2020 in Springfield, Tennessee.
A medical professional administers a COVID-19 test during a drive-thru testing station on March 26, 2020 in Daly City, Calif. New coronavirus testing stations are opening up each day in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Mary Hermiz, Medical Assistant, works at a drive-through coronavirus testing site on March 25, 2020 in Glendale, Arizona.
NCH Baker Hospital staff check documentations from community members wishing to be tested for Coronavirus (COVID-19) on Monday, March 16, 2020, at NCH Baker Hospital in Naples.
Patients for COVID-19 testing in the parking lot at Maready Medical in Mesa, Ariz. March 23, 2020. Patients were pre-screened through telemedicine before being tested.
A health care worker with the UNLV School of Medicine tests a patient for the coronavirus at a drive thru testing site Tuesday, March 24, 2020, in Las Vegas.
Laboratory Technologist Roger Knauf, left, and Sarah Dell, test for COVID-19, the illness caused by the new coronavirus at Gravity Diagnostics in Covington, Kentucky Tuesday, March 24, 2020. The work is conducted in a secure area and the actual test is done behind glass. The lab was founded in 2016 and was approved for COVID-19 testing on March 16. The CEO is Tony Remington.
Cars snake through the parking lots at the PNC Bank Arts Center in Holmdel waiting for a Covid-19 test being done there Tuesday, March 24, 2020.
A healthcare worker with the University of Nevada, Las Vegas School of Medicine tests a patient for the coronavirus at a drive-through testing site Tuesday, March 24, 2020, in Las Vegas. UNLV Medicine, the clinical arm of the UNLV School of Medicine, started conducting COVID-19 testing by appointment for people who meet the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines.
A car goes through the COVID-19 drive-through testing facility Monday, March 23, 2020, at the Memphis fairgrounds.
Police officers direct drivers as they enter Glen Island Park in New Rochelle, N.Y March 22, 2020. The park was the first site set in Westchester County set up for Covid-19 testing. New Rochelle was the epicenter of the spread of the Covid-19 virus after congregants of a neighborhood synagogue were the first to be diagnosed with the virus.
A resident of a long term care facility gets tested for the coronavirus with a nasal swab in The Villages, Florida, in March 2020.
A healthcare worker prepares to swab a driver, Sunday, March 22, 2020, at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Fla. The National Guard opened a coronavirus drive-thru testing site Sunday testing first responders. On Monday, they planned to expand it to people at least 65 years old who are showing symptoms of the illness.
Stephanie Crilley, R.N., left, and nurse practitioner April Sweeney, at right, prepare to begin testing at the drive-through testing site at the AHN Health + Wellness Pavilion in Millcreek Township, Pa. Saint Vincent Hospital officials expected to test up to 40 patients daily at the site, which opened Friday. All patients tested must have a Saint Vincent Hospital physician referral and appointment. The samples will be tested for flu strains before they're tested for COVID-19, a new coronavirus.
A police officer waves traffic past the entrance to a drive-through COVID-19 testing center after it reached capacity in Paramus, N.J., Friday, March 20, 2020. The coronavirus testing center opened Friday in Bergen County which has been the state's hardest-hit area. Gov. Phil Murphy said only those with symptoms should get in line, and not those whom he called the "worried well," people who are feeling well but are concerned they could be infected. The facility will have the capacity to conduct 2,500 tests a week, according to the governor.
Medical personnel administer tests to New Jersey residents at the drive-through coronavirus testing center at Bergen County Community College in Paramus New Jersey on Friday, March 20, 2020.
A sign sits on a barrier at a coronavirus COVID-19 drive thru testing location operated by Murphy Medical Associates at Cummings Park on March 20, 2020 in Stamford, Conn.
A health worker directs motorists at a coronavirus COVID-19 drive thru testing location operated by Murphy Medical Associates at Cummings Park on March 20, 2020 in Stamford, Conn.
Workers wearing protective clothing conduct test samples inside a plastic tent, Thursday, March 19, 2020, at a state-managed coronavirus drive-through testing site that just opened on Staten Island in New York. It is the first drive-through site in New York City, although there others located in New Rochelle and at Jones Beach on Long Island, and more around the state.
A member of the New York state National Guard holds a sign for drivers who came for COVID-19 testing, Thursday, March 19, 2020, at a state-managed coronavirus drive-through test site operating on it's first day on Staten Island in New York.
Hospital personnel assist people at a coronavirus screening tent outside the Brooklyn Hospital Center, Thursday, March 19, 2020 in New York. If they determine that someone may have the virus they are brought into the hospital for a full test.
Georgia Esoteric and Molecular (GEM) Lab research associate Yasmeen Jilani, seated, tests possible coronavirus samples at the GEM lab at the Medical College of Georgia in Augusta, Ga., Thursday morning March 19, 2020.
Healthcare workers screen patients who will be tested for COVID-19 at the FoundCare drive-thru testing station in Palm Springs, Fla. on March 19, 2020.
Healthcare worker Ludnie Emile prepares to test people for COVID-19 at their drive-thru coronavirus testing station in Palm Springs, Fla. on March 19, 2020.
New York State Department of Health worker gives instructions to a person seeking a coronavirus test at a COVID-19 drive-through testing site at Jones Beach State Park on Long Island, Wednesday, March 18, 2020, in Wantagh, N.Y. New York is among roughly ten states that have set up their own drive-through testing centers, as state and local leaders look to compensate for an acute shortage of tests in the United States.
A view of a checkpoint prior to entering to be tested for the coronavirus at Jones Beach State Park in New York.
Clark Drobek works at processing collections of swabs taken from various patients to see if they tested negative or positive for the Coronavirus COVID-19. The pathology and laboratory medicine labs at the Henry Ford Hospital on W. Grand Blvd in Detroit , Mich. were very busy on March 17, 2020 with many medical technologists and laboratory managers working long hours.
Health care staff from the Community Health of South Florida, Inc. (CHI) prepare to test people for the coronavirus in the parking lot of its Doris Ison Health Center on March 18, 2020 in Miami, Fla.
Registered nurses and patient care technicians wait for their next patient to drive up to be tested for the coronavirus at Christenberry Fieldhouse in Augusta, Ga.
Individuals are tested for COVID-19, also known as the coronavirus at a mobile clinic set up in the parking lot at the Mayo Clinic Hospital in Phoenix on the morning of March 18, 2020. Only Mayo Clinic patients with a doctor's order could use the mobile clinic. A slow but steady stream of vehicles was passing through the mobile clinic on Wednesday morning.
A medical worker tests a person for the coronavirus at a drive-through facility primarily for first responders and medical personnel in San Antonio, Tuesday, March 17, 2020. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said, "This is not a time to panic. It's not as if we have never been through this before. We've been through this many, many times."
A technician prepares COVID-19 coronavirus patient samples for testing at a laboratory in New York's Long Island. Wide scale testing is a critical part of tracking and containing infectious diseases. But the U.S. effort has been plagued by a series of missteps.
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Former presidents line up to get vaccine and build public confidence
Former Presidents Barack Obama, George W. Bush and Bill Clinton are volunteering to get inoculated on camera once COVID-19 vaccines win FDA approval. The three most recent former presidents hope an awareness campaign would be a powerful message as American public health officials try to persuade the public to take the vaccine, CNN reports.
Freddy Ford, Bush's chief of staff, said the 43rd president had reached out to Dr. Anthony Fauci – the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and the nation's top infectious disease expert – and Dr. Deborah Birx, the White House coronavirus response coordinator.
"First, the vaccines need to be deemed safe and administered to the priority populations," Ford told CNN. "Then, President Bush will get in line for his, and will gladly do so on camera."
Hawaiian couple arrested for boarding flight after positive test
A Hawaiian couple that boarded a flight from San Francisco to Lihue, Hawaii, after knowingly testing positive for COVID-19 have been arrested.
The Kaua‘i Police Department confirmed to USA TODAY that Wailua residents Wesley Moribe and Courtney Peterson were taken into custody Sunday after "placing the passengers of the flight in danger of death." Moribe and Peterson were charged with reckless endangering. They both posted bail at $1,000 each.
According to a police report, Moribe, 41, and Peterson, 46, were ordered by the Quarantine Station at the San Francisco International Airport to isolate after testing positive for the highly contagious virus. The couple, however, defied airport orders and boarded a United Airlines flight from San Francisco to the islands. Moribe and Peterson were accompanied by a 4-year-old child.
– Cydney Henderson
COVID-19 resources from USA TODAY
Contributing: The Associated Press
This picture taken in Thessaloniki on December 2, 2020 shows a funeral wreath on new a grave of Covid-19 victim in a cemetery of Thessaloniki.
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.
A demonstrator has her mask around her cuffs as restaurants, bars and night clubs owners demonstrate in Marseille, southern France, Thursday Nov.26, 2020. The government laid out details Thursday of a gradual easing of France's monthlong virus lockdown, including hundreds of millions of euros in new aid for struggling workers and students and businesses forced to close.
Israeli animal rights activists wearing protective gear demonstrate against the spread of coronavirus among mink in Denmark's fur industry ahead of international Fur Free Friday, in Tel Aviv, Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2020.
Gravediggers at Panteon Sueños Eternos burry someone who died of COVID-19 Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2020 in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico. Panteon Sueños Eternos has implemented a different protocol for COVID-19 related deaths. Cemetery workers place the caskets in a cement barrier that later gets covered with more cement before filling the gravesite with dirt. They began doing this as a precaution because they do not know what the spread of the virus can be like postmortem.
Health workers in personal protective equipment carry the body of a COVID-19 victim for cremation in New Delhi, India, Thursday, Nov. 19, 2020. India's confirmed coronavirus caseload is expected to surpass 9 million on Friday as authorities in New Delhi battle to slow down the surge of infections in the city by increasing testing.
A man wearing a face mask as a preventive measure against the Covid-19 coronavirus walks along the restaurant area of Omoide Yokocho alleyway in Shinjuku district in Tokyo on November 19, 2020.
Medical workers and patients are seen in the treatment hall of a temporary hospital for coronavirus patients in the Krylatskoye Ice Palace in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2020. The resurgence of the outbreak has swept the Russia since September, with the number of daily new cases spiking from roughly 5,000 in early September to over 22,000 this week.
A health worker conducts a rapid antigen test for Covid-19 coronavirus on a lecturer at college premises as the state government education department directed the reopening of degree colleges after several months of closure in wake of the coronavirus pandemic, in Bangalore on November 17, 2020.
A father wearing a protective mask holds his newborn son against his chest during the Covid-19 pandemic, novel coronavirus at the maternity of the Diaconesses hospital in Paris, on November 17, 2020.
People wear face masks to help curb the spread of the coronavirus at a department store in Taipei, Taiwan, Monday, Nov. 16, 2020.
A general view of the Scholemoor Cemetery and Crematorium on November 16, 2020 in Bradford, England. In an essay for the BBC this weekend, Dr John Wright of Bradford Royal Infirmary reported how Bradford's main Muslim cemetery has been struggling to keep up with burials amid the country's second wave of covid-19 infections. However he cautioned that "it will take some medical detective work to determine the cause of this increase in deaths."
Health workers prepare to take samples for a COVID-19 test from passengers who are arriving from Cancun Mexico, at the Jose Marti International Airport in Havana, Cuba, Sunday, Nov. 15, 2020. The airport is receiving its first commercial flights in over 8 months, since the country shut the facility down due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Army medical personnel, wearing a protective suit, works at a quick coronavirus testing area which was set up to ease the pressure on hospital emergency wards, following the surge of COVID-19 case numbers, in Milan, Italy, Friday, Nov. 13, 2020.
Members of the public perform push-ups as punishment for not wearing face masks amid the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic in Banda Aceh on November 10, 2020.
Members of the medical staff take care of Covid-19 patients aboard a French army Airbus A400 M before their transfer from Lyon-Bron aerodrome to the French capital Paris on November 10, 2020, amid a surge in Covid-19 (novel coronavirus) cases in France.
Medical workers collect a swab sample from a resident to test for the COVID-19 coronavirus in Colombo on Nov. 9, 2020.
Couples gather on steps in La Defense Business District on the outskirts of Paris on November 6, 2020, during a lockdown imposed by authorities in an attempt to halt the spread of the new coronavirus (Covid-19).
A box with food slides down to car from a window of the apple cider restaurant 'Zum Lahmen Esel' in Frankfurt, Germany, Thursday, Nov.5, 2020. Due to the new partial lockdown to avoid the coronavirus spread the restaurant which has been in operation since 1807 offers cider and food to go in a self-made drive through set up.
Medical worker treats a patient with COVID-19 in the intensive care unit at the hospital "Reseau hospitalier neuchatelois (RHNe)" Pourtales site during the coronavirus disease outbreak, in Neuchatel, Switzerland, Thursday, November 5, 2020. Switzerland as many countries in Europe impose more coronavirus restrictions as cases of COVID-19 patients spike in a second wave of pandemic.
Two women wait in line at a bakery in Antwerp, Belgium, Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2020. Belgium, proportionally still the worst-hit nation in Europe when it comes to coronavirus cases, said Wednesday there are increasing signs of that a turning point in the crisis was drawing close. The announcement came in the wake of increased measures over the past weeks with bar and restaurant closures capped by a partial lockdown starting last Monday, which further restricted close contacts and closing non-essential shops.
A Kashmiri health worker takes a nasal swab sample to test for COVID-19 in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2020.
Tabatha Watley, 54, checks the temperatures of voters as they enter their polling place at Diann Banks-Williamson Education Center on Cadieux street in Detroit on Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020.
A Christian priest (C) offers prayers during All Souls Day at Rajapur Cemetery in Allahabad on November 2, 2020.
Members of a local electoral commission wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) walk with a mobile ballot box to visit villagers at their houses during Moldova's presidential election in the village of Stetcani, some 40 km north of Chisinau, on Nov. 1, 2020, amid the ongoing coronavirus disease pandemic.
Revellers take part in Halloween in Hong Kong on October 31, 2020.
A woman wearing a face mask walks under torii gates (traditional Japanese gates) as she visits a Shinto shrine on October 28, 2020 in Tokyo, Japan. The Tokyo Metropolitan Government reported 171 new cases of Covid-19 coronavirus today.
Voters stand in queues maintaining social distance at a polling station, during the first phase of state elections at Paliganj, in the eastern Indian state of Bihar, Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2020. With an overall declining coronavirus positive trend, Indian authorities decided to hold the first state legislature election since the outbreak of COVID-19. People began voting Wednesday in the country’s third largest state Bihar with of a population of about 122 million people.
A health worker takes a nasal swab sample at a COVID-19 testing center in Hyderabad, India, Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2020. India reports 36,470 new coronavirus cases, the lowest in more than three months in a continuing downward trend. However, the overall tally neared 8 million, the second in the world behind the U.S. with over 8.7 million positive cases.
Medical staff carry medical equipment to a waiting medical flight at the Bron airport near Lyon, southeastern France, on October 27, 2020, to be evacuated on another hospital, amid the outbreak of the Covid-19 caused by the new Coronavirus.
An officer from the district magistrate office holds a COVID-19 coronavirus-themed mascot in a market area during an awareness campaign against coronavirus and rising air pollution levels in New Delhi on Oct. 26, 2020.
Volunteers wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) suits bury the body of a person suspected of dying from the COVID-19 coronavirus at a cemetery, in Yangon on Oct. 26, 2020.
A cleaner sweeps in an empty Vittorio Emanuele II arcade, in Milan, northern Italy, early Sunday, Oct. 25, 2020. Since the 11 p.m.-5 a.m. curfew took effect last Thursday, people can only move around during those hours for reasons of work, health or necessity.
Vatican Swiss Guards wearing masks to curb the spread of COVID-19 march as they leave the St. Damaso courtyard after the visit of Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez to Pope Francis, at the Vatican, Saturday, Oct. 24, 2020.
A man checks his mobile phone as he sits amid physical distancing markers prior to the start of a movie at CGV Cinemas theater in Jakarta, Indonesia, Friday, Oct. 23, 2020. The cinema reopened this week after months of closure due to coronavirus outbreak.
Pope Francis puts on his face mask as he attends an inter-religious ceremony for peace in the Basilica of Santa Maria in Aracoeli, in Rome Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2020.
A health worker collects a swab sample from a resident to test for the COVID-19 coronavirus at a testing centre in New Delhi on Oct. 19, 2020.
An indigenous woman sits on a bench as she waits at a polling station in Huarina, Bolivia, on Oct. 18, 2020 during the country's general election. Landlocked Bolivia elects a new president on Sunday after a 2019 poll was annulled and follow-up elections postponed twice amid the COVID-19 novel coronavirus pandemic.
A girl and her mother, wearing face masks to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, visit a makeshift worship venue of Hindu goddess Durga ahead of Durga Puja festival in Kolkata, India, Saturday, Oct. 17, 2020.
People wearing face masks as a preventive measure against the Covid-19 coronavirus commute during rush hour in Beijing on October 15, 2020.
A Kashmiri health worker takes a swab sample of a child to test for COVID-19 in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Oct. 14, 2020. India is the second worst-nation in terms of confirmed coronavirus caseload.
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.
High school students in their last year, attend classes at an improvised classroom in the yard of their school in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on Oct. 13, 2020 amid the virus lockdown against the spread of the novel coronavirus, COVID-19 pandemic. The city government partially allowed students on their last year to attend face-to-face classes under a strict sanitary protocol and in the school open spaces.
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 child wearing a face mask to help curb the spread of the coronavirus tries to hold a statue's hand as he sits in an art installation on display at a shopping mall in Beijing, Sunday, Oct. 11, 2020. Even though the spread of COVID-19 has been all but eradicated in China, the pandemic is still surging across the globe with ever rising death toll.
A health worker takes a swab from a resident to be tested for the COVID-19 coronavirus in Qingdao, China on Oct. 12, 2020.
A 'COVID-19 Awareness Project' volunteer measures the body temperature to check on a patient infected with leprosy as part of a general health checkup for all inmates at the Gandhi Leprosy Seva Sangh rehabilitation center, in Ahmedabad on Oct. 11, 2020.
A pair of protective gloves hang by the testing booth, as health workers prepare for the day at a COVID-19 testing center in Kohima, capital of the northeastern Indian state of Nagaland, Saturday, Oct. 10, 2020.
Face masks hang on a boat during a nationwide lockdown to curb the spread of the coronavirus, at the port in the mixed Arab Jewish city of Jaffa, near Tel Aviv, Israel, Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2020.
City police officers wearing masks patrol shopping street Via Condotti in Rome, Friday, Oct. 2, 2020.
Members of the Arts and Shows Association Union (AGTAE) march pushing boxes with lights and wires during a protest demanding the government of Chilean President Sebastian Pinera for support since they have been inactive for months due to the new coronavirus pandemic, in Santiago on Sept. 29, 2020.
A grave digger takes a break as smoke from fires clearing a new section of cemetery drifts over at a public cemetery, part of which is reserved for suspected COVID-19 victims on Sept. 27, 2020 in Jakarta, Indonesia. Due to a steady rise in COVID-19 cases, Jakarta is running short on hospital beds, quarantine facilities and now graveyard space. There are currently 2 official cemeteries equipped to handle the special protocol for COVID-19 deaths. When asked, nearly all of the men say the saddest part of their jobs is seeing victims arrive with no one to bury them because the family is all in quarantine.
People walk among the Spanish flags placed in memory of coronavirus (COVID-19) victims in Madrid, Spain, Sunday, Sept. 27, 2020. An association of families of coronavirus victims has planted what it says are 53,000 small Spanish flags in a Madrid park to honor the dead of the pandemic.
Dancers wearing face shields as a preventive measure against the Covid-19 coronavirus attend a practice session at an art and cultural centre in Banda Aceh on September 26, 2020.
An employee manually inspects syringes of the SARS CoV-2 Vaccine for COVID-19 produced by SinoVac at its factory in Beijing on Thursday, Sept. 24, 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.
A Palestinian worker disinfects supermarket carts as part of COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic precautions outside a supermarket in Gaza City on Sept. 21, 2020.
Ultra-Orthodox Jews protest against the restrictions on gatherings for public prayers despite a new nationwide lockdown order aimed at curbing a raging coronavirus outbreak in Bnei Brak, Israel, Sept. 20, 2020. In the ultra-Orthodox town of Bnei Brak near Israel's commercial hub of Tel Aviv, over 100 activists took to the streets and burned garbage to protest restrictions on gatherings for public prayers.
A man wears his face mask attached to his headphones in Prague, Czech Republic, Saturday, Sept. 19, 2020.
A worker wearing a Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) suit sanitizes public toilets at a bus station in Kathmandu on September 17, 2020.
A man wearing a face mask to prevent the spread of coronavirus smokes in the street in Barcelona, Spain, Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2020. The Spanish capital will introduce selective lockdowns in urban areas where the coronavirus is spreading faster, regional health authorities announced on Tuesday.
A priest offers prayers before the burial of a three-month-old boy who died of COVID-19 in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2020. India's total of coronavirus infections passed 5 million Wednesday, still soaring and testing the feeble health care system in tens of thousands of impoverished towns and villages.
A worker draws marks on the ground for social distancing at a school in Lahore on Sept. 13, 2020, following the government's announcement to reopen educational institutes starting from September 15, nearly six months after the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus.
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.
Exile Tibetan Buddhist monks wearing masks as a precautionary measure against the coronavirus walks in a deserted market area in Dharmsala, India, Friday, Sept. 11, 2020. India's coronavirus cases are now the second-highest in the world and only behind the United States.
A municipal cemetery worker digs a grave in a special cemetery for suspected Covid-19 Coronavirus victim on September 11, 2020 in Jakarta, Indonesia. Jakartas governor, Anies Baswedan, has ordered the reimposition of strict measures to curtail rising cases of the Covid-19 Coronavirus, starting Monday Sept. 14 due to an alarming shortage of ICU and quarantine beds in hospitals treating an increasing number of COVID-19 patients.
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.
Pope Francis takes off his face mask as he arrives by car to hold a limited public audience at the San Damaso courtyard in The Vatican on September 9, 2020 during the COVID-19 infection, caused by the novel coronavirus.
The 'Manneken Pis' statue wears a uniform with a protective mask and face shield to honor the healthcare staff, in Brussels on September 5, 2020.
People sit on GoBoat boats and deckchairs as they watch the movie "Titanic" on the first night open to the public of the Openaire float-in cinema at the Paddington canal basin in London, Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2020. The outdoor cinema has been setup to run for September so people can watch movies outside where there is less risk of catching the coronavirus.
Teachers and auxiliary staff take COVID-19 tests in Madrid, Spain, Thursday, Sept. 3, 2020. The Madrid region is a coronavirus hot spot, with almost 32,000 new cases officially recorded over the past two weeks. The tests are mandatory for school employees.
An inmate (L) sprays disinfectant as part of measures against the COVID-19 coronavirus at a prison in Banda Aceh on September 3, 2020.
Suad Al-Dairi plays with her grandson in their house during a coronavirus lockdown in the Al-Karamah neighborhood on September 02, 2020 in Gaza City, Gaza.
Uzbek students take open-air entrance exams in Tashkent on September 2, 2020, amid the ongoing coronavirus disease pandemic.
A worker sanitises the floor of a shopping mall reopened after the government eased a nationwide lockdown imposed as a preventive measure against the Covid-19 coronavirus, in Chennai on September 1, 2020.
Graceland University student athletes go through a health screening, including a temperature check and COVID-19 test before moving into campus housing on Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2020, in Lamoni.
Phoenix Fire Department battalion chief Scott McDonald (right) receives a free antibody test for the new coronavirus, administered by Phoenix firefighter paramedic Nate Byrd at the Phoenix Fire Department training facility in Phoenix on April 28, 2020.
Wearing a mask and gloves because of the coronavirus pandemic, Byron Blades of Los Angeles, takes a rest, while hiking the trail up Piestewa Peak in the Phoenix Mountains Preserve on April 6, 2020.
Health workers protest in front of the Peruvian Ministry of Health, in Lima on August 26, 2020. - Thousands of health workers protested in Peru to denounce the lack of resources to face the COVID-19 coronavirus.
Engineering faculty and workers at La Sabana University work on a low-cost ventilator for patients with COVID-19 in Bogota, Colombia, Monday, July 6, 2020.
A worker disinfects as a precaution against the coronavirus on a street in Goyang, South Korea, Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2020. South Korea is closing schools and switching back to remote learning in the greater capital area as the country counted its 12th straight day of triple-digit daily increases in coronavirus cases.
Medical staff wearing personal protective equipment as a precautionary measure against the COVID-19 coronavirus approach Lei Muk Shue care home in Hong Kong on Aug. 23, 2020.
Russian servicemen wearing a face mask to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, prepare to roll out a huge Russian national flag during a celebration ceremony of the National Flag Day at Poklonnaya Hill in Moscow on August 22, 2020.
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 man reacts while having a nasal swab sample taken at a testing and screening facility for the coronavirus, in a hospital in Karachi, Pakistan, Friday, Aug. 21, 2020.
Health workers wearing Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) suits guide asymptomatic COVID-19 patients to the entrance of the Siliguri Indoor Stadium, temporarily converted into a COVID-19 coronavirus safe home care centre, in Siliguri, India on August 21, 2020.
Nepalese army personnel pay tributes to a person who died of COVID-19 before a cremation in Kathmandu, Nepal, Aug. 17, 2020.
An Indian health worker waits to take a nasal swab sample to test for COVID-19 in a swab collection center in Gauhati, India, Aug. 17, 2020.
A woman wears a face masks as she poses for a picture at the Louvre Museum in Paris, Saturday, Aug. 15, 2020. Paris extended the areas of the city where pedestrians will be obliged to wear masks starting Saturday morning after health officials said that the coronavirus is "active".
A health workers wearing protective clothing makes a swab test for COVID-19 coronavirus on residents at Hoan Kiem district medical centre in Hanoi on August 13, 2020.
Public Order Agency officers watch as a man does push ups as a punishment for violating city regulation requiring people to wear face mask in public places as a precaution against the new coronavirus outbreak, in Medan, North Sumatra, Indonesia, Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2020.
Fruit and vegetable vendors, wearing masks against the spread of the COVID-19 infections, wait for customers at a market in Bucharest, Romania, Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2020.
Gravediggers work during a funeral for victims of the COVID-19 coronavirus at the Pondok Ranggon cemetery in Jakarta on Aug. 10, 2020. The country, home to nearly 270 million people, has been easing movement restrictions in a bid to head off economic collapse but COVID-19 infections are mounting, with cases topping 115,000 and more than 5,300 deaths.
Music fans enjoy a life performance from their tuk-tuk, Thai traditional taxi cars, in Bangkok on August 8, 2020, during the first-ever new normal Thai-style concert, called the Amazing Tuk Tuk Festival, respecting social distancing to avoid the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus. - The event organized by the Tourism Authority of Thailand is aimed at promoting tourism and stimulating the economy.
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 nurse shows a COVID-19 vaccine produced by Chinese company Sinovac Biotech at the Sao Lucas Hospital, in Porto Alegre, southern Brazil on August 08, 2020. - The vaccine trial is being carried out in Brazil in partnership with Brazilian Research Institute Butanta.
A vendor holds liquor bottles to give to customers at his alcohol shop covered with plastic sheets as a preventive measure against the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus in Hyderabad on August 7, 2020. - India's official coronavirus case tally passed two million on on August 7 after a daily jump of more than 60,000.
A woman places a mask on a mannequin outside a clothing store in Aranda de Duero, near Burgos, on August 7, 2020, on the first day of a two week lockdown in an attempt to limit the contagion of the new coronavirus COVID-19 in the area.
Muslims perform Friday prayer while keeping social distance and wearing face mask at Kocatepe Mosque on August 7, 2020, amid the crisis linked with the Covid-19 pandemic caused by the novel coronavirus.
Visitors to a fast-food restaurant share a seat with Colonel Sanders' cutout as an effort to force a physical distancing as a measure to prevent COVID-19 coronavirus spread in Medan, North Sumatra on August 7, 2020.
An accordion player wears a protective facemask as he plays on a street in Antwerp on August 6, 2020, as authorities impose additional measures to attempt to curb the spread of the COVID-19 caused by the novel coronavirus".
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.
People line up to be tested for COVID-19 at the Unidad Educativa Quitumbe school that is being used as a triage unit and to help hospitals that are operating at the limit of their capacity during the new coronavirus pandemic, in Quito, Ecuador, Aug. 3, 2020.
A health worker takes a break outside of Medellin's General Hospital, amid the COVID-19 pandemic, in Medellin, Colombia on Aug. 3, 2020.
Doctors, (L-R) Yohanes Ridora and Nabila Kirtti pose for a photograph during the virtual fashion show of personal protective equipment (PPE) amid the Coronavirus pandemic on Aug. 1, 2020 in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. The fashion show was held as a form of gratitude for all medical personnel who had fought against COVID-19. Indonesia is struggling to contain hundreds of new daily cases of coronavirus amid easing of rules to allow economic activity to resume, over 100,000 coronavirus cases have been recorded and more than 5,100 fatalities.
A health worker prepares to collect nasal swab samples for COVID-19 tests at a mobile testing centre in Hyderabad, India, July 31, 2020. India is the third hardest-hit country by the pandemic in the world after the United States and Brazil.
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.
A woman shops for dresses in town of Sóller in the Balearic Island of Mallorca, Spain, Wednesday, July 29, 2020. Concerns over a new wave of coronavirus infections brought on by returning vacationers are wreaking havoc across Spain's tourism industry, particularly in the Balearic Islands following Britain's effective ban on travel to the country.
A person who tested positive for the new coronavirus is transferred to one of the tents set up outside the Seguro Social hospital to continue their treatment, in Quito, Ecuador, Wednesday, July 29, 2020. The Ecuadorian capital has experienced a surge in COVID-19 cases since the government started to reopen the economy last month.
A member of the Bolivarian National Militias wearing a face shield and a protective mask to curb the spread of the new coronavirus, guards a validation center to certify the authenticity of voter data in Caracas, Venezuela, Wednesday, July 29, 2020. Venezuela is scheduled for Dec. 6 midterm legislative elections, and thus far the opposition has indicated it will not participate.
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.
Models wearing masks take part in a mask fashion show in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, July 24, 2020.
This aerial picture shows a funeral taking place at the Olifantsvlei Cemetery in Soweto, on July 23, 2020.
Movie-goers wearing masks to protect themselves from the coronavirus are spaced apart as they watch a movie in a newly reopened cinema in Hangzhou in eastern China's Zhejiang province on Monday, July 20, 2020. China is going back to the movies. Following months of closure, limited numbers of movie goers were allowed back Monday in cities where the risk of virus infection is considered low.
Indonesian firefighters spray disinfectant as a precautionary measure against the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus in Surabaya on July 21, 2020.
Students seen through a plastic curtain placed on a doorway attending classes during the first day of reopening of public high schools following closure due to the COVID-19 coronavirus in Yangon on July 21, 2020.
A South Korean worker wearing protective clothes sprays disinfectant in a theatre at Sejong Center in Seoul on July 21, 2020, amid the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic.
A man wears a face mask inside a tent at a free COVID-19 drive-thru testing facility in Manila, Philippines on Monday, July 20, 2020. Confirmed coronavirus infections in the Philippines soared past 50,000 in early July in a troubling milestone for a country that has reopened an economy on the brink of recession while still struggling to combat the pandemic.
A security personnel with a face shield chats with a kid wearing a protective face mask due to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, outside a shop in Bordeaux, southwestern France, on July 20, 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.
People wearing face masks watch a movie during the first day of re-opening the theaters after COVID-19 in Shanghai on July 20, 2020. - Hundreds of cinemas reopened in scores of Chinese cities on July 20 following a nearly six-month nationwide shutdown due to the coronavirus. But the threat from COVID-19 remains in the air, with cinemas in Beijing still closed for now.
An Iranian woman stands next to a street bin, painted with a drawing of a mask in a campaign to spread awareness over the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic in the capital Tehran on July 18, 2020. P resident Hassan Rouhani said that 35 million Iranians may contract the coronavirus, as the country still did not have herd immunity although a quarter of the population may be infected.
A taxi driver gets tested by health workers for coronavirus COVID-19 at a makeshift testing station in a carpark in Hong Kong on July 19, 2020. The deadly coronavirus is spreading out of control in Hong Kong with a record 100 new cases confirmed, the finance hub's leader said as she tightened social distancing measures to tackle the sudden surge in infections.
Healthcare workers dressed in full protective gear organize their documents of data they have collected during a house-to-house new coronavirus testing drive, ringed by a produce market in the Villa Dolores neighborhood of El Alto, Bolivia, Saturday, July 18, 2020.
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.
An Ecuadorean soldier patrols a market as part of an inter-institutional operation alongside the National Police and the municipality to enforce lockdown restrictions amid the new coronavirus pandemic at Guamani -a COVID-19 high contagion sector-, in southern Quito, on July 17, 2020.
A resident sits inside her home during the start of a lockdown due to a rise in COVID cases in the city of Navotas, Manila, Philippines, Thursday, July 16, 2020.
A healthcare worker talks with a woman prior to collecting a sample from her at a temporary testing centre for the novel coronavirus in the Spanish Basque city of Getaria on July 15, 2020.
A veteran wears a face mask prior to a Bastille Day ceremony at Parc Borely, Tuesday, July 14, 2020 in Marseille, southern France. France is honoring nurses, ambulance drivers, supermarket cashiers and others on its biggest national holiday Tuesday. Bastille Day's usual grandiose military parade in Paris is being redesigned this year to celebrate heroes of the coronavirus pandemic.
A health worker screens residents for COVID-19 symptoms at Devnar slum in Mumbai, India, Saturday, July 11, 2020.
A doctor measures the temperature of woman during a house-to-house new coronavirus testing campaign, in Avircato, Bolivia, Tuesday, July 7, 2020.
Palestinian health workers recite a prayer in front of the body of a woman who died after contracting the COVID-19 disease caused by the novel coronavirus, before her funeral in the West Bank city of Nablus on July 5, 2020.
A customer has her hair washed at Tusk Hair stylists in Camden just after midnight on July 4, 2020 in London, England.
A volunteer from the #MissingLiveTheatre initiative wears a face mask as she wraps pink tape reading missing live theatre on the National Theatre in south east London on July 3, 2020, - Venues around the country, from the National Theatre to Manchesters Royal Exchange, will be wrapped in pink tape reading missing live theatre as part of a campaign to bring joy and colour to the buildings.
Health workers speak with a family during a free medical checkup at residential building in Mumbai, India, Thursday, July 2, 2020. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said in a live address Tuesday that the country's coronavirus death rate is under control, but that the country is at a "critical juncture." But since the lockdown was lifted, the caseload has shot up, making India the world's fourth-worst affected country.
A mask-clad camel guide stands before a camel near the Great Pyramid of Khufu at the Giza Pyramids necropolis on the southwestern outskirts of the Egyptian capital Cairo on July 1, 2020 as the archaeological site reopens while the country eases restrictions put in place due to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic.
Egyptians get tested for COVID-19 at a drive-through coronavirus-testing center at the Ain Shams University in Cairo on June 29, 2020. Egypt has so far registered 65,188 COVID-19 cases including 2,789 fatalities.
Workers disinfect and clean the Zocalo square in Mexico City on June 29, 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic. Starting this week Mexico City is allowing the reopening of shops, street markets and athletic complexes but with limited capacity and hours. Hotels and restaurants in the capital will reopen at about 30% seating capacity.
A Chinese epidemic control worker wears a protective suits as she talks to a foreign resident as she and others arrive to a residential compound as part of quarantine measures after arriving in China on June 29, 2020 in Beijing, China. In an effort to limit imported cases China closed its borders to non-citizens on March 28, 2020 allowing only those with special permission to enter the country. Those who do are required to complete 14 days of quarantine and week medical observation.
Health workers arrive to administer a free medical checkup in a slum in Mumbai, India, Sunday, June 28, 2020. India is the fourth hardest-hit country by the COVID-19 pandemic in the world after the U.S., Russia and Brazil.
Staff at Shiva's Signature hair salon wearing Personal Protective Equipment suits and face shields attend customers after personal grooming services were allowed to resume following relaxation of lockdown norms amidst COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, in Mumbai on June 28, 2020. India now has more than 500,000 confirmed coronavirus cases, according to government figures released on June 27 that showed a record daily leap of 18,500 new infections.
A man wearing a protective mask with rainbow colors takes part in a Pride March in Berlin on June 27, 2020.
Health officials collect a sample from a man at a COVID-19 testing centre during a government-imposed nationwide lockdown as a preventive measure against the COVID-19 coronavirus in Chennai on June 26, 2020.
Senegalese students wear masks to curb the spread of the coronavirus as they return to classes on the first day back after more than three months away, at the Sacre Coeur college in Dakar, Senegal Thursday, June 25, 2020.
Mannequins are seen placed at tables to make customers sit according to social distancing rules at Elpaso Bar, which reopened after being closed for weeks, amid the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Ankara on June 24, 2020. - Turkey, a nation of some 83 million, has removed most restrictions, reopened restaurants and resumed mass prayers but officials have warned against complacency. Turkey's daily infections have risen in recent weeks to over a thousand, and authorities have made face masks mandatory in public in several cities including Istanbul. (Photo by Adem ALTAN / AFP) (Photo by ADEM ALTAN/AFP via Getty Images) ORIG FILE ID: AFP_1U12S2
People wearing face masks to protect against the spread of the new coronavirus walk through a shopping and office complex in Beijing, Wednesday, June 24, 2020. New virus cases have declined in China and in the capital Beijing, where a two-week spike appears to be firmly waning.
A health worker takes a moment after screening people for COVID-19 at Dharavi slum in Mumbai, India, Wednesday, June 24, 2020. India is the fourth hardest-hit country by the pandemic in the world after the U.S., Russia and Brazil.
Agustina Cañamero, 81, and Pascual Pérez, 84, hug and kiss through a plastic film screen to avoid contracting the new coronavirus at a nursing home in Barcelona, Spain, Monday, June 22, 2020. The Ballesol Fabra i Puig elderly care center installed the screens to resume relatives' visits to residents 102 days after a strict, nationwide lockdown separated them. As she and her husband broke out into tears while kissing through layers of protective masks and the transparent plastic film, Cañamero said that the couple had never spent such long time with no physical contact in 59 years of marriage.
People in their cars attend a show at the Las Vegas Circus in Porto Alegre, southern Brazil late on June 20, 2020. Closed since March due to the coronavirus pandemic, Las Vegas Circus returned to activity with a drive-in show, which includes those circus artists with less risks of spreading the COVID-10 pandemic.
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.
Health workers walk out of a mobile laboratory before analyzing samples collected during mass coronavirus tests in Jakarta, Indonesia, June 18, 2020.
Vendors clean fish at Khlong Toei Market, the biggest fresh market in Bangkok, on June 18, 2020. A huge wholesale market has become the centre of focus for a new cluster of coronavirus cases in Beijing, where nervous local officials have begun mass testing, closing schools and neighbourhoods, and turned sharp scrutiny towards the food supply chain.
A police officer stops motorcyclists from entering a restricted area that is sealed off to control the spread of the coronavirus, in Lahore, Pakistan, June 18, 2020.
Chefs social distance while waiting to take a swab test for the COVID-19 coronavirus as officials conduct mass testing following a new cluster of cases last week, in Beijing on June 18, 2020. Beijing reported another 21 cases of the coronavirus on June 18, as authorities rushed to contain a new outbreak in the capital and warned cases may keep rising.
Medical staff along with Hindu hardline group Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) volunteers wearing Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) gear walk through a market for a door-to-door medical screening inside a slum to fight against the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus, in Mumbai on June 17, 2020. India's official coronavirus death toll leapt by more than 2,000 to reach 11,903 on Wednesday as Germany advised its nationals to consider leaving the country because of growing health risks. Mumbai revised its toll up by 862 to 3,165 because of unspecified accounting "discrepancies" while New Delhi saw a record jump of more than 400 deaths, taking its total to more than 1,800.
Indonesian firefighters spray disinfectant at the public area near an elephant enclosure at Ragunan Zoo prior to its reopening this weekend after weeks of closure due to the large-scale restrictions imposed to help curb the new coronavirus outbreak, in Jakarta, Indonesia, June 17, 2020. As Indonesia's overall virus caseload continues to rise, the capital city has moved to restore normalcy by lifting some restrictions, saying that the spread of the virus in the city of 11 million has slowed after peaking in mid-April.
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.
Undertakers carry coffins at the end of the funeral proceedings for COVID-19 coronavirus victims at a Mosque in Cape Town, on June 16, 2020. Most of South Africa's infections -- around two-thirds -- are found in the Western Cape province, a popular tourist destination home to the coastal city of Cape Town. WHO said on June 11, 2020 that the pandemic was accelerating on the continent and that 10 of the 54 countries on the continent are currently driving the numbers.
Young people sit in a restaurant with plastic dividers to apply social distancing rules amid concerns for the COVID-19 coronavirus at a shopping mall in Surabaya, East Java on June 16, 2020.
A passenger, wearing a face mask to protect against the spread of coronavirus, sits before boarding her flight at the Zaventem international airport during the partial lifting of coronavirus COVID-19 lockdown regulations in Brussels, Monday, June 15, 2020. Borders opened up across Europe on Monday after three months of coronavirus closures that began chaotically in March.
Cemetery workers wearing protective gear against the new coronavirus, walk after carrying the coffin of 72-year-old Monica Lagos to her grave at the Manantial cemetery in Santiago, Chile, Monday, June 15, 2020. According to her grandaughter Ninoska Vasquez, who works as an assistant at a health center, Lagos died from complications related to COVID-19.
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.
Activists in costume dig symbolic graves on Copacabana beach as a protest, organized by the NGO Rio de Paz, against the government's handling of the COVID-19 pandemic in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Thursday, June 11, 2020.
COVID-19 patients lie on beds in a field hospital built inside a gym in Santo Andre, on the outskirts of Sao Paulo, Brazil, June 9, 2020.
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.
Religious brother, Anil, wearing a face mask sanitizes a statue at Saint Joseph's Cathedral as government plans to reopen places of worship as part of the relaxation measures of the nationwide lockdown imposed against the COVID-19 coronavirus, in Hyderabad on June 7, 2020.
Medical workers wearing protective gear to protect against coronavirus infection, carry a patient at an infectious diseases hospital where patients with coronavirus are treated in St.Petersburg, Russia, June 3, 2020.
Muslim men practice social distancing, to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 novel coronavirus, as they attend Friday prayers at a mosque in Narathiwat, Thailand on June 5, 2020.
A masked waiter works at the terrace of the Cafe de la Mairie on the Place Saint-Sulpice in Paris on June 2, 2020, as cafes and restaurants reopen in France, while the country eases lockdown measures taken to curb the spread of the COVID-19 (the novel coronavirus).
A couple wears protective masks as they walk in a commercial street while shopping on June 2, 2020 in Beijing, China.
Stranded migrant labourers gather at an assembling centre to get transferred to a railway station to board on a special train to Bihar after the government eased a nationwide lockdown imposed as a preventive measure against the COVID-19 coronavirus, in Chennai on May 30, 2020.
A doctor wearing a face mask and protective gear stands next to an ambulance at the Grigor Lusavorich Medical Centre in Yerevan on May 29, 2020, amid the COVID-19 outbreak, caused by the novel coronavirus.
Disinfection team disinfect a classroom at Ivory Park Secondary School east of Johannesburg, South Africa, Thursday, May 28, 2020, ahead of the June 1, 2020, re-opening of Grade 7 and 12 learners to school.
A government medical worker, in a joint operation with military police, prepares to check passengers on boats in the Melgaco bay, southwest of the island of Marajo, Para state, Brazil, on May 27, 2020. People onboard small boats, ferries and ships on the river had their body temperature checked as authorities try to combat the new coronavirus.
Women in period dress and wearing face masks to protect against the new coronavirus walk outside the entrance to the Forbidden City in Beijing, Wednesday, May 27, 2020. The Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference concluded its session in Beijing on Wednesday, part of the annual meetings of China's two top legislative bodies.
A woman disinfects her hands from a mobile robot that carries a container of sanitization liquid at Central World, an upmarket shopping mall in Bangkok, Thailand, Wednesday, May 27, 2020. Thai government continues to ease restrictions related to running business in capital Bangkok that were imposed weeks ago to combat the spread of COVID-19.
In this aerial photo taken with a drone, newly made social distancing circles are seen in a park on the last day of the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Fitr during a four-day lockdown to help stop the spread of the coronavirus on May 26, 2020 in Istanbul, Turkey.
Employees from Fatih Municipality disinfect Suleymaniye Mosque on the last day of the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Fitr during a four-day lockdown to help stop the spread of the coronavirus on May 26, 2020 in Istanbul, Turkey.
A woman visits her husband on May 25, 2020 at a retirement home in Bourbourg, France where a double entry bubble has been installed to allow visits without risk of contamination, as part of a prophylactic measure against the spread of the COVID-19 disease caused by the novel coronavirus. Relatives and residents each enter the tent through a different entrance to find themselves in the same room, separated by a transparent plastic canvas. These bubbles were originally designed for tourism by the company.
Indian health workers in hazmat suits bury a 55-year-old Muslim who died from the coronavirus, during Eid ul-Fitr, the Muslim festival marking the end of the holy fasting month of Ramadan, on May 25, 2020 in Delhi, India. Eid-ul-Fitr, considered one of the most important festivals in Islam, lacked its traditional fervor as religious gatherings remain banned in India as the country reels under a lockdown imposed by the government on March 25 to prevent the spread of coronavirus. Over 4,000 people have died and there have been over one hundred forty thousand infections so far.
Ana and a fellow volunteer prepare food rations to be distributed to people in need at the Nazaret Association food bank in Madrid on May 24, 2020. The association who is attending to 600 people warned that due to the economic crisis caused by the novel coronavirus outbreak many people have barely any resources left.
Demonstrators take part in a "caravan for Spain and its freedom" protest by far-right party Vox in Sevilla on May 23, 2020. Spain, one of the most affected countries in the world by the novel coronavirus with 28,628 fatalities, has extended until June 6 the state of emergency which significantly limits the freedom of movement to fight the epidemic. The left-wing government's management of the crisis has drawn a barrage of criticism from right-wing parties who have denounced its "brutal confinement".
A protester is taken away by police officers during a rally against restrictions in place to limit the spread of the new coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic on May 23, 2020 in Frankfurt am Main, western Germany.
Young children look out of the sun roof of a car ahead of the Stage X drive-in concert at KINTEX parking lot in Goyang, South Korea, Saturday, May 23, 2020. The concert's aim is to provide entertainment for South Korean citizens who have been craving for music events that have been suspended during the coronavirus outbreak.
Women wearing protective face masks pray at a cemetery at the grave of a relative who died of COVID-19, on May 21, 2020, in Istanbul, amid the COVID-19 outbreak caused by the novel coronavirus. The cemetery in the city's Beykoz district on the Asian side was built in March when Turkey confirmed its first case. Now it houses more than 700 people who died of contagious diseases including COVID-19.
A picture of a student is seen on a tablet that is placed on a robot during an event called "cyber-graduation" at a school at Taguig in Manila, Philippines, May 22, 2020. Robots were used to represent some 179 highschool students during an online graduation ceremony that was beamed live on Facebook to avoid mass gatherings as the school's measure to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus.
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.
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 customer sits with his laptop beside display mannequins at the Cafe Livres in Essen, Germany, May 20, 2020. The cafe set the dolls as placeholders on various places for more distance between customers due to the new coronavirus orders for restaurants and cafes.
Students sit behind protective screens as a preventative measure against the COVID-19 novel coronavirus as they eat lunch at a high school in Daejeon on May 20, 2020. Hundreds of thousands of South Korean students returned to school on May 20 as education establishments started reopening after a coronavirus delay of more than two months.
A passenger wearing a face shield sits along with others in a train carriage of Karachi bound Awam Express at the Rawalpindi railway station as train services resumed ahead of the Muslim Eid al-Fitr festival after the government eased a nationwide lockdown imposed as a preventive measure against the COVID-19 coronavirus, in Rawalpindi on May 20, 2020.
Passengers wearing face masks stand in close proximity as they ride a canal boat during the evening rush hour in Bangkok, Thailand, May 20, 2020. The Thai government continues to ease restrictions related to running businesses in the capital Bangkok that were imposed weeks ago to combat the spread of COVID-19.
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