At Crèvecoeur-le-Grand, she launched her loose tea business
© DR At 24, Loredana Habsiger started her business selling bulk tea. Tea, she drinks liters. But Loredana Habsiger was “fed up” with going to the supermarket to get it. And then, to buy large quantities, you had to go to Beauvais, in the nearest Biocoop. “When you don't live in a big city, it's more complicated to get supplies. So each time, my friends asked me to bring them back, ”she says.
More than a half-million people have now died from COVID-19 worldwide, and the death toll has doubled in just over seven weeks.
© Seth Wenig, AP Artist Jorge Rodriguez-Gerada works on a 20,000-square foot mural of a health care worker in a parking lot in Flushing Meadows Corona Park in the Queens borough of New York on May 27, 2020. That grim milestone – marked Sunday by Johns Hopkins University – is particularly unsettling given warnings by health experts that the pandemic is still in its infancy.
As the number of confirmed cases also surpassed 10 million worldwide, health officials are bracing for a second wave of the deadly virus, likely this fall.
ESPN’s Doris Burke opens up about COVID-19 struggle, NBA’s resumption concerns
When asked about the challenges the NBA will face as it attempts to mount a comeback next month, Burke didn’t mince words.“The thing that I felt the most was fatigue and headache,” Burke said about having coronavirus. “So for a good stretch of the first two weeks of that, I was just thinking I had a bad flu, because my symptoms were not aligning with what was being told were the main symptoms — the shortness of breath, the pressure on the chest — I didn’t have those scary symptoms. So for a good stretch of time, I didn’t think I had it. But then I finally decided to get tested.
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While China and Europe took the brunt of the early days of the pandemic, the virus is now raging in the United States, Brazil, Russia and India.
The death toll surpassed 250,000 on May 4.
In a sign of the new reality, the European Union is set to lift its external borders on July 1, and is weighing which countries should be allowed access to EU member states.
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A nun casts her ballot during Poland's presidential elections, on June 28, in Krakow, Poland.
People enjoy the sunshine at a pet-friendly beach, in Oeiras, Portugal, on June 28.
A poster showing healthy procedures to help curb the pandemic hangs in a barber shop window, in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, on June 28.
Palestinian boys play as disinfectants are sprayed by workers to sanitize cars and shops, in Hebron, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, on June 28.
Diners eat in a cafe on Newbury Street, Sunday, June 28, 2020, in Boston.
A mask-clad participant holds a placard as he takes part in Tel Aviv's annual Pride Parade amid the pandemic, on June 28.
A man sunbathes by the Marmara Sea, in Istanbul, Turkey, on June 28.
General view of a production line manufacturing face masks at a factory, in Karaj, Iran, on June 28.
French President Emmanuel Macron speaks with officials as he casts his ballot at a polling station during the second round of French municipal elections, which were delayed due to the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Le Touquet-Paris-Plage, France on June 28.
A "Thank You" message for the NHS is seen outside the stadium, as a soccer match resumes behind closed doors between Sheffield and Arsenal on June 28, in Britain.
Staff at salon attends to a customer after personal grooming services were allowed to resume following relaxation of lockdown norms on June 28, in Mumbai, India.
Pedestrians walk down the street in Chinatown, which is closed off to cars on June 27, in London.
A woman and a child wearing face masks walk past a row of fountains in a business district in Beijing, on June 28.
A worker wearing a protective suit talks with people registering for coronavirus tests at a community health clinic in Beijing, on June 28. China reported more than a dozen of new confirmed cases of COVID-19 on on June 28, all but a few of them from domestic transmission in Beijing, which has seen a recent spike in coronavirus infections. But authorities in the Chinese capital say a campaign to conduct tests on employees at hair and beauty salons across the city has found no positive cases so far, in a further sign that the recent outbreak has been largely brought under control.
Blazers coach Terry Stotts gushes about Jusuf Nurkic ahead of NBA resumption
Stotts also said that Nurkic will 'in all likelihood' be starting next to Carmelo Anthony but could possibly even start alongside fellow big man Hassan Whiteside.Speaking with the media Wednesday, Stotts raved about the Bosnian big’s physical condition and said he was ready for the NBA’s resumption in Orlando.
People dance during the celebration of gay pride on a street in a city neighborhood, although the Mexican LGBT community called for an online celebration as a protective measure amid the coronavirus disease outbreak, in Mexico City, Mexico on June 27.
Shoppers wearing face masks walk at the Saara commercial center amid the coronavirus pandemic on June 27 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Mayor Marcelo Crivella moved forward the reopening of street commerce in Rio de Janeiro. The establishments are authorized to operate between 11 AM and 5 PM. According to the mayor, the reopening was approved by the city council's scientific committee.
A waiter serves customers in a cafe after months of lockdown, following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease in Cairo, Egypt, on June 27.
Bridge climbers on the Harbour Bridge on June 27 in Sydney, Australia. BridgeClimb Sydney reopened to visitors from June 27 following its temporary closure due to the COVID-19 pandemic. BridgeClimb has introduced new COVID-19 safe practises with increased cleaning and sanitisation processes as well as all climbers travelling in small, physically distanced groups.
Two women, one wearing a face mask to combat the spread of the coronavirus, shield themselves from the sun under an umbrella while watching a folk group perform a summer solstice dance at the DImitrie Gusti Village Museum in Bucharest, Romania, on June 27.
People walk through the mist made to cool people in gardens during hot summer weather in downtown Kyiv, Ukraine, on June 27. Ukraine appeared on the WHO list of countries with a high rate of COVID-19 spread.
Joel Draut, a photographer, editor, and photo archivist, waves toward former colleague Laney Chavez during a drive-by vehicle parade to celebrate his retirement, in Katy, Texas, on June 27.
Leeds United's Ezgjan Alioski celebrates scoring their second goal, as play resumes behind closed doors, in Leeds, England, on June 27.
A man votes in the 2020 Russian constitutional referendum at polling station No 998, in Ryazan, Russia, on June 27.
Medical personnel work at a drive-in testing site at an out-of-service aircraft hangar at Guetersloh Airport, in Germany, on June 27.
A healthcare worker conducts a test on Ignacio Poblete, wearing a face shield face with an image of Batman, accompanied by his mother Marisol Aro, using a face shield with an image of Wonder Woman, in Santiago, Chile, on June 27.
A student shows her documents as she arrives at the main campus of Istanbul University to take the national university entrance exams, in Turkey, on June 27.
Traditional Chinese opera actresses prepare for an online streaming video recording at a studio, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on June 27.
A mask-clad Tunisian woman arriving back from France embraces family member upon arrival at Tunis-Carthage International Airport in Tunis, on June 27, as the North African country re-opens its land, sea, and air borders following a four-month closure due to the coronavirus pandemic.
A paramedic wearing protective gear takes a nose-swab sample to be tested for the coronavirus disease, in Karachi, Pakistan, on June 27.
Protesters march during a demonstration in Madrid, Spain, on June 27, to call for the resignation of the prime minister and to protest againt the government's management of the health crisis due to the novel coronavirus.
A healthcare worker wearing personal protective equipment checks the temperature of a resident of a slum area during a check-up camp for the coronavirus disease in Mumbai, India, on June 27.
People hold signs during the Berlin Pride 2020 event, in Berlin, Germany, amid the coronavirus outbreak, on June 27.
A brig with scarlet sails travels on the Finnish Gulf coast during a rehearsal for the Scarlet Sails festivities marking school graduation in St. Petersburg, Russia on June 27. This year the festival will not be held in the city center but on the Finnish Gulf. Due to the coronavirus pandemic, there will be no spectators but the event will be broadcast on television.
A man reacts as he is discharged from the hospital after surviving the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), at the San Rafael Hospital in Santa Tecla, El Salvador on June 26.
The staff of a cinema spray disinfectant at the cinema hall to prepare for reopening on July 1 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on June 26.
Classmates Queralt and Ayla embrace as they meet at Cobi kindergarten in Barcelona, Spain on June 26. Spain's cabinet will extend the furlough schemes adopted during the coronavirus lockdown that brought the economy to a standstill until the end of September.
A healthcare worker talks to people in a vehicle before collecting swab samples to be tested for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at a drive-thru testing site in Monterrey, Mexico on June 26.
Residents wearing face masks wait to get tested for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in San Jose, Costa Rica on June 26.
Lines of cars wait at a coronavirus testing site outside of Hard Rock Stadium on June 26 in Miami Gardens, Fla.
Belarusian women take a selfie as they take part in Mrs and Miss Minsk city pageant, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Minsk, Belarus on June 26.
Medical workers take blood samples from taxi drivers for coronavirus tests in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on June 26.
An elderly woman shows her passport to members of an electoral commission wearing a protective face mask and shield, used as a preventive measure against the spread of the coronavirus, who visit local residents during a seven-day nationwide vote on constitutional reforms in the village of Nikolayevka in Omsk Region, Russia, on June 26.
People wearing protective masks travel on a public bus amid the coronavirus outbreak in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on June 26.
A woman wears a face mask as she waits at a bus stop with an information sign asking people to keep social distance due to the coronavirus pandemic on June 26, in Stockholm, Sweden..
A volunteer wearing a face mask sprays disinfectant inside a mosque as it is prepared for prayer after being reopened, following the outbreak of the coronavirus, in Cairo, Egypt, on June 26.
A woman wearing a face mask to help curb the spread of the new coronavirus exercises at Lumpini park in Bangkok, Thailand, on June 26.
A woman receives food as people attend a drive-in concert of the Jersey Boys, following the coronavirus outbreak, in Preston, England, on June 26.
A girl looks at a plane out of a bus window, during the first day of resumed Air Cote d'Ivoire internal flights amid the coronavirus outbreak, at Felix Houphouet Boigny International airport in Abidjan, on June 26.
Scotland's First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon, visits New Look at Ford Kinaird Retail Park in Edinburgh on June 26, as Scotland prepares for a further loosening of the COVID-19 lockdown, easing travel restrictions and allowing the re-opening of retailers.
A volunteer walks past disposable beds made out of cardboard at the campus of Radha Soami Satsang Beas, a spiritual organization, where a coronavirus disease care centre has been constructed, in New Delhi, India, on June 26.
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Slideshow by photo servicesThe criteria include not only infection rates in other countries, but also how those countries are dealing with the rates, notably testing and tracing.
Does Blue Jays being over 60-man limit suggest more positive COVID-19 tests?
Toronto originally announced a player pool with 58 names, so the addition of these four will put them over the limit. However, as Sportsnet’s Shi Davidi tweets, a team can exceed 60 players if exceptions need to be made due to positive COVID-19 tests. It’s likely, then, that the Jays either have had additional positives in the organization that will remove some players from the 60-man pool or that additional transactions are coming Thursday. Notably, the MLB.
Against that backdrop, the EU is not expected to allow travelers from the U.S., Brazil and Russia into their borders.
It's been five months since the first U.S. case. Read how the pandemic unfolded.
US death toll could hit nearly 180,000 by October
Some experts predict the U.S. death toll to hit nearly 180,000 by Oct. 1.
The University of Washington’s Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation released a model Wednesday with a range of 159,497 to 213,715 deaths nationwide.
Institute Director Dr. Chris Murray, however, stressed the importance of wearing a face mask, saying that simple gesture has had a “profound effect” on the epidemic.
Wearing a mask “is extremely low-cost, and, for the individual, provides a 1/3 – as high as one half – reduction in the risk of transmission,” he said in a video press release. “But at the community level, can save an extraordinary number of lives.”
NFLPA recommends canceling all 2020 preseason games
Of course, the NFL has full authority over whether to schedule preseason games or not, and it’s unclear whether the league will consider the union’s recommendation. As Breer points out, teams would lose out on gate revenue — if fans are allowed in stands, which is a dubious proposition — and local TV money. Plus, the NFL Network usually sees its highest ratings in August, so cancelling the preseason slate altogether would be a tough pill to swallow.Subscribe to Yardbarker's Morning Bark, the most comprehensive newsletter in sports. Customize your email to get the latest news on your favorite sports, teams and schools.
The U.S. on Saturday saw 42,597 new coronavirus cases. On Friday, the nation recorded 45,255 cases, the highest daily count yet. As several states see dramatic increases as well, the jump in Texas and Florida prompted the states' governors to pause reopening plans. Texas closed bars and limited restaurant capacity, while Florida banned drinking at bars.
Meanwhile, health officials are possibly missing 10 coronavirus cases for every one case detected, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Robert Redfield estimated Thursday.
"We’re still in the first wave," Redfield said. But the pandemic today looks markedly different from the outbreak two or three months ago, he said, when many deaths were among older people and those with underlying medical conditions.
Now, the CDC is seeing a greater proportion of cases diagnosed in younger people, said Dr. Jay Butler, the CDC's deputy director of infectious diseases and COVID-19 response incident manager.
The impact on deaths and hospitalizations from the increase in positive cases won't be known for a few weeks. Younger people are less likely to succumb to the disease, and deaths in the United States have been decreasing significantly for the past two months while cases plateaued in the same period.
Multiple Blues players test positive for COVID-19
While the NHL isn’t identifying who has tested positive for the coronavirus or which team(s) they play on, it appears that the Blues have been hit by the virus. Jeremy Rutherford of The Athletic reports (subscription required) that multiple players have tested positive and their identities have not been disclosed. As a result, the team has closed their practice facility through the weekend with the hopes of reopening on Monday. © William Purnell-USA TODAY Sports Some of the St. Louis Blues players have tested positive for COVID-19.
Plea to younger people: Officials urge adults under 40 to act more responsibly to help slow spread of COVID-19
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New threats lurk in Europe, Asia
Despite the EU's growing confidence, the threat is far from over for Europe. Dr. Hans Henri Kluge, regional director for the World Health Organization, warned that 11 countries in Europe have reported a "very significant resurgence" in COVID-19 cases recently. These include Armenia, Sweden, Moldova, North Macedonia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Kyrgyzstan, Ukraine and Kosovo. He said health systems could be "pushed to the brink" if these increased transmissions of the virus go unchecked.
In Asia, India’s confirmed coronavirus cases crossed the half-million mark Saturday, jumping by a one-day record of 18,552 infections. The death count rose above 15,500.
China, which spawned the original coronavirus, reported an uptick in new coronavirus cases a day after the nation’s CDC said it expects an outbreak in Beijing to be brought under control soon. The National Health Commission said Saturday that 21 cases had been confirmed nationwide in the latest 24-hour period, including 17 in the nation’s capital.
City officials have temporarily shut down a huge wholesale food market where the virus spread widely, re-closed schools and locked down some neighborhoods.
South Korea has reported 51 newly confirmed cases of the coronavirus as fresh clusters continue to emerge in the densely populated Seoul area. They bring the national caseload to 12,653, including 282 deaths. Thirty-five of the new cases came from Seoul and nearby cities and towns, which have been at the center of a COVID-19 resurgence since late May. Twelve others were linked to international arrivals.
Faces of some of the more than 125,000 lives lost in US to coronavirus
More than 125,000 people have now died from the coronavirus pandemic in the U.S.Those we've lost come from all backgrounds and include the very people -- first responders and medical staff -- who have been working so diligently and selflessly to stem the tide of the infection and care for the sick.
Australian health officials are expecting more cases of COVID-19 as hundreds of nationals return from overseas to begin mandatory quarantine.
Contributing: Grace Hauck, USA TODAY; Associated Press
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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.
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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.
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A man wearing a protective mask with rainbow colors takes part in a Pride March in Berlin on June 27, 2020.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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. Nursing homes in Spain have been particularly hit by the novel virus, which has claimed at least 28,300 lives nationwide.
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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.
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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.
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Health workers walk out of a mobile laboratory before analyzing samples collected during mass coronavirus tests in Jakarta, Indonesia, June 18, 2020.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Nurses stage a flashmob protest over contracts, wages, precarious employment and job rights on June 15, 2020 on Piazza del Popolo in Rome, as the country eases its lockdown aimed at curbing the spread of the COVID-19 infection, caused by the novel coronavirus.
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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.
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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.
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A woman reacts as she gets her temperature checked outside the Apple store in Covent Garden on June 15, 2020 in London, United Kingdom. The British government have relaxed coronavirus lockdown laws significantly from Monday June 15, allowing zoos, safari parks and non-essential shops to open to visitors. Places of worship will allow individual prayers and protective face-masks become mandatory on London Transport.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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A passenger has her temperature taken to check for symptoms of COVID-19 before boarding a train to Milan's Central Station, Italy, Wednesday, June 3, 2020. A
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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).
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A couple wears protective masks as they walk in a commercial street while shopping on June 2, 2020 in Beijing, China.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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".
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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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Policemen push back stranded migrant workers as they gather for a medical screening before taking a train to Sultanpur in Uttar Pradesh state to return to their hometowns after the government eased a nationwide lockdown imposed as a preventive measure against the COVID-19 coronavirus, in Amritsar on May 20, 2020.
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People wait in line to undergo the new coronavirus tests while keeping distance from each other at a makeshift clinic set up on a playground in Incheon, South Korea, May 20, 2020.
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Servicemen of Russia's Emergencies Ministry wearing protective gear disinfect Moscow's Leningradsky railway station on May 19, 2020, amid the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic.
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Teachers check dividers on desks in a class ahead of school reopening at Junghwa Girls High School in Daegu, South Korea, May 19, 2020. South Korean Vice Health Minister Kim Gang-lip urged vigilance to maintain hard-won gains against the virus and called for education officials to double check preventive measures with high-school seniors returning to school on Wednesday.
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A woman sips her coffee from under her facial protection at a cafe with outdoor tables in Rome, May 18, 2020. Italy is slowly lifting restrictions after a two-month coronavirus lockdown.
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Students stand next to cones to mark social distancing as they wait in line before entering the classroom at Les Magnolias primary school during the partial lifting of COVID-19, lockdown regulations in Brussels, May 18, 2020. Belgium is taking the next step in its relaxation of the coronavirus lockdown on Monday, with more students going to school, markets and museums reopening
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Nuns visit St. Peter's Basilica as it reopens on May 18, 2020 in The Vatican during the lockdown aimed at curbing the spread of the COVID-19 infection, caused by the novel coronavirus.
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A gondolier wearing a face mask transports his very first customer as service resumes at the San Toma embankment on a Venice canal on May 18, 2020 during the country's lockdown aimed at curbing the spread of the COVID-19 infection, caused by the novel coronavirus.
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Nurses assigned to the Infectious Diseases Unit (IDU) at the Kenyatta University Hospital dance during a Zumba class held at the hospital compound in Nairobi, on May 17, 2020.
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People wearing face masks to protect against the spread of the new coronavirus walk along a pedestrian shopping street in Beijing, Saturday, May 16, 2020.
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Swimmers pay for sunbeds with an employee of a beach bar who wears a protective mask against coronavirus, at Alimos beach, near Athens, on Saturday, May 16, 2020.
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Medical workers take swab samples from staff members from the AOC computer monitor factory to be tested for the COVID-19 in Wuhan, China on May 15, 2020.
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A shopper wearing a face mask points to products from behind a plastic sheet at a street market on May 14, 2020, on the Saxe Avenue in Paris, as France eases lockdown measures taken to curb the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, caused by the novel coronavirus.
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A worker is seen inside the Beijing Applied Biological Technologies (XABT) research and development laboratory in Beijing on May 14, 2020. XABT is a Chinese company specializing in developing pathogens diagnostics, among them reagent kits for the COVID-19 coronavirus.
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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.
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A health worker wearing protective gear sits on an ambulance next to the dead body of a victim who died from the COVID-19 coronavirus before the burial at a graveyard in New Delhi on May 13, 2020.
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A passenger with her hand marked with a quarantine stamp stands at a security check point after she arrived by a special train service from Bangalore to Secunderabad railway station, the twin city of Hyderabad on May 13, 2020. India's enormous railway network tentatively ground back to life on May 12 as a gradual lifting of the world's biggest coronavirus lockdown gathered pace even as new cases surged.
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Children attend a course in the forest near Upie, France on May 12, 2020. - Some pupils went to school again amongst oaks and pines with parents acting as teachers as a protest schools remaining closed in the village.
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Primary school students play wearing protective visor caps made by the city council in the courtyard of a primary school, on 12 May 2020, in La Grand-Croix, two days after France eased lockdown measures to curb the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Antoinette van Zalinge, principal of the public elementary school De Notenkraker, who dressed up to show the need of social distancing, welcomes pupils in Amsterdam, May 11, 2020, as primary schools, barber shops and libraries reopened after a partial lockdown because of the outbreak of the COVID-19 coronavirus.
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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.
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Ultra-Orthodox Jews wearing protective gear and observing social distancing amid the COVID-19 pandemic, study the Talmud and rabbinic literature at an improvised outdoors Kollel (gathering place for religious studies) at a park in their Ultra-orthodox neighborhood in Jerusalem, on May 11, 2020.
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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.
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A woman wearing a face mask walks at a square of a park in Yokohama on May 10, 2020.
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An employee of the "Grettel" cafeteria works in preparation for reopening in downtown Vigo, on May 10, 2020 during the national lockdown to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 disease.
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Members of a coronavirus testing station stand on the factory premises of the Westfleisch meat processing company in Hamm, western Germany, on May 10, 2020, as all workers of the company have to be tested on the novel coronavirus after a spike in cases at their slaughterhouse.
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Police personnel distribute grocery items to people in need after the government eased a nationwide lockdown imposed as a preventive measure against the COVID-19 coronavirus,in Amritsar on May 9, 2020.
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An ultra-Orthodox Jewish man wears a protective face mask as he shops at Jerusalem's Mahane Yehuda market, on May 8, 2020. Markets and shopping malls have reopened across Israel after temporarily being closed for more than a month in order to prevent the spread of coronavirus, which causes the COVID-19 disease.
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Bride Novi Rahmawati wears a face shield as they prepare for a wedding ceremony amid the coronavirus pandemic at the Religious Affairs office in Banguntapan on May 8, 2020 in Yogyakarta, Indonesia.
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A worker wearing protective gear sprays disinfectant at the Lahore railway station during a government-imposed nationwide lockdown as a preventive measure against the COVID-19 coronavirus, in Lahore on May 7, 2020.
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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.
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Cemetery workers prepare coffins to be buried in a mass grave at the Nossa Senhora cemetery in Manaus, Brazil on May 6, 2020, amid the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic.
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An Indian woman checks in at the Dubai International Airport before leaving the Gulf Emirate on a flight back to her country, on May 7, 2020, amid the novel coronavirus pandemic crisis. The first wave of a massive exercise to bring home hundreds of thousands of Indians stuck abroad was under way today, with two flights preparing to leave from the United Arab Emirates.
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A man sits next to a mural of a man wearing a face mask in Acapulco, Mexico, on May 6, 2020, amid the new coronavirus pandemic.
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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.
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Buddhist monks wearing facemasks take their places for prayers inside the Wat Bowonniwetwiharn temple as Thais are encouraged not to gather inside places of worship, in an attempt to stop the spread of the COVID-19 novel coronavirus, on Visaka Bucha Day in Bangkok on May 6, 2020.
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Medical staff claps and waves from the balcony of the Infectious Diseases Clinic in Skopje on May 5, 2020, in support for the invaluable work that nurses and midwives do to ensure clean care for patients, mothers and babies, during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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A barber wearing a protective face mask works in a barber's shop in Athens on May 4, 2020 as Greece gradually eases its lockdown against the COVID-19 coronavirus.
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Traditional Thai dancers wearing protective face shields perform at the Erawan Shrine, which was reopened after the Thai government relaxed measures to combat the spread of the COVID-19 novel coronavirus, in Bangkok on May 4, 2020. Thailand began easing restrictions related to the COVID-19 novel coronavirus on May 3 by allowing various businesses to reopen, but warned that the stricter measures would be reimposed should cases increase again.
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A woman holds a yoga posture as she exercises by the Colosseum monument in Rome on May 4, 2020, as Italy starts to ease its lockdown, during the country's lockdown aimed at curbing the spread of the COVID-19 infection, caused by the novel coronavirus. Stir-crazy Italians will be free to stroll and visit relatives for the first time in nine weeks on May 4, 2020 as Europe's hardest-hit country eases back the world's longest nationwide coronavirus lockdown.
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An employee works to set up a medical facility to accomodate COVID-19 patients with mild symptoms at the Nippon Foundation Para Arena in Tokyo on May 4, 2020. Japan's government prepared on May 4 to extend its nationwide state of emergency to the end of May as it braces for a lengthy battle against the coronavirus pandemic.
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Life-size cutouts depicting a crowd of spectators are seen placed in empty seating during a Chinese Professional Baseball League (CPBL) game between the Rakuten Monkeys and CTBC Brothers at the Taoyuan Baseball Stadium on May 2, 2020, amid the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic. Global fans starved of baseball are flocking to Taiwan's league as the island basks in the glow of being one of the few places in the world hosting live sports.
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A woman walks home with groceries next to barbed wire in the coronavirus locked down area of Selayang Baru, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on Sunday, May 3, 2020. The Malaysian Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin says the economy needs to be revived as billions have been lost during the partial lockdown that began in March.
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A medical staff gets out from a tent of a testing point for the COVID-19 coronavirus in central Moscow on May 2, 2020.
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A man takes a selfie photo with healthcare workers in protective suits at the Hospital del Mar in Barcelona, encouraging people who exercise outside, early on May 2, 2020, during the hours allowed by the government to exercise, for the first time since the beginning of a national lockdown to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 disease.
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Board Chair of Kenyatta National Hospital George Opondo Ooko, right, speaks to a patient in a ward for those who have tested positive for the new coronavirus, at the infectious disease unit of Kenyatta National Hospital, located at Mbagathi Hospital, in Nairobi, Kenya Friday, May 1, 2020.
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A municipal employee, wearing a special suit to protect against coronavirus, cleans and disinfects an almost empty of pedestrians Garden Ring during a lockdown due to the coronavirus pandemic in Moscow, Russia, Friday, May 1, 2020.
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A residents from the Alexandra township gets tested for COVID-19 , in Johannesburg, Wednesday, April 29, 2020. South Africa will begin a phased easing of its strict lockdown measures on May 1, although confirmed cases of coronavirus continue to increase.
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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.
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Nursery S. Schouten created a message of support in times of the coronavirus reading "#StayStrong" by cutting of the flower heads in a field of tulips in Bant, Netherlands, Sunday, April 26, 2020.
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Israeli policemen wearing protective face masks, scuffle with merchants in Jerusalem's Mahane Yehuda market, on April 26, 2020, protesting against the continued closure of the landmark open air market, after authorities reduced some lockdown measures imposed in order to stem the spread of the novel coronavirus, by allowing shops to reopen.
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A security personnel wearing protective gear checks the passports of British nationals before check-in for a special flight to London during a government-imposed nationwide lockdown as a preventive measure against the COVID-19 coronavirus, at the Sri Guru Ram Dass Jee International Airport in Amritsar, India on April 25, 2020.
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A boy tries to wear a face mask as members of coalition for grassroots human rights defenders Kenya (CGHRD'S Kenya) work for their food distribution, a bag contains 2kg of maize flour, 1kg each of sugar and rice, soap, tea, salt and a face mask, to vulnerable families that have lost their income in the menace of the COVID 19 coronavirus in Mathare slum, Nairobi, Kenya on April 25, 2020. President Kenyatta announced to the nation to extend another 21 days of night curfew.
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South Koreans wear masks and sit according to social distancing as a preventive measure against the coronavirus (COVID-19), as they prepare for an insurance planner examination of General Insurance Association of Korea at Seokyeong University playground on April 25, 2020 in Seoul, South Korea. South Korea has called for expanded public participation in social distancing, as the country witnesses a wave of community spread and imported infections leading to a resurgence in new cases of COVID-19. According to the Korea Center for Disease Control and Prevention, 10 new cases were reported. The total number of infections in the nation tallies at 10,718.
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Inmates from Villa Devoto Prison burn mattresses during a riot demanding measures to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, after Covid-19 cases were allegedly confirmed inside the prison, in Buenos Aires on April 24, 2020.
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Students wearing face masks attend a lecture on preventative measures against the COVID-19 novel coronavirus at the Pyongyang University of Medicine in Pyongyang on April 22, 2020.
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Families affected by unemployment following lockdown measures to halt the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus line up for food donations at Wat Bowonniwetwiharn in Bangkok, Thailand on April 22, 2020.
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A paramedic sprays Minister of Information Manal Abdul-Samad with disinfectant as she arrives for a parliament meeting, in Beirut, Lebanon, April 21, 2020. Lebanon's parliament began a three-day legislative session Tuesday at a Beirut theater so that legislators can observe social distancing measures due to the coronavirus pandemic, as protests against the country's ruling elite in the crisis-hit country resumed.
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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.
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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.
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An employee of the municipal corporation drives through a disinfection tunnel outside their office building during a government-imposed nationwide lockdown as a preventive measure against the COVID-19 coronavirus in Faridabad, India on April 20, 2020.
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A nurse wearing protective clothing and face mask, takes care of a COVID-19 patient at the Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) department in the Karolinska hospital in Solna, near Stockholm, Sweden, on April 19, 2020, during the coronavirus pandemic.
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A worker cleans and disinfects a main bus station as a preventive measure against COVID-19 pandemic, in Bogota on April 19, 2020.
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An Indian wearing a face mask looks out from a gate during lockdown to prevent the spread of new coronavirus in Hyderabad, India, Saturday, April 18, 2020. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday extended the world's largest coronavirus lockdown to head off the epidemic's peak, with officials racing to make up for lost time.
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A man reacts as a medical staffer tests shoppers who volunteered at a pop-up community COVID-19 testing station at a supermarket carpark in Christchurch, New Zealand, April 17, 2020. New Zealand is into week four of a 28-day lockdown in a bid to stop the spread of the new coronavirus.
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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.
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Workers move a coffin of a victim of the COVID-19 coronavirus to a burial site at a cemetery in Jakarta, Indonesia on April 15, 2020.
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A civic worker sprays disinfectant on a policeman standing guard after a protest by migrant workers against the extension of the lockdown, in a slum in Mumbai, India, April 14, 2020. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday extended the world's largest coronavirus lockdown to head off the epidemic's peak, with officials racing to make up for lost time.
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Medical staff members arrive for a duty shift at Dongsan Medical Center in Daegu, South Korea, April 13, 2020.
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A municipal vehicle cleans Nikolskaya street in downtown Moscow on April 13, 2020, during a strict lockdown in Russia to stop the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus.
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A man pushing a shopping cart asks a woman kneeling in prayer to get out of the way because she is obstructing people trying to get into a supermarket, in Lima, Peru, Saturday, April 11, 2020. The woman was praising God for cleansing the earth of heathens using the new coronavirus.
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Catholic believers, wearing face masks and practicing social distancing to protect from coronavirus, are blessed by priest outside a church as religious services continue in Minsk, Belarus, Saturday, April 11, 2020. The Catholic community in predominantly Orthodox Christian Belarus prepare to celebrate the resurrection of Jesus Christ on Easter Sunday. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people, but for some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness or death.
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A technician sprays disinfectant along the streets of the French Riviera city of Cannes France, on April 10, 2020, on day twenty-five of a strict lockdown in France aimed at curbing the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, caused by the novel coronavirus.
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A woman stands next to a makeshift checkpoint, part of a community safety initiative in the Druze village of Majdal Shams in the Israel-annexed Golan Heights on April 9, 2020, amid the novel coronavirus epidemic.
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This photo taken through a glass window at a maternity ward shows nurses putting a face shield on a newborn baby, in an effort to halt the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus, at Praram 9 Hospital in Bangkok on April 9, 2020.
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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.
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Volunteers from Sonko Rescue Team, an NGO privately funded by Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko, fumigate a street to curb the spread of COVID-19 during a joint operation with Nairobi county during curfew at a residential area in Nairobi, Kenya, on April 6, 2020. Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta on April 6 imposed a three-week ban on movement in and out of four main coronavirus "infected areas," including the capital Nairobi, ahead of the usually busy Easter weekend. Kenya currently counts 158 cases and six deaths from the virus, most of them in the capital, with a few cases also along the coast.
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An honor guard wearing protective masks due to the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus prepare for the arrival of Thailand's King Maha Vajiralongkorn and Queen Suthida at the King Rama I monument to mark Chakri Memorial Day that honors the founding of the ruling Chakri Dynasty in Bangkok on April 6, 2020.
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An Indonesian woman walks through a disinfection chamber as a preventive measure amid the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic at the Harmony bus station in Jakarta on April 6, 2020.
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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.
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A Sri Lankan fire brigade person disinfects his colleagues after they assisted transporting the coffin of a person who died not because of the new virus during a curfew in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Sunday, April 5, 2020.
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Government health workers evacuate suspected coronavirus victims from a condominium in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on April 4, 2020.
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Soldiers ride in the back of a truck as they deliver food to poor residents on the outskirts of Buenos Aires, Argentina, Friday, April 3, 2020.
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Moroccan patients who recovered from the novel coronavirus disease celebrate with the medical staff as they leave the hospital in the city of Sale, north of the capital Rabat, on April 3, 2020.
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Migrant workers wait for lunch at a camp set up by Delhi Government during a government-imposed nationwide lockdown as a preventive measure against the COVID-19 coronavirus, in New Delhi on April 1, 2020.
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A medical staff watches from a platform of the Gare d'Austerlitz train station on April 1, 2020 in Paris through the window of a medicalized TGV high speed train before its departure to evacuate patients infected with the COVID-19 from Paris' region hospitals to other hospitals in the western France Brittany region where the outbreak has been limited so far. France has been on lockdown since March 17 in a bid to limit the contagion caused by the novel coronavirus, a situation it has extended until at least April 15.
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New employees of Japan's defense ministry sit on chairs spaced apart for social distancing due to concerns over the spread of COVID-19 coronavirus, as they watch a video message of Defense Minister Taro Kono during a ceremony in Tokyo on April 1, 2020.
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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.
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Motorists are sprayed with disinfectant in an attempt to curb the spread of coronavirus outbreak at the gate of a housing complex in South Tangerang, Indonesia, March 31, 2020. Indonesia will close its doors to foreign arrivals in an attempt to curb the coronavirus spread while the country plans to bring home more than a million nationals working abroad.
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A volunteer disinfects a Hindu temple in an effort to contain the outbreak of the coronavirus, in Karachi, Pakistan, March 30, 2020.
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Police use riot shields to practice social distancing to help curb the spread of the coronavirus at a police station in Bangkok, Thailand on March 30, 2020.
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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.
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A member of the South African Police Service enforces social distancing as he makes shoppers hold their hands out in front of them to ensure that they are at least one meter apart from one another while they wait outside a supermarket in Yeoville, Johannesburg, on March 28, 2020.
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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.
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A doctor (L) shows the welcome desk of a consultation center dedicated to covid19 suspected patients in Tinteniac, France on March 27, 2020. The consultation center is located in an intermunicipal venue to remove patients at risk of infection from doctors' offices in order to continue caring for other patients.
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The iconic Matterhorn mountain is illuminated by Swiss light artist Gerry Hofstetter aiming to send messages of hope, support and solidarity to people suffering from the global coronavirus disease, COVID-19, pandemic in the alpine resort of Zermatt, Switzerland, Thursday, March 26, 2020.
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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.
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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.
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The just married couple Laila and Boualem Bellil walk in the Stall Courtyard, a most frequented tourist spot, in Dresden, eastern Germany, Thursday, March 26, 2020. They celebrate today without wedding guests because of the government regulations and want to make up for the party next year. In order to slow down the spread of the coronavirus, the German government has considerably restricted public life and asked the citizens to stay at home. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people, but for some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness or death.
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Members of the Danish Parliament stand in line to vote one by one on another emergency law to combat the coronavirus pandemic, outside the Parliament at Christiansborg Castle, Copenhagen, Denmark, on March 26, 2020.
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Barber Eugenio Lafargue, reflected in a mirror wearing a protective face mask against a precaution against the spread of the new coronavirus, styles a customer's hair, in Havana, Cuba, Wednesday, March 25, 2020.
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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.
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Medical staffers wearing protective gear, part of a special unit performing house calls, work in Bergamo, northern Italy, one of the areas worse-affected by coronavirus, March 25, 2020.
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A Serbian military personal wearing a protective mask walks amongst beds set up inside a hall at the Belgrade Fair to accommodate people suffering from mild symptoms of the coronavirus disease COVID-19 on March 24, 2020. More than 200,000 coronavirus cases have been declared in Europe, according to an AFP tally on March 24, 2020.
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A sign on the M8 motorway advises motorists to avoid travel where possible on March 24, 2020 in Glasgow, Scotland.
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A temple worker wearing a mask to protect himself from the coronavirus COVID-19 attaches a name card with a wish to a lantern at Jogyesa Temple as Buddhists prepare to celebrate Buddha's birthday on March 23, 2020 in Seoul, South Korea. South Korea has called for expanded public participation in social distancing for the next two weeks, as the country witnesses a wave of community spread and imported infections leading to a resurgence in new cases of COVID-19. According to the Korea Center for Disease Control and Prevention on Monday, 64 new cases were reported. The total number of infections in the nation tallies at 8,961.
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People wait in line to get a coronavirus test outside the La Timone hospital in Marseille, France, March 23, 2020.
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A replica of an elephant with a face mask is driven on trailer pulled by a car to bring awareness during a one-day Janata (civil) curfew imposed by the government amid concerns over the spread of the COVID-19 novel coronavirus in Chennai on March 22, 2020.
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A woman prays while sitting alone at an empty closed church live-streaming a church service at Nairobi Baptist Church in Nairobi, Kenya on March 22, 2020.
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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.
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Muslim men perform Friday prayer at the distance of about one meter (3 ft) to each other as a social distancing effort to prevent the spread of new coronavirus outbreak at Al Akbar mosque in Surabaya, East Java, Indonesia, March 20, 2020.
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Passengers ride the tube on March 19, 2020 in London, England. Transport for London announced the closure of up to 40 stations as officials advised against non-essential travel. Bus and London Overground service will also be reduced.
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A passenger wears a face mask and plastic food bags on her face as a precautionary measure against the COVID-19 coronavirus after landing at Hong Kong's international airport on March 19, 2020. On March 18, Hong Kong authorities began ordering all arrivals from overseas to wear electronic bracelets, connected to an app to mark your location, and two weeks self-quarantine.
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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.
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Thousands of Muslims attend a prayer session asking for safety amid concerns over the spread of the COVID-19 novel coronavirus, near Raipur in Lakshmipur district on March 18, 2020.Thousands of Muslims have joined a special prayer in a southern Bangladesh town seeking protection from the coronavirus to almighty, officials said on March 18 as the south Asian nation confirmed its first casualty by Covid-19.
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A man wears a face mask, amid concerns of the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus, as he visits Shwedagon Pagoda in Yangon on March 18, 2020.
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Volunteers pack hand sanitizer and disinfectant that will be distributed for free in Guadalupe, Nuevo Leon, Mexico on March 18 2020, as a preventive measure against the spread of the new coronavirus, COVID-19.
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A deliveryman wearing a protective face mask pauses by a double-deck tourist bus decorated with a huge mask in the center of the Ukrainian capital of Kiev on March 18, 2020. Ukraine late on March 16 announced shutdowns of public transport, bars, restaurants and shopping malls to stem the spread of the coronavirus after President Volodymyr Zelensky promised to act "harshly, urgently, perhaps unpopularly". The government supported Zelensky's proposals and introduced restrictions on domestic movement, including full closure of the country's three metro systems in Kiev, Kharkiv and Dniprom until April 3.
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A man sprays commuters with hand sanitizer as a preventive measures in Johannesburg, South Africa on March 18, 2020. 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.
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A worker sprays disinfectant in Jordan's archaeological city of Petra south of the capital Amman on March 17, 2020, to prevent the spread of COVID-19.
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A resident wearing a face mask amid concerns over the spread of the COVID-19 novel coronavirus walks past a graffiti of Buddha wearing face mask, in Mumbai on March 16, 2020.
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Medical staff work at one of the emergency structures that were set up to ease procedures at the Brescia hospital in northern Italy, March 16, 2020.
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People clap their hands and wave, in Rome, Saturday, March 14, 2020. At noon in Italy, people came out on their balconies, terraces, gardens or simply leaned out from open windows to clap for several minute in a gesture of thanks for the doctors, nurses, other hospital staff and ambulance crews who have been treating and helping infected patients.
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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.
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Workers place a mask on the figure of the Fallas festival in Valencia, Wednesday March 11, 2020. The Fallas festival which was due to take place on March 13 has been cancelled over the coronavirus outbreak. For most people, the new coronavirus causes only mild or moderate symptoms, such as fever and cough. For some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness, including pneumonia.
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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.
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Medical staff celebrate after all patients were discharged at a temporary hospital set up to treat people with the COVID-19 coronavirus in Wuhan in China's central Hubei province on March 9, 2020. China closed most of its makeshift hospitals for coronavirus patients, some schools reopened and Disney resort staff went back to work on March 9 as normality slowly returns to the country after weeks battling the epidemic.
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Medics treat a patient infected with the new coronavirus, at a hospital in Tehran, Iran, Sunday, March 8, 2020. With the approaching Persian New Year, known as Nowruz, officials kept up pressure on people not to travel and to stay home. Health Ministry spokesman Kianoush Jahanpour, who gave Iran's new casualty figures Sunday, reiterated that people should not even attend funerals.
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Volunteers spray disinfectant with a robot at a residental area in Wuhan in China's central Hubei province on March 3, 2020. The world has entered uncharted territory in its battle against the deadly coronavirus, the UN health agency warned, as new infections dropped dramatically in China on March 3 but surged abroad with the US death toll rising to six.
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Medical personnel attend to a patient in critical condition at a hospital designated for coronavirus patients in Wuhan in central China's Hubei province, Sunday, March 1, 2020. China on Sunday reported a slight uptick in new cases exceeded 500 over the past 24 hours. They remain almost entirely confined to the hardest-hit province of Hubei and its capital, the epicenter of Wuhan.
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Mask-clad commuters make their way to work during morning rush hour at the Shinagawa train station in Tokyo on Feb. 28, 2020. Tokyo's key Nikkei index plunged nearly three percent at the open on February 28 after US and European sell-offs with investors worried about the economic impact of the coronavirus outbreak.
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Workers wearing protective suits spray disinfectant as a precaution against the coronavirus at a bus garage in Seoul, South Korea, Feb. 26, 2020. The number of new virus infections in South Korea jumped again Wednesday and the U.S. military reported its first case among its soldiers based in the Asian country, with his case and many others connected to a southeastern city with an illness cluster.
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A shopper wearing face mask pushes a shopping cart in front of an empty shelves inside a grocery store on Feb. 9, 2020 in Hong Kong, China. Hong Kong has 29 confirmed cases of Novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV), with over 37,500 confirmed cases around the world, the virus has so far claimed over 800 lives.
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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.
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A man uses alcohol to disinfect the grounds nearby the Wuhan Huoshenshan hospital construction site on Jan. 28, 2020 in Wuhan, China.
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Chinese police officers wearing masks stand in front of the Tiananmen Gate on Jan. 26, 2020 in Beijing, China. The number of cases of coronavirus rose to 1,975 in mainland China on Sunday. Authorities tightened restrictions on travel and tourism this weekend after putting Wuhan, the capital of Hubei province, under quarantine on Thursday. The spread of the virus corresponds with the first days of the Spring Festival, which is one of the biggest domestic travel weeks of the year in China. Popular tourism landmarks in Beijing including the Forbidden City, Badaling Great Wall, and The Palace Museum were closed to the public starting Saturday. The Beijing Municipal Education Commission announced it will delay reopening schools from kindergarten to university. The death toll on Sunday rose to 56. The majority of fatalities are in Wuhan where the first cases of the virus were reported last month.
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Disinfection professionals wear protective suits whilst spraying an anti-septic solution against the coronavirus (COVID-19) at a National Assembly on Feb. 24, 2020 in Seoul, South Korea.
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This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: More than 500,000 people worldwide have now died from the coronavirus
Coronavirus updates: US nears 3M cases; Florida hospital ICUs reaching capacity; movie theater chains sue to reopen in New Jersey .
The U.S. nears 3M cases; Hospitalizations spike in Florida; Movie theater chains file lawsuit to reopen in New Jersey. Latest coronavirus newsThe stunning milestone will hit less than six months after the first confirmed case was reported January 21, in Everett, Washington. The virus has killed more than 130,000 Americans.
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When asked about the challenges the NBA will face as it attempts to mount a comeback next month, Burke didn’t mince words.“The thing that I felt the most was fatigue and headache,” Burke said about having coronavirus. “So for a good stretch of the first two weeks of that, I was just thinking I had a bad flu, because my symptoms were not aligning with what was being told were the main symptoms — the shortness of breath, the pressure on the chest — I didn’t have those scary symptoms. So for a good stretch of time, I didn’t think I had it. But then I finally decided to get tested. 
Stotts also said that Nurkic will 'in all likelihood' be starting next to Carmelo Anthony but could possibly even start alongside fellow big man Hassan Whiteside.Speaking with the media Wednesday, Stotts raved about the Bosnian big’s physical condition and said he was ready for the NBA’s resumption in Orlando. 
Toronto originally announced a player pool with 58 names, so the addition of these four will put them over the limit. However, as Sportsnet’s Shi Davidi tweets, a team can exceed 60 players if exceptions need to be made due to positive COVID-19 tests. It’s likely, then, that the Jays either have had additional positives in the organization that will remove some players from the 60-man pool or that additional transactions are coming Thursday. Notably, the MLB. 
Of course, the NFL has full authority over whether to schedule preseason games or not, and it’s unclear whether the league will consider the union’s recommendation. As Breer points out, teams would lose out on gate revenue — if fans are allowed in stands, which is a dubious proposition — and local TV money. Plus, the NFL Network usually sees its highest ratings in August, so cancelling the preseason slate altogether would be a tough pill to swallow.Subscribe to Yardbarker's Morning Bark, the most comprehensive newsletter in sports. Customize your email to get the latest news on your favorite sports, teams and schools. 
While the NHL isn’t identifying who has tested positive for the coronavirus or which team(s) they play on, it appears that the Blues have been hit by the virus. Jeremy Rutherford of The Athletic reports (subscription required) that multiple players have tested positive and their identities have not been disclosed. As a result, the team has closed their practice facility through the weekend with the hopes of reopening on Monday. © William Purnell-USA TODAY Sports Some of the St. Louis Blues players have tested positive for COVID-19. 
More than 125,000 people have now died from the coronavirus pandemic in the U.S.Those we've lost come from all backgrounds and include the very people -- first responders and medical staff -- who have been working so diligently and selflessly to stem the tide of the infection and care for the sick. 
