As health workers and governments around the world work to slow the spread of COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus, large-scale disinfection efforts are becoming commonplace. Using methods ranging from simple hand-wiping to mobile spray cannons, workers and volunteers are attempting to halt the transfer of the virus by touch. While there are questions about the efficacy of some of the broader spraying tactics, disinfecting frequently-touched surfaces can help stop the spread of the virus. Collected here, images of recent efforts in Iran, China, Italy, South Korea, and more.
Large-Scale Disinfection Efforts Against Coronavirus
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Workers spray antiseptic solution along a street in Manila on March 11, 2020. 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 three cases last week. #
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Doctors disinfect a discharged COVID-19 patient as she leaves the Wuchang Fang Cang makeshift hospital, which was the latest temporary facility being shut down, on March 10, 2020 in Wuhan, China. As the number of coronavirus patients drops, the city has closed 14 temporary hospitals. #
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A man holding a loudspeaker sits on a motorcycle as he passes a sanitizing vehicle disinfecting the public space near residential buildings in the Panyu district of Guangzhou, China, on February 11, 2020. #
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A worker disinfects playground equipment inside a kindergarten as students’ returning has been delayed due to the novel coronavirus outbreak, in Ganzhou, Jiangxi province, China, on March 2, 2020. #
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Members of the Iraqi Civil Defense Corps spray disinfectant in a library at a religious school that attracts predominantly foreign students and where the country’s first case of the coronavirus infection was confirmed, in Najaf, on March 9, 2020. #
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