Share This Story!
Let friends in your social network know what you are reading about
Monmouth University spike in COVID-19 cases tied to off-campus 'super-spreader event'
At least 166 Monmouth University students are under a 10-day quarantine after testing positive for the coronavirus.
Sent!
A link has been sent to your friend's email address.
Posted!
A link has been posted to your Facebook feed.
Monmouth University spike in COVID-19 cases tied to off-campus 'super-spreader event'
Joe Strupp, Asbury Park Press
Published 10:19 a.m. ET Oct. 12, 2020 | Updated 5:00 p.m. ET Oct. 12, 2020
CLOSE
DRONE VIEW: Coronavirus turns Rutgers' College Avenue campus into a ghost town. Asbury Park Press
WEST LONG BRANCH – At least 166 Monmouth University students are under a 10-day isolation after testing positive for the coronavirus, according to President Patrick Leahy, who blamed most of the cases on an “off-campus event” held two weeks ago.
“An overwhelming majority of the recent cases we have seen can be traced back to this isolated super-spreader event,” Leahy said in a letter posted on the university website.
University officials said Monday the event was at an off-campus student-rented house and those involved could face discipline for violating the student code of conduct.
The trusted place to find the best home service providers. Find local pros.
Leahy's letter said the newest cases bring the total number of students who have tested positive since Aug. 24 to 291, with 135 of them recently recovered.
MORE AT THE CAMPUS: Monmouth University COVID-19 cases spike; stricter rules in place, no hospitalizations
Most Monmouth University classes are being held virtually, but some students are living on campus and the president said the rise in cases could delay a return to classrooms.
The president said another 206 students who have been deemed “at high-risk” for the virus through contact tracing are required to quarantine for 14 days.
That means more than 370 students are facing some kind of quarantine.
University spokesperson Tara Peters said the off-campus event was a gathering at a house rented by students, but had no further information on its location or how many people were involved.
She would not reveal if any discipline had been taken, citing student confidentiality.
Peters said the university's student code of conduct had been updated this year to require students to abide by Gov. Phil Murphy's executive order requiring social distancing and wearing of masks, and said it also applies to off-campus housing.
Support local journalism by purchasing a digital subscription to APP.com and downloading our mobile app today.
“These students have been made aware of (social distancing and masking) regulations and if they violate the order they can face fines or jail, so we communicated that to all of those students,” she said about all off-campus housing. “It could end up resulting in a denial of services or access to classrooms or areas of campus if they are found to be in violation of the student code of conduct.”
West Long Branch and Monmouth County Health Department officials were not reachable for comment due to the Columbus Day holiday.
Increasing infection rates on college campuses nationwide have been a concern since the new school year began.
ELSEWHERE: Four Rutgers athletes, athletics staff member test positive for COVID-19
Leahy provided no details on why the 206 students were deemed at-risk.
“Since we first reported a notable increase in COVID-19 cases on campus, we have learned – through extensive contact tracing efforts – additional details about the likely origin,” Leahy’s letter said about the off-campus event. “Moving forward, we will need 100% cooperation from our campus community in order to resume our fall semester as planned.”
World struggles to stop spread of coronavirus
Posted!
A link has been posted to your Facebook feed.
An undertaker in full body personal protective equipment (PPE) sprays disinfectant liquid around the grave of a person who passed away due to COVID-19 at Glen Forest cemetery in Harare on Jan. 14, 2021 where gravediggers say the rising COVID-19 related death toll in Zimbabwe is keeping them and undertakers busy. JEKESAI NJIKIZANA, AFP via Getty Images
Thai classical dancers wearing face shields to help curb the spread of the coronavirus perform at the Erawan Shrine in Bangkok, Thailand, Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2021. Thailand's government announced new measures, including partial lockdowns with strict travel restrictions in some areas. Schools, bars, gambling parlors and other public gathering places have been closed. Sakchai Lalit, AP
People dine separated by dividing screens at a street food corner in Bangkok's Chinatown on Jan. 10, 2021, after Thai authorities imposed restrictions on restaurants due to the recent COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak. MLADEN ANTONOV, AFP via Getty Images
A street artist wears a painted protective face mask to match her makeup in Bangkok on Jan. 10, 2021. MLADEN ANTONOV, AFP via Getty Images
Participants sit with social distancing as a preventive measure against the Covid-19 coronavirus during a coming-of-age ceremony in Namie, Fukushima Prefecture on January 9, 2021. Jiji Press/AFP via Getty Images
A medical worker in a booth tries to warm her hands under an electric heater at a coronavirus testing site in Seoul, South Korea, Jan. 6, 2021. Ahn Young-joon, AP
COVID-19 patients exercise at the Patriot Candrabhaga stadium which was recently turned into an isolation center amid the coronavirus outbreak in Bekasi on the outskirts of Jakarta, Indonesia, Jan. 6, 2021. Achmad Ibrahim, AP
A burial takes place in an area reserved for COVID-19 victims at the Nossa Senhora Aparecida cemetery in Manaus, Brazil, on Jan. 5, 2021. MICHAEL DANTAS, AFP via Getty Images
A man receives a coronavirus vaccine from medical staff at a COVID-19 vaccination center in Ramat Gan, Israel, Sunday, Jan. 3, 2021. Oded Balilty, AP
Paramedics replace the trolley into an ambulance outside the Royal London Hospital in east London on Jan. 3, 2021. The British prime minister said on January 3 he was "reconciled" to the prospect of tougher restrictions to combat spiraling coronavirus cases. Health Services are under increasing pressure after record levels of daily lab-confirmed cases of COVID-19 has led to more patients being treated in hospital in England than during the initial peak of the outbreak in April. JUSTIN TALLIS, AFP via Getty Images
People participating in a COVID-19 vaccine delivery system trial wait for their turn at a COVID-19 vaccination center in New Delhi, India, Saturday, Jan. 2, 2021. India tested its COVID-19 vaccine delivery system with a nationwide trial on Saturday as it prepares to roll-out an inoculation program to stem the coronavirus pandemic. Saturday's exercise included necessary data entry into an online platform for monitoring vaccine delivery, along with testing of cold storage and transportation arrangements for the vaccine, the health ministry had said. Altaf Qadri, AP
Freshly dug graves powdered with snow are seen at the Butovskoye cemetery, which serves as one of the burial grounds for those who died of the coronavirus, in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, Dec. 31, 2020. Dmitry Serebryakov, AP
An actor, dressed up depicting a coronavirus, gestures to passers-by during a street performance promoting anti COVID-19 security measures in downtown Brussels, Thursday, Dec. 31, 2020. Francisco Seco, AP
Staff of the Pyongyang Department Store No. 1 disinfect the store before it opens in Pyongyang, North Korea Monday, Dec. 28, 2020. Jon Chol Jin, AP
A resident of a nursing home reacts as she gets an injection of the COVID-19 vaccine in Cologne, Germany, Sunday, Dec. 27, 2020. The first shipments of coronavirus vaccines developed by BioNTech and Pfizer have arrived across the European Union, authorities started to vaccinate the most vulnerable people in a coordinated effort on Sunday. Martin Meissner, AP
Spectators wearing face masks watch a local regional language play being staged at the Thakorbhai Desai Hall that was reopened for public after its closure due to COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic in Ahmedabad, India on Dec. 27, 2020. SAM PANTHAKY, AFP via Getty Images
Dr. Diana Hristova, 34, left and Dr. Yanislav Mitkov, 26, pose for a portrait in the intensive care unit of Aleksandrovska Hospital on December 24, 2020 in Sofia, Bulgaria. With one of the highest COVID-19 fatality rates in the European Union, Bulgaria has reported 196,000 coronavirus infections and nearly 7,000 deaths since the start of the pandemic. Hristo Rusev, Getty Images
Dr. Yanislav Mitkov, 26, (R) treats a coronavirus patient in the intensive care unit of Aleksandrovska Hospital on December 24, 2020 in Sofia, Bulgaria. With one of the highest COVID-19 fatality rates in the European Union, Bulgaria has reported 196,000 coronavirus infections and nearly 7,000 deaths since the start of the pandemic. Hristo Rusev, Getty Images
A worker wearing personal protective equipment disinfects the Holy Redeemer Church to prevent the spread of Covid-19 (novel coronavirus) after a Christmas eve mass, in Bangkok, in the early hours of December 25, 2020. ROMEO GACAD, AFP via Getty Images
An aerial view shows lines of freight lorries and heavy goods vehicles parked on the tarmac at Manston Airport near Ramsgate, south east England on Dec. 22, 2020, as the Brexit contingency plan "Operation Fennel" was activated early to cope with lorries waiting to depart the UK, after France closed its borders to accompanied freight arriving from the UK due to the rapid spread of a new coronavirus strain. The British government said Tuesday it was considering tests for truckers as part of talks with French authorities to allow the resumption of freight traffic suspended due to a new more infectious coronavirus strain. Britain was plunged into fresh crisis last week with the emergence of a fresh strain of the virus, which is believed to be up to 70 percent more transmissible than other forms. WILLIAM EDWARDS, AFP via Getty Images
Police officers block access to the port in Dover, in Kent, south east England on Dec. 22, 2020, after France closed its borders to accompanied freight arriving from the UK due to the rapid spread of a new coronavirus strain. JUSTIN TALLIS, AFP via Getty Images
A cameraman records during the rehearsal of The Nutcracker by the Czech National Ballet amid the coronavirus pandemic on Dec. 21, 2020 in Prague, Czech Republic. As the government restrictions disallow spectators into the theaters Czech National Ballet will live stream traditional Christmas carol The Nutcracker. Gabriel Kuchta, Getty Images
A man dressed as Santa Claus disinfects an area before a rally ahead of the Christmas celebrations in Karachi on Dec. 20, 2020. RIZWAN TABASSUM, AFP via Getty Images
Medical staff wait for the next in line for a throat and nasal swab at a COVID-19 testing facility of the Municipal Health Authority GGD, in Utrecht, Netherlands, Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2020. Peter Dejong, AP
Students sit in a waiting area of the Central Vaccination Centre during a trial run of vaccination against COVID-19 and the coronavirus, in Freiburg, Germany, Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2020. For the trial run, approximately 100 medical students take different roles as doctors, medical assistants and people who are willing to be vaccinated. Philipp von Ditfurth, dpa via AP
This picture taken in Thessaloniki on December 2, 2020 shows a funeral wreath on new a grave of Covid-19 victim in a cemetery of Thessaloniki. Sakis Mitrolidis, AFP via Getty Images
Nouran Faraj, a 24-year-old Palestinian, holds her niece as she dons a handmade crochet wool mask as a prevention measure for the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic in Gaza City on December 1, 2020. Mohammed Abed, AFP via Getty Images
A demonstrator has her mask around her cuffs as restaurants, bars and night clubs owners demonstrate in Marseille, southern France, Thursday Nov.26, 2020. The government laid out details Thursday of a gradual easing of France's monthlong virus lockdown, including hundreds of millions of euros in new aid for struggling workers and students and businesses forced to close. Daniel Cole, AP
Israeli animal rights activists wearing protective gear demonstrate against the spread of coronavirus among mink in Denmark's fur industry ahead of international Fur Free Friday, in Tel Aviv, Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2020. Oded Balilty, AP
Gravediggers at Panteon Sueños Eternos burry someone who died of COVID-19 Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2020 in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico. Panteon Sueños Eternos has implemented a different protocol for COVID-19 related deaths. Cemetery workers place the caskets in a cement barrier that later gets covered with more cement before filling the gravesite with dirt. They began doing this as a precaution because they do not know what the spread of the virus can be like postmortem. BRIANA SANCHEZ/EL PASO TIMES, EL PASO TIMES / USA TODAY Network
Health workers in personal protective equipment carry the body of a COVID-19 victim for cremation in New Delhi, India, Thursday, Nov. 19, 2020. India's confirmed coronavirus caseload is expected to surpass 9 million on Friday as authorities in New Delhi battle to slow down the surge of infections in the city by increasing testing. Manish Swarup, AP
A man wearing a face mask as a preventive measure against the Covid-19 coronavirus walks along the restaurant area of Omoide Yokocho alleyway in Shinjuku district in Tokyo on November 19, 2020. PHILIP FONG, AFP via Getty Images
Medical workers and patients are seen in the treatment hall of a temporary hospital for coronavirus patients in the Krylatskoye Ice Palace in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2020. The resurgence of the outbreak has swept the Russia since September, with the number of daily new cases spiking from roughly 5,000 in early September to over 22,000 this week. Pavel Golovkin, AP
A health worker conducts a rapid antigen test for Covid-19 coronavirus on a lecturer at college premises as the state government education department directed the reopening of degree colleges after several months of closure in wake of the coronavirus pandemic, in Bangalore on November 17, 2020. MANJUNATH KIRAN, AFP via Getty Images
A father wearing a protective mask holds his newborn son against his chest during the Covid-19 pandemic, novel coronavirus at the maternity of the Diaconesses hospital in Paris, on November 17, 2020. MARTIN BUREAU, AFP via Getty Images
People wear face masks to help curb the spread of the coronavirus at a department store in Taipei, Taiwan, Monday, Nov. 16, 2020. Chiang Ying-ying, AP
A general view of the Scholemoor Cemetery and Crematorium on November 16, 2020 in Bradford, England. In an essay for the BBC this weekend, Dr John Wright of Bradford Royal Infirmary reported how Bradford's main Muslim cemetery has been struggling to keep up with burials amid the country's second wave of covid-19 infections. However he cautioned that "it will take some medical detective work to determine the cause of this increase in deaths." Christopher Furlong, Getty Images
Health workers prepare to take samples for a COVID-19 test from passengers who are arriving from Cancun Mexico, at the Jose Marti International Airport in Havana, Cuba, Sunday, Nov. 15, 2020. The airport is receiving its first commercial flights in over 8 months, since the country shut the facility down due to the coronavirus pandemic. Ramon Espinosa, AP
Army medical personnel, wearing a protective suit, works at a quick coronavirus testing area which was set up to ease the pressure on hospital emergency wards, following the surge of COVID-19 case numbers, in Milan, Italy, Friday, Nov. 13, 2020. Luca Bruno, AP
Members of the public perform push-ups as punishment for not wearing face masks amid the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic in Banda Aceh on November 10, 2020. CHAIDEER MAHYUDDIN, AFP via Getty Images
Members of the medical staff take care of Covid-19 patients aboard a French army Airbus A400 M before their transfer from Lyon-Bron aerodrome to the French capital Paris on November 10, 2020, amid a surge in Covid-19 (novel coronavirus) cases in France. JEFF PACHOUD, AFP via Getty Images
Medical workers collect a swab sample from a resident to test for the COVID-19 coronavirus in Colombo on Nov. 9, 2020. LAKRUWAN WANNIARACHCHI, AFP via Getty Images
Couples gather on steps in La Defense Business District on the outskirts of Paris on November 6, 2020, during a lockdown imposed by authorities in an attempt to halt the spread of the new coronavirus (Covid-19). LUDOVIC MARIN, AFP via Getty Images
A box with food slides down to car from a window of the apple cider restaurant 'Zum Lahmen Esel' in Frankfurt, Germany, Thursday, Nov.5, 2020. Due to the new partial lockdown to avoid the coronavirus spread the restaurant which has been in operation since 1807 offers cider and food to go in a self-made drive through set up. Michael Probst, AP
Medical worker treats a patient with COVID-19 in the intensive care unit at the hospital "Reseau hospitalier neuchatelois (RHNe)" Pourtales site during the coronavirus disease outbreak, in Neuchatel, Switzerland, Thursday, November 5, 2020. Switzerland as many countries in Europe impose more coronavirus restrictions as cases of COVID-19 patients spike in a second wave of pandemic. LAURENT GILLIERON, Keystone via AP
Two women wait in line at a bakery in Antwerp, Belgium, Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2020. Belgium, proportionally still the worst-hit nation in Europe when it comes to coronavirus cases, said Wednesday there are increasing signs of that a turning point in the crisis was drawing close. The announcement came in the wake of increased measures over the past weeks with bar and restaurant closures capped by a partial lockdown starting last Monday, which further restricted close contacts and closing non-essential shops. Virginia Mayo, AP
A Kashmiri health worker takes a nasal swab sample to test for COVID-19 in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2020. Mukhtar Khan, AP
Tabatha Watley, 54, checks the temperatures of voters as they enter their polling place at Diann Banks-Williamson Education Center on Cadieux street in Detroit on Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020. Kimberly P. Mitchell, Detroit Free Press/ USA TODAY Network
A Christian priest (C) offers prayers during All Souls Day at Rajapur Cemetery in Allahabad on November 2, 2020. SANJAY KANOJIA, AFP via Getty Images
Members of a local electoral commission wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) walk with a mobile ballot box to visit villagers at their houses during Moldova's presidential election in the village of Stetcani, some 40 km north of Chisinau, on Nov. 1, 2020, amid the ongoing coronavirus disease pandemic. SERGEI GAPON, AFP via Getty Images
Revellers take part in Halloween in Hong Kong on October 31, 2020. Peter Parks, AFP via Getty Images
A woman wearing a face mask walks under torii gates (traditional Japanese gates) as she visits a Shinto shrine on October 28, 2020 in Tokyo, Japan. The Tokyo Metropolitan Government reported 171 new cases of Covid-19 coronavirus today. Carl Court, Getty Images
Voters stand in queues maintaining social distance at a polling station, during the first phase of state elections at Paliganj, in the eastern Indian state of Bihar, Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2020. With an overall declining coronavirus positive trend, Indian authorities decided to hold the first state legislature election since the outbreak of COVID-19. People began voting Wednesday in the country’s third largest state Bihar with of a population of about 122 million people. Aftab Alam Siddiqui, AP
A health worker takes a nasal swab sample at a COVID-19 testing center in Hyderabad, India, Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2020. India reports 36,470 new coronavirus cases, the lowest in more than three months in a continuing downward trend. However, the overall tally neared 8 million, the second in the world behind the U.S. with over 8.7 million positive cases. Mahesh Kumar A, AP
Medical staff carry medical equipment to a waiting medical flight at the Bron airport near Lyon, southeastern France, on October 27, 2020, to be evacuated on another hospital, amid the outbreak of the Covid-19 caused by the new Coronavirus. PHILIPPE DESMAZES, AFP via Getty Images
An officer from the district magistrate office holds a COVID-19 coronavirus-themed mascot in a market area during an awareness campaign against coronavirus and rising air pollution levels in New Delhi on Oct. 26, 2020. SAJJAD HUSSAIN, AFP via Getty Images
Volunteers wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) suits bury the body of a person suspected of dying from the COVID-19 coronavirus at a cemetery, in Yangon on Oct. 26, 2020. YE AUNG THU, AFP via Getty Images
A cleaner sweeps in an empty Vittorio Emanuele II arcade, in Milan, northern Italy, early Sunday, Oct. 25, 2020. Since the 11 p.m.-5 a.m. curfew took effect last Thursday, people can only move around during those hours for reasons of work, health or necessity. Luca Bruno, AP
Vatican Swiss Guards wearing masks to curb the spread of COVID-19 march as they leave the St. Damaso courtyard after the visit of Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez to Pope Francis, at the Vatican, Saturday, Oct. 24, 2020. Alessandra Tarantino, AP
A man checks his mobile phone as he sits amid physical distancing markers prior to the start of a movie at CGV Cinemas theater in Jakarta, Indonesia, Friday, Oct. 23, 2020. The cinema reopened this week after months of closure due to coronavirus outbreak. Tatan Syuflana, AP
Pope Francis puts on his face mask as he attends an inter-religious ceremony for peace in the Basilica of Santa Maria in Aracoeli, in Rome Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2020. Gregorio Borgia, AP
A health worker collects a swab sample from a resident to test for the COVID-19 coronavirus at a testing centre in New Delhi on Oct. 19, 2020. SAJJAD HUSSAIN, AFP via Getty Images
An indigenous woman sits on a bench as she waits at a polling station in Huarina, Bolivia, on Oct. 18, 2020 during the country's general election. Landlocked Bolivia elects a new president on Sunday after a 2019 poll was annulled and follow-up elections postponed twice amid the COVID-19 novel coronavirus pandemic. RONALDO SCHEMIDT, AFP via Getty Images
A girl and her mother, wearing face masks to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, visit a makeshift worship venue of Hindu goddess Durga ahead of Durga Puja festival in Kolkata, India, Saturday, Oct. 17, 2020. Bikas Das, AP
People wearing face masks as a preventive measure against the Covid-19 coronavirus commute during rush hour in Beijing on October 15, 2020. Nicolas Asfouri, AFP via Getty Images
A Kashmiri health worker takes a swab sample of a child to test for COVID-19 in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Oct. 14, 2020. India is the second worst-nation in terms of confirmed coronavirus caseload. Dar Yasin, AP
A worker sanitizes a theatre hall ahead of the scheduled reopening of cinemas as theCOVID-19 coronavirus imposed lockdown eases further in Mumbai on Oct. 13, 2020. INDRANIL MUKHERJEE, AFP via Getty Images
High school students in their last year, attend classes at an improvised classroom in the yard of their school in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on Oct. 13, 2020 amid the virus lockdown against the spread of the novel coronavirus, COVID-19 pandemic. The city government partially allowed students on their last year to attend face-to-face classes under a strict sanitary protocol and in the school open spaces. JUAN MABROMATA, AFP via Getty Images
Volunteers wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) on a boat transfer people suspected of having the COVID-19 coronavirus to a quarantine center in Yangon, Myanmar on Oct. 12, 2020. YE AUNG THU, AFP via Getty Images
A child wearing a face mask to help curb the spread of the coronavirus tries to hold a statue's hand as he sits in an art installation on display at a shopping mall in Beijing, Sunday, Oct. 11, 2020. Even though the spread of COVID-19 has been all but eradicated in China, the pandemic is still surging across the globe with ever rising death toll. Andy Wong, AP
A health worker takes a swab from a resident to be tested for the COVID-19 coronavirus in Qingdao, China on Oct. 12, 2020. AFP via Getty Images
A 'COVID-19 Awareness Project' volunteer measures the body temperature to check on a patient infected with leprosy as part of a general health checkup for all inmates at the Gandhi Leprosy Seva Sangh rehabilitation center, in Ahmedabad on Oct. 11, 2020. SAM PANTHAKY, AFP via Getty Images
A pair of protective gloves hang by the testing booth, as health workers prepare for the day at a COVID-19 testing center in Kohima, capital of the northeastern Indian state of Nagaland, Saturday, Oct. 10, 2020. Yirmiyan Arthur, AP
Face masks hang on a boat during a nationwide lockdown to curb the spread of the coronavirus, at the port in the mixed Arab Jewish city of Jaffa, near Tel Aviv, Israel, Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2020. Oded Balilty, AP
City police officers wearing masks patrol shopping street Via Condotti in Rome, Friday, Oct. 2, 2020. Cecilia Fabiano, AP
Members of the Arts and Shows Association Union (AGTAE) march pushing boxes with lights and wires during a protest demanding the government of Chilean President Sebastian Pinera for support since they have been inactive for months due to the new coronavirus pandemic, in Santiago on Sept. 29, 2020. MARTIN BERNETTI, AFP via Getty Images
A grave digger takes a break as smoke from fires clearing a new section of cemetery drifts over at a public cemetery, part of which is reserved for suspected COVID-19 victims on Sept. 27, 2020 in Jakarta, Indonesia. Due to a steady rise in COVID-19 cases, Jakarta is running short on hospital beds, quarantine facilities and now graveyard space. There are currently 2 official cemeteries equipped to handle the special protocol for COVID-19 deaths. When asked, nearly all of the men say the saddest part of their jobs is seeing victims arrive with no one to bury them because the family is all in quarantine. Ed Wray, Getty Images
People walk among the Spanish flags placed in memory of coronavirus (COVID-19) victims in Madrid, Spain, Sunday, Sept. 27, 2020. An association of families of coronavirus victims has planted what it says are 53,000 small Spanish flags in a Madrid park to honor the dead of the pandemic. Manu Fernandez, AP
Dancers wearing face shields as a preventive measure against the Covid-19 coronavirus attend a practice session at an art and cultural centre in Banda Aceh on September 26, 2020. Chaideer Mahyuddin, AFP via Getty Images
An employee manually inspects syringes of the SARS CoV-2 Vaccine for COVID-19 produced by SinoVac at its factory in Beijing on Thursday, Sept. 24, 2020. Ng Han Guan, AP
First grade students wearing protective face masks line up to have their temperature taken before entering the school building at the Florya Ugur College on Sept. 21, 2020 in Istanbul, Turkey. For the first time since schools closed on March 16, due to the coronavirus outbreak, kindergarten and first grade students were allowed to return for in-person classes at schools across Turkey. The one day a week classes are voluntary and restarted amid strict coronavirus precautions. As coronavirus cases continue to spike around the globe many families continue to opt for online classes. Chris McGrath, Getty Images
A Palestinian worker disinfects supermarket carts as part of COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic precautions outside a supermarket in Gaza City on Sept. 21, 2020. MOHAMMED ABED, AFP via Getty Images
Ultra-Orthodox Jews protest against the restrictions on gatherings for public prayers despite a new nationwide lockdown order aimed at curbing a raging coronavirus outbreak in Bnei Brak, Israel, Sept. 20, 2020. In the ultra-Orthodox town of Bnei Brak near Israel's commercial hub of Tel Aviv, over 100 activists took to the streets and burned garbage to protest restrictions on gatherings for public prayers. Ariel Schalit, AP
A man wears his face mask attached to his headphones in Prague, Czech Republic, Saturday, Sept. 19, 2020. Petr David Josek, AP
A worker wearing a Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) suit sanitizes public toilets at a bus station in Kathmandu on September 17, 2020. Prakash Mathema, AFP via Getty Images
A man wearing a face mask to prevent the spread of coronavirus smokes in the street in Barcelona, Spain, Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2020. The Spanish capital will introduce selective lockdowns in urban areas where the coronavirus is spreading faster, regional health authorities announced on Tuesday. Emilio Morenatti, AP
A priest offers prayers before the burial of a three-month-old boy who died of COVID-19 in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2020. India's total of coronavirus infections passed 5 million Wednesday, still soaring and testing the feeble health care system in tens of thousands of impoverished towns and villages. Manish Swarup, AP
A worker draws marks on the ground for social distancing at a school in Lahore on Sept. 13, 2020, following the government's announcement to reopen educational institutes starting from September 15, nearly six months after the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus. ARIF ALI, AFP via Getty Images
People wearing face masks attend a meeting by Thai government officials discussing the economic impact of the COVID-19 coronavirus in the border area with Malaysia at Sungai Kolok town in Thailand's southern province of Narathiwat on September 12, 2020. Madaree Tohlala, AFP via Getty Images
A vendor sets up his stall in marks painted on the floor for social distancing as he waits for customers at the 100-year-old Pallavaram Friday market that has reopened following the state government's decision to ease the measures imposed against the Covid-19 coronavirus, in Chennai on September 11, 2020. ARUN SANKAR, AFP via Getty Images
Exile Tibetan Buddhist monks wearing masks as a precautionary measure against the coronavirus walks in a deserted market area in Dharmsala, India, Friday, Sept. 11, 2020. India's coronavirus cases are now the second-highest in the world and only behind the United States. Ashwini Bhatia, AP
A municipal cemetery worker digs a grave in a special cemetery for suspected Covid-19 Coronavirus victim on September 11, 2020 in Jakarta, Indonesia. Jakartas governor, Anies Baswedan, has ordered the reimposition of strict measures to curtail rising cases of the Covid-19 Coronavirus, starting Monday Sept. 14 due to an alarming shortage of ICU and quarantine beds in hospitals treating an increasing number of COVID-19 patients. Ed Wray, Getty Images
Jewish Seminary students study behind a protective plastic screen cells to prevent the spread of the Coronavirus disease COVID-19 in a Hesder Yeshiva on Sept. 9, 2020 in Sderot, Israel. Israel is struggling to contain the COVID-19 Virus outbreak with daily records of new infections and more than 1,000 lives claimed. Amir Levy, Getty Images
Pope Francis takes off his face mask as he arrives by car to hold a limited public audience at the San Damaso courtyard in The Vatican on September 9, 2020 during the COVID-19 infection, caused by the novel coronavirus. VINCENZO PINTO, AFP via Getty Images
The 'Manneken Pis' statue wears a uniform with a protective mask and face shield to honor the healthcare staff, in Brussels on September 5, 2020. Nicolas Maeterlinck, BELGA/AFP via Getty Images
People sit on GoBoat boats and deckchairs as they watch the movie "Titanic" on the first night open to the public of the Openaire float-in cinema at the Paddington canal basin in London, Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2020. The outdoor cinema has been setup to run for September so people can watch movies outside where there is less risk of catching the coronavirus. Matt Dunham, AP
Teachers and auxiliary staff take COVID-19 tests in Madrid, Spain, Thursday, Sept. 3, 2020. The Madrid region is a coronavirus hot spot, with almost 32,000 new cases officially recorded over the past two weeks. The tests are mandatory for school employees. Bernat Armangue, AP
An inmate (L) sprays disinfectant as part of measures against the COVID-19 coronavirus at a prison in Banda Aceh on September 3, 2020. CHAIDEER MAHYUDDIN, AFP via Getty Images
Suad Al-Dairi plays with her grandson in their house during a coronavirus lockdown in the Al-Karamah neighborhood on September 02, 2020 in Gaza City, Gaza. Fatima Shbair, Getty Images
Uzbek students take open-air entrance exams in Tashkent on September 2, 2020, amid the ongoing coronavirus disease pandemic. Yuri Korsuntsev, AFP via Getty Images
A worker sanitises the floor of a shopping mall reopened after the government eased a nationwide lockdown imposed as a preventive measure against the Covid-19 coronavirus, in Chennai on September 1, 2020. Arun Sankar, AFP via Getty Images
Graceland University student athletes go through a health screening, including a temperature check and COVID-19 test before moving into campus housing on Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2020, in Lamoni. Kelsey Kremer/The Register
Phoenix Fire Department battalion chief Scott McDonald (right) receives a free antibody test for the new coronavirus, administered by Phoenix firefighter paramedic Nate Byrd at the Phoenix Fire Department training facility in Phoenix on April 28, 2020. David Wallace/The Republic
Wearing a mask and gloves because of the coronavirus pandemic, Byron Blades of Los Angeles, takes a rest, while hiking the trail up Piestewa Peak in the Phoenix Mountains Preserve on April 6, 2020. David Wallace/The Republic
Health workers protest in front of the Peruvian Ministry of Health, in Lima on August 26, 2020. - Thousands of health workers protested in Peru to denounce the lack of resources to face the COVID-19 coronavirus. ERNESTO BENAVIDES, AFP via Getty Images
Engineering faculty and workers at La Sabana University work on a low-cost ventilator for patients with COVID-19 in Bogota, Colombia, Monday, July 6, 2020. Fernando Vergara, AP
A worker disinfects as a precaution against the coronavirus on a street in Goyang, South Korea, Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2020. South Korea is closing schools and switching back to remote learning in the greater capital area as the country counted its 12th straight day of triple-digit daily increases in coronavirus cases. Ahn Young-joon, AP
Medical staff wearing personal protective equipment as a precautionary measure against the COVID-19 coronavirus approach Lei Muk Shue care home in Hong Kong on Aug. 23, 2020. MAY JAMES, AFP via Getty Images
Russian servicemen wearing a face mask to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, prepare to roll out a huge Russian national flag during a celebration ceremony of the National Flag Day at Poklonnaya Hill in Moscow on August 22, 2020. Kirill Kudryavtsev, AFP via Getty Images
Workers unload coffins from a truck outside a funeral home located in front of the General Hospital in Mexico City on August 20, 2020 amid the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic. ALFREDO ESTRELLA, AFP via Getty Images
A man reacts while having a nasal swab sample taken at a testing and screening facility for the coronavirus, in a hospital in Karachi, Pakistan, Friday, Aug. 21, 2020. Fareed Khan, AP
Health workers wearing Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) suits guide asymptomatic COVID-19 patients to the entrance of the Siliguri Indoor Stadium, temporarily converted into a COVID-19 coronavirus safe home care centre, in Siliguri, India on August 21, 2020. DIPTENDU DUTTA, AFP via Getty Images
Nepalese army personnel pay tributes to a person who died of COVID-19 before a cremation in Kathmandu, Nepal, Aug. 17, 2020. Niranjan Shrestha, AP
An Indian health worker waits to take a nasal swab sample to test for COVID-19 in a swab collection center in Gauhati, India, Aug. 17, 2020. Anupam Nath, AP
A woman wears a face masks as she poses for a picture at the Louvre Museum in Paris, Saturday, Aug. 15, 2020. Paris extended the areas of the city where pedestrians will be obliged to wear masks starting Saturday morning after health officials said that the coronavirus is "active". Kamil Zihnioglu, AP
A health workers wearing protective clothing makes a swab test for COVID-19 coronavirus on residents at Hoan Kiem district medical centre in Hanoi on August 13, 2020. Nhac Nguyen, AFP via Getty Images
Public Order Agency officers watch as a man does push ups as a punishment for violating city regulation requiring people to wear face mask in public places as a precaution against the new coronavirus outbreak, in Medan, North Sumatra, Indonesia, Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2020. Binsar Bakkara, AP
Fruit and vegetable vendors, wearing masks against the spread of the COVID-19 infections, wait for customers at a market in Bucharest, Romania, Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2020. Andreea Alexandru, AP
Gravediggers work during a funeral for victims of the COVID-19 coronavirus at the Pondok Ranggon cemetery in Jakarta on Aug. 10, 2020. The country, home to nearly 270 million people, has been easing movement restrictions in a bid to head off economic collapse but COVID-19 infections are mounting, with cases topping 115,000 and more than 5,300 deaths. ADEK BERRY, AFP via Getty Images
Music fans enjoy a life performance from their tuk-tuk, Thai traditional taxi cars, in Bangkok on August 8, 2020, during the first-ever new normal Thai-style concert, called the Amazing Tuk Tuk Festival, respecting social distancing to avoid the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus. - The event organized by the Tourism Authority of Thailand is aimed at promoting tourism and stimulating the economy. MLADEN ANTONOV, AFP via Getty Images
A demonstrator with a Brazilian flag is seen beside crosses before a thousand red balloons are released, during a tribute to COVID-19 victims organized by the Rio de Paz NGO at the Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on August 08, 2020. MAURO PIMENTEL, AFP via Getty Images
A nurse shows a COVID-19 vaccine produced by Chinese company Sinovac Biotech at the Sao Lucas Hospital, in Porto Alegre, southern Brazil on August 08, 2020. - The vaccine trial is being carried out in Brazil in partnership with Brazilian Research Institute Butanta. SILVIO AVILA, AFP via Getty Images
A vendor holds liquor bottles to give to customers at his alcohol shop covered with plastic sheets as a preventive measure against the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus in Hyderabad on August 7, 2020. - India's official coronavirus case tally passed two million on on August 7 after a daily jump of more than 60,000. NOAH SEELAM, AFP via Getty Images
A woman places a mask on a mannequin outside a clothing store in Aranda de Duero, near Burgos, on August 7, 2020, on the first day of a two week lockdown in an attempt to limit the contagion of the new coronavirus COVID-19 in the area. CESAR MANSO, AFP via Getty Images
Muslims perform Friday prayer while keeping social distance and wearing face mask at Kocatepe Mosque on August 7, 2020, amid the crisis linked with the Covid-19 pandemic caused by the novel coronavirus. ADEM ALTAN, AFP via Getty Images
Visitors to a fast-food restaurant share a seat with Colonel Sanders' cutout as an effort to force a physical distancing as a measure to prevent COVID-19 coronavirus spread in Medan, North Sumatra on August 7, 2020. IVAN DAMANIK, AFP via Getty Images
An accordion player wears a protective facemask as he plays on a street in Antwerp on August 6, 2020, as authorities impose additional measures to attempt to curb the spread of the COVID-19 caused by the novel coronavirus". Francois Walschaerts, AFP via Getty Images
A teacher wearing personal protective equipment as a preventive measure against the spread of the novel coronavirus, COVID-19, gives a class to a girl at home in Cali, Colombia, on Aug. 4, 2020.
The "teacher at home" modality implemented by a local kindergarten seeks to help children keep in touch with teachers and reduce the emotional impact due to isolation during the pandemic. LUIS ROBAYO, AFP via Getty Images
People line up to be tested for COVID-19 at the Unidad Educativa Quitumbe school that is being used as a triage unit and to help hospitals that are operating at the limit of their capacity during the new coronavirus pandemic, in Quito, Ecuador, Aug. 3, 2020. Dolores Ochoa, AP
A health worker takes a break outside of Medellin's General Hospital, amid the COVID-19 pandemic, in Medellin, Colombia on Aug. 3, 2020. JOAQUIN SARMIENTO, AFP via Getty Images
Doctors, (L-R) Yohanes Ridora and Nabila Kirtti pose for a photograph during the virtual fashion show of personal protective equipment (PPE) amid the Coronavirus pandemic on Aug. 1, 2020 in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. The fashion show was held as a form of gratitude for all medical personnel who had fought against COVID-19. Indonesia is struggling to contain hundreds of new daily cases of coronavirus amid easing of rules to allow economic activity to resume, over 100,000 coronavirus cases have been recorded and more than 5,100 fatalities. Ulet Ifansasti, Getty Images
A health worker prepares to collect nasal swab samples for COVID-19 tests at a mobile testing centre in Hyderabad, India, July 31, 2020. India is the third hardest-hit country by the pandemic in the world after the United States and Brazil. Mahesh Kumar A, AP
Children travelling from Kuwait international Airport, wear face masks and shields as protections against the novel coronavirus, in Farwaniya, about 15kms south of Kuwait City, on August 1, 2020. Yasser Al-Zayyat, AFP via Getty Images
A woman shops for dresses in town of Sóller in the Balearic Island of Mallorca, Spain, Wednesday, July 29, 2020. Concerns over a new wave of coronavirus infections brought on by returning vacationers are wreaking havoc across Spain's tourism industry, particularly in the Balearic Islands following Britain's effective ban on travel to the country. Joan Mateu, AP
A person who tested positive for the new coronavirus is transferred to one of the tents set up outside the Seguro Social hospital to continue their treatment, in Quito, Ecuador, Wednesday, July 29, 2020. The Ecuadorian capital has experienced a surge in COVID-19 cases since the government started to reopen the economy last month. Dolores Ochoa, AP
A member of the Bolivarian National Militias wearing a face shield and a protective mask to curb the spread of the new coronavirus, guards a validation center to certify the authenticity of voter data in Caracas, Venezuela, Wednesday, July 29, 2020. Venezuela is scheduled for Dec. 6 midterm legislative elections, and thus far the opposition has indicated it will not participate. Matias Delacroix, AP
Customers dine among mannequins, used as a method to maintain social distancing, at a restaurant in the Akabane district of Tokyo on July 26, 2020, amid the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic. PHILIP FONG, AFP via Getty Images
Models wearing masks take part in a mask fashion show in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, July 24, 2020. Lee Jin-man, AP
This aerial picture shows a funeral taking place at the Olifantsvlei Cemetery in Soweto, on July 23, 2020. Michele Spatari, AFP via Getty Images
Movie-goers wearing masks to protect themselves from the coronavirus are spaced apart as they watch a movie in a newly reopened cinema in Hangzhou in eastern China's Zhejiang province on Monday, July 20, 2020. China is going back to the movies. Following months of closure, limited numbers of movie goers were allowed back Monday in cities where the risk of virus infection is considered low. Chinatopix via AP
Indonesian firefighters spray disinfectant as a precautionary measure against the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus in Surabaya on July 21, 2020. JUNI KRISWANTO, AFP via Getty Images
Students seen through a plastic curtain placed on a doorway attending classes during the first day of reopening of public high schools following closure due to the COVID-19 coronavirus in Yangon on July 21, 2020. SAI AUNG MAIN, AFP via Getty Images
A South Korean worker wearing protective clothes sprays disinfectant in a theatre at Sejong Center in Seoul on July 21, 2020, amid the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic. JUNG YEON-JE, AFP via Getty Images
A man wears a face mask inside a tent at a free COVID-19 drive-thru testing facility in Manila, Philippines on Monday, July 20, 2020. Confirmed coronavirus infections in the Philippines soared past 50,000 in early July in a troubling milestone for a country that has reopened an economy on the brink of recession while still struggling to combat the pandemic. Aaron Favila, AP
A security personnel with a face shield chats with a kid wearing a protective face mask due to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, outside a shop in Bordeaux, southwestern France, on July 20, 2020. PHILIPPE LOPEZ, AFP via Getty Images
A health worker (L) wearing Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) takes the temperature of a resident during a door-to-door medical screening drive for the COVID-19 coronavirus, at a residential complex in Mumbai on July 20, 2020. - Coronavirus cases in India passed one million on July 17, official data showed as authorities struggle to check the spread of the deadly pandemic across the world's second-most populous nation. INDRANIL MUKHERJEE, AFP via Getty Images
People wearing face masks watch a movie during the first day of re-opening the theaters after COVID-19 in Shanghai on July 20, 2020. - Hundreds of cinemas reopened in scores of Chinese cities on July 20 following a nearly six-month nationwide shutdown due to the coronavirus. But the threat from COVID-19 remains in the air, with cinemas in Beijing still closed for now. HECTOR RETAMAL, AFP via Getty Images
An Iranian woman stands next to a street bin, painted with a drawing of a mask in a campaign to spread awareness over the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic in the capital Tehran on July 18, 2020. P resident Hassan Rouhani said that 35 million Iranians may contract the coronavirus, as the country still did not have herd immunity although a quarter of the population may be infected. ATTA KENARE, AFP via Getty Images
A taxi driver gets tested by health workers for coronavirus COVID-19 at a makeshift testing station in a carpark in Hong Kong on July 19, 2020. The deadly coronavirus is spreading out of control in Hong Kong with a record 100 new cases confirmed, the finance hub's leader said as she tightened social distancing measures to tackle the sudden surge in infections. ISAAC LAWRENCE, AFP via Getty Images
Healthcare workers dressed in full protective gear organize their documents of data they have collected during a house-to-house new coronavirus testing drive, ringed by a produce market in the Villa Dolores neighborhood of El Alto, Bolivia, Saturday, July 18, 2020. Juan Karita, AP
An employee of a funeral home plays the violin during the accompaniment of mourning before the cremation of a victim of the novel coronavirus COVID-19, at the Serafin cemetery in Bogota, on July 17, 2020. - The pandemic has killed at least 590,000 people worldwide, including more than 6,000 in Colombia, since it surfaced in China late last year and more than 13.8 million have been infected, according to an AFP tally at 1200 GMT on Friday based on official sources. RAUL ARBOLEDA, AFP via Getty Images
An Ecuadorean soldier patrols a market as part of an inter-institutional operation alongside the National Police and the municipality to enforce lockdown restrictions amid the new coronavirus pandemic at Guamani -a COVID-19 high contagion sector-, in southern Quito, on July 17, 2020. CRISTINA VEGA RHOR, AFP via Getty Images
A resident sits inside her home during the start of a lockdown due to a rise in COVID cases in the city of Navotas, Manila, Philippines, Thursday, July 16, 2020. Aaron Favila, AP
A healthcare worker talks with a woman prior to collecting a sample from her at a temporary testing centre for the novel coronavirus in the Spanish Basque city of Getaria on July 15, 2020. Ander Gillenea, AFP via Getty Images
A veteran wears a face mask prior to a Bastille Day ceremony at Parc Borely, Tuesday, July 14, 2020 in Marseille, southern France. France is honoring nurses, ambulance drivers, supermarket cashiers and others on its biggest national holiday Tuesday. Bastille Day's usual grandiose military parade in Paris is being redesigned this year to celebrate heroes of the coronavirus pandemic. Daniel Cole, AP
A health worker screens residents for COVID-19 symptoms at Devnar slum in Mumbai, India, Saturday, July 11, 2020. Rajanish Kakade, AP
A doctor measures the temperature of woman during a house-to-house new coronavirus testing campaign, in Avircato, Bolivia, Tuesday, July 7, 2020. Juan Karita, AP
Palestinian health workers recite a prayer in front of the body of a woman who died after contracting the COVID-19 disease caused by the novel coronavirus, before her funeral in the West Bank city of Nablus on July 5, 2020. Pool photo by ALAA BADARNEH
A customer has her hair washed at Tusk Hair stylists in Camden just after midnight on July 4, 2020 in London, England. Leon Neal, Getty Images
A volunteer from the #MissingLiveTheatre initiative wears a face mask as she wraps pink tape reading missing live theatre on the National Theatre in south east London on July 3, 2020, - Venues around the country, from the National Theatre to Manchesters Royal Exchange, will be wrapped in pink tape reading missing live theatre as part of a campaign to bring joy and colour to the buildings. Tolga Akmen, AFP via Getty Images
Health workers speak with a family during a free medical checkup at residential building in Mumbai, India, Thursday, July 2, 2020. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said in a live address Tuesday that the country's coronavirus death rate is under control, but that the country is at a "critical juncture." But since the lockdown was lifted, the caseload has shot up, making India the world's fourth-worst affected country. Rafiq Maqbool, AP
A mask-clad camel guide stands before a camel near the Great Pyramid of Khufu at the Giza Pyramids necropolis on the southwestern outskirts of the Egyptian capital Cairo on July 1, 2020 as the archaeological site reopens while the country eases restrictions put in place due to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic. Khaled Desouki, AFP via Getty Images
Egyptians get tested for COVID-19 at a drive-through coronavirus-testing center at the Ain Shams University in Cairo on June 29, 2020. Egypt has so far registered 65,188 COVID-19 cases including 2,789 fatalities. KHALED DESOUKI, AFP via Getty Images
Workers disinfect and clean the Zocalo square in Mexico City on June 29, 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic. Starting this week Mexico City is allowing the reopening of shops, street markets and athletic complexes but with limited capacity and hours. Hotels and restaurants in the capital will reopen at about 30% seating capacity. ALFREDO ESTRELLA, AFP via Getty Images
A Chinese epidemic control worker wears a protective suits as she talks to a foreign resident as she and others arrive to a residential compound as part of quarantine measures after arriving in China on June 29, 2020 in Beijing, China. In an effort to limit imported cases China closed its borders to non-citizens on March 28, 2020 allowing only those with special permission to enter the country. Those who do are required to complete 14 days of quarantine and week medical observation. Kevin Frayer, Getty Images
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. Rafiq Maqbool, AP
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. INDRANIL MUKHERJEE, AFP via Getty Images
A man wearing a protective mask with rainbow colors takes part in a Pride March in Berlin on June 27, 2020. Tobias Schwarz, AFP via Getty Images
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. Arun Sankar, AFP via Getty Images
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. Sylvain Cherkaoui, AP
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 ADEM ALTAN, AFP via Getty Images
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. Mark Schiefelbein, AP
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. Rajanish Kakade, AP
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. Emilio Morenatti, AP
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. SILVIO AVILA, AFP via Getty Images
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. Stringer, Getty Images
Health workers walk out of a mobile laboratory before analyzing samples collected during mass coronavirus tests in Jakarta, Indonesia, June 18, 2020. Achmad Ibrahim, AP
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. MLADEN ANTONOV, AFP via Getty Images
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. K.M. Chaudary, AP
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. NOEL CELIS, AFP via Getty Images
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. INDRANIL MUKHERJEE, AFP via Getty Images
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. Dita Alangkara, AP
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. GIL COHEN-MAGEN, AFP via Getty Images
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. MARCO LONGARI, AFP via Getty Images
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. JUNI KRISWANTO, AFP via Getty Images
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. Francisco Seco, AP
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. Esteban Felix, AP
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. ANDREA PATTARO, AFP via Getty Images
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. Leo Correa, AP
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. Andre Penner, AP
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. YASSER AL-ZAYYAT, AFP via Getty Images
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. TARSO SARRAF, AFP via Getty Images
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. MUNIR UZ ZAMAN, AFP via Getty Images
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. MARIA TAN, AFP via Getty Images
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. NOAH SEELAM, AFP via Getty Images
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. Dmitri Lovetsky, AP
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. MADAREE TOHLALA, AFP via Getty Images
A worker disinfects the houses of the Villa 21-24 on June 3, 2020 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Government-ordered lockdown was extended until June 7 due to increase in the number of positive cases. Marcelo Endelli, Getty Images
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). MARTIN BUREAU, AFP via Getty Images
A couple wears protective masks as they walk in a commercial street while shopping on June 2, 2020 in Beijing, China. Kevin Frayer, Getty Images
Interested in this topic? You may also want to view these photo galleries:
Replay
![An undertaker in full body personal protective equipment (PPE) sprays disinfectant liquid around the grave of a person who passed away due to COVID-19 at Glen Forest cemetery in Harare on Jan. 14, 2021 where gravediggers say the rising COVID-19 related death toll in Zimbabwe is keeping them and undertakers busy.]()
1 of 200![Thai classical dancers wearing face shields to help curb the spread of the coronavirus perform at the Erawan Shrine in Bangkok, Thailand, Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2021. Thailand's government announced new measures, including partial lockdowns with strict travel restrictions in some areas. Schools, bars, gambling parlors and other public gathering places have been closed.]()
2 of 200![People dine separated by dividing screens at a street food corner in Bangkok's Chinatown on Jan. 10, 2021, after Thai authorities imposed restrictions on restaurants due to the recent COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak.]()
3 of 200![A street artist wears a painted protective face mask to match her makeup in Bangkok on Jan. 10, 2021.]()
4 of 200![Participants sit with social distancing as a preventive measure against the Covid-19 coronavirus during a coming-of-age ceremony in Namie, Fukushima Prefecture on January 9, 2021.]()
5 of 200![A medical worker in a booth tries to warm her hands under an electric heater at a coronavirus testing site in Seoul, South Korea, Jan. 6, 2021.]()
6 of 200![COVID-19 patients exercise at the Patriot Candrabhaga stadium which was recently turned into an isolation center amid the coronavirus outbreak in Bekasi on the outskirts of Jakarta, Indonesia, Jan. 6, 2021.]()
7 of 200![A burial takes place in an area reserved for COVID-19 victims at the Nossa Senhora Aparecida cemetery in Manaus, Brazil, on Jan. 5, 2021.]()
8 of 200![A man receives a coronavirus vaccine from medical staff at a COVID-19 vaccination center in Ramat Gan, Israel, Sunday, Jan. 3, 2021.]()
9 of 200![Paramedics replace the trolley into an ambulance outside the Royal London Hospital in east London on Jan. 3, 2021. The British prime minister said on January 3 he was "reconciled" to the prospect of tougher restrictions to combat spiraling coronavirus cases. Health Services are under increasing pressure after record levels of daily lab-confirmed cases of COVID-19 has led to more patients being treated in hospital in England than during the initial peak of the outbreak in April.]()
10 of 200![People participating in a COVID-19 vaccine delivery system trial wait for their turn at a COVID-19 vaccination center in New Delhi, India, Saturday, Jan. 2, 2021. India tested its COVID-19 vaccine delivery system with a nationwide trial on Saturday as it prepares to roll-out an inoculation program to stem the coronavirus pandemic. Saturday's exercise included necessary data entry into an online platform for monitoring vaccine delivery, along with testing of cold storage and transportation arrangements for the vaccine, the health ministry had said.]()
11 of 200![Freshly dug graves powdered with snow are seen at the Butovskoye cemetery, which serves as one of the burial grounds for those who died of the coronavirus, in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, Dec. 31, 2020.]()
12 of 200![An actor, dressed up depicting a coronavirus, gestures to passers-by during a street performance promoting anti COVID-19 security measures in downtown Brussels, Thursday, Dec. 31, 2020.]()
13 of 200![Staff of the Pyongyang Department Store No. 1 disinfect the store before it opens in Pyongyang, North Korea Monday, Dec. 28, 2020.]()
14 of 200![A resident of a nursing home reacts as she gets an injection of the COVID-19 vaccine in Cologne, Germany, Sunday, Dec. 27, 2020. The first shipments of coronavirus vaccines developed by BioNTech and Pfizer have arrived across the European Union, authorities started to vaccinate the most vulnerable people in a coordinated effort on Sunday.]()
15 of 200![Spectators wearing face masks watch a local regional language play being staged at the Thakorbhai Desai Hall that was reopened for public after its closure due to COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic in Ahmedabad, India on Dec. 27, 2020.]()
16 of 200![Dr. Diana Hristova, 34, left and Dr. Yanislav Mitkov, 26, pose for a portrait in the intensive care unit of Aleksandrovska Hospital on December 24, 2020 in Sofia, Bulgaria. With one of the highest COVID-19 fatality rates in the European Union, Bulgaria has reported 196,000 coronavirus infections and nearly 7,000 deaths since the start of the pandemic.]()
17 of 200![Dr. Yanislav Mitkov, 26, (R) treats a coronavirus patient in the intensive care unit of Aleksandrovska Hospital on December 24, 2020 in Sofia, Bulgaria. With one of the highest COVID-19 fatality rates in the European Union, Bulgaria has reported 196,000 coronavirus infections and nearly 7,000 deaths since the start of the pandemic.]()
18 of 200![A worker wearing personal protective equipment disinfects the Holy Redeemer Church to prevent the spread of Covid-19 (novel coronavirus) after a Christmas eve mass, in Bangkok, in the early hours of December 25, 2020.]()
19 of 200![An aerial view shows lines of freight lorries and heavy goods vehicles parked on the tarmac at Manston Airport near Ramsgate, south east England on Dec. 22, 2020, as the Brexit contingency plan "Operation Fennel" was activated early to cope with lorries waiting to depart the UK, after France closed its borders to accompanied freight arriving from the UK due to the rapid spread of a new coronavirus strain. The British government said Tuesday it was considering tests for truckers as part of talks with French authorities to allow the resumption of freight traffic suspended due to a new more infectious coronavirus strain. Britain was plunged into fresh crisis last week with the emergence of a fresh strain of the virus, which is believed to be up to 70 percent more transmissible than other forms.]()
20 of 200![Police officers block access to the port in Dover, in Kent, south east England on Dec. 22, 2020, after France closed its borders to accompanied freight arriving from the UK due to the rapid spread of a new coronavirus strain.]()
21 of 200![A cameraman records during the rehearsal of The Nutcracker by the Czech National Ballet amid the coronavirus pandemic on Dec. 21, 2020 in Prague, Czech Republic. As the government restrictions disallow spectators into the theaters Czech National Ballet will live stream traditional Christmas carol The Nutcracker.]()
22 of 200![A man dressed as Santa Claus disinfects an area before a rally ahead of the Christmas celebrations in Karachi on Dec. 20, 2020.]()
23 of 200![Medical staff wait for the next in line for a throat and nasal swab at a COVID-19 testing facility of the Municipal Health Authority GGD, in Utrecht, Netherlands, Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2020.]()
24 of 200![Students sit in a waiting area of the Central Vaccination Centre during a trial run of vaccination against COVID-19 and the coronavirus, in Freiburg, Germany, Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2020. For the trial run, approximately 100 medical students take different roles as doctors, medical assistants and people who are willing to be vaccinated.]()
25 of 200![This picture taken in Thessaloniki on December 2, 2020 shows a funeral wreath on new a grave of Covid-19 victim in a cemetery of Thessaloniki.]()
26 of 200![Nouran Faraj, a 24-year-old Palestinian, holds her niece as she dons a handmade crochet wool mask as a prevention measure for the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic in Gaza City on December 1, 2020.]()
27 of 200![A demonstrator has her mask around her cuffs as restaurants, bars and night clubs owners demonstrate in Marseille, southern France, Thursday Nov.26, 2020. The government laid out details Thursday of a gradual easing of France's monthlong virus lockdown, including hundreds of millions of euros in new aid for struggling workers and students and businesses forced to close.]()
28 of 200![Israeli animal rights activists wearing protective gear demonstrate against the spread of coronavirus among mink in Denmark's fur industry ahead of international Fur Free Friday, in Tel Aviv, Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2020.]()
29 of 200![Gravediggers at Panteon Sueños Eternos burry someone who died of COVID-19 Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2020 in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico. Panteon Sueños Eternos has implemented a different protocol for COVID-19 related deaths. Cemetery workers place the caskets in a cement barrier that later gets covered with more cement before filling the gravesite with dirt. They began doing this as a precaution because they do not know what the spread of the virus can be like postmortem.]()
30 of 200![Health workers in personal protective equipment carry the body of a COVID-19 victim for cremation in New Delhi, India, Thursday, Nov. 19, 2020. India's confirmed coronavirus caseload is expected to surpass 9 million on Friday as authorities in New Delhi battle to slow down the surge of infections in the city by increasing testing.]()
31 of 200![A man wearing a face mask as a preventive measure against the Covid-19 coronavirus walks along the restaurant area of Omoide Yokocho alleyway in Shinjuku district in Tokyo on November 19, 2020.]()
32 of 200![Medical workers and patients are seen in the treatment hall of a temporary hospital for coronavirus patients in the Krylatskoye Ice Palace in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2020. The resurgence of the outbreak has swept the Russia since September, with the number of daily new cases spiking from roughly 5,000 in early September to over 22,000 this week.]()
33 of 200![A health worker conducts a rapid antigen test for Covid-19 coronavirus on a lecturer at college premises as the state government education department directed the reopening of degree colleges after several months of closure in wake of the coronavirus pandemic, in Bangalore on November 17, 2020.]()
34 of 200![A father wearing a protective mask holds his newborn son against his chest during the Covid-19 pandemic, novel coronavirus at the maternity of the Diaconesses hospital in Paris, on November 17, 2020.]()
35 of 200![People wear face masks to help curb the spread of the coronavirus at a department store in Taipei, Taiwan, Monday, Nov. 16, 2020.]()
36 of 200![A general view of the Scholemoor Cemetery and Crematorium on November 16, 2020 in Bradford, England. In an essay for the BBC this weekend, Dr John Wright of Bradford Royal Infirmary reported how Bradford's main Muslim cemetery has been struggling to keep up with burials amid the country's second wave of covid-19 infections. However he cautioned that "it will take some medical detective work to determine the cause of this increase in deaths."]()
37 of 200![Health workers prepare to take samples for a COVID-19 test from passengers who are arriving from Cancun Mexico, at the Jose Marti International Airport in Havana, Cuba, Sunday, Nov. 15, 2020. The airport is receiving its first commercial flights in over 8 months, since the country shut the facility down due to the coronavirus pandemic.]()
38 of 200![Army medical personnel, wearing a protective suit, works at a quick coronavirus testing area which was set up to ease the pressure on hospital emergency wards, following the surge of COVID-19 case numbers, in Milan, Italy, Friday, Nov. 13, 2020.]()
39 of 200![Members of the public perform push-ups as punishment for not wearing face masks amid the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic in Banda Aceh on November 10, 2020.]()
40 of 200![Members of the medical staff take care of Covid-19 patients aboard a French army Airbus A400 M before their transfer from Lyon-Bron aerodrome to the French capital Paris on November 10, 2020, amid a surge in Covid-19 (novel coronavirus) cases in France.]()
41 of 200![Medical workers collect a swab sample from a resident to test for the COVID-19 coronavirus in Colombo on Nov. 9, 2020.]()
42 of 200![Couples gather on steps in La Defense Business District on the outskirts of Paris on November 6, 2020, during a lockdown imposed by authorities in an attempt to halt the spread of the new coronavirus (Covid-19).]()
43 of 200![A box with food slides down to car from a window of the apple cider restaurant 'Zum Lahmen Esel' in Frankfurt, Germany, Thursday, Nov.5, 2020. Due to the new partial lockdown to avoid the coronavirus spread the restaurant which has been in operation since 1807 offers cider and food to go in a self-made drive through set up.]()
44 of 200![Medical worker treats a patient with COVID-19 in the intensive care unit at the hospital "Reseau hospitalier neuchatelois (RHNe)" Pourtales site during the coronavirus disease outbreak, in Neuchatel, Switzerland, Thursday, November 5, 2020. Switzerland as many countries in Europe impose more coronavirus restrictions as cases of COVID-19 patients spike in a second wave of pandemic.]()
45 of 200![Two women wait in line at a bakery in Antwerp, Belgium, Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2020. Belgium, proportionally still the worst-hit nation in Europe when it comes to coronavirus cases, said Wednesday there are increasing signs of that a turning point in the crisis was drawing close. The announcement came in the wake of increased measures over the past weeks with bar and restaurant closures capped by a partial lockdown starting last Monday, which further restricted close contacts and closing non-essential shops.]()
46 of 200![A Kashmiri health worker takes a nasal swab sample to test for COVID-19 in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2020.]()
47 of 200![Tabatha Watley, 54, checks the temperatures of voters as they enter their polling place at Diann Banks-Williamson Education Center on Cadieux street in Detroit on Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020.]()
48 of 200![A Christian priest (C) offers prayers during All Souls Day at Rajapur Cemetery in Allahabad on November 2, 2020.]()
49 of 200![Members of a local electoral commission wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) walk with a mobile ballot box to visit villagers at their houses during Moldova's presidential election in the village of Stetcani, some 40 km north of Chisinau, on Nov. 1, 2020, amid the ongoing coronavirus disease pandemic.]()
50 of 200![Revellers take part in Halloween in Hong Kong on October 31, 2020.]()
51 of 200![A woman wearing a face mask walks under torii gates (traditional Japanese gates) as she visits a Shinto shrine on October 28, 2020 in Tokyo, Japan. The Tokyo Metropolitan Government reported 171 new cases of Covid-19 coronavirus today.]()
52 of 200![Voters stand in queues maintaining social distance at a polling station, during the first phase of state elections at Paliganj, in the eastern Indian state of Bihar, Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2020. With an overall declining coronavirus positive trend, Indian authorities decided to hold the first state legislature election since the outbreak of COVID-19. People began voting Wednesday in the country’s third largest state Bihar with of a population of about 122 million people.]()
53 of 200![A health worker takes a nasal swab sample at a COVID-19 testing center in Hyderabad, India, Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2020. India reports 36,470 new coronavirus cases, the lowest in more than three months in a continuing downward trend. However, the overall tally neared 8 million, the second in the world behind the U.S. with over 8.7 million positive cases.]()
54 of 200![Medical staff carry medical equipment to a waiting medical flight at the Bron airport near Lyon, southeastern France, on October 27, 2020, to be evacuated on another hospital, amid the outbreak of the Covid-19 caused by the new Coronavirus.]()
55 of 200![An officer from the district magistrate office holds a COVID-19 coronavirus-themed mascot in a market area during an awareness campaign against coronavirus and rising air pollution levels in New Delhi on Oct. 26, 2020.]()
56 of 200![Volunteers wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) suits bury the body of a person suspected of dying from the COVID-19 coronavirus at a cemetery, in Yangon on Oct. 26, 2020.]()
57 of 200![A cleaner sweeps in an empty Vittorio Emanuele II arcade, in Milan, northern Italy, early Sunday, Oct. 25, 2020. Since the 11 p.m.-5 a.m. curfew took effect last Thursday, people can only move around during those hours for reasons of work, health or necessity.]()
58 of 200![Vatican Swiss Guards wearing masks to curb the spread of COVID-19 march as they leave the St. Damaso courtyard after the visit of Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez to Pope Francis, at the Vatican, Saturday, Oct. 24, 2020.]()
59 of 200![A man checks his mobile phone as he sits amid physical distancing markers prior to the start of a movie at CGV Cinemas theater in Jakarta, Indonesia, Friday, Oct. 23, 2020. The cinema reopened this week after months of closure due to coronavirus outbreak.]()
60 of 200![Pope Francis puts on his face mask as he attends an inter-religious ceremony for peace in the Basilica of Santa Maria in Aracoeli, in Rome Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2020.]()
61 of 200![A health worker collects a swab sample from a resident to test for the COVID-19 coronavirus at a testing centre in New Delhi on Oct. 19, 2020.]()
62 of 200![An indigenous woman sits on a bench as she waits at a polling station in Huarina, Bolivia, on Oct. 18, 2020 during the country's general election. Landlocked Bolivia elects a new president on Sunday after a 2019 poll was annulled and follow-up elections postponed twice amid the COVID-19 novel coronavirus pandemic.]()
63 of 200![A girl and her mother, wearing face masks to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, visit a makeshift worship venue of Hindu goddess Durga ahead of Durga Puja festival in Kolkata, India, Saturday, Oct. 17, 2020.]()
64 of 200![People wearing face masks as a preventive measure against the Covid-19 coronavirus commute during rush hour in Beijing on October 15, 2020.]()
65 of 200![A Kashmiri health worker takes a swab sample of a child to test for COVID-19 in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Oct. 14, 2020. India is the second worst-nation in terms of confirmed coronavirus caseload.]()
66 of 200![A worker sanitizes a theatre hall ahead of the scheduled reopening of cinemas as theCOVID-19 coronavirus imposed lockdown eases further in Mumbai on Oct. 13, 2020.]()
67 of 200![High school students in their last year, attend classes at an improvised classroom in the yard of their school in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on Oct. 13, 2020 amid the virus lockdown against the spread of the novel coronavirus, COVID-19 pandemic. The city government partially allowed students on their last year to attend face-to-face classes under a strict sanitary protocol and in the school open spaces.]()
68 of 200![Volunteers wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) on a boat transfer people suspected of having the COVID-19 coronavirus to a quarantine center in Yangon, Myanmar on Oct. 12, 2020.]()
69 of 200![A child wearing a face mask to help curb the spread of the coronavirus tries to hold a statue's hand as he sits in an art installation on display at a shopping mall in Beijing, Sunday, Oct. 11, 2020. Even though the spread of COVID-19 has been all but eradicated in China, the pandemic is still surging across the globe with ever rising death toll.]()
70 of 200![A health worker takes a swab from a resident to be tested for the COVID-19 coronavirus in Qingdao, China on Oct. 12, 2020.]()
71 of 200![A 'COVID-19 Awareness Project' volunteer measures the body temperature to check on a patient infected with leprosy as part of a general health checkup for all inmates at the Gandhi Leprosy Seva Sangh rehabilitation center, in Ahmedabad on Oct. 11, 2020.]()
72 of 200![A pair of protective gloves hang by the testing booth, as health workers prepare for the day at a COVID-19 testing center in Kohima, capital of the northeastern Indian state of Nagaland, Saturday, Oct. 10, 2020.]()
73 of 200![Face masks hang on a boat during a nationwide lockdown to curb the spread of the coronavirus, at the port in the mixed Arab Jewish city of Jaffa, near Tel Aviv, Israel, Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2020.]()
74 of 200![City police officers wearing masks patrol shopping street Via Condotti in Rome, Friday, Oct. 2, 2020.]()
75 of 200![Members of the Arts and Shows Association Union (AGTAE) march pushing boxes with lights and wires during a protest demanding the government of Chilean President Sebastian Pinera for support since they have been inactive for months due to the new coronavirus pandemic, in Santiago on Sept. 29, 2020.]()
76 of 200![A grave digger takes a break as smoke from fires clearing a new section of cemetery drifts over at a public cemetery, part of which is reserved for suspected COVID-19 victims on Sept. 27, 2020 in Jakarta, Indonesia. Due to a steady rise in COVID-19 cases, Jakarta is running short on hospital beds, quarantine facilities and now graveyard space. There are currently 2 official cemeteries equipped to handle the special protocol for COVID-19 deaths. When asked, nearly all of the men say the saddest part of their jobs is seeing victims arrive with no one to bury them because the family is all in quarantine.]()
77 of 200![People walk among the Spanish flags placed in memory of coronavirus (COVID-19) victims in Madrid, Spain, Sunday, Sept. 27, 2020. An association of families of coronavirus victims has planted what it says are 53,000 small Spanish flags in a Madrid park to honor the dead of the pandemic.]()
78 of 200![Dancers wearing face shields as a preventive measure against the Covid-19 coronavirus attend a practice session at an art and cultural centre in Banda Aceh on September 26, 2020.]()
79 of 200![An employee manually inspects syringes of the SARS CoV-2 Vaccine for COVID-19 produced by SinoVac at its factory in Beijing on Thursday, Sept. 24, 2020.]()
80 of 200![First grade students wearing protective face masks line up to have their temperature taken before entering the school building at the Florya Ugur College on Sept. 21, 2020 in Istanbul, Turkey. For the first time since schools closed on March 16, due to the coronavirus outbreak, kindergarten and first grade students were allowed to return for in-person classes at schools across Turkey. The one day a week classes are voluntary and restarted amid strict coronavirus precautions. As coronavirus cases continue to spike around the globe many families continue to opt for online classes.]()
81 of 200![A Palestinian worker disinfects supermarket carts as part of COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic precautions outside a supermarket in Gaza City on Sept. 21, 2020.]()
82 of 200![Ultra-Orthodox Jews protest against the restrictions on gatherings for public prayers despite a new nationwide lockdown order aimed at curbing a raging coronavirus outbreak in Bnei Brak, Israel, Sept. 20, 2020. In the ultra-Orthodox town of Bnei Brak near Israel's commercial hub of Tel Aviv, over 100 activists took to the streets and burned garbage to protest restrictions on gatherings for public prayers.]()
83 of 200![A man wears his face mask attached to his headphones in Prague, Czech Republic, Saturday, Sept. 19, 2020.]()
84 of 200![A worker wearing a Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) suit sanitizes public toilets at a bus station in Kathmandu on September 17, 2020.]()
85 of 200![A man wearing a face mask to prevent the spread of coronavirus smokes in the street in Barcelona, Spain, Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2020. The Spanish capital will introduce selective lockdowns in urban areas where the coronavirus is spreading faster, regional health authorities announced on Tuesday.]()
86 of 200![A priest offers prayers before the burial of a three-month-old boy who died of COVID-19 in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2020. India's total of coronavirus infections passed 5 million Wednesday, still soaring and testing the feeble health care system in tens of thousands of impoverished towns and villages.]()
87 of 200![A worker draws marks on the ground for social distancing at a school in Lahore on Sept. 13, 2020, following the government's announcement to reopen educational institutes starting from September 15, nearly six months after the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus.]()
88 of 200![People wearing face masks attend a meeting by Thai government officials discussing the economic impact of the COVID-19 coronavirus in the border area with Malaysia at Sungai Kolok town in Thailand's southern province of Narathiwat on September 12, 2020.]()
89 of 200![A vendor sets up his stall in marks painted on the floor for social distancing as he waits for customers at the 100-year-old Pallavaram Friday market that has reopened following the state government's decision to ease the measures imposed against the Covid-19 coronavirus, in Chennai on September 11, 2020.]()
90 of 200![Exile Tibetan Buddhist monks wearing masks as a precautionary measure against the coronavirus walks in a deserted market area in Dharmsala, India, Friday, Sept. 11, 2020. India's coronavirus cases are now the second-highest in the world and only behind the United States.]()
91 of 200![A municipal cemetery worker digs a grave in a special cemetery for suspected Covid-19 Coronavirus victim on September 11, 2020 in Jakarta, Indonesia. Jakartas governor, Anies Baswedan, has ordered the reimposition of strict measures to curtail rising cases of the Covid-19 Coronavirus, starting Monday Sept. 14 due to an alarming shortage of ICU and quarantine beds in hospitals treating an increasing number of COVID-19 patients.]()
92 of 200![Jewish Seminary students study behind a protective plastic screen cells to prevent the spread of the Coronavirus disease COVID-19 in a Hesder Yeshiva on Sept. 9, 2020 in Sderot, Israel. Israel is struggling to contain the COVID-19 Virus outbreak with daily records of new infections and more than 1,000 lives claimed.]()
93 of 200![Pope Francis takes off his face mask as he arrives by car to hold a limited public audience at the San Damaso courtyard in The Vatican on September 9, 2020 during the COVID-19 infection, caused by the novel coronavirus.]()
94 of 200![The 'Manneken Pis' statue wears a uniform with a protective mask and face shield to honor the healthcare staff, in Brussels on September 5, 2020.]()
95 of 200![People sit on GoBoat boats and deckchairs as they watch the movie "Titanic" on the first night open to the public of the Openaire float-in cinema at the Paddington canal basin in London, Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2020. The outdoor cinema has been setup to run for September so people can watch movies outside where there is less risk of catching the coronavirus.]()
96 of 200![Teachers and auxiliary staff take COVID-19 tests in Madrid, Spain, Thursday, Sept. 3, 2020. The Madrid region is a coronavirus hot spot, with almost 32,000 new cases officially recorded over the past two weeks. The tests are mandatory for school employees.]()
97 of 200![An inmate (L) sprays disinfectant as part of measures against the COVID-19 coronavirus at a prison in Banda Aceh on September 3, 2020.]()
98 of 200![Suad Al-Dairi plays with her grandson in their house during a coronavirus lockdown in the Al-Karamah neighborhood on September 02, 2020 in Gaza City, Gaza.]()
99 of 200![Uzbek students take open-air entrance exams in Tashkent on September 2, 2020, amid the ongoing coronavirus disease pandemic.]()
100 of 200![A worker sanitises the floor of a shopping mall reopened after the government eased a nationwide lockdown imposed as a preventive measure against the Covid-19 coronavirus, in Chennai on September 1, 2020.]()
101 of 200![Graceland University student athletes go through a health screening, including a temperature check and COVID-19 test before moving into campus housing on Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2020, in Lamoni.]()
102 of 200![Phoenix Fire Department battalion chief Scott McDonald (right) receives a free antibody test for the new coronavirus, administered by Phoenix firefighter paramedic Nate Byrd at the Phoenix Fire Department training facility in Phoenix on April 28, 2020.]()
103 of 200![Wearing a mask and gloves because of the coronavirus pandemic, Byron Blades of Los Angeles, takes a rest, while hiking the trail up Piestewa Peak in the Phoenix Mountains Preserve on April 6, 2020.]()
104 of 200![Health workers protest in front of the Peruvian Ministry of Health, in Lima on August 26, 2020. - Thousands of health workers protested in Peru to denounce the lack of resources to face the COVID-19 coronavirus.]()
105 of 200![Engineering faculty and workers at La Sabana University work on a low-cost ventilator for patients with COVID-19 in Bogota, Colombia, Monday, July 6, 2020.]()
106 of 200![A worker disinfects as a precaution against the coronavirus on a street in Goyang, South Korea, Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2020. South Korea is closing schools and switching back to remote learning in the greater capital area as the country counted its 12th straight day of triple-digit daily increases in coronavirus cases.]()
107 of 200![Medical staff wearing personal protective equipment as a precautionary measure against the COVID-19 coronavirus approach Lei Muk Shue care home in Hong Kong on Aug. 23, 2020.]()
108 of 200![Russian servicemen wearing a face mask to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, prepare to roll out a huge Russian national flag during a celebration ceremony of the National Flag Day at Poklonnaya Hill in Moscow on August 22, 2020.]()
109 of 200![Workers unload coffins from a truck outside a funeral home located in front of the General Hospital in Mexico City on August 20, 2020 amid the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic.]()
110 of 200![A man reacts while having a nasal swab sample taken at a testing and screening facility for the coronavirus, in a hospital in Karachi, Pakistan, Friday, Aug. 21, 2020.]()
111 of 200![Health workers wearing Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) suits guide asymptomatic COVID-19 patients to the entrance of the Siliguri Indoor Stadium, temporarily converted into a COVID-19 coronavirus safe home care centre, in Siliguri, India on August 21, 2020.]()
112 of 200![Nepalese army personnel pay tributes to a person who died of COVID-19 before a cremation in Kathmandu, Nepal, Aug. 17, 2020.]()
113 of 200![An Indian health worker waits to take a nasal swab sample to test for COVID-19 in a swab collection center in Gauhati, India, Aug. 17, 2020.]()
114 of 200![A woman wears a face masks as she poses for a picture at the Louvre Museum in Paris, Saturday, Aug. 15, 2020. Paris extended the areas of the city where pedestrians will be obliged to wear masks starting Saturday morning after health officials said that the coronavirus is "active".]()
115 of 200![A health workers wearing protective clothing makes a swab test for COVID-19 coronavirus on residents at Hoan Kiem district medical centre in Hanoi on August 13, 2020.]()
116 of 200![Public Order Agency officers watch as a man does push ups as a punishment for violating city regulation requiring people to wear face mask in public places as a precaution against the new coronavirus outbreak, in Medan, North Sumatra, Indonesia, Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2020.]()
117 of 200![Fruit and vegetable vendors, wearing masks against the spread of the COVID-19 infections, wait for customers at a market in Bucharest, Romania, Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2020.]()
118 of 200![Gravediggers work during a funeral for victims of the COVID-19 coronavirus at the Pondok Ranggon cemetery in Jakarta on Aug. 10, 2020. The country, home to nearly 270 million people, has been easing movement restrictions in a bid to head off economic collapse but COVID-19 infections are mounting, with cases topping 115,000 and more than 5,300 deaths.]()
119 of 200![Music fans enjoy a life performance from their tuk-tuk, Thai traditional taxi cars, in Bangkok on August 8, 2020, during the first-ever new normal Thai-style concert, called the Amazing Tuk Tuk Festival, respecting social distancing to avoid the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus. - The event organized by the Tourism Authority of Thailand is aimed at promoting tourism and stimulating the economy.]()
120 of 200![A demonstrator with a Brazilian flag is seen beside crosses before a thousand red balloons are released, during a tribute to COVID-19 victims organized by the Rio de Paz NGO at the Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on August 08, 2020.]()
121 of 200![A nurse shows a COVID-19 vaccine produced by Chinese company Sinovac Biotech at the Sao Lucas Hospital, in Porto Alegre, southern Brazil on August 08, 2020. - The vaccine trial is being carried out in Brazil in partnership with Brazilian Research Institute Butanta.]()
122 of 200![A vendor holds liquor bottles to give to customers at his alcohol shop covered with plastic sheets as a preventive measure against the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus in Hyderabad on August 7, 2020. - India's official coronavirus case tally passed two million on on August 7 after a daily jump of more than 60,000.]()
123 of 200![A woman places a mask on a mannequin outside a clothing store in Aranda de Duero, near Burgos, on August 7, 2020, on the first day of a two week lockdown in an attempt to limit the contagion of the new coronavirus COVID-19 in the area.]()
124 of 200![Muslims perform Friday prayer while keeping social distance and wearing face mask at Kocatepe Mosque on August 7, 2020, amid the crisis linked with the Covid-19 pandemic caused by the novel coronavirus.]()
125 of 200![Visitors to a fast-food restaurant share a seat with Colonel Sanders' cutout as an effort to force a physical distancing as a measure to prevent COVID-19 coronavirus spread in Medan, North Sumatra on August 7, 2020.]()
126 of 200![An accordion player wears a protective facemask as he plays on a street in Antwerp on August 6, 2020, as authorities impose additional measures to attempt to curb the spread of the COVID-19 caused by the novel coronavirus".]()
127 of 200![A teacher wearing personal protective equipment as a preventive measure against the spread of the novel coronavirus, COVID-19, gives a class to a girl at home in Cali, Colombia, on Aug. 4, 2020.
The "teacher at home" modality implemented by a local kindergarten seeks to help children keep in touch with teachers and reduce the emotional impact due to isolation during the pandemic.]()
128 of 200![People line up to be tested for COVID-19 at the Unidad Educativa Quitumbe school that is being used as a triage unit and to help hospitals that are operating at the limit of their capacity during the new coronavirus pandemic, in Quito, Ecuador, Aug. 3, 2020.]()
129 of 200![A health worker takes a break outside of Medellin's General Hospital, amid the COVID-19 pandemic, in Medellin, Colombia on Aug. 3, 2020.]()
130 of 200![Doctors, (L-R) Yohanes Ridora and Nabila Kirtti pose for a photograph during the virtual fashion show of personal protective equipment (PPE) amid the Coronavirus pandemic on Aug. 1, 2020 in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. The fashion show was held as a form of gratitude for all medical personnel who had fought against COVID-19. Indonesia is struggling to contain hundreds of new daily cases of coronavirus amid easing of rules to allow economic activity to resume, over 100,000 coronavirus cases have been recorded and more than 5,100 fatalities.]()
131 of 200![A health worker prepares to collect nasal swab samples for COVID-19 tests at a mobile testing centre in Hyderabad, India, July 31, 2020. India is the third hardest-hit country by the pandemic in the world after the United States and Brazil.]()
132 of 200![Children travelling from Kuwait international Airport, wear face masks and shields as protections against the novel coronavirus, in Farwaniya, about 15kms south of Kuwait City, on August 1, 2020.]()
133 of 200![A woman shops for dresses in town of Sóller in the Balearic Island of Mallorca, Spain, Wednesday, July 29, 2020. Concerns over a new wave of coronavirus infections brought on by returning vacationers are wreaking havoc across Spain's tourism industry, particularly in the Balearic Islands following Britain's effective ban on travel to the country.]()
134 of 200![A person who tested positive for the new coronavirus is transferred to one of the tents set up outside the Seguro Social hospital to continue their treatment, in Quito, Ecuador, Wednesday, July 29, 2020. The Ecuadorian capital has experienced a surge in COVID-19 cases since the government started to reopen the economy last month.]()
135 of 200![A member of the Bolivarian National Militias wearing a face shield and a protective mask to curb the spread of the new coronavirus, guards a validation center to certify the authenticity of voter data in Caracas, Venezuela, Wednesday, July 29, 2020. Venezuela is scheduled for Dec. 6 midterm legislative elections, and thus far the opposition has indicated it will not participate.]()
136 of 200![Customers dine among mannequins, used as a method to maintain social distancing, at a restaurant in the Akabane district of Tokyo on July 26, 2020, amid the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic.]()
137 of 200![Models wearing masks take part in a mask fashion show in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, July 24, 2020.]()
138 of 200![This aerial picture shows a funeral taking place at the Olifantsvlei Cemetery in Soweto, on July 23, 2020.]()
139 of 200![Movie-goers wearing masks to protect themselves from the coronavirus are spaced apart as they watch a movie in a newly reopened cinema in Hangzhou in eastern China's Zhejiang province on Monday, July 20, 2020. China is going back to the movies. Following months of closure, limited numbers of movie goers were allowed back Monday in cities where the risk of virus infection is considered low.]()
140 of 200![Indonesian firefighters spray disinfectant as a precautionary measure against the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus in Surabaya on July 21, 2020.]()
141 of 200![Students seen through a plastic curtain placed on a doorway attending classes during the first day of reopening of public high schools following closure due to the COVID-19 coronavirus in Yangon on July 21, 2020.]()
142 of 200![A South Korean worker wearing protective clothes sprays disinfectant in a theatre at Sejong Center in Seoul on July 21, 2020, amid the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic.]()
143 of 200![A man wears a face mask inside a tent at a free COVID-19 drive-thru testing facility in Manila, Philippines on Monday, July 20, 2020. Confirmed coronavirus infections in the Philippines soared past 50,000 in early July in a troubling milestone for a country that has reopened an economy on the brink of recession while still struggling to combat the pandemic.]()
144 of 200![A security personnel with a face shield chats with a kid wearing a protective face mask due to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, outside a shop in Bordeaux, southwestern France, on July 20, 2020.]()
145 of 200![A health worker (L) wearing Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) takes the temperature of a resident during a door-to-door medical screening drive for the COVID-19 coronavirus, at a residential complex in Mumbai on July 20, 2020. - Coronavirus cases in India passed one million on July 17, official data showed as authorities struggle to check the spread of the deadly pandemic across the world's second-most populous nation.]()
146 of 200![People wearing face masks watch a movie during the first day of re-opening the theaters after COVID-19 in Shanghai on July 20, 2020. - Hundreds of cinemas reopened in scores of Chinese cities on July 20 following a nearly six-month nationwide shutdown due to the coronavirus. But the threat from COVID-19 remains in the air, with cinemas in Beijing still closed for now.]()
147 of 200![An Iranian woman stands next to a street bin, painted with a drawing of a mask in a campaign to spread awareness over the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic in the capital Tehran on July 18, 2020. P resident Hassan Rouhani said that 35 million Iranians may contract the coronavirus, as the country still did not have herd immunity although a quarter of the population may be infected.]()
148 of 200![A taxi driver gets tested by health workers for coronavirus COVID-19 at a makeshift testing station in a carpark in Hong Kong on July 19, 2020. The deadly coronavirus is spreading out of control in Hong Kong with a record 100 new cases confirmed, the finance hub's leader said as she tightened social distancing measures to tackle the sudden surge in infections.]()
149 of 200![Healthcare workers dressed in full protective gear organize their documents of data they have collected during a house-to-house new coronavirus testing drive, ringed by a produce market in the Villa Dolores neighborhood of El Alto, Bolivia, Saturday, July 18, 2020.]()
150 of 200![An employee of a funeral home plays the violin during the accompaniment of mourning before the cremation of a victim of the novel coronavirus COVID-19, at the Serafin cemetery in Bogota, on July 17, 2020. - The pandemic has killed at least 590,000 people worldwide, including more than 6,000 in Colombia, since it surfaced in China late last year and more than 13.8 million have been infected, according to an AFP tally at 1200 GMT on Friday based on official sources.]()
151 of 200![An Ecuadorean soldier patrols a market as part of an inter-institutional operation alongside the National Police and the municipality to enforce lockdown restrictions amid the new coronavirus pandemic at Guamani -a COVID-19 high contagion sector-, in southern Quito, on July 17, 2020.]()
152 of 200![A resident sits inside her home during the start of a lockdown due to a rise in COVID cases in the city of Navotas, Manila, Philippines, Thursday, July 16, 2020.]()
153 of 200![A healthcare worker talks with a woman prior to collecting a sample from her at a temporary testing centre for the novel coronavirus in the Spanish Basque city of Getaria on July 15, 2020.]()
154 of 200![A veteran wears a face mask prior to a Bastille Day ceremony at Parc Borely, Tuesday, July 14, 2020 in Marseille, southern France. France is honoring nurses, ambulance drivers, supermarket cashiers and others on its biggest national holiday Tuesday. Bastille Day's usual grandiose military parade in Paris is being redesigned this year to celebrate heroes of the coronavirus pandemic.]()
155 of 200![A health worker screens residents for COVID-19 symptoms at Devnar slum in Mumbai, India, Saturday, July 11, 2020.]()
156 of 200![A doctor measures the temperature of woman during a house-to-house new coronavirus testing campaign, in Avircato, Bolivia, Tuesday, July 7, 2020.]()
157 of 200![Palestinian health workers recite a prayer in front of the body of a woman who died after contracting the COVID-19 disease caused by the novel coronavirus, before her funeral in the West Bank city of Nablus on July 5, 2020.]()
158 of 200![A customer has her hair washed at Tusk Hair stylists in Camden just after midnight on July 4, 2020 in London, England.]()
159 of 200![A volunteer from the #MissingLiveTheatre initiative wears a face mask as she wraps pink tape reading missing live theatre on the National Theatre in south east London on July 3, 2020, - Venues around the country, from the National Theatre to Manchesters Royal Exchange, will be wrapped in pink tape reading missing live theatre as part of a campaign to bring joy and colour to the buildings.]()
160 of 200![Health workers speak with a family during a free medical checkup at residential building in Mumbai, India, Thursday, July 2, 2020. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said in a live address Tuesday that the country's coronavirus death rate is under control, but that the country is at a "critical juncture." But since the lockdown was lifted, the caseload has shot up, making India the world's fourth-worst affected country.]()
161 of 200![A mask-clad camel guide stands before a camel near the Great Pyramid of Khufu at the Giza Pyramids necropolis on the southwestern outskirts of the Egyptian capital Cairo on July 1, 2020 as the archaeological site reopens while the country eases restrictions put in place due to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic.]()
162 of 200![Egyptians get tested for COVID-19 at a drive-through coronavirus-testing center at the Ain Shams University in Cairo on June 29, 2020. Egypt has so far registered 65,188 COVID-19 cases including 2,789 fatalities.]()
163 of 200![Workers disinfect and clean the Zocalo square in Mexico City on June 29, 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic. Starting this week Mexico City is allowing the reopening of shops, street markets and athletic complexes but with limited capacity and hours. Hotels and restaurants in the capital will reopen at about 30% seating capacity.]()
164 of 200![A Chinese epidemic control worker wears a protective suits as she talks to a foreign resident as she and others arrive to a residential compound as part of quarantine measures after arriving in China on June 29, 2020 in Beijing, China. In an effort to limit imported cases China closed its borders to non-citizens on March 28, 2020 allowing only those with special permission to enter the country. Those who do are required to complete 14 days of quarantine and week medical observation.]()
165 of 200![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.]()
166 of 200![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.]()
167 of 200![A man wearing a protective mask with rainbow colors takes part in a Pride March in Berlin on June 27, 2020.]()
168 of 200![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.]()
169 of 200![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.]()
170 of 200![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]()
171 of 200![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.]()
172 of 200![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.]()
173 of 200![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.]()
174 of 200![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.]()
175 of 200![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.]()
176 of 200![Health workers walk out of a mobile laboratory before analyzing samples collected during mass coronavirus tests in Jakarta, Indonesia, June 18, 2020.]()
177 of 200![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.]()
178 of 200![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.]()
179 of 200![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.]()
180 of 200![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.]()
181 of 200![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.]()
182 of 200![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.]()
183 of 200![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.]()
184 of 200![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.]()
185 of 200![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.]()
186 of 200![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.]()
187 of 200![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.]()
188 of 200![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.]()
189 of 200![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.]()
190 of 200![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.]()
191 of 200![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.]()
192 of 200![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.]()
193 of 200![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.]()
194 of 200![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.]()
195 of 200![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.]()
196 of 200![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.]()
197 of 200![A worker disinfects the houses of the Villa 21-24 on June 3, 2020 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Government-ordered lockdown was extended until June 7 due to increase in the number of positive cases.]()
198 of 200![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).]()
199 of 200![A couple wears protective masks as they walk in a commercial street while shopping on June 2, 2020 in Beijing, China.]()
200 of 200
Autoplay
Show Thumbnails
Show Captions
He also said in the letter that free on-site testing would be offered for all staff and students.
“Members of the Monmouth University community can be tested Monday through Friday between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m., with no appointment needed,” he wrote. “All specimens are being sent to the state lab, which reports a 24-48 hour test turnaround time. We have also increased staff support to communicate test results in an expeditious manner, as well as to enhance our contact tracing efforts within the community.”
Leahy said the recent string of cases may require the university to change its plan to move from a mostly virtual learning schedule to one with more students attending class on campus.
ABOUT THE UNIVERSITY: Monmouth University receives a Top 25 U.S. News ranking
“We intend to make a decision next week, before the end of the two-week remote instruction period, about plans for the second half of the fall semester,” Leahy’s letter said. “Expect to hear from me in the coming days with more information.”
Joe Strupp is an award-winning journalist with 30 years’ experience who covers education and Monmouth County for APP.com and the Asbury Park Press. He is also the author of two books, including Killing Journalism on the state of the news media, and an adjunct media professor at Rutgers University and Fairleigh Dickinson University. Reach him at jstrupp@gannettnj.com and at 732-413-3840. Follow him on Twitter at @joestrupp
Read or Share this story: https://www.app.com/story/news/2020/10/12/166-students-required-quarantine-after-infection-rate-jumps/5966514002/
Join the Conversation
To find out more about Facebook commenting please read the Conversation Guidelines and FAQs
Comments