Coronavirus: Dramatic Photos of People Protecting Themselves from the Virus

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A sanitary worker disinfects a church in Beirut on March 5.

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A worker wearing a protective suit sprays disinfectant at an Islamic Mosque in Beirut, Lebanon, on March 5.

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Workers wear face masks as they remove seating from a public area at the Beijing Capital Airport in Beijing on March 5.

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The square in front of Rome's Colosseum, usually crowded with hundreds of tourists, stands almost empty on March 5.

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Hongqiao Railway Station in Shanghai is usually bustling, but is near empty on March 5.

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Palestinian police officers wear masks and share sanitizer to protect themselves from Coronavirus as they stand guard after a hotel in Bethlehem was quarantined due to a number of suspected cases on March 5.

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A Gondoliere checks his phone while waiting for tourists in Venice on March 5.

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The usually very busy Grand Canal in Venice, Italy, is totally empty on March 5.

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A Venice fish market near Rialto bridge stands deserted on March 5.

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Paola Senesi, Headmaster of Rome's secondary classics school Giulio Cesare, talks in an empty classroom on March 5. Italy closed all schools and universities until March 15.

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An almost empty British Airways passenger plane flies from Milan to London on March 5.

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A teacher teaches to an empty class, instead giving an online lecture, at Politecnico di Milano on March 5 in Milan, Italy.

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A worker sprays disinfectant as a precaution against the Coronavirus inside a Vietnam Airlines airplane at Noi Bai International Airport in Hanoi, Vietnam, on March 3.

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Members of Victoria Hospital Medical staff demonstrate to the public on how to properly wash their hands using sanitizer in Bangalore, India, on March 5.

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A sign for hand sanitizers is displayed on an empty shelf in a pharmacy in London, March 5. People have been clearing the shelves by buying hand santizer, masks, cleaning products and toilet paper in mass quantities.

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People leave a Costco in Melbourne, Australia, with rolls of toilet paper.

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Tokyo Disneyland announced that it would be closed from Feb. 29 until March 15 to curb the spread of new Coronavirus infections.

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Shanghai Disneyland temporarily closed amid the spread of the virus, as well.

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Universal Studio Theme Park in Japan also temporarily closed amidst concerns.

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People wear face masks in Times Square in N.Y.C. on March 3.

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A utility service worker for King County Metro deep cleans a metro bus in Seattle, Washington.

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A cleaner wearing protective clothing sprays antibacterial solution a bus station in Baku, Azerbaijan.

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Two Chelsea fans wear face masks head of the FA Cup Fifth Round match between Chelsea and Liverpool in London.

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A woman and a child wear protective masks on the underground train system in Brussels, Belgium.

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An employee disinfects a bus in the country of Georgia.

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A couple wearing protective masks takes a selfie in front of the Louvre Museum on March 4. The museum announced that it is closing amidst the outbreak.

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Visitors wait in front of the Louvre Museum as the museum was closed for a staff meeting about the Coronavirus outbreak on March 4 in Paris.

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Personnel wear protective masks and suits in Krakow, Poland, in front of mobile emergency rooms, set up as a precaution after Poland confirmed its first Coronavirus infection.

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Workers from Department of Health wear personal protective equipment and carry cleaning supplies into a residential building in Hong Kong.

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Photographers take pictures of a tourist wearing a protective face mask in Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II in Milan after Fashion Week in the Italian city.

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People wear facemasks in front of the Duomo of Milan in Italy on Feb. 24.

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Tourists in Venice ride in a gondola after the city canceled its Carnival celebrations.

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A dog wears a paper cup over its mouth on a street in Beijing. One dog has been quarantined after testing a "weak positive" for the virus.

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A medical staff member disinfects a quarantine zone converted from a hotel in Wuhan, China.

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A pair of elderly people go to a drugstore to buy masks, which are sold out, in Luzhou City, China.

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A worker wears a protective mask while cleaning construction waste at Wuhan Keting in Wuhan, China.

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A CDC worker hands samples collected from a suspected Coronavirus patient to colleagues for testing in a quarantined hotel in Wuhan, China.

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