![A municipal worker disinfects the streets as a preventive measure against the spread of COVID-19 (novel cornavirus), as the Burj Khalifa is seen in the background, in downtown Dubai, on March 27, 2020. The United Arab Emirates, of which Dubai is a member, has imposed a March 26 to 29 nightime lockdown to allow for outdoors and public transport sanitation operations, amid the outbreak of the new coronavirus. / AFP / GIUSEPPE CACACE](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/CVRP5GFXAF25HYGNZWZZJWVYGE.jpg?smart=true&auth=a8f834361ce8b3b6365cf156979a7c56060a46d52f601c14e733da92e1f6ff5b&width=400&height=225)
A municipal worker disinfects the streets as a preventive measure against the spread of Covid-19 in downtown Dubai in March 2020. AFP
A municipal worker disinfects the streets as a preventive measure against the spread of Covid-19 in downtown Dubai in March 2020. AFP
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Nick March is an assistant editor-in-chief at The National
15 March, 2024