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A nurse rests in a ward at an emergency Covid-19 centre set up in New Delhi, India. Bloomberg
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A nurse from the Critical Patients Unit takes a break at Barros Luco Hospital, in Santiago, Chile. AFP
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The tracing smartphone app SwissCovid created by the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne has recently been launched. AFP
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A stewardess takes the body temperature of a man before boarding a plane at Paris-Orly Airport, France. Reuters
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Labourers from Beximco Textiles Ltd work on Personal Protective Equipment in Savar on the outskirts of Dhaka, Bangladesh. AFP
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Diana Paola Angola who recovered of the novel coronavirus, COVID-19, caress her son Jefferson at the neonatal room in the Versalles Clinic, in Cali, Colombia. AFP
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View of a patient infected with COVID-19 at Barros Luco Hospital, in Santiago. An increasing COVID-19 death toll is leaving the Chilean healthcare system on the blink of collapse. AFP
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Health officials wearing protective gear take a nasal swab sample from a young boy in Karachi. AFP
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Sri Lankan health workers wearing protective equipment perform COVID-19 blood tests in Colombo. EPA
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A woman has her temperature checked by a hotel worker in Tokyo, Japan. Reuters
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A medical professional administers a test to a member of the public at a pop-up coronavirus testing facility in Melbourne, Australia. Reuters
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A worker in protective gear sprays disinfectant at Paris-Orly Airport on its re-opening. Reuters
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A nurse rests in a ward at an emergency Covid-19 centre set up in New Delhi, India. Bloomberg
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A nurse from the Critical Patients Unit takes a break at Barros Luco Hospital, in Santiago, Chile. AFP
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The tracing smartphone app SwissCovid created by the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne has recently been launched. AFP
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A stewardess takes the body temperature of a man before boarding a plane at Paris-Orly Airport, France. Reuters
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Labourers from Beximco Textiles Ltd work on Personal Protective Equipment in Savar on the outskirts of Dhaka, Bangladesh. AFP
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Diana Paola Angola who recovered of the novel coronavirus, COVID-19, caress her son Jefferson at the neonatal room in the Versalles Clinic, in Cali, Colombia. AFP
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View of a patient infected with COVID-19 at Barros Luco Hospital, in Santiago. An increasing COVID-19 death toll is leaving the Chilean healthcare system on the blink of collapse. AFP
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Health officials wearing protective gear take a nasal swab sample from a young boy in Karachi. AFP
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Sri Lankan health workers wearing protective equipment perform COVID-19 blood tests in Colombo. EPA
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A woman has her temperature checked by a hotel worker in Tokyo, Japan. Reuters
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A medical professional administers a test to a member of the public at a pop-up coronavirus testing facility in Melbourne, Australia. Reuters
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A worker in protective gear sprays disinfectant at Paris-Orly Airport on its re-opening. Reuters
Coronavirus: Maids and domestic workers advised against meeting friends outside home
Health authorities asked families to limit interaction between people where possible
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