On the frontlines of the coronavirus pandemic

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Temperature screening is performed on all persons entering the New York Stock Exchange as traders and employees arrive in New York, U.S., March 17, 2020.

Medical staff in protective gear wave from the Intensive Care Unit of La Paz Hospital, during a partial lockdown as part of a 15-day state of emergency to combat the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Madrid, Spain March 18, 2020.

A medical worker wearing a protective mask and suit treats patients suffering from coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in an intensive care unit at the Oglio Po hospital in Cremona, Italy March 19, 2020.

People queue to enter a tent erected to test for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at the Brooklyn Hospital Center in Brooklyn, New York City, U.S., March 19, 2020.

Health workers in personal protective equipment (PPE) work inside a new drive-thru coronavirus disease (COVID-19) testing center in the Staten Island borough of New York City, New York, U.S., March 19, 2020.

A local medical worker embraces and bids farewell to a medical worker from Jiangsu at the Wuhan Railway Station as the medical team from Jiangsu leaves Wuhan, the epicentre of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Hubei province, China March 19, 2020. China Daily via REUTERS.

Volunteers sort apples at the San Francisco-Marin Food Bank, amid the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak, in San Francisco, California, U.S. March 16, 2020.

A U.S. Military member holds up a sign to a person in a car after testing at a new drive-thru coronavirus disease (COVID-19) testing center in the Staten Island borough of New York City, New York, U.S., March 19, 2020.

Medical staff prepare to receive patients for coronavirus screening at a temporary assessment center at the Brewer hockey arena in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada March 13, 2020. Image for illustrative purposes.

A worker sanitises schools as part of the preventive measures against the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Damascus, Syria March 18, 2020.

Paramedics wearing personal protective equipment carry a patient in a stretcher on to an ambulance as they evacuate residents from a public housing building following the outbreak of the novel coronavirus, at Fu Heng Estate, in Hong Kong, China March 14, 2020.

A line of cars of people arriving for testing is seen at a new drive-thru coronavirus disease (COVID-19) testing center in the Staten Island borough of New York City, New York, U.S., March 19, 2020.

A worker wearing a protective suit disinfects a customer's hands at the entrance of a public market in response to the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Caracas, Venezuela March 18, 2020.

Servpro workers file in to begin a third day of cleaning at Life Care Center of Kirkland, a long-term care facility linked to several confirmed coronavirus cases, in Kirkland, Washington, U.S. March 13, 2020.

Italian military trucks and soldiers are seen by Bergamo's cemetery after the army were deployed to move coffins from the cemetery to neighbouring provinces, after the cemetery was overwhelmed by the scale of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Bergamo, Italy, March 18, 2020. Picture taken March 18, 2020. Sergio Agazzi.Fotogramma via REUTERS.

A nurse administers a nasal swab to a driver outside Life Care Center of Kirkland, a long-term care facility linked to several confirmed coronavirus cases, in Kirkland, Washington, U.S. March 14, 2020.

A health worker checks the temperature of a Congolese child amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Goma, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, March 19, 2020.

Personnel walks near a model quarantine zone at the Nepalese Army headquarters amid concerns about the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Kathmandu, Nepal March 18, 2020.

Members of firefighters wear protective face masks, amid fear of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), as they disinfect the streets, ahead of the Iranian New Year Nowruz, March 20, in Tehran, Iran March 18, 2020. Picture taken March 18, 2020. WANA (West Asia News Agency)/Ali Khara via REUTERS

An E.M.T. is seen through glass at the Brooklyn Hospital Center, which has erected a tent to test for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Brooklyn, New York City, U.S., March 19, 2020.

A man wears a protective face mask at a butcher shop following an outbreak of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in downtown Shanghai, China March 16, 2020.