A blurry 2020: Our year of bubble living - behind plastic

Plastic barriers were used to contain the spread of coronavirus this year

Published: December 09, 2020 08:26 Reuters and Compiled by Christian Borbon, Senior Web Editor

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Lily Hendrickx, 83, a resident at Belgian nursing home "Le Jardin de Picardie" enjoys hugs and cuddles with Marie-Christine Desoer, the director of the residence, through a wall made with plastic sheets in Peruwelz, Belgium. Image Credit: Reuters

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A staff member wearing a face shield talks to a bank teller at a counter where a plastic curtain is installed in a barnch of MUFG Bank in Tokyo, Japan. Image Credit: Reuters

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Raindrops are seen on outdoor protective plastic sheeting surrounding a woman on her phone at a cafe dining area in Galway, Ireland Image Credit: Reuters

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Goldfish bowl-like acrylic screens installed as part of new social distancing measures at Jazz Lounge Encounter, a night club for seeking encounters, in Tokyo's Ginza district, Japan. Image Credit: Reuters

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A woman sits outside Cafe Du Soleil under bubble tents in Manhattan, New York. Image Credit: Reuters

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A person dressed as a Santa Claus meets with children while sitting in a "Santa Claus bubble" in Aalborg, Denmark. Image Credit: Reuters

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People participate in an outdoor yoga class in a dome to facilitate social distancing, in Toronto, Canada. Image Credit: Reuters

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A volunteer delivers food rations at a so-called 'Olla comun', a communal kitchen set up to provide hot food for those with dwindling or lost incomes in Valparaiso, Chile. Image Credit: Reuters

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Members exercise at Bally Sport Center, after a five-month lockdown, in Antiguo Cuscatlan, El Salvador. Image Credit: Reuters

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People wear protective face shields and masks at a bank preparing to reopen in Bangkok, Thailand. Image Credit: Reuters

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People eat inside private dining pods at a restaurant in London. Image Credit: Reuters

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A resident kisses a relative through a plastic sheet installed in a special 'hug room' at a care home in Castelfranco Veneto, Italy. Image Credit: Reuters

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Kindergarten students from the Wichuthit school eat their lunch during a rehearsal social distancing ahead of nationwide schools reopening in Bangkok, Thailand. Image Credit: Reuters

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A bank teller wearing a protective face mask stands at a counter where a plastic curtain is installed at the Higashinakano branch of MUFG Bank in Tokyo. Image Credit: Reuters

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People are seen at the Atjeh Connection restaurant with separations on the table in Jakarta, Indonesia. Image Credit: Reuters

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Teacher Maura Silva, who works for public school Escola Municipal Frei Vicente de Salvador and who created a "hug kit" using plastic covers, embraces her student Yuri Araujo Silva at Yuri's home in the 77 Padre Miguel slum in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Image Credit: Reuters

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Newborn baby Phuc An, wearing a protective face shield, before leaving home for a vaccination in Hanoi, Vietnam. Image Credit: Reuters

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