Countries around the world disinfect to counter spread of coronavirus

Countries are trying to counter the spread of COVID-19 by disinfecting public places

Published: April 01, 2020 07:24 Compiled by Nathaniel Lacsina, Digital Content Producer

1 of 15

A municipal worker wearing protective gear sprays disinfectant on a house during a government-imposed nationwide lockdown as a preventive measure against the COVID-19 coronavirus in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Image Credit: AFP

2 of 15

A municipal worker holds a pipe as he helps to disinfects a market in the popular Grande Dakar neighbourhood of Dakar, Senegal. Image Credit: AFP

3 of 15

A municipal worker sprays disinfectant in a residential area during a government-imposed nationwide lockdown as a preventive measure against the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus in Mumbai, India. Image Credit: AFP

4 of 15

Volunteers wearing protective gears as a precautionary measure against the COVID-19 novel coronavirus spray disinfectant at a market in Kabul, Afghanistan. Image Credit: AFP

5 of 15

A worker disinfects the area in an underpass in Budapest, Hungary early morning, amid the spread of the novel coronavirus pandemic. Image Credit: AFP

6 of 15

Brazilian soldiers disinfect the Subway Central Station and its surroundings, as a measure against the spread of the coronavirus, COVID-19, pandemic in Brasilia, Brazil. Image Credit: AFP

7 of 15

Staff members spraying disinfectant at a shopping mall as it prepares to reopen to the public after closing due to the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak in Wuhan in China's central Hubei province. Image Credit: AFP

8 of 15

An employee of a cleaning company sprays chlorine as he disinfects the streets of Neuilly-Plaisance, near Paris. Image Credit: AFP

9 of 15

An employee wearing a protective suit sprays disinfectant as a preventive measure against the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus, as a passenger looks on, on a train at the Central Railway Station in Bangkok, Thailand. Image Credit: AFP

10 of 15

People walk through a disinfectant chamber as a preventive measure against the COVID-19 coronavirus, before entering a shopping mall in Surabaya, Indonesia. Image Credit: AFP

11 of 15

A municipal worker sprays disinfectant on a police officer's shoes in Atulugama, after the town that was sealed off by health authorities following fears that it could be a cluster for COVID-19 infection after two people tested positive for the virus. Image Credit: AFP

12 of 15

A worker (2nd L) sprays disinfectant on a funeral worker (R) during a funeral for a victim of the COVID-19 coronavirus, in Jakarta, Indonesia. Image Credit: AFP

13 of 15

A motorist goes through a disinfectant chamber before entering a local lockdown village, as a precautionary measure against the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus in Banda Aceh, Indonesia. Image Credit: AFP

14 of 15

A man wearing a protective suit adjusts the gear of a colleague as a team of Russian specialists disinfect the Honegger nursing home where 35 people have died so far from coronavirus in Albino, Italy. Image Credit: AFP

15 of 15

A member of the Iraqi Civil Defence disinfects a street in Baghdad's eastern Sadr City suburb as the country ties to stem the spread of the COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus. Image Credit: AFP

Photos News

Countries around the world disinfect to counter spread of coronavirus

More From Photos

Are UAE shoppers better off exchanging their old jewellery for next week's 'Akshaya Trithiya'?

Photos: Sharjah Children’s Reading Festival kicks off

In Israel, Blinken pushes Netanyahu for sustained aid into Gaza

Scores of schools in India’s capital region evacuated after email bomb threat hoax

GULFNEWS SECTIONS

Trending

Countries around the world disinfect to counter spread of coronavirus

More From Photos

Are UAE shoppers better off exchanging their old jewellery for next week's 'Akshaya Trithiya'?

Photos: Sharjah Children’s Reading Festival kicks off

In Israel, Blinken pushes Netanyahu for sustained aid into Gaza

Scores of schools in India’s capital region evacuated after email bomb threat hoax

GULFNEWS SECTIONS