Photos: On the frontlines of the COVID-19 pandemic

Medical workers around the world help curb the spread of the new coronavirus

Last updated: April 07, 2020 | 17:31

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Medical workers in protective suits entering a building under lockdown in downtown Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

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A member of the medical staff in protective suits reacts while treating a patient suffering from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in an intensive care unit at Havelhoehe community hospital in Berlin, Germany.

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A patient suffering from coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is treated at the intensive care unit at the Institut Mutualiste Montsouris (IMM) hospital in Paris as the spread of the coronavirus disease continues in France.

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A doctor tends to a patient suffering from the coronavirus COVID-19, in the Surgical Intensive Care Unit of the hospital, in New York

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A medical worker in a protective suit arrives at the Policlinico Tor Vergata hospital, where patients suffering from coronavirus disease (COVID-19) are being treated, in Rome, Italy.

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Medical staff at St Thomas’ Hospital relax during a break in London, as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, London, Britain.

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Swiss army soldier Julien (R) helps a medical worker to treat a patient in the intensive care unit (ICU) of a hospital during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Payerne, Switzerland.

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Dr. Diana Sedler, a periodontist, puts on a mask made by a 3D printer, designed at her family's business, Burbank Dental Lab Monday, April 6, 2020, in Burbank, California.

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A nurse in protective gear takes a blood sample of a patient potentially infected with coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at the Turku University Hospital Tyks in Turku, Finland.

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Healthcare workers wheel the bodies of deceased people from the Wyckoff Heights Medical Center during the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the Brooklyn borough of New York City, New York.

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Medical staff are seen testing people at a coronavirus test centre in the car park of Chessington World of Adventures as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, Chessington, Britain.

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A hospital worker wearing a protective mask rests on a cushion placed on top of pews as a funeral chapel temporarily shelters health workers from a nearby hospital taking in COVID-19 patients, in Makati City, Metro Manila, Philippines.

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Healthcare workers attend to a COVID-19 patient at an intensive care unit (ICU) at the General University Hospital in Prague, Czech Republic.

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Medical workers in protective suits talks as they prepare for the checks of drivers, as the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, in Collegno, near Turin, Italy.

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A medical worker gears up before entering intensive care unit in Attikon hospital during the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Athens, Greece.

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