Photos: On the frontlines of the COVID-19 pandemic

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.