See how world leaders greet amid coronavirus outbreak

Alexander Dobrindt (L) leader of the CSU parliamentary group, greets German Chancellor Angela Merkel (C) in a Buddhist style to avoid a handshake in times of coronavirus as Ralph Brinkhaus (R), parliamentary group leader of the conservative CDU/CSU parliamentary group looks on prior to the start of a parliamentary group meeting in Berlin.

U.S. Vice President Mike Pence greets Washington Gov. Jay Inslee (L) as Pence arrives at Joint Base Lewis-McChord in Washington state.

Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards (C) bumps elbows instead of his traditional handshake with state Rep. Larry Bagley, R- Stonewall, as a precaution against the new coronavirus

United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom Woody Johnson (R) greets by bumping elbows as he arrives to attend the annual Commonwealth Day service at Westminster Abbey in London.

IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva and World Bank Group President David Malpass bump elbows at the end of a joint press briefing on COVID-19 in Washington, DC.

U.S. Vice President Mike Pence, who heads the government's coronavirus task force, greets a woman at the Washington State Emergency Operations Center during a tour with Governor Jay Inslee at Camp Murray near Tacoma, Washington.

Equatorial Guinea's Minister of Industry, Mines and Energy Gabriel Mbaga Obiang Lima (L) elbow-bumps as he is greeted arriving for the 178th Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) meeting in Vienna, Austria.

Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte (R) gives Dutch Minister for Medical Care Bruno Bruins an elbow greeting in order to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus during the weekly Question Time in the Lower House in The Hague, The Netherlands.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi being welcomed by BJP president JP Nadda as he arrives to attend the BJP Board meeting at BJP HQ in New Delhi

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and Managing Director of the European Stability Mechanism Klaus Regling bump fists instead of a handshake, in what Mitsotakis said was a message for precaution against the coronavirus spread, in the Maximos Mansion in Athens, Greece.

Greek Health Minister Vassilis Kikilias (L) bumps elbows to say hello to Cypriot Health Minister Constantinos Ioannou during an extraordinary meeting of EU health ministers in Brussels to discuss the virus outbreak.

Switzerland's foreign minister Ignazio Cassis (R) and Michelle Bachelet, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, disinfect their hands after their handshake as part of a meeting in Bern, Switzerland.