IN PHOTOS: From Iraq to Brazil, how people are dealing with the coronavirus scar...

The fearful epidemic is making inroads all over the world, roiling the markets and people, as they scramble to protect themselves while waiting for a medical breakthrough

Mar 09, 2020, 17:19 IST3 min
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BRAZIL: An employee puts straps on protective face masks at Destra Brasil factory, which struggles with material shortage due to high demand after the coronavirus outbreak in Sao Paulo, Bra...
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JAPAN: Gold medals for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics are displayed at Japan Mint in Osaka, Japan. Postponing the Games is now an open possibility, but also unrealistic, as billion...
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USA: A masked visitor stares at an artwork that resembles a void at the 26th edition of The Armory Show 2020, an international art fair, which just opened at the Pier 94 and 90 despite New ...
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HONG KONG: A mask-wearing woman performs a "villain hitting" ceremony on the day of Jingzhe in Causeway Bay district on March 5, 2020 in Hong Kong. Villain hitting is a way to curse a certa...
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ITALY: A pensioner, not wearing a mask, rides a bicycle past a statue that has had its face covered with a protective mask with the words "F**k virus" in San Fiorano, one of the towns on lo...
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CHINA: A sports stadium has been converted into a makeshift hospital to treat patients of the novel coronavirus in Wuhan, the epicentre of the novel coronavirus outbreak, China
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USA: Rep. Jan Schakowsky speaks at a House Democrats Call For Affordable Coronavirus Vaccines And Treatments on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC.
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IRAQ: Cabbar Hasan, an innovative craftsman, sews face masks using fabric, water bottle caps, salt, coal powder and cotton. There was a shortage of medical masks in the market in Suleymaniy...
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INDIA: India&rsquos Union Minister for consumer affairs, food and public distribution, Ram Vilas Paswan, distributed masks to ministry officials and staff during an awareness campaign to pr...
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THAILAND: People walk through an "EM Auto Sanitizing Gate", amid concerns over the spread of the coronavirus outside a shopping centre in Bangkok
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IRAQ: A student wears a protective face mask following the outbreak of the coronavirus, as she chants slogans during ongoing anti-government protests in Basra, Iraq. March 5, 2020.
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AUSTRALIA: Empty shelves, usually stocked with tissue, seen at a supermarket in Melbourne. Coronavirus fears have triggered runs on several products, including hand sanitisers and face mask...
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JERUSALEM. A statue of a chimpanzee bell-boy with a mask is seen at the entrance of The Walled Off Hotel in Bethlehem, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank.
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AUSTRALIA. Restaurant chefs prepare dumplings at the award winning Golden Century Seafood Restaurant in Chinatown in Sydney which experienced a 50% drop in clientele this past week. Chinese...
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CHINA: A couple wearing face masks pose for photos after registering their marriage amid coronavirus spread in Kunming, Yunnan Province
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ITALY: Professors attend an online Engineering bachelor of arts graduation exam at Politecnico di Milano, in Milan. The Politecnico di Milano, counting 45,000 students, is the largest Itali...
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USA: Traders work the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) as the markets continue to  swing wildly over coronavirus fears. After coronavirus infections rose steadily in the U.S. the...
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