In Pictures: How public places are being disinfected to curb the coronavirus outbreak

From China to Singapore, local authorities around the world are taking action to clean common spaces and keep them germ-free.

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Feb 12, 2020, 08:50 PM

Workers with sanitising equipment on Feb 12, 2020, disinfecting a residential compound in Kaifeng, Henan province, following an outbreak of the coronavirus in China. PHOTO: REUTERS

Chinese paramilitary police officers wearing protective gear transferring pails of disinfectant on on Feb 12, 2020, in Yunmeng county, outside Xiaogan City in Hubei province. PHOTO: AFP

A sanitation vehicle disinfecting the street in Tengzhou in China's eastern Shandong province on Feb 11, 2020. PHOTO: AFP

A resident walking through disinfectant spray on his way homen home in north China's Tianjin Municipality on Feb 11, 2020. PHOTO: EPA-EFE

A worker in protective clothing, including face mask and gloves, cleaning the floor of the pharmacy attached to the The County Oak Medical Centre in Brighton, England, on Feb 10, 2020. PHOTO: AFP

A worker in a protective suit using a fogging machine to disinfect a business establishment in Shanghai, on Feb 9, 2020. PHOTO: AFP

Workers spraying disinfectant inside a subway train in Gyeonggi province, South Korea, on Feb 6, 2020. PHOTO: BLOOMBERG

Employees disinfecting a bus in Qingdao, in China's eastern Shandong province, on Feb 5, 2020. PHOTO: AFP

Workers cleaning a street outside the Whampoa Garden residential development in Hong Kong on Feb 4, 2020. PHOTO: BLOOMBERG

A cleaner cleaning the railings of a barrier-free ramp in Tampines, Singapore, on Feb 5, 2020. ST PHOTO: LIM YAOHUI

A volunteer in protective gear controlling a drone to spray disinfectant in a village in Hebei province, China, on Jan 31, 2020. PHOTO: REUTERS

Quarantine officials disinfecting taxis at a liquid petroleum gas station in Seoul on Feb 4, 2020. PHOTO: EPA-EFE

Workers spraying disinfectant and wiping fare gates inside the Gwanghwamun subway station in Seoul on Feb 3, 2020. PHOTO: BLOOMBERG

Officials disinfecting Indonesian students as they disembark from a plane upon arrival at Hang Nadim international airport in Batam on Feb 2, 2020, following their evacuation from Wuhan, China. PHOTO: AFP

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