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A woman walks inside an isolated area on Truc Bach street in Hanoi. AFP

Muslim worshippers circumambulate the sacred Kaaba in Mecca's Grand Mosque, Islam's holiest site. Saudi Arabia reopened the area around the Kaaba. AFP

Empty stands during the Saudi Professional League soccer match between Al Hilal and Al Ettifaq at King Saud University Stadium, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Saudi Arabia has suspended public attendance of sports competitions over the coronavirus. EPA

A man wearing a protective mask passes by the Colosseum in Rome. AFP

A civil defence worker disinfects a window in the Ashar district of Iraq's southern city of Basra. AFP

A civil defence worker disinfects a replica of the Lion of Babylon statue in Iraq's southern city of Basra. AFP

A civil defence worker disinfects a shrine in the Ashar district of Iraq's southern city of Basra. AFP

A municipal worker sprays disinfectant in the old market in Erbil, the capital of the northern Iraqi Kurdish autonomous region, as a precautionary measure against the spread of the novel coronavirus. AFP

Palestinian volunteers prepare supplies to deliver to a hotel under quarantine in the West Bank city of Bethlehem a day after a lockdown on the city was announced. AFP

The closed gate of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency school in Gaza city. The Palestinian government in Ramallah announced a one-month emergency in response to fears of the spread of Covid-19. EPA

A Palestinian girl wearing a protective mask waits as her relatives chat on a street in the West Bank city of Hebron amid fears of the spread of the novel coronavirus. AFP

Maronite priest Majdi Allawi holds the Blessed Sacrament as he blesses Lebanon from an aircraft as protection from disease. AFP

Members of the Palestinian security forces wearing protective masks stand guard during a football match without fans, amid fears of the spread of the novel coronavirus, in the West Bank city of Hebron. AFP

Rescue workers at the site where a hotel being used for coronavirus quarantine collapsed in the south-east Chinese port city of Quanzhou, Fujian province. Reuters

The Osaka Grand Sumo Tournament opens without spectators amid the coronavirus outbreak, in western Japan. EPA

A view of a thermal scanning checkpoint manned by security personnel at the entrance to Gardens by the Bay's Cloud Forest in Singapore. Reuters

Medical staff members wearing protective gear carry a patient infected with the Covid-19 coronavirus at a hospital in Seoul, South Korea AFP

A doctor comforts a pregnant woman infected with coronavirus at an isolation ward in Xiehe Hospital in Wuhan, China. AFP

An immigration officer checks a woman's temperature at Francisco Paula Santander International Bridge, in Cucuta, Colombia, at the border with Venezuela. AFP

A woman walks inside an isolated area on Truc Bach street in Hanoi. AFP

Muslim worshippers circumambulate the sacred Kaaba in Mecca's Grand Mosque, Islam's holiest site. Saudi Arabia reopened the area around the Kaaba. AFP

Empty stands during the Saudi Professional League soccer match between Al Hilal and Al Ettifaq at King Saud University Stadium, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Saudi Arabia has suspended public attendance of sports competitions over the coronavirus. EPA

A man wearing a protective mask passes by the Colosseum in Rome. AFP

A civil defence worker disinfects a window in the Ashar district of Iraq's southern city of Basra. AFP

A civil defence worker disinfects a replica of the Lion of Babylon statue in Iraq's southern city of Basra. AFP

A civil defence worker disinfects a shrine in the Ashar district of Iraq's southern city of Basra. AFP

A municipal worker sprays disinfectant in the old market in Erbil, the capital of the northern Iraqi Kurdish autonomous region, as a precautionary measure against the spread of the novel coronavirus. AFP

Palestinian volunteers prepare supplies to deliver to a hotel under quarantine in the West Bank city of Bethlehem a day after a lockdown on the city was announced. AFP

The closed gate of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency school in Gaza city. The Palestinian government in Ramallah announced a one-month emergency in response to fears of the spread of Covid-19. EPA

A Palestinian girl wearing a protective mask waits as her relatives chat on a street in the West Bank city of Hebron amid fears of the spread of the novel coronavirus. AFP

Maronite priest Majdi Allawi holds the Blessed Sacrament as he blesses Lebanon from an aircraft as protection from disease. AFP

Members of the Palestinian security forces wearing protective masks stand guard during a football match without fans, amid fears of the spread of the novel coronavirus, in the West Bank city of Hebron. AFP

Rescue workers at the site where a hotel being used for coronavirus quarantine collapsed in the south-east Chinese port city of Quanzhou, Fujian province. Reuters

The Osaka Grand Sumo Tournament opens without spectators amid the coronavirus outbreak, in western Japan. EPA

A view of a thermal scanning checkpoint manned by security personnel at the entrance to Gardens by the Bay's Cloud Forest in Singapore. Reuters

Medical staff members wearing protective gear carry a patient infected with the Covid-19 coronavirus at a hospital in Seoul, South Korea AFP

A doctor comforts a pregnant woman infected with coronavirus at an isolation ward in Xiehe Hospital in Wuhan, China. AFP

An immigration officer checks a woman's temperature at Francisco Paula Santander International Bridge, in Cucuta, Colombia, at the border with Venezuela. AFP

A woman walks inside an isolated area on Truc Bach street in Hanoi. AFP

Coronavirus: could warmer weather be key to fight against Covid-19?

New study indicates changes in temperature have 'significant impact' on spread of virus, which could be most potent in cooler climes

March 10, 2020

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