As health workers and governments around the world work to slow the spread of COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus, large-scale disinfection efforts are becoming commonplace. Using methods ranging from simple hand-wiping to mobile spray cannons, workers and volunteers are attempting to halt the transfer of the virus by touch. While there are questions about the efficacy of some of the broader spraying tactics, disinfecting frequently-touched surfaces can help stop the spread of the virus. Collected here, images of recent efforts in Iran, China, Italy, South Korea, and more.

A worker sprays antiseptic solution from atop a fire truck on a street in Manila, Philippines, on March 11, 2020, to help prevent the spread of COVID-19. #

Workers spray antiseptic solution along a street in Manila on March 11, 2020. Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday declared a state of public-health emergency as the number of people infected with COVID-19 in the country rose to 33 from just three cases last week. #

A medical staff member riding on a personal transporter sprays disinfectant in a residential area in Wuhan, China, on March 11, 2020. #

Doctors disinfect a discharged COVID-19 patient as she leaves the Wuchang Fang Cang makeshift hospital, which was the latest temporary facility being shut down, on March 10, 2020 in Wuhan, China. As the number of coronavirus patients drops, the city has closed 14 temporary hospitals. #

Disinfection efforts are carried out by fire-brigade crew members on Enqelab Street in Tehran, Iran, on March 11, 2020. #

Health officials wearing protective suits spray disinfectant in the Lebanese parliament building in Beirut on March 10, 2020. #

A worker disinfects a marble railing on the Rialto Bridge on March 11, 2020, in Venice, Italy. #

Firefighter crew members disinfect the Tajrish Bazaar as a precaution against the spread of the coronavirus in Tehran, Iran, on March 6, 2020. #

Employees from a disinfection-service company sanitize a bus garage in Gwangju, South Korea, on March 3, 2020. #

A staff member of a bank disinfects cash deposits in Suining, Sichuan province, China, on February 26, 2020. #

A health official wearing a protective suit sprays disinfectant in a church in Beirut, Lebanon, on March 5, 2020. #

An employee wearing protective gear rides an escalator while spraying disinfectant in Tbilisi, Georgia, on March 3, 2020. #

Volunteers in protective suits disinfect a factory with sanitizing equipment in Huzhou, Zhejiang province, China, on February 18, 2020. #

A man holding a loudspeaker sits on a motorcycle as he passes a sanitizing vehicle disinfecting the public space near residential buildings in the Panyu district of Guangzhou, China, on February 11, 2020. #

South Korean soldiers in protective gear sanitize shacks at Guryong village in Seoul, South Korea, on March 3, 2020. #

A worker with sanitizing equipment disinfects an office in Shanghai, China, on February 12, 2020. #

Vehicles spray on a street during disinfection efforts in Tehran, Iran, on March 1, 2020. #

A worker disinfects playground equipment inside a kindergarten as students’ returning has been delayed due to the novel coronavirus outbreak, in Ganzhou, Jiangxi province, China, on March 2, 2020. #

Members of the Iraqi Civil Defense Corps spray disinfectant in a library at a religious school that attracts predominantly foreign students and where the country’s first case of the coronavirus infection was confirmed, in Najaf, on March 9, 2020. #

A worker sprays disinfectant on a road in Xiaogan, in China’s central Hubei province, on March 2, 2020. #

Volunteers in protective suits are disinfected in a line in Wuhan, China, on February 22, 2020. #

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