social distancing

Saudi authorities re-impose social distancing rules at Grand Mosque, Prophet's Mosque
Middle East

Saudi authorities re-impose social distancing rules at Grand Mosque, Prophet's Mosque

Social distancing would be applied among worshippers and redistributing praying areas and Umra performers on the virtual tawaf (circumambulation) paths to ensure the application of precautionary...

While social distancing measures were lifted, the authorities said visitors must be fully vaccinated against coronavirus and must continue to wear masks on mosque grounds. Photo: Straits Times
Middle East

Grand Mosque in Mecca drops social distancing

Photo: Ibrahim Boran on Unsplash
Health

Vaccination or not, the new normal is here to stay for a while

A woman wearing a mask amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic takes photographs of her boyfriend at a Han river park in Seoul, South Korea, May 24, 2021. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji
Coronavirus chronicle

South Korea to loosen social distancing rules on July 1

Workers load sacks of spices onto a truck at a wholesale market after authorities eased lockdown restrictions that were imposed to slow the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in the old quarters of Delhi, India, June 8, 2021. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi
Coronavirus chronicle

Delhi defies social distancing norms, doctors say brace for Covid-19 ‘explosion’

2020 Tokyo Olympic Games athletes' village (foreground) is pictured in Tokyo, Japan, April 7, 2021. Picture taken on April 7, 2021. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon/File Photo
World+Biz

Take your condoms home: social distancing and sex in the Olympic village

Vinhomes Central Park and Landmark 81, Vietnam's tallest building are seen from the Saigon river in Ho Chi Minh city, Vietnam June 6, 2019. REUTERS/Yen Duong
Coronavirus chronicle

Vietnam's business hub Ho Chi Minh introduces two weeks of social distancing measures

Photo: Collected
World+Biz

Johnson says there is a 'good chance' social distancing can be scrapped next month

A woman wearing a protective face mask walks past a graffiti, amidst the spread of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19), on a street in Mumbai, India, March 30, 2021. REUTERS/Francis Mascarenhas
Coronavirus chronicle

How do facemasks, distancing reduce the risk of contracting coronavirus?

FILE PHOTO: People wearing face masks cross a road after the lockdown against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) was lifted in Wuhan, Hubei province, China April 14, 2020. REUTERS/Aly Song
World+Biz

Study challenges social distancing efficacy in indoor settings

People wearing masks but completely disregarding social distancing wait in queues for taking swab sample tests for Covid-19 at Shaheed Suhrawardy Medical College Hospital in Dhaka on Thursday. Bangladesh saw the biggest daily surge in Covid-19 cases with 6,830 new single-day infections in the past 24 hours till Friday 8am. Photo: Salahuddin Ahmed/TBS
Covid-19 in Bangladesh

Masked up but Dhaka crowds forget social distancing

Ignoring governments mandate on carrying only half passengers, passengers are sitting side by side. Photo: Joynal Abedin Shishir/TBS
Bangladesh

Social distancing ignored on public transports, yet fares doubled

Social distancing conundrums inside refugee camps
Habitat

Social distancing conundrums inside refugee camps