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ZAMBIA-LUSAKA-CHOLERA TREATMENT CENTER

(240119) -- LUSAKA, Jan. 19, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A health worker sprays disinfectant at the National Heroes Stadium, which has been designated as a cholera treatment center, in Lusaka, Zambia, Jan. 18, 2024. Zambia has been battling a cholera outbreak since last October, with Lusaka, the country's capital, being the epicenter. So far, the country has recorded 10,887 cases and 432 deaths, with ongoing efforts to treat and discharge patients across various treatment centers in nine provinces. (Xinhua/Peng Lijun)

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ZAMBIA-LUSAKA-CHOLERA

(240107) -- LUSAKA, Jan. 7, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A health worker sprays disinfectant at a cholera treatment center of a hospital in Lusaka, Zambia, Jan. 5, 2024. Zambian President Hakainde Hichilema on Friday called for concerted efforts to tackle rising cholera cases in the country, especially in Lusaka, the country's capital. The Zambian president said the government was monitoring the cholera outbreak and would continue implementing measures to contain its spread. Zambia has been battling a cholera outbreak since October last year, with Lusaka the hardest hit. (Photo by Martin Mbangweta/Xinhua)

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CHINA-JISHISHAN-EARTHQUAKE-RELIEF (CN)

(231221) -- JISHISHAN, Dec. 21, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This combo photo shows Yang Faping, a staff member of local disease control and prevention center, stands at a temporary settlement (top) and Yang Faping sprays disinfectant at the temporary settlement in Dahe Village of Jishishan County in northwest China's Gansu Province, Dec. 21, 2023. Orderly relief efforts continue in quake-hit Gansu Province. (Xinhua/Chen Bin)

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INDONESIA-YOGYAKARTA-ANTHRAX

(230707) -- YOGYAKARTA, July 7, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A staff member wearing protective suits sprays disinfectant to a cowshed at Candirejo village in Gunung Kidul district, Yogyakarta, Indonesia, on July 7, 2023. One person has been confirmed dead from anthrax and 85 others have found to be infected after all of them consumed infected meat in Indonesia's Yogyakarta province, said local authorities on Tuesday. (Photo by Agung Supriyanto/Xinhua)

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INDONESIA-YOGYAKARTA-ANTHRAX

(230707) -- YOGYAKARTA, July 7, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A staff member wearing protective suits sprays disinfectant to a house at Candirejo village in Gunung Kidul district, Yogyakarta, Indonesia, on July 7, 2023. One person has been confirmed dead from anthrax and 85 others have found to be infected after all of them consumed infected meat in Indonesia's Yogyakarta province, said local authorities on Tuesday. (Photo by Agung Supriyanto/Xinhua)

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(1)Photos from tsunami-hit southern Thailand

PHUKET, Thailand - Medical officials are sprayed with disinfectant after coming into contact with corpses of tsunami victims in Phangnga Province, southern Thailand, on Jan. 7.

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Ebola outbreak in Liberia

MONROVIA, Liberia - A doctor (back) is sprayed with disinfectant solution after finishing treatment for Ebola-infected patients on Sept. 4, 2014, at an isolation ward of a hospital in Liberia, West Africa. (Photo by Tomoaki Nakano)

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Sichuan quake

YA'AN, China - A public sanitation official sprays disinfectant on trash cans in central Lushan county in Ya'an, in the southwestern Chinese province of Sichuan, on April 21, 2013, following a magnitude-7.0 earthquake the previous day.

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Disinfectant mat against foot-and-mouth disease

MIYAZAKI, Japan - Women tread on a mat at the entrance of the Miyazaki prefectural hall in the city of Miyazaki on July 31, 2012. World Wide Trade Co., an import business based in Miyazaki city, has developed the MOVE mat made of nonwoven fabric soaked with a disinfectant agent with the aim of preventing the spread of foot-and-mouth disease.

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1st bird flu confirmed in Kansai region

KINOKAWA, Japan - Workers spray disinfectant at a poultry farm in Kinokawa, Wakayama Prefecture, on Feb. 15, 2011, after dead chickens at the farm were confirmed as infected with avian influenza the same day, marking the first case in the Kansai region in western Japan during the winter.

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1st bird flu confirmed in Kansai region

KINOKAWA, Japan - Workers spray disinfectant at a poultry farm in Kinokawa, Wakayama Prefecture, on Feb. 15, 2011, after dead chickens at the farm were confirmed as infected with avian influenza the same day, marking the first case in the Kansai region in western Japan during the winter.

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Death toll rises in N.W. China landslide

ZHOUQU, China - People spray disinfectant at a site in Zhouqu County in Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in the northwestern Chinese province of Gansu on Aug. 10, 2010, after mudslides devastated the area. The death toll from the disaster topped 700 with more than 1,000 people missing.

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(3)Chickens to be buried near poultry yard in Tamba

TAMBA, Japan - An alley at Asada Nosan Co.'s Funai farm in the town of Tamaba, Kyodo Prerecture, where a large number of chicken died of bird flu, looks whitish with sprayed disinfectant on March 3.

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(2)Chickens to be buried near poultry yard in Tamba

TAMBA, Japan - Power shovels are in operation (bottom) to dig a pit for the disposal of some 200,000 chickens that died or were slaughtered due to bird flu at Asada Nosan Co.'s Funai farm (top) in the town of Tamba, Kyodo Prefecture, on March 3. The roads at the farm look whitish with disinfectant.

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(4)Kyoto poultry farm disinfected after mass deaths

TAMBA, Japan - A Kyoto prefectural government staffer sprays disinfectant at the Asada Nosan Funai Nojo poultry farm in Tamba, Kyoto Prefecture, Feb. 28 after the discovery of an outbreak of bird flu there that has killed thousands of chickens.

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(2)SARS outbreak in China

BEIJING, China - A local person sprays disinfectant at the entrance of a storehouse in a farm village on the outskirts of Beijing on May 16.

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(1)SARS infection in rural China on rise

BEIJING, China - A health official sprays disinfectant on a truck at the entrance to a village on the outskirts of Beijing on May 13. Health experts in China have warned of increasing cases of SARS infection in the country's rural areas, saying that farmers account for about 6ARS patients.

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Tokushima warehouse disinfected, may have held mad cow feed

TOKYO, Japan - Public health officials spray disinfectant Sept. 17 at a Tokushima company's warehouse, which stored meat and bone meal that may have been processed using a cow suspected of having mad cow disease at a feed factory in Ibaraki Prefecture.

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Airports use mats to stop foot-and-mouth disease

NARITA, Japan - Passengers arriving at Narita airport on direct flights from Britain on March 15 walk over disinfectant mats as part of measures to curb the spread foot-and-mouth disease. Similar requirements are in place for all passengers arriving from Britain at Kansai airport in Osaka Bay and Nagoya airport in central Japan.

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Poison 'medicine' mailed by 15-year-old girl

Police report Sept. 8 that a 15-year-old junior high school girl has confessed to mailing bottles containing fake diet medicine to 26 students and one female teacher at her school in Tokyo's Minato Ward in late August. The picture shows the 20-30 milliliter plastic bottle that contained the brown liquid, which was actually the disinfectant cresol.

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Poison 'medicine' sample mailed

A junior high school student in Tokyo falls ill Aug. 26 after trying a ''diet medicine'' sent to him in the mail that was later found to be poison. Twenty-two other students and a teacher received similar packages, and police have begun investigating the case. The picture shows the 20-30 milliliter plastic bottle that contained the brown liquid, which was actually the disinfectant cresol.

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S.Korea confirms 1st case of bird flu in 6 months

STORY: S.Korea confirms 1st case of bird flu in 6 months DATELINE: Oct. 19, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:20 LOCATION: Seoul CATEGORY: HEALTH SHOTLIST: 1. various of disinfectant workers in protective white uniforms at disinfection post (courtesy of Yonhap TV) 2. various of infected farm (courtesy of Yonhap TV) 3. various of disinfectant workers in protective clothing and face masks, shuttling and burying dead ducks (courtesy of Yonhap TV) STORYLINE: South Korea on Wednesday confirmed the first case of bird flu at a duck farm in around six months, the agriculture ministry said. The highly pathogenic avian influenza case was confirmed at the duck farm in the southeastern county of Yecheon, about 160 km southeast of the capital Seoul, according to the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs. The latest case of bird flu was reported here in April this year. Precautionary measures to prevent the H5N1 virus spread were underway, including the culling of some 9,800 ducks raised at the farm, the entrance control

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Cuban students head back to school amid COVID-19, dengue outbreaks

STORY: Cuban students head back to school amid COVID-19, dengue outbreaks DATELINE: Sept. 6, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:11 LOCATION: Havana CATEGORY: SOCIETY/EDUCATION SHOTLIST: 1. various of opening of schools in Cuba 2. various of students attending the class STORYLINE: More than 1.6 million Cuban students headed back to school on Monday amid the COVID-19 pandemic, dengue outbreaks, and power outages. Although mask mandates are not in place, schools have been provided with disinfectant solutions to minimize the risk of contagion with COVID-19 among students and faculty. In addition, the Cuban government strives to contain the worst dengue outbreak in the past 15 years. School boards have been instructed to step up energy-saving rules amid the island's electricity crisis fueled by the U.S.-led economic sanctions. In total, 10,793 schools resumed in-person classes across the country, the Cuban Ministry of Education said. According to official data, the Caribbean nation allocates 25 percent of i

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NEPAL-LALITPUR-DENGUE FEVER-DISINFECTANT

(220828) -- LALITPUR, Aug. 28, 2022 (Xinhua) -- People spray disinfectant against dengue fever in Lalitpur, Nepal on Aug. 28, 2022. (Photo by Sulav Shrestha/Xinhua)

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NEPAL-LALITPUR-DENGUE FEVER-DISINFECTANT

(220828) -- LALITPUR, Aug. 28, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Disinfectant is sprayed against dengue fever in Lalitpur, Nepal, Aug. 28, 2022. (Photo by Sulav Shrestha/Xinhua)

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INDONESIA-FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE-MEASURES

(220704) -- SURAKARTA, July 4, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A health worker sprays disinfectant at goat stalls as a measure to cope with the re-emergence of the foot-and-mouth disease (FMD), which spreads among livestock, in Surakarta, Central Java, Indonesia, July 4, 2022. (Photo by Bram Selo/Xinhua)

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INDONESIA-BANDUNG-SCHOOL-FIRST DAY

(220512) -- BANDUNG, May 12, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A man sprays disinfectant at class room as preventive efforts through the implementation of Clean and Healthy Living Behavior (PHBS) during the first day of school after Eid al-Fitr holiday in Bandung, West Java, Indonesia, May 12, 2022. (Photo by Septianjar/Xinhua)

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INDONESIA-SOUTH TANGERANG-COVID-19-DISINFECTANT

(220401) -- SOUTH TANGERANG, April 1, 2022 (Xinhua) -- An officer sprays disinfectant to prevent the spread of COVID-19 at a mosque at Cipondoh in South Tangerang, Indonesia, April 1, 2022. (Xinhua/Veri Sanovri)

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INDONESIA-SOUTH TANGERANG-COVID-19-DISINFECTANT

(220401) -- SOUTH TANGERANG, April 1, 2022 (Xinhua) -- An officer sprays disinfectant to prevent the spread of COVID-19 at a mosque at Cipondoh in South Tangerang, Indonesia, April 1, 2022. (Xinhua/Veri Sanovri)

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INDONESIA-SOUTH TANGERANG-COVID-19-DISINFECTANT

(220401) -- SOUTH TANGERANG, April 1, 2022 (Xinhua) -- An officer sprays disinfectant to prevent the spread of COVID-19 at a mosque at Cipondoh in South Tangerang, Indonesia, April 1, 2022. (Xinhua/Veri Sanovri)

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CHINA-INNER MONGOLIA-COVID-19-DISINFECTION (CN)

(220330) -- HOHHOT, March 30, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Volunteers spray disinfectant at a school in Hohhot, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, March 30, 2022. Schools in Hohhot will resume in-person classes in batches from Friday. (Xinhua/Liu Lei)

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CHINA-INNER MONGOLIA-COVID-19-DISINFECTION (CN)

(220330) -- HOHHOT, March 30, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Volunteers spray disinfectant at a school in Hohhot, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, March 30, 2022. Schools in Hohhot will resume in-person classes in batches from Friday. (Xinhua/Liu Lei)

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CHINA-INNER MONGOLIA-COVID-19-DISINFECTION (CN)

(220330) -- HOHHOT, March 30, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A volunteer sprays disinfectant at a school in Hohhot, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, March 30, 2022. Schools in Hohhot will resume in-person classes in batches from Friday. (Xinhua/Liu Lei)

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CHINA-INNER MONGOLIA-COVID-19-DISINFECTION (CN)

(220330) -- HOHHOT, March 30, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Volunteers spray disinfectant at a school in Hohhot, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, March 30, 2022. Schools in Hohhot will resume in-person classes in batches from Friday. (Xinhua/Liu Lei)

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CHINA-INNER MONGOLIA-COVID-19-DISINFECTION (CN)

(220330) -- HOHHOT, March 30, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Volunteers spray disinfectant at a school in Hohhot, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, March 30, 2022. Schools in Hohhot will resume in-person classes in batches from Friday. (Xinhua/Liu Lei)

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CHINA-INNER MONGOLIA-COVID-19-DISINFECTION (CN)

(220330) -- HOHHOT, March 30, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A volunteer sprays disinfectant at a school in Hohhot, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, March 30, 2022. Schools in Hohhot will resume in-person classes in batches from Friday. (Xinhua/Liu Lei)

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INDONESIA-BOGOR-SCHOOL-COVID-19

(220321) -- BOGOR, March 21, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A school official sprays disinfectant after class in Bogor, West Java, Indonesia, March 21, 2022. (Photo by Sandika Fadilah/Xinhua)

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Xinhua Headlines: China's manufacturing hub works to stabilize supply chains amid COVID-19 resurgence

(220320) -- SHENZHEN, March 20, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A staff member sprays disinfectant inside a bus in Futian District of Shenzhen, south China's Guangdong Province, March 13, 2022. (Photo by Chu Yan/Xinhua)

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Xinhua Headlines: China guards against strong rebound of COVID-19

(220314) -- BEIJING, March 14, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A staff member sprays disinfectant inside a bus in Futian District of Shenzhen, south China's Guangdong Province, March 13, 2022. (Photo by Chu Yan/Xinhua)

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SPAIN-BARCELONA-MOBILE WORLD CONGRESS-COVID-19-PREVENTION

(220303) -- BARCELONA, March 3, 2022 (Xinhua) -- People clean hands with disinfectant during the Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona, Spain, March 3, 2022. This year, the MWC hosts over 1,500 exhibitors from 183 countries and regions at Barcelona between Feb. 28 and March 3 to show the will of the sector to relaunch. (Photo by Gustavo Valiente/Xinhua)

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INDONESIA-SURAKARTA-COVID-19-DISINFECTION

(220211) -- SURAKARTA, Feb. 11, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Vehicles spray disinfectant as an effort to stop the spread of COVID-19 in a street in Surakarta, Central Java, Indonesia, Feb. 11, 2022. (Photo by Bram Selo/Xinhua)

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INDONESIA-SURAKARTA-COVID-19-DISINFECTION

(220211) -- SURAKARTA, Feb. 11, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A vehicle sprays disinfectant as an effort to stop the spread of COVID-19 in a street in Surakarta, Central Java, Indonesia, Feb. 11, 2022. (Photo by Bram Selo/Xinhua)

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CANADA-ONTARIO-COVID-19-CASES-2.9 MLN

(220122) -- TORONTO, Jan. 22, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A man wearing a face mask sprays disinfectant in a shopping center in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on Jan. 22, 2022. Canada confirmed 13,555 new COVID-19 cases Saturday afternoon, elevating its national caseload to 2,905,560 with 32,502 deaths, CTV reported. (Photo by Zou Zheng/Xinhua)

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RWANDA-CHINA-MEDICAL TEAM-DONATION

(220122) -- KIGALI, Jan. 22, 2022 (Xinhua) -- The Chinese medical team to Rwanda donates a consignment of medical supplies to Kibungo referral hospital in Ngoma district, Eastern Province, Rwanda, Jan. 20, 2022. The items presented by the team to the hospital include hand disinfectant, surgical hand disinfection gel, medical surgical mask, disinfectant tablets, disposable protective clothing, disposable operating coat and disposable medical surgical mask. (Xinhua/Ji Li)

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RWANDA-CHINA-MEDICAL TEAM-DONATION

(220122) -- KIGALI, Jan. 22, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Peng Jikui (L front), head of the Chinese medical team to Rwanda, and Gahima John (R, front), director general of Kibungo referral hospital, attend a ceremony for the Chinese medical team's donation of medical supplies to Kibungo referral hospital in Ngoma district, Eastern Province, Rwanda, Jan. 20, 2022. The items presented by the team to the hospital include hand disinfectant, surgical hand disinfection gel, medical surgical mask, disinfectant tablets, disposable protective clothing, disposable operating coat and disposable medical surgical mask. (Xinhua/Ji Li)

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RWANDA-CHINA-MEDICAL TEAM-DONATION

(220122) -- KIGALI, Jan. 22, 2022 (Xinhua) -- The Chinese medical team to Rwanda donates a consignment of medical supplies to Kibungo referral hospital in Ngoma district, Eastern Province, Rwanda, Jan. 20, 2022. The items presented by the team to the hospital include hand disinfectant, surgical hand disinfection gel, medical surgical mask, disinfectant tablets, disposable protective clothing, disposable operating coat and disposable medical surgical mask. (Xinhua/Ji Li)

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RWANDA-CHINA-MEDICAL TEAM-DONATION

(220122) -- KIGALI, Jan. 22, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Peng Jikui (1st L), head of the Chinese medical team to Rwanda, and Gahima John (C), director general of Kibungo referral hospital, attend a ceremony for the Chinese medical team's donation of medical supplies to Kibungo referral hospital in Ngoma district, Eastern Province, Rwanda, Jan. 20, 2022. The items presented by the team to the hospital include hand disinfectant, surgical hand disinfection gel, medical surgical mask, disinfectant tablets, disposable protective clothing, disposable operating coat and disposable medical surgical mask. (Xinhua/Ji Li)

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CHINA-SHANGHAI-RAILWAY-COVID-19-MEASURES (CN)

(220121) -- SHANGHAI, Jan. 21, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A cleaning robot sprays disinfectant at Shanghai Hongqiao Railway Station in east China's Shanghai, Jan. 21, 2022. During the Spring Festival travel rush this year, a number of sanitation devices and cleaning robots with disinfection and epidemic prevention functions will be put to use at Shanghai Railway Station, Shanghai Hongqiao Railway Station and Shanghai South Railway Station to ensure passengers' travel safety. (Xinhua/Chen Fei)

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CHINA-ANHUI-RAILWAY STATION-ROBOTS (CN)

(211219) -- HEFEI, Dec. 19, 2021 (Xinhua) -- Air environment automatic sterilizer robot Xiao Chuang sprays disinfectant at Hefei South Railway Station in Hefei, east China's Anhui Province, Jan. 18, 2022. Air environment automatic sterilizer robot Xiao Chuang, intelligent temperature measuring robot Da Bai and ground cleaning and disinfecting robot Xiao De have been in service for COVID-19 prevention and control during the annual Spring Festival travel rush in Hefei. (Xinhua/Zhou Mu)

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CHINA-ANHUI-RAILWAY STATION-ROBOTS (CN)

(211219) -- HEFEI, Dec. 19, 2021 (Xinhua) -- Air environment automatic sterilizer robot Xiao Chuang sprays disinfectant at Hefei South Railway Station in Hefei, east China's Anhui Province, Jan. 18, 2022. Air environment automatic sterilizer robot Xiao Chuang, intelligent temperature measuring robot Da Bai and ground cleaning and disinfecting robot Xiao De have been in service for COVID-19 prevention and control during the annual Spring Festival travel rush in Hefei. (Xinhua/Zhou Mu)