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Love in the Time of Coronavirus: Couples Wear Face Masks Over COVID-19 Fears

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The World Health Organisation declared the COVID-19 outbreak a pandemic on 11 March. To date, more than 1,213,900 people have been infected with the coronavirus worldwide, with over 65,600 fatalities, according to the Johns Hopkins University Coronavirus Resource Centre.

The World Health Organisation (WHO) is insisting on its general recommendation that healthy members of the population don't need to wear face masks to protect against the spread of COVID-19. Basic hygiene and social distancing are the best strategies for avoiding the disease, according to reports.

However, people prefer to wear protective masks while they are outside with their loved ones, trying to save themselves from spreading the coronavirus pandemic.

© REUTERS / Kim Hong-JiA couple takes a walk on a street with blossoming cherry trees that has been closed to avoid the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Seoul, South Korea, 1 April 2020.
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A couple takes a walk on a street with blossoming cherry trees that has been closed to avoid the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Seoul, South Korea, 1 April 2020.
© REUTERS / Daniel BecerrilA couple wearing face masks embrace as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, in Escobedo, on the outskirts of Monterrey, Mexico on 29 March 2020.
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A couple wearing face masks embrace as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, in Escobedo, on the outskirts of Monterrey, Mexico on 29 March 2020.
© AP Photo / Alexander Zemlianichenko JrA couple enjoys warm weather on a bridge near St. Basil's Cathedral, right, and an almost empty Red Square after sunset in Moscow, Russia, on Saturday, 28 March 2020. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people, but for some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness or death.
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A couple enjoys warm weather on a bridge near St. Basil's Cathedral, right, and an almost empty Red Square after sunset in Moscow, Russia, on Saturday, 28 March 2020. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people, but for some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness or death.
© AFP 2023 / Sergei Supinsky A couple, wearing face masks amid concerns over the spread of the novel coronavirus - COVID-19, holds heart-shaped balloons as they walk in the centre of the Ukrainian capital Kiev on 1 April 2020.
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A couple, wearing face masks amid concerns over the spread of the novel coronavirus - COVID-19, holds heart-shaped balloons as they walk in the centre of the Ukrainian capital Kiev on 1 April 2020.
© REUTERS / Jose Luis GonzalezA couple embraces at the Paso del Norte International Border Bridge after the US and Mexico agreed to restrict non-essential travel across their shared border to limit the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico on 21 March 2020.
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A couple embraces at the Paso del Norte International Border Bridge after the US and Mexico agreed to restrict non-essential travel across their shared border to limit the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico on 21 March 2020.
© AFP 2023 / Andrej IsakovicAn elderly couple wearing protective masks walks across Belgrade's main square on 17 March 2020. Serbia's president said that the new restrictions were necessary to "save our elderly" in the Balkan state of some seven million, which has detected around 1,476 infections of COVID-19 so far with limited testing.
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An elderly couple wearing protective masks walks across Belgrade's main square on 17 March 2020. Serbia's president said that the new restrictions were necessary to "save our elderly" in the Balkan state of some seven million, which has detected around 1,476 infections of COVID-19 so far with limited testing.
© REUTERS / Hannah MckayA couple wearing protective face masks at Hammersmith underground station as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, London, Britain, on 24 March 2020.
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A couple wearing protective face masks at Hammersmith underground station as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, London, Britain, on 24 March 2020.
© REUTERS / Eddie KeoghA couple is seen on a bench at sunset as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, Oxford, Britain, on 31 March 2020.
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A couple is seen on a bench at sunset as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, Oxford, Britain, on 31 March 2020.
© AP Photo / Manuel Balce CenetaA couple covers their faces with improvised masks to protect themselves from the coronavirus as they walk in the Adams Morgan district of Washington, Thursday, 26 March 2020. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people, but for some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness or death.
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A couple covers their faces with improvised masks to protect themselves from the coronavirus as they walk in the Adams Morgan district of Washington, Thursday, 26 March 2020. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people, but for some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness or death.
© AFP 2023 / Ozan KoseA couple holding hands and wearing facemasks for protective reasons walks across an empty Galata Bridge on 1 April 2020 in Istanbul after Turkish officials repeatedly urged citizens to stay home and respect social distancing rules.
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A couple holding hands and wearing facemasks for protective reasons walks across an empty Galata Bridge on 1 April 2020 in Istanbul after Turkish officials repeatedly urged citizens to stay home and respect social distancing rules.
© Sputnik / Stringer / Go to the mediabankPassengers at a Kiev railway station, Ukraine.
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Passengers at a Kiev railway station, Ukraine.
© REUTERS / Shannon StapletonA couple sits on a cliff area next to State Route 1 amid an outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), along the Pacific coastline outside of Big Sur, California, the US, 29 March 2020.
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A couple sits on a cliff area next to State Route 1 amid an outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), along the Pacific coastline outside of Big Sur, California, the US, 29 March 2020.
© REUTERS / WANA (West Asia News Agency) / Ali KharaA couple wears protective face masks amid fear of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) as they walk on Enghelab Square, in Tehran, Iran 26 March 2020.
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A couple wears protective face masks amid fear of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) as they walk on Enghelab Square, in Tehran, Iran 26 March 2020.
© REUTERS / Mike BlakeA couple hugging as they greet one another to watch the sunset at the beach during the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Encinitas, California, the US, 30 March 2020.
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A couple hugging as they greet one another to watch the sunset at the beach during the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Encinitas, California, the US, 30 March 2020.
© REUTERS / Pablo SanhuezaA couple kisses as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, at the Arturo Merino Benitez International Airport, in Santiago, Chile, 25 March 2020.
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A couple kisses as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, at the Arturo Merino Benitez International Airport, in Santiago, Chile, 25 March 2020.
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