A pair of rubber gloves is hung to dry, as a security guard in personal protective equipment (PPE) walks along a street, following the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Shanghai, China March 29, 2022. REUTERS/Aly Song 

Rubber gloves used to administer throat swab tests are seen at a street booth as the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic continues in Beijing, China, January 17, 2022. REUTERS/Thomas Peter 

A rubber glove sits with leaves on railroad tracks near the Talkeetna Mountains outside of Palmer, Alaska, U.S., November 1, 2021. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton 

For more than 300 "ice miners" in Harbin, work begins in the numbing cold before dawn every day on the frozen Songhua, a broad river that winds its way through the northeastern Chinese city. Wielding long ice picks, the workers break up the frozen surface of the kilometre-wide river into crate-sized blocks of ice. Many of them construction labourers or farmers, they wear knee-high rubber boots, down jackets, thick gloves and hats with flaps to protect their ears from the frigid air. REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY SEARCH "HARBIN RAWLINS" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES 

For more than 300 "ice miners" in Harbin, work begins in the numbing cold before dawn every day on the frozen Songhua, a broad river that winds its way through the northeastern Chinese city. Wielding long ice picks, the workers break up the frozen surface of the kilometre-wide river into crate-sized blocks of ice. Many of them construction labourers or farmers, they wear knee-high rubber boots, down jackets, thick gloves and hats with flaps to protect their ears from the frigid air. REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY SEARCH "HARBIN RAWLINS" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES 

Daniel Edidiong, 36, Santa Claus for Independent Television, poses for a photograph in his everyday clothing at the station in Abuja, Nigeria, December 4, 2020. "I normally use gloves as Father Christmas, but this year due to COVID-19, I am using rubber gloves and each time I hand over gifts to children, I will sanitise my hands." REUTERS/Afolabi Sotunde SEARCH "GLOBAL SANTA" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES 

Daniel Edidiong, 36, Santa Claus for Independent Television, poses for a photograph at the station in Abuja, Nigeria, December 4, 2020. "I normally use gloves as Father Christmas, but this year due to COVID-19, I am using rubber gloves and each time I hand over gifts to children, I will sanitise my hands." REUTERS/Afolabi Sotunde SEARCH "GLOBAL SANTA" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES 

A present given out by Daniel Edidiong, Santa Claus for Independent Television, is pictured after a visit to ITV television station in Abuja, Nigeria, December 4, 2020. "I normally use gloves as Father Christmas, but this year due to COVID-19, I am using rubber gloves and each time I hand over gifts to children, I will sanitise my hands." REUTERS/Afolabi Sotunde SEARCH "GLOBAL SANTA" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES 

Daniel Edidiong, 36, Santa Claus for Independent Television, poses for a photograph at the station in Abuja, Nigeria, December 4, 2020. "I normally use gloves as Father Christmas, but this year due to COVID-19, I am using rubber gloves and each time I hand over gifts to children, I will sanitise my hands." REUTERS/Afolabi Sotunde SEARCH "GLOBAL SANTA" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES 

A combination picture shows Daniel Edidiong, 36, Santa Claus for Independent Television, in his everyday clothing and dressed up as Santa, and a box with a gift, at the TV station in Abuja, Nigeria December 4, 2020. "I normally use gloves as Father Christmas, but this year due to COVID-19, I am using rubber gloves and each time I hand over gifts to children, I will sanitise my hands." REUTERS/Afolabi Sotunde SEARCH "GLOBAL SANTA" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES 

Daniel Edidiong, 36, Santa Claus for Independent Television, poses for a photograph at the station in Abuja, Nigeria, December 4, 2020. "I normally use gloves as Father Christmas, but this year due to COVID-19, I am using rubber gloves and each time I hand over gifts to children, I will sanitise my hands." REUTERS/Afolabi Sotunde SEARCH "GLOBAL SANTA" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES 

A present given out by Daniel Edidiong, Santa Claus for Independent Television, is pictured after a visit to ITV television station in Abuja, Nigeria, December 4, 2020. "I normally use gloves as Father Christmas, but this year due to COVID-19, I am using rubber gloves and each time I hand over gifts to children, I will sanitise my hands." REUTERS/Afolabi Sotunde SEARCH "GLOBAL SANTA" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES 

Daniel Edidiong, 36, Santa Claus for Independent Television, poses for a photograph in his everyday clothing at the station in Abuja, Nigeria, December 4, 2020. "I normally use gloves as Father Christmas, but this year due to COVID-19, I am using rubber gloves and each time I hand over gifts to children, I will sanitise my hands." REUTERS/Afolabi Sotunde SEARCH "GLOBAL SANTA" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES 

A combination picture shows Daniel Edidiong, 36, Santa Claus for Independent Television, in his everyday clothing and dressed up as Santa, and a box with a gift, at the TV station in Abuja, Nigeria December 4, 2020. "I normally use gloves as Father Christmas, but this year due to COVID-19, I am using rubber gloves and each time I hand over gifts to children, I will sanitise my hands." REUTERS/Afolabi Sotunde SEARCH "GLOBAL SANTA" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES 

Daniel Edidiong, 36, Santa Claus for Independent Television, poses for a photograph at the station in Abuja, Nigeria, December 4, 2020. "I normally use gloves as Father Christmas, but this year due to COVID-19, I am using rubber gloves and each time I hand over gifts to children, I will sanitise my hands." REUTERS/Afolabi Sotunde SEARCH "GLOBAL SANTA" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES 

A member of the housekeeping staff puts on rubber gloves at the isolation ward of the University Hospital Zurich (USZ), as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, in Zurich, Switzerland November 19, 2020. Picture taken November 19, 2020. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann 

A Maasai tour guide wears a face mask and rubber gloves as a preventive measure against the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), during the wildebeests' (Connochaetes taurinus) migration, between the Maasai Mara game reserve and the open plains of the Serengeti, southwest of Nairobi, in the Maasai Mara game reserve, Kenya August 9, 2020. Picture taken August 9, 2020. REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya 

Rubber gloves are seen among recyclable waste at the Dandora dumpsite, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Eastlands Nairobi, Kenya July 29, 2020. Picture taken July 29, 2020. REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya 

Rubber gloves are seen among recyclable waste at the Dandora dumpsite, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Eastlands Nairobi, Kenya July 29, 2020. Picture taken July 29, 2020. REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya 

Protective gloves lie on the street, as a lockdown is imposed to slow the rate of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Paris, France, April 26, 2020. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes 

A medical practitioner takes a blood sample for the COVID 19 IgG and IgM Rapid Test, designed to detect the coronavirus antibodies, from a patient in Richmond, Texas, U.S., April 25, 2020. REUTERS/Adrees Latif 

A medical practitioner uses a blood sample from a patient for a COVID 19 IgG and IgM Rapid Test, designed to detect the coronavirus antibodies, in Richmond, Texas, U.S., April 25, 2020. REUTERS/Adrees Latif 

A person wearing protective gloves shops at Dia&Go supermarket following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Madrid, Spain, April 25, 2020. REUTERS/Susana Vera 

A woman prepares chicken meals for Iftar during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues in Brussels, Belgium April 24, 2020. REUTERS/Yves Herman 

Emergency personnel from the Archdiocese of New York wear protective face masks as they hand out boxes of rubber gloves outside a food pantry for needy residents run by the Catholic Charities of Brooklyn and Queens during the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the Brooklyn borough of New York City, New York, U.S., April 24, 2020. REUTERS/Mike Segar 

Protective masks for sale are seen, as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues in Erfurt, Germany, April 24, 2020. REUTERS/Karina Hessland 

A man with a test tube in his hand waits for his turn to take a blood test for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at a converted gym in Cisliano, near Milan, Italy, April 21, 2020. Picture taken April 21, 2020. REUTERS/Flavio Lo Scalzo 

White asparagus is packaged as harvest begins in Mannsdorf an der Donau, as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, Mannsdorf an der Donau, Austria, April 23, 2020. REUTERS/Lisi Niesner 

Asparagus is put on a conveyor belt as harvest begins in Mannsdorf an der Donau, as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, Mannsdorf an der Donau, Austria, April 23, 2020. REUTERS/Lisi Niesner 

A member of the Evangelical Christian Church distributes for free protective masks that have been bought by evangelicals in China, as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, in Rome, April 22, 2020. REUTERS/Yara Nardii 

A health official removes the protective gear after collecting samples from people at a fish market during the curfew amid concerns about the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Colombo, Sri Lanka, April 22, 2020. REUTERS/Dinuka Liyanawatte 

A medical worker collects samples during a simulation for drive-through polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at Edogawa ward in Tokyo, Japan April 22, 2020. REUTERS/Issei Kato 

An officer from the New York Police Department helps workers carry a body out of a house amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in the Brooklyn borough of New York City, U.S., April 20, 2020. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson 

A protective glove lies on the street during the lockdown amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Ronda, southern Spain, April 20, 2020. REUTERS/Jon Nazca 

An employee disinfects a shopping cart at a hardware store after its re-opening, as the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues in Munich, Germany, April 20, 2020. REUTERS/Andreas Gebert 

A health worker writes the date that a man is ordered to quarantine at home until, on his hand, after a resident living in his area, tested positive for COVID-19, during a nationwide lockdown in India to slow the spread of the virus, in Dharavi, one of Asia's largest slums, during the coronavirus disease outbreak, in Mumbai, India, April 10, 2020. REUTERS/Francis Mascarenhas SEARCH "CORONAVIRUS MUMBAI SLUM" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

Volunteer dentists convert snorkel masks into respirators, using 3D printing technology, to reinforce hospitals and help patients suffering from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Algiers, Algeria April 15, 2020. Picture taken April 15, 2020. REUTERS/Ramzi Boudina 

Disposable gloves are seen on the ground amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Madrid, Spain, April 18, 2020. REUTERS/Susana Vera 

A health official arrives to collect samples from villagers during the curfew amid concerns about the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Colombo, Sri Lanka, April 18, 2020. REUTERS/Dinuka Liyanawatte 

A glove is seen on a road during the curfew amid concerns about the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Colombo, Sri Lanka, April 17, 2020. REUTERS/Dinuka Liyanawatte 

A passenger receives a mask for mandatory use from next Friday onwards, inside any subway station, as a measure to contain the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Mexico City, Mexico April 15, 2020. REUTERS/ Edgard Garrido 

A discarded glove is seen on a street amid the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Barcelona, Spain April 15, 2020. REUTERS/Nacho Doce 

A Palestinian man puts final touches on a cake shaped likes an emoji with a microscopic view of the coronavirus, amid concerns about the spread of the disease, in a bakery in the southern Gaza Strip April 14, 2020. REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa 

A disposable glove is seen on the floor in Dalston as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, London, Britain, April 14, 2020. REUTERS/Hannah McKay 

A health worker holds a blood sample while testing municipal workers from the Miraflores district of Lima for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Lima, Peru April 13, 2020. REUTERS/Sebastian Castaneda 

A health worker is seen with blood samples during a testing of municipal workers from the Miraflores district of Lima for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Lima, Peru April 13, 2020. REUTERS/Sebastian Castaneda 

A medical glove lies discarded in a park as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues in Manchester, Britain, April 13, 2020. REUTERS/Phil Noble 

Discarded disposable gloves are seen on a pavement in London as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, London, Britain, April 11, 2020. REUTERS/Toby Melville 

A man prays at the closed doors of a church amid the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), during Holy Week celebrations, in Guayaquil, Ecuador April 10, 2020. REUTERS/Vicente Gaibor del Pino 

A health worker wearing a protective suit gives instructions before taking a nose-swab from a woman, who is sitting in a car, at the drive-through screening and testing facility for coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Karachi, Pakistan April 7, 2020. REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro 

A health worker wearing a protective gear takes a swab from a person sitting in a car, as the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, in Collegno, near Turin, Italy, April 7, 2020. REUTERS/Massimo Pinca 

A health worker wearing a protective gear takes a swab from a person sitting in a car, as the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, in Collegno, near Turin, Italy, April 7, 2020. REUTERS/Massimo Pinca 

A healthcare worker wearing protective gear takes a blood sample to test a person for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Bogor, West Java province, Indonesia, April 7, 2020. REUTERS/Willy Kurniawan 

A healthcare worker wearing protective gear takes a blood sample from a soldier while testing for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outside a stadium in Bogor, West Java province, Indonesia, April 7, 2020. REUTERS/Willy Kurniawan 

A security guard holds a thermometer at a supermarket entrance, during the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam, April 4, 2020. Picture taken April 4, 2020. REUTERS/Yen Duong 

A bus driver wears a protective glove, following the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Catania, Italy April 2, 2020. REUTERS/Antonio Parrinello 

A woman wearing protective gloves grabs the iron bars of her window, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Ronda, southern Spain, April 2, 2020. REUTERS/Jon Nazca TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY 

A woman wearing a protective mask and gloves as a preventive measure against coronavirus disease (COVID-19), covers her face with the hand from the oncoming pedestrian as she walks along the empty main street Khreshchatyk in central Kiev, Ukraine April 2, 2020. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich 

A glove is seen, during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Bari, Italy, March 31, 2020. REUTERS/Alessandro Garofalo 

An employee of Tesco Lotus shop online wearing a protective face mask and rubber gloves prepares customers orders during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, at a Tesco Lotus supermarket in Bangkok, Thailand, March 31, 2020. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha