A woman stands in front of a mask-clad lion statue outside a department store in Tokyo's Ginza district on January 18, 2022, as Japan reported a record high of new Covid-19 infections fuelled by the Omicron variant. (Photo by Philip Fong/AFP Photo)

Police detain a woman during a protest against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his government's handling of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) crisis, near Netanyahu's residence in Jerusalem on July 24, 2020. Reimposed coronavirus curbs after a rise in new COVID-19 cases have prompted Israelis demanding better state aid to take to the streets in almost daily demonstrations. Public anger has also been fueled by corruption alleged against Netanyahu, who went on trial in May for bribery, fraud and breach of trust – charges he denies. (Photo by Ammar Awad/Reuters)

Relatives wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) mourn a man, who died from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), during his funeral at a crematorium in New Delhi, India on April 21, 2021. (Photo by Adnan Abidi/Reuters)

A gypsy man doing their traditional performance with a Cobra snack during the outbreak of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at Savar the outskirts of Capital Dhaka, Bangladesh on April 24, 2021. The river gypsies in Bangladesh locally known as “Bede” community. (Photo by Fatima-Tuj Johora/ZUMA Wire/Rex Features/Shutterstock)

Members of Nepal Army wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) carry the body of a person, who died from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in the rain at the crematorium, in Kathmandu, Nepal on May 11, 2021. (Photo by Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters)

A reveller helps a woman prepare her costume after the normal Notting Hill Carnival festivities were cancelled for a second year running, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in London, Britain, August 30, 2021. (Photo by Beresford Hodge/Reuters)

A woman wearing in face mask to curb the spread of COVID-19 passes street's cafe in Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, October 22, 2021. Coronavirus infections and deaths in Ukraine have surged to all-time highs amid a laggard pace of vaccination, which is one of the lowest in Europe. (Photo by Efrem Lukatsky/AP Photo)

A medical staff member rests next to a patient infected with Covid-19 in the intensive care unit of Lozenets Hospitalin Sofia on November 9, 2021. Bulgaria is among the countries with the highest number of deaths compared to its population. (Photo by Nikolay Doychinov/AFP Photo)