A look at some signs and warnings to help fight the coronavirus pandemic around the world.
March 18, 2020
![A man walks toward a coronavirus warning sign outside a medical center in Manchester, Britain.](https://gdb.voanews.com/8d1e46c5-930b-4bd7-ab2d-2134e900f428_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A man walks toward a coronavirus warning sign outside a medical center in Manchester, Britain.
![A sign directs visitors to a nearby hand washing station in front of empty vendor booths at the Pike Place Market, March 17, 2020, in Seattle, Washington.](https://gdb.voanews.com/ffa234e7-6d91-4cc2-bebb-86a49a29752b_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A sign directs visitors to a nearby hand washing station in front of empty vendor booths at the Pike Place Market, March 17, 2020, in Seattle, Washington.
![A sign asking customers to only use contactless payment methods is seen in a pub in Liverpool, Britain, March 17, 2020.](https://gdb.voanews.com/9f3fdb32-878c-44e6-8d86-f47a02545039_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A sign asking customers to only use contactless payment methods is seen in a pub in Liverpool, Britain, March 17, 2020.
![Women wearing a face mask are reflected on a window of a temporarily closed store in Seoul, South Korea, March 18, 2020.](https://gdb.voanews.com/7aa51fb8-beec-4df0-b007-4d227fe0bd3c_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Women wearing a face mask are reflected on a window of a temporarily closed store in Seoul, South Korea, March 18, 2020.
![Signs reading "Corona is also what we do out of it" (top) and "Imagine this is Corona and nobody looks at it panickly" are seen on a pole in Stuttgart, southern Germany.](https://gdb.voanews.com/3c499277-dd76-41d0-93c1-d485d9813be8_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Signs reading "Corona is also what we do out of it" (top) and "Imagine this is Corona and nobody looks at it panickly" are seen on a pole in Stuttgart, southern Germany.
![Shoppers enter a grocery store near a sign requesting social distancing, following reports of coronavirus cases in the area in Seattle, Washington, March 17, 2020.](https://gdb.voanews.com/dd06dbbb-e008-4ede-a851-e96faa2e2bb6_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Shoppers enter a grocery store near a sign requesting social distancing, following reports of coronavirus cases in the area in Seattle, Washington, March 17, 2020.
![Sanitized pens are labeled in cups on the bar at O-Ku Sushi DC restaurant at Union Market in Washington, March, 17, 2020.](https://gdb.voanews.com/60c7b041-81ea-4f16-aaed-667baaf460a6_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Sanitized pens are labeled in cups on the bar at O-Ku Sushi DC restaurant at Union Market in Washington, March, 17, 2020.
![Medical assistant Miriam Fuentes gives a patient instructions via sign at a drive-through COVID-19 testing station for University of Washington Medicine patients, March 17, 2020, in Seattle, Washington.](https://gdb.voanews.com/7d2523b8-cbd1-4ebe-9da6-0e6ad3975ddd_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Medical assistant Miriam Fuentes gives a patient instructions via sign at a drive-through COVID-19 testing station for University of Washington Medicine patients, March 17, 2020, in Seattle, Washington.
![A motorway sign warning drivers about EU traffic restrictions is seen on the M56 motorway near Liverpool, Britain.](https://gdb.voanews.com/250fb1b0-7018-4545-bb52-d05ce72b51e9_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A motorway sign warning drivers about EU traffic restrictions is seen on the M56 motorway near Liverpool, Britain.
![A sign is posted on the door of a Joe and The Juice juice bar and coffee shop, which remains open for takeaway orders, in San Francisco, California, March 17, 2020.](https://gdb.voanews.com/2ffeb1e9-8980-4a10-8179-12fd4ff967e6_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A sign is posted on the door of a Joe and The Juice juice bar and coffee shop, which remains open for takeaway orders, in San Francisco, California, March 17, 2020.
![A man walks past a graffiti on a wall of a closed McDonald's fast restaurant, reading "Corona Cola light", in Nantes, western France, March 17, 2020 while a strict lockdown comes into effect to stop the spread of the COVID-19 in the country.](https://gdb.voanews.com/c39f04c8-4fdd-4a93-bb69-8f77bff7add4_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A man walks past a graffiti on a wall of a closed McDonald's fast restaurant, reading "Corona Cola light", in Nantes, western France, March 17, 2020 while a strict lockdown comes into effect to stop the spread of the COVID-19 in the country.
![General view of a sign at Wythenshawe Town F.C. as the number of coronavirus (COVID-19) cases grow around the world, in Wythenshawe, Britain.](https://gdb.voanews.com/5025a341-74fb-4010-b1a6-80eaa9956f2f_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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General view of a sign at Wythenshawe Town F.C. as the number of coronavirus (COVID-19) cases grow around the world, in Wythenshawe, Britain.
![A sign that reads "FACEMASK AVAILABLE" is taped to a mannequin outside Trade Linker International at Union Market in Washington, D.C., March, 17, 2020.](https://gdb.voanews.com/94bffe78-45df-48c4-b310-878c5c11bab4_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A sign that reads "FACEMASK AVAILABLE" is taped to a mannequin outside Trade Linker International at Union Market in Washington, D.C., March, 17, 2020.
![General view of a sign at Chester-le-Street Golf Club is seen as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, in Chester-le-Street, Britain.](https://gdb.voanews.com/427ecdf4-b983-45a5-80bd-35753c09f67d_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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General view of a sign at Chester-le-Street Golf Club is seen as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, in Chester-le-Street, Britain.