A police officer wearing a protective face mask stands next to a carnival reveller at Venice Carnival

A police officer wearing a protective face mask stands next to a carnival reveller at Venice Carnival

A police officer wearing a protective face mask stands next to a carnival reveller at Venice Carnival, which the last two days of, as well as Sunday night’s festivities, have been cancelled because of an outbreak of coronavirus, in Venice, Italy February 23, 2020. REUTERS/Manuel Silvestri