The rubber-gloved bathroom attendants at the COP26 climate talks venue may have the event's least enviable job — wiping down the portable toilet cubicles after every use to help fight Covid-19.
On the first day of the conference, hundreds of delegates poured into a testing facility next to the entrance with phones in hand and puzzled expressions to seek technical help and initial tests.
Maintaining 1m of social distancing — the amount recommended by conference organisers — has also proved tricky. Additional speakers appeared by video link at the event which, like many at COP26, was a combination of live and virtual discussion.
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