EditorialA forest where decontamination efforts remain ongoing near Futuba, the town closest to the nuclear meltdown site in Japan's Fukushima Prefecture, March 5, 2021. (James Whitlow Delano/The New York Times)
EditorialN95 masks and other protective equipment are decontaminated inside the critical care decontamination system designed by Battelle in Columbus, Ohio on April 7, 2020. (Brian Kaiser/The New York Times)
EditorialN95 masks and other protective equipment are decontaminated inside the critical care decontamination system designed by Battelle in Columbus, Ohio on April 7, 2020. (Brian Kaiser/The New York Times)
EditorialThe Fire Department’s Anthony Tomasello, left, and Steve Fatovic stood outside of the decontamination tent after they brought a P.U.I. (person under investigation for COVID-19) to a hospital in Paterson, N.J., on Tuesday, March 24, 2020. (Chang W. Lee/The New York Times)
EditorialFire Department emergency medical technician Robert Sabia walks around for 10 minutes after decontamination to give the Lysol time to dry in Paterson, N.J., on Tuesday, March 24, 2020. (Chang W. Lee/The New York Times)
EditorialPassengers are sprayed with a disinfectant in a decontamination tent at a checkpoint in Chatchai, Thailand on March 31, 2020 in an effort to prevent the coronavirus from spreading. (Adam Dean/The New York Times)