Social distancing: How are you spending your time? - CGTN

The coronavirus pandemic has drastically altered the world in 2020, and two words that sum up the slew of seismic changes that have touched every single human on earth are no other than "social distancing."

Classes were suspended, shops pulled down their shutters, gatherings were no more and living rooms began to double as offices as everyone was urged to hunker down in an attempt to slow the spread of COVID-19.

Almost overnight, we've woken up to a new world with a new normal, where even the most unremarkable of activities, like grocery shopping or giving someone a hug, have been redefined.

A Canadian boy, 6, kisses the phone as he talks with his mother from a hotel room during her COVID-19 quarantine in Beijing, China, March 30, 2020. /Getty

A Canadian boy, 6, kisses the phone as he talks with his mother from a hotel room during her COVID-19 quarantine in Beijing, China, March 30, 2020. /Getty

A woman attempts to work at home while holding her six-month-old daughter during lockdown in Madrid, Spain, May 11, 2020. /Getty

A woman attempts to work at home while holding her six-month-old daughter during lockdown in Madrid, Spain, May 11, 2020. /Getty

A Yoga instructor teaches an online class from her home amid lockdown in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, April 16, 2020. /Getty

A Yoga instructor teaches an online class from her home amid lockdown in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, April 16, 2020. /Getty

A girl, 4, does school work in a garden after schools closed in Newcastle Under Lyme, UK, March 25, 2020. /Getty

A girl, 4, does school work in a garden after schools closed in Newcastle Under Lyme, UK, March 25, 2020. /Getty

Groceries bought by a Berlin resident not long after she finished her isolation following a COVID-19 infection in Germany, November 4, 2020. /Getty

Groceries bought by a Berlin resident not long after she finished her isolation following a COVID-19 infection in Germany, November 4, 2020. /Getty