epa08846778 The couple who will celebrate 50 years of marriage in a week, Walter Candido (patient), 75, and Marlene Amaral (visitor), 73, embrace between a plastic sheet used so that patients and relatives can hug each other, to help in the recovery of the patients in a safe environment, in a hospital in the city of Niteroi, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 24 November 2020 (issued 27 November 2020). At times when physical contact is limited by the pandemic, a hospital on the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro without any patients admitted for covid has launched its 'hug time' thanks to a protection film that allows affective demonstrations between inmates and family members. EPA/Antonio Lacerda