Preparations in full swing for Lunar New Year celebrations

A member of the LGBTQ community in a Chinese dress looks at paper dragons on a street decorated for the fore coming Lunar New Year in Bangkok's Chinatown.

A member of the Kun Seng Keng Lion and Dragon Dance Association, touches an ox mask designed for Lunar New Year at a training centre, in Muar, Malaysia.

People buy New Year decorations while wearing protective masks to prevent the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) ahead of the Lunar New Year holiday in Taipei, Taiwan.

A worker covers incense sticks as rain is about to come at a home-industry factory, ahead of the Chinese Lunar New Year, in Tangerang, on the outskirts of Jakarta, Indonesia.

Siblings Keila Meisya Rani, 7, and Josua Natanael, 9, prepare incense sticks as they help their mother Alen Lenni, 36, at a home-industry factory, ahead of the Chinese Lunar New Year, in Tangerang, on the outskirts of Jakarta, Indonesia.

A worker carrying incense sticks shares a joke with another worker at a home-industry factory, ahead of the Chinese Lunar New Year, in Tangerang, on the outskirts of Jakarta, Indonesia.

A staff member checks a package during Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen's visit to the Port of Taipei ahead of the Lunar New Year holiday in Taipei, Taiwan.

Workers cover incense sticks as rain is about to come at a home-industry factory, ahead of the Chinese Lunar New Year, in Tangerang, on the outskirts of Jakarta, Indonesia.

People line up to take a bus while wearing protective masks to prevent the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) ahead of the Lunar New Year holiday in Taipei, Taiwan.

A woman wearing a face mask to protect against the spread of the coronavirus walks past rows of decorative lanterns at Ditan Park in Beijing.