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Showing Original Post only (View all)In pictures: Deserted cities as anti-coronavirus lockdowns introduced around the globe (8 pics) [View all]
Many cities and towns around the globe are looking completely deserted, as governments introduce tougher measures in a bid to contain the spread of deadly coronavirus COVID-19.
Tourist destinations and business hubs that used to be packed with people are now quieter than anyone could have imagined, locals say.
Gran Via - Madrid
Eiffel Tower - Paris
Madeleine Church - Paris
Spanish Steps Piazza di Spagna - Rome
Medieval old town of Dubrovnik, Croatia
Wuhan Airport
Financial center - Quito, Ecuador
Santa Monica Pier
https://www.euronews.com/2020/03/18/in-pictures-deserted-cities-as-anti-coronavirus-lockdowns-introduced-around-the-globe
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In pictures: Deserted cities as anti-coronavirus lockdowns introduced around the globe (8 pics) [View all]
rpannier
Mar 2020
OP
Thanks. That's what I meant...the one that kills all the people but leaves buildings intact.
SunSeeker
Mar 2020
#19
Poor Wuhan - they have been through a hell I cannot imagine, with virtually no notice at all
Leghorn21
Mar 2020
#9
The thing I'm wondering is, when they finally relax these restrictions will the virus pop up again.
totodeinhere
Mar 2020
#32
That's what I'm afraid of. As you know the Spanish flu pandemic in 1918-1919 had
totodeinhere
Mar 2020
#41
I haven't seen anything about Venice but that's definitely happening in Sardinia!
SunSeeker
Mar 2020
#21
Wait, we can't all be at the exact same state of response. If we had testing we'd be up
uponit7771
Mar 2020
#13
That is even emptier than the Santa Monica pier normally is a 7 AM on a weekday
localroger
Mar 2020
#15
That's the weird thing. Every country in the world on every continent except for Antarctica is
totodeinhere
Mar 2020
#33