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See How People Around the World Are Coping During the Coronavirus Outbreak

The virus originated in Wuhan, China, and quickly spread across the country before moving to every continent except Antarctica
By Andrea Wurzburger
March 05, 2020 05:10 PM
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A sanitary worker disinfects a church in Beirut on March 5.

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A worker wearing a protective suit sprays disinfectant at an Islamic Mosque in Beirut, Lebanon, on March 5.

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Workers wear face masks as they remove seating from a public area at the Beijing Capital Airport in Beijing on March 5.

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The square in front of Rome's Colosseum, usually crowded with hundreds of tourists, stands almost empty on March 5.

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Hongqiao Railway Station in Shanghai is usually bustling, but is near empty on March 5.

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Palestinian police officers wear masks and share sanitizer to protect themselves from Coronavirus as they stand guard after a hotel in Bethlehem was quarantined due to a number of suspected cases on March 5.

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A Gondoliere checks his phone while waiting for tourists in Venice on March 5.

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The usually very busy Grand Canal in Venice, Italy, is totally empty on March 5.

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Paola Senesi, Headmaster of Rome's secondary classics school Giulio Cesare, talks in an empty classroom on March 5. Italy closed all schools and universities until March 15.

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An almost empty British Airways passenger plane flies from Milan to London on March 5.

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A teacher teaches to an empty class, instead giving an online lecture, at Politecnico di Milano on March 5 in Milan, Italy.

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A worker sprays disinfectant as a precaution against the Coronavirus inside a Vietnam Airlines airplane at Noi Bai International Airport in Hanoi, Vietnam, on March 3.

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Members of Victoria Hospital Medical staff demonstrate to the public on how to properly wash their hands using sanitizer in Bangalore, India, on March 5.

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A sign for hand sanitizers is displayed on an empty shelf in a pharmacy in London, March 5. People have been clearing the shelves by buying hand santizer, masks, cleaning products and toilet paper in mass quantities.

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People leave a Costco in Melbourne, Australia, with rolls of toilet paper.

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Tokyo Disneyland announced that it would be closed from Feb. 29 until March 15 to curb the spread of new Coronavirus infections.

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Shanghai Disneyland temporarily closed amid the spread of the virus, as well.

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Universal Studio Theme Park in Japan also temporarily closed amidst concerns.

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People wear face masks in Times Square in N.Y.C. on March 3.

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Two Chelsea fans wear face masks head of the FA Cup Fifth Round match between Chelsea and Liverpool in London.

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A couple wearing protective masks takes a selfie in front of the Louvre Museum on March 4. The museum announced that it is closing amidst the outbreak.

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Personnel wear protective masks and suits in Krakow, Poland, in front of mobile emergency rooms, set up as a precaution after Poland confirmed its first Coronavirus infection.

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People wear facemasks in front of the Duomo of Milan in Italy on Feb. 24.

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Tourists in Venice ride in a gondola after the city canceled its Carnival celebrations.

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