Ghost town Shanghai.
This is one of the busiest roads which is now empty.
Not too many people venturing outside and most places don't allow people who're not wearing a mask, moreover there's a machine pointed on every head to check the temperature before entering any public place.
Today a few hours after touching down I found myself inside a super store which had maybe twenty other people besides me stocking up on supplies.
This feels a bit doomsday special and sad seeing how the stores are choke full of all the New Years related fun stuff but the shoppers are largely absent, except some who are filling suitcases with necessities, so that they don't have to step out of their houses, which was exactly my idea, because I shopped two overflowing carts today.
The government has declared all businesses and offices shut until the 9th, and the markets are almost dead and that means I will be stuck home with others who are not going to make my time easy.
There are few guidelines everyone needs to follow to ascertain their healthy well being.
Most important is to not be in a crowd or form clusters and eat out in big groups.
Well, that is certainly not going to happen seeing how everyone is so scared of each other.
On has only to cough to get lynched (not really) but public coughing does draw stares and people suddenly start feeling uncomfortable.
I cannot even come close to imagining what must be the atmosphere in Wuhan, which is now called the epicentre of coronavirus.
One can only hope it passes soon.
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