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Before and after photos of empty cities that will give you chills

These haunting images of cities from Los Angeles and NYC and beyond show the effects of coronavirus


UPDATED MARCH 20, 2020 1:46 PM EDT

Staying safe in this difficult time is more important than ever. Countries across the world are enacting measures to keep their citizens safe and help mitigate the spread of the  coronavirus  (aka COVID-19). Some cities have asked for residents to stay home as much as possible — enforcing curfews, asking for bars and theaters to close down as well as asking for restaurants to focus on delivery options and to-go orders more. Below we’ve gathered some haunting images of places across the world that show the widespread effect of the outbreak.

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Beverly Hills, California

Folks have been staying home in order to help control the spread of the coronavirus.

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Barcelona, Spain

The country of Spain has enforced several measures to help keep people safe.

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Moscow, Russia

People everywhere have limited their outings to popluated areas across the globe.

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New York City, New York

Many cities have been enacting cufews and lockdowns to make sure that people stay home.

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Madrid, Spain

As people get ready to self-quarantine in their homes, they have been buying supplies that will help get them through at least two weeks of hunkering down at home.

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Prague, Czech Republic

There is a large concern about the effect that the COVID-19 outbreak will hurt small business owners countrywide.

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Rome, Italy

Restaurants, stores and other non-essential businesses have been asked to close at certain times in order to keep more people off the streets and keep workers safe.

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Seoul, South Korea

Local industries aren’t the only ones affected, global industries like travel have been severely affected as well.