FOTO | Imagini postapocaliptice din China! Orașele au rămas pustii din cauza coronavirusului

Even the price doubles after the swine fever, pork is sold out at a supermarket in Wuhan city, central China's Hubei province, 1 September 2019. *** Local Caption *** fachaoshi, Image: 468710527, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: *** World Rights Except China (including Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan) and France ***, Model Release: no, Credit line: Imaginechina / ddp USA / Profimedia

Even the price doubles after the swine fever, pork is sold out at a supermarket in Wuhan city, central China's Hubei province, 1 September 2019. *** Local Caption *** fachaoshi, Image: 468710567, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: *** World Rights Except China (including Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan) and France ***, Model Release: no, Credit line: Imaginechina / ddp USA / Profimedia

People wearing protective facemasks sit on a train usually full with passengers ahead of the Lunar New Year as he travels from the Chinese city of Shanghai to his hometown of Wuhan on January 23, 2020, described as the "main battlefield" for a SARS-like disease has killed at least 17 people and left more than 500 sick so far. China placed the city at the centre of a virus outbreak under effective quarantine, suspending outward flights and trains in a drastic step to contain a contagious disease that has killed 17, stricken hundreds and reached other countries., Image: 494337000, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: , Model Release: no, Credit line: HECTOR RETAMAL / AFP / Profimedia

An empty road is seen on the first day of the Lunar New Year in Wuhan in China's central Hubei province on January 25, 2020, during a deadly virus outbreak which began in the city. The Chinese army deployed medical specialists on January 25 to the epicentre of a spiralling viral outbreak that has killed 41 people and spread around the world, as millions spent their normally festive Lunar New Year holiday under lockdown., Image: 494686874, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: , Model Release: no, Credit line: Hector RETAMAL / AFP / Profimedia

An empty road is seen in Wuhan in China's central Hubei province on January 27, 2020, amid a deadly virus outbreak which began in the city. China on January 27 extended its biggest national holiday to buy time in the fight against a viral epidemic and neighbouring Mongolia closed its border, after the death toll spiked to 81 despite unprecedented quarantine measures., Image: 495038536, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: , Model Release: no, Credit line: Hector RETAMAL / AFP / Profimedia

A waitress (L), wearing a protective face mask to help stop the spread of a deadly virus which began in Wuhan, browses her smartphone at an empty bar in Beijing on January 29, 2020. A new virus that China announced in late December has now killed 132 people, infected at least 6,000 and spread to more than 15 countries. Foreign governments have airlifted their citizens out of Wuhan, the epicentre of the outbreak, and airlines have suspended flights to and from China., Image: 495422915, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: , Model Release: no, Credit line: NICOLAS ASFOURI / AFP / Profimedia

This recent undated photo obtained on January 29, 2020 courtesy of Thai national Aphinya Thasripech shows an empty street in front of a police station in Xiantao, Hubei province, about 200 kilometers (124 miles) from Wuhan. Pregnant, newly-wed but now trapped near the epicentre of a global health crisis, Thai national Aphinya, 32, is among hundreds from poorer nations desperate for evacuation from Hubei as a deadly virus stalks the Chinese province and the US and Japan whisk their citizens out., Image: 495518802, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: TO GO WITH China-health-virus-Asia,FOCUS -----EDITORS NOTE --- RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / COURTESY OF APHINYA THASRIPECH" - NO MARKETING - NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS - NO ARCHIVES, Model Release: no, Credit line: Handout / AFP / Profimedia

This recent undated photo obtained on January 29, 2020 courtesy of Thai national Aphinya Thasripech shows an empty street in Xiantao, Hubei province, about 200 kilometers (124 miles) from Wuhan. Pregnant, newly-wed but now trapped near the epicentre of a global health crisis, Thai national Aphinya, 32, is among hundreds from poorer nations desperate for evacuation from Hubei as a deadly virus stalks the Chinese province and the US and Japan whisk their citizens out., Image: 495518805, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: TO GO WITH China-health-virus-Asia,FOCUS -----EDITORS NOTE --- RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / COURTESY OF APHINYA THASRIPECH" - NO MARKETING - NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS - NO ARCHIVES, Model Release: no, Credit line: Handout / AFP / Profimedia

January 30, 2020, Hong Kong, China: A closed gate of Hong Kong West Kowloon Station is seen in Hong Kong. Due to Wuhan coronavirus outbreak, Hong Kong government denied entry for travellers from Hubei province except for local residents in response to tighten the border crossing and to stop spreading the virus. (Credit Image: Keith Tsuji/ZUMA Wire) Pictured: GV,General View, Image: 495595128, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: -ARG, -BEL, -CHN, -CZE, -FIN, -HUN, -JPN, -MEX, -NLD, -NOR, -PER, -PRT, -SVN, -SWE, -CHE, -TWN, -GBR, Model Release: no, Credit line: Keith Tsuji/Zuma / SplashNews.com / Splash / Profimedia

January 30, 2020, Hong Kong, China: A closed gate of Hong Kong West Kowloon Station is seen in Hong Kong. Due to Wuhan coronavirus outbreak, Hong Kong government denied entry for travellers from Hubei province except for local residents in response to tighten the border crossing and to stop spreading the virus. (Credit Image: Keith Tsuji/ZUMA Wire) Pictured: GV,General View, Image: 495595169, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: -ARG, -BEL, -CHN, -CZE, -FIN, -HUN, -JPN, -MEX, -NLD, -NOR, -PER, -PRT, -SVN, -SWE, -CHE, -TWN, -GBR, Model Release: no, Credit line: Keith Tsuji/Zuma / SplashNews.com / Splash / Profimedia

January 30, 2020, Hong Kong, China: A closed gate of Hong Kong West Kowloon Station is seen in Hong Kong. Due to Wuhan coronavirus outbreak, Hong Kong government denied entry for travellers from Hubei province except for local residents in response to tighten the border crossing and to stop spreading the virus. (Credit Image: Keith Tsuji/ZUMA Wire) Pictured: GV,General View, Image: 495595195, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: -ARG, -BEL, -CHN, -CZE, -FIN, -HUN, -JPN, -MEX, -NLD, -NOR, -PER, -PRT, -SVN, -SWE, -CHE, -TWN, -GBR, Model Release: no, Credit line: Keith Tsuji/Zuma / SplashNews.com / Splash / Profimedia

January 27, 2020, Shanghai, China: Shanghai, China, 27th Jan 2020, The nearly empty Nanjing Road shopping district during the Coronavirus outbreak, Image: 495660884, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: , Model Release: no, Credit line: Edwin Remsberg / Vwpics / Zuma Press / Profimedia

In this picture taken on January 31, 2020, a man wearing a protective mask as a preventative measure following a virus outbreak which began in the Chinese city of Wuhan, waits to cross an empty street in Beijing. China faced deepening isolation over its coronavirus epidemic on February 1 as the death toll soared to 259, with the United States leading a growing list of nations to impose extraordinary Chinese travel bans., Image: 495865445, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: , Model Release: no, Credit line: NICOLAS ASFOURI / AFP / Profimedia

In this picture taken on January 31, 2020, people wearing protective masks as a preventative measure following a virus outbreak which began in the Chinese city of Wuhan, walk on a near empty street in Beijing. China faced deepening isolation over its coronavirus epidemic on February 1 as the death toll soared to 259, with the United States leading a growing list of nations to impose extraordinary Chinese travel bans., Image: 495867947, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: , Model Release: no, Credit line: NICOLAS ASFOURI / AFP / Profimedia

Few people are seen at malls and streets as if the city is empty during Spring Festival vacation in Chengdu city, southwest China's Sichuan Pictured: GV,General View, Image: 496365768, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: -AUS, -CHN, -FRA, -JPN, -NZL, Model Release: no, Credit line: Imaginechina / SplashNews.com / Splash / Profimedia

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