Coronavirus fears have turned malls everywhere from Italy to Washington into ghost towns
At the Erin Mills Town Centre in Ontario, Canada, there wasn't a shopper in sight in the "usually busy mall" on the evening of March 10, David Michaels wrote on Twitter.
The scene was equally bleak at the Burlington Mall in Massachusetts.
"In the wake of the coronavirus scare, tonight it was nearly empty," Marissa Tannis wrote on Twitter of the Burlington Mall.
Elsewhere in the Burlington Mall, the scene was just as grim.
Though flowers were in full bloom at the Stanford Shopping Center in California, there was not a single passerby on March 9.
"This is at a mall in Bellevue [Washington], one of the current epicenters for the outbreak, so people are avoiding crowds," wrote @tinajkl on Twitter.
!["This is at a mall in Bellevue [Washington], one of the current epicenters for the outbreak, so people are avoiding crowds," wrote @tinajkl on Twitter.](https://staticbiassets.in/thumb/msid-74599921,width-700,height-525,imgsize-286772/this-is-at-a-mall-in-bellevue-washington-one-of-the-current-epicenters-for-the-outbreak-so-people-are-avoiding-crowds-wrote-tinajkl-on-twitter-.jpg)
There was not a soul to be seen in the Auchan mall in Mesagne, Italy, just days before a nationwide lockdown was implemented.
"I don't know how the situation is in the rest of the world, but here in Italy it seems to live in a freaking movie," Al Zullino wrote on Twitter.
On a recent afternoon at Festival Mall in the Philippines, the parking lot was completely empty.
Inside didn't seem much better at around 3 p.m. "The first time I've seen this place somewhat quiet and empty," Yzabella Ainna wrote on Twitter.
Elsewhere in the Philippines, this Starbucks at the SM City Fairview mall was barren.
"I saw an empty Starbucks for the first time in my life. They didn't have customers at all til my friend I walked in. This branch is never empty since it is inside a mall and there are call centers nearby," Gigil Hadid wrote on Twitter.
There were only a few people spotted out and about at the Orion Mall in Bangalore, India.
Haven't seen orion mall Bangalore so empty...is it carona? pic.twitter.com/DgjC8rU3bF
— VIIVEKK SIINGH (@viveksingh1972) March 6, 2020Stores were completely empty at this usually bustling mall in Bangkok on March 5.
An unusual sight in a famous shopping mall in #Bangkok, no group of people flocked to shop, prices are on sale, and an empty food court. @eaglenewsSEA #eaglenews pic.twitter.com/zUwitqUCD5
— christel (@christelM_ebcTH) March 5, 2020The food court of a shopping mall in Lucena City in the Philippines was also sparsely populated.
Look: Almost empty Jolibee branch at a shopping mall in Lucena City due to COVID-19 scare despite the fact that Quezon province is virus free. #COVID19 pic.twitter.com/NHyDEakM34
— Sonny Mallari (@sonnytmallari) March 11, 2020It was a true ghost town in Southdale Center in Edina, Minnesota, on March 8.
I had to run an errand at the mall. And it’s empty. pic.twitter.com/6Ni4lwYPSb
— Bryce Tache 🇺🇸 (@brycetache) March 8, 2020Popular Right Now
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