Photos: Empty airports, hotels, shut schools: Coronavirus effects around the world

Iran Virus Outbreak

People wear masks to help guard against the Coronavirus in downtown Tehran, Iran, the third most hit country after China and South Korea

The empty Departure halls of Ben Gurion Airport. People are cancelling trips due to the fear of the coronavirus. March 04, 2020. Photo Yossi Zamir

The coronavirus COVID-19 epidemic has now affected 84 countries and territories around the world and 1 international conveyance (the Diamond Princess cruise ship harboured in Yokohama, Japan).

There are now 95,180 infections worldwide and 3,254 deaths, with majority in Wuhan, China where the epidemic began last December.

Outside of China, Italy, Japan, South Korea, Iran, United Kingdom, Israel and Washington state in the United States are the other places where the virus has caused great disruption to local and international economy and altered the way people live.

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