Snow covers the ground and the trees are bare amid near-freezing temperatures.
Despite this, Beijing would typically be thronged with morning traffic and tourists heading to Tiananmen Square, the Great Hall of the People and the Forbidden City.
The virus, believed to have originated in the central Chinese city of Wuhan, has killed more than 630 people and infected more than 31,000, the vast majority of them in China. Chisholm finds Chang’an Avenue, the capital’s main thoroughfare, almost completely deserted, with one or two people standing at bus stops, and roads devoid of traffic.
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