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In Pictures: Deserted streets and shopping centres as coronavirus fears bite

Tourists are also staying away from popular cities and attractions.

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Some of the UK’s busiest shopping centres are eerily quiet, and airport departure lounges are silent, as the coronavirus takes its toll.

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Shoppers are few and far between at the Bluewater shopping centre near Dartford in Kent (Gareth Fuller/PA)
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Jockey Joey Sheridan studies the card in the empty stand at Dundalk Racecourse (PA)
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Ibrox Stadium, home of Rangers Football Club, after Scottish football announced an immediate suspension, with games postponed until further notice (Andrew Milligan/PA)
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Oxford Circus is usually one of London’s busiest streets (Yui Mok/PA)
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An empty platform at Farringdon Station in central (Joe Pickover/PA)
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A deserted departure area at Heathrow Airport’s Terminal 5 (Steve Parsons/PA)
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Tourists have stayed away from King’s Parade in Cambridge (Joe Giddens/PA)
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