Silent City of Shanghai With Coronavirus

A walk on ‘The Bund’ in Shanghai is one of the great places in the city that tourists head to. However, the site is deserted of both residents and visitors in  Coronavirus Shanghai.

The Bund… Empty of Tourists!

Corona Virus Shanghai now silence city. The Bund. No tourists as the Coronavirus impact is felt.

The Coronavirus has turned not only this riverside site but huge areas of the city into ghost streets and empty shopping malls.

Shanghai Coronavirus  News Update

However, some official reports speak of aerosol transmission or where tiny particles or droplets of the virus are suspended in the air and are then inhaled by unsuspecting people. News coming out on social media now report streets empty and also supermarket shelves empty too! Residents talk of their city at a near standstill!

 Coronavirus Has An Official Classification Code…Covid-19

The deadly disease now carries an official name and the World Health Organisation has labelled  it COVID-19. In total the latest numbers are that it has killed over 1,000+ people and infected some 43,000+.

A Normal View of  The Bund Area Below

A normal day on The Bund. CC image by Daniel Case.                                                             https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4f/Crowded_Bund_on_summer_evening.jpg

Normally with a city population of some 24 million it would be impossible to see the railings for instance as the crowds flock to the seafront of this city, which is a larger population than that of New York.

Coronavirus Shanghai some shopping malls that have reopened. Pic Ed Lawrence.

As China’s biggest city it is hard to imagine that its population has just disappeared but that is the current look. With most hunkered down in their houses and apartments as the extended Chinese New Year holiday was  prolonged in order to protect the health of its people as the virus spreads around the country. Now with some returners to work even so many are still staying clear of places like shopping malls and to gain access you must be checked and monitored for a possible high temperature with  thermal body testing at all the entrances.

The silence of Shanghai. Areas at The Bund, no pedestrians as the Coronavirus impact is felt.

The ‘silence of Shanghai’ has been noted by many of its residents. Where many are noting that the birds singing in the trees can be heard for the first time in years!

Coronavirus Shanghai  with some shopping malls reopening still not many shoppers. Pic Ed Lawrence.

These views of the city taken today show what this unique event has had on what is the financial centre for the country and also an internationally known one too.

The silence of Shanghai. Shopping street around The Bund have little traffic and pedestrians.

Views over to the mega structures of this city like the Shanghai Tower and the Oriental Pearl Tower were so easy to capture with no need to jostle with thousands of tourists all normally trying to get similar views as well.

Coronavirus Shanghai Now a Silent City

Shanghai Coronavirus turned it into a near silent city of some 24 million.

Visits to shops and restaurants are currently a doddle with hardly any traffic on the roads and the footpaths are pedestrian free mostly too.

Shopping malls that have reopened making shopping a doddle. Pic Ed Lawrence.

Known as the Waitan it means locally as the Outer Beach. This was the area where the foreign businesses set up and traded from. The Bund area had many classic western buildings that housed banks and trading houses of countries like the United Kingdom, Russia, Germany, Japan and the United States.

The silence in Shanghai. Very few pedestrians as the Corona Virus impact is felt.

China’s big four banks operated from the area up until the communist revolution and civil war when these financial institutions were moved elsewhere.

Possible Link to Pangolins

I am no expert in the transmission of the viruses from animals to humans. However, this post I thought may help my readers to understand the wider issues of this ongoing news story. Please see what you think?

https://www.pangolin.africa/blog-can-coronavirus-save-the-african-pangolins

British Airways… Currently not flying to China.

The latest airline news is that many major international airlines have stopped flying to China and so the country is cut-off from much of the world.

British Airways is no longer flying to and from China and that is likely to remain the case for the next month. The USA has put in place significant entry restrictions for Chinese nationals.

Countries around the area like Sri Lanka, Malaysia and Thailand are chartering planes to fly out their nationals from Wuhan area.