Just as people are doing in communities all around the globe, Calgarians are heeding the direction of public health officials by staying in their homes so as to flatten the curve of the COVID-19 outbreak.

It's left Calgary's normally bustling public spaces suddenly and strikingly empty.

Here are some shots taken by the CBC's Jim Brown of downtown Calgary's eerily deserted streets.

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Northbound Macleod Trail leading into downtown Calgary is normally packed with traffic on Friday morning, but it was empty on March 20.

There were no office workers rushing through the Plus-15 walkway over Fifth Avenue S.W.

There was no traffic on First Street S.W., at the edge of the city core.

The plaza in front of Brookfield Place is normally full of people.

The scene on Stephen Avenue outside Bankers Hall looked more like a Sunday than a weekday.

There's usually throngs of visitors and office workers out strolling along Stephen Avenue.

Sixth Avenue outside the Suncor Energy Centre was practically deserted.