Photos show eerily empty SF as coronavirus spread continues

A family poses for a photo in front of a quiet Lombard Street in San Francisco, Calif. on March 10, 2020. Tourist numbers are down in the city because of coronavirus concerns and the cancelation of tours from Asian and European visitors to San Francisco. less A family poses for a photo in front of a quiet Lombard Street in San Francisco, Calif. on March 10, 2020. Tourist numbers are down in the city because of coronavirus concerns and the cancelation of tours from ... more Photo: Douglas Zimmerman/SFGate.com Photo: Douglas Zimmerman/SFGate.com Image 1 of / 47 Caption Close Photos show eerily empty SF as coronavirus spread continues 1 / 47 Back to Gallery

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With the City of San Francisco announcing all events with over 1,000 people are banned, plus countless Bay Area companies issuing work from home orders (including the likes of Twitter, Facebook, Google, Apple and Salesforce), the city is noticeably light on foot traffic to start the week, oftentimes eerily so.

BART ridership was down 25% week-over-week on Monday, and normally bustling tourist destinations like Lombard Street, the Ferry Building and Fisherman's Wharf were relative ghost towns (see: the slideshow above) as the city attempts to combat a global pandemic that has now claimed the lives of more than 4,000 people, with 120,000+ confirmed cases in 114 countries worldwide as of Wednesday morning.

Things could get even emptier moving forward as San Francisco Mayor London Breed announced a ban on all events larger than 1,000 people across the city for the next two weeks.

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