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Haunting drone footage shows the largely empty thoroughfares in the coronavirus epicenter city of Wuhan, a sprawling metropolis of 11 million residents that appears to have been transformed into a ghost town.

The video — posted on Twitter by ABC News — captures a variety of eerie scenes, including one bridge with a handful of vehicles, another that is devoid of traffic, a lone car on a six-lane highway and the airport at a standstill.

The Chinese government put the country’s fifth-largest city under lockdown on Jan. 23, halting all forms of public transportation three days before banning the use of non-essential vehicles in the downtown area.

The coronavirus is believed to have originated at the Huanan Seafood Wholesales Market in December.

As of Thursday, the virus had killed 563 people and infected 28,018 others.

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