Impact of coronavirus from space

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This combination of pictures created on 5 March 2020 using handout satellite images released on 5 March 2020 by Maxar Technologies shows Wuhan Avenue, in Wuhan, China, on 17 October 2019 (top) and an empty Wuhan Avenue on 25 February 2020, during the coronavirus outbreak. Photo: AFP/Satellite image
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This combination of pictures created on 5 March 2020 using handout satellite images released on 5 March 2020 by Maxar Technologies shows the site of the future Wuhan Huoshenshan Hospital in Wuhan, China, as it looked on 28 April 2017 (top) and Wuhan Huoshenshan Hospital on 22 February 2020. Photo: AFP/Satellite image
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This combination of pictures created on 5 March 2020 using handout satellite images released on 5 March 2020 by Maxar Technologies shows people in the courtyard of Hazrat Masumeh Shrine in Qom, Iran on 25 September 2019 (top) and a nearly empty courtyard on 1 March 2020, during the coronavirus outbreak. Photo: AFP/Satellite image
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This combination of pictures created on 5 March 2020 using handout images released on March 5, 2020 by Maxar Technologies shows a crowd at Mecca's Grand Mosque and the Kaaba on 14 February 2020 (top) and a much smaller group of visitors on 3 March 2020, a day before fears over the novel coronavirus led to the the suspension of the "umrah" pilgrimage. Photo: AFP/Satellite image
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This combination of pictures created on 5 March 2020 using handout images released on 5 March 2020 by Maxar Technologies shows pedestrians and cars in Tiananmen Square in Beijing, China, on 21 February 2019 (top) and an almost empty square on 11 February 2020, during the novel coronavirus outbreak. Photo: AFP/Satellite image
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This combination of pictures created on 5 March 2020 using handout images released on 5 March 2020 by Maxar Technologies shows Wuhan Dongdamen Train Station in Wuhan, China, on 17 October 2019 (top) and on 25 February 2020, with trains parked in the station, during the novel coronavirus outbreak. Photo: AFP/Satellite image