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Headline: Coronavirus: Australian hotspots abandoned

Caption: A tourist views the closed Bondi Beach in Sydney, Australia, March 21, 2020. Australia's iconic Bondi Beach was closed after hundreds of beachgoers crowded on the sand on Friday ignoring the ongoing social distancing guidelines. Police Minister of the State of New South Wales David Elliott ordered the beach in Sydney to be shut down on Saturday afternoon. There have been 874 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Australia as of 6:30 a.m. local time Saturday, among which there are 382 in the State of New South Wales. Seven people have died from the disease. (Xinhua/Bai Xuefei)

Keywords: Australia,abandoned,quiet,COVID-19,coronavirus,derelict

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