Museum staffers feared contamination from the Louvre's many international visitors
He said that staffers also expressed concern over Italian museum workers who were visiting to collect works by Leonardo da Vinci that were loaned to the Louvre for a special exhibition. Italy has been the hardest-hit country in Europe so far, reporting a 50 percent jump in cases in just 24 hours and a current death toll of at least 34.The Louvre hasn’t currently reported any cases of the deadly disease among its 2,300 workers, but Sacristin said “it’s only a question of time.
The decision to close down the Louvre came after the French government decided to ban indoor public gatherings of more than 5,000 people on Saturday in an attempt to contain the virus. As of Monday, coronavirus has spread to over 60 countries with over 88,000 people infected. The global death toll has surpassed 3,000,Outside of the virus’s epicenter in Wuhan, China, South Korea has reported the second-highest national caseload of 4,335 infected and 22 deaths.
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