Mohammed Al-Minshawi-Washington

Two hours before the mayor of Washington, DC, Muriel Bawser, announced the closure of bars and sports training halls yesterday evening, Al Jazeera Net toured the city to monitor the repercussions and manifestations of the outbreak of the emerging corona virus (Covid-19).

So far, only 23 cases have been recorded in the US capital, and deaths from the virus have yet to be announced.

In the far north of the city, the bus stop "Friendship Heights" parallel to the city limits with the neighboring state of Maryland is empty only two buses and a few passengers does not exceed ten.

And by going to the American University, which is located in the most luxurious areas in the northwest of the capital, and about 14,000 students study there, the university seemed empty of students except for those who returned some books borrowed from libraries, or who chose them as a point where friends who plan to leave Washington would meet in the coming hours. .

The Washington National Cathedral closed its doors to worshipers and tourists (Al-Jazeera).

As for the national cathedral, which is not far from the university, the worshipers and tourists who previously numbered more than a thousand tourists a day avoided it.

In the ancient Georgetown region, which hosts a university of the same name and is the second oldest university in America built in 1789, study was suspended at that university.

Some students from the prestigious Georgetown University in Washington were allowed to take all their belongings as the university would remain closed indefinitely (Al-Jazeera)

The number of its students is 19 thousand, among them hundreds of Arab students, and directed its students to leave, and replaced the attendance by studying remotely.

As for the "Café Milano" near the university, which is Washington's most famous restaurant, it seemed empty despite its doors being opened to customers, after it used to receive the most prominent figures from politicians, legislators, diplomats and journalists.

The most famous restaurant in Washington, DC Café Milan opened its doors but no one attended (Al-Jazeera)

And Al-Jazeera Net's camera went through empty streets, semi-empty squares, and gardens that children missed unusually on school holidays, while the number of passengers on public transport, subway and buses seemed small, according to the weekend schedule.

The employees of the World Bank Group working in Washington, numbering 8,600, committed to staying in their homes. Al-Jazeera Net did not monitor any presence of some guards in front of the main building entrance.

In front of the White House, tourists who attend the north side of the building are absent to take memorial photos, as the house appears in the background, despite the ideal weather and sunshine, and the group of neighboring Smithsonian museums closed their doors to visitors.

The famous Chase Cake Factory Restaurant opened its doors and no one meant (Al Jazeera)

As for the Supreme Constitutional Court, it decided to suspend work and deliberations on cases before it, in a precedent that did not take place until 1918.

The Al-Jazeera Net tour ended ahead of President Donald Trump's press conference on the Corona outbreak, in which he called for avoiding any gathering of more than a dozen people, in an attempt to avoid an outbreak of the epidemic.

Trump favored the military building hospitals for people living with the virus, and in response to a question about when to eradicate the virus, he said, "If we do a good job, it is said that it will continue until July or August; or soon thereafter."