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Louvre Museum in Paris closed over coronavirus fears
The Louvre Museum, the most popular museum in the world, was closed on Sunday after employees decided not to open over fears about the spread of coronavirus.
“We are very worried because we have visitors from everywhere,” Andre Sacristin, a Louvre employee and union representative, told the Associated Press.
Among the other concerns: a group of Italian museum workers who had come to the Louvre to collect works by Leonardo da Vinci that were loaned for an exhibition. Italy, with over 1,100 coronavirus cases and 29 deaths, has been the epicenter of the outbreak in Europe.
Sacristin added that while none of the museum’s employees are known to be infected, “it’s only a question of time.”
The Louvre has tens of thousands of visitors a day. Of the 9.6 million people who went to the museum in 2019, nearly 75% came from outside France.
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