This picture is from the Barnes and Noble Bookstore closing in Seattle downtown, but it is also a fitting illustration of the worrisome start of the Lunar New Year.
It’s the first day of the Lunar New Year, the Year of the Rat, and a new start to rotating through the 12 animals of the Chinese zodiac.
The coronavirus outbreak, and the lockdowns in place in multiple cities in China, are dampening the celebrations in the country’s Mainland badly, though.
Infographic from Agence France-Presse, showing the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak: the Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market in Wuhan.
