Popular Canadian destination Niagara Falls is almost deserted as tourists and locals are advised to practise social distancing amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

This footage was filmed on March 15 and shows sparse groups of people visiting the waterfall.

Niagara falls Canada tourist area empty today due to severe threat of COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic and people practising social distancing and staying away from large crowds, this area on the Canadian side is normally packed with tourists but not today despite the nice sunny weather.


Situation worsening rapidly with state of emergency in effect:
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Emergency Operations Centre is now operating at Level 3. This is the highest level of EOC activation. Our EOC and #COVID19 Task Force are fully engaged in managing the pandemic in Toronto. @TorontoOEM
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