Public spaces in Dusseldorf, Germany were left deserted as the country battles with a worsening coronavirus crisis.

Footage filmed on Thursday (March 19) shows empty shelves and signs urging people to practice social distancing.

Germany has 13,979 confirmed cases of coronavirus and recorded 42 deaths.

Due to the currently increasing number of people infected with the coronavirus in Germany, many public areas are currently being cordoned off. In this video, you can see a playground, which has been cordoned off to prevent children from getting infected with the new virus. After the speech of the Federal Chancellor Angela Merkel, the population is urged to stay as little as possible in public to stop the spread of the virus. She appealed clearly to the German folk to keep the rules. If there is no flattening of the infection curve, the health system in Germany could be overloaded.

In the fight for the new coronavirus, many supermarkets and shops in Germany ask their customers to keep a minimum distance. This is also a reaction to Angela Merkel's appeal to slow down the spread of the virus. The situation remains dynamic and a curfew could be the next response to protect as many people as possible

Due to the currently increasing number of people infected with the coronavirus in Germany, many public areas are currently being cordoned off. In this video, you can see a playground, which has been cordoned off to prevent children from getting infected with the new virus.

In Germany, goods such as toilet paper and pasta are sold out in some places. In this video, you can see empty shelves, which illustrate this situation.

In German supermarkets and shops, at least one-meter distance between people must now be maintained to slow down the spread of the coronavirus. Supermarkets stick notices on the floor and ask customers, especially in the queues in front of the checkouts, to keep this distance.

In Germany, public areas such as parks are being closed as the novel coronavirus spreads. After the speech of the Federal Chancellor Angela Merkel, the population is urged to stay as little as possible in public to stop the spread of the virus. She appealed clearly to the German folk to keep the rules. If there is no flattening of the infection curve, the health system in Germany could be overloaded.