PanARMENIAN.Net - National Geographic Russia has compiled drone footage from a handful of big cities featuring streets deserted amid the Covid-19 crisis. Wuhan, which became the epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic, was put under quarantine on January 23. According to recent reports, 1,400 cases of COVID-19 infection and 26 deaths were recorded in the city. New York City has recorder more than 26,000 infections, but the city was put under complete lockdown only on March 22. The quarantine began in the UK on March 23.