Paris celebrates Lunar New Year at the Eiffel Tower amid coronavirus outbreak

China is gripped by a dely coronavirus and has cancelled all festivities across country in order to prevent disease from spreing. Meanwhile, world is t shying away from celebrating Lunar New Year as people in France gared under Eiffel Tower to kick off festivities.

People came out to witness dragon dances and drummers that participated in event. Members of Chinese community came out and danced with costumes to mark Chinese New Year at Eiffel Tower on January 25. France was first country in Europe where dely coronavirus case was reported. 

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t just in France but people in Taiwan, rth Korea, Malaysia, Hong Kong, Cuba also came out to celebrate Chinese New Year. In Taiwan, thousands of people wearing face masks came out to pray at Longshan Temple in capital city of Taipei.

In Hong Kong, people stood in line to plant ir incense sticks and say prayers. People also touched large rat statue as y do every year. However, fireworks show and a four-day carnival that was set to begin on Sunday was cancelled in wake of coronavirus outbreak. 

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Lunar New Year celebration amid virus outbreak​​​​​​

In China, most people stayed at home as major temples and tourist sites remained closed as authorities sought to contain virus. China cancelled all temple fairs, games for children and booths selling snacks were also shuttered during Lunar New Year. People in Wuhan city h to remain in town as city is under a complete lockdown with all public transport suspended. 

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death toll in China's Hubei region, epicentre of dely coronavirus, has risen to 56 and number of people infected by disease is close to 2,000, authorities confirmed to international press on Sunday.

Out of 56 people that died, 52 were from Hubei, province where outbreak took place, two deaths took place in central Henan province, while one person died in Heilongjiang and Hebei respectively. 

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