Following an announcement on Wednesday from world’s biggest furniture retailer; Sweden’s IKEA, that it was closing around half of its stores and shortening the opening hours.
IKEA said on Thursday that it has temporarily closed all its stores in mainland China until further notice amid concerns over the deadly new Coronavirus.
Shopping trolleys can be seen in front of the stores.
The total number of confirmed deaths from the Coronavirus in China has risen by 38 to 170 as of Wednesday, as the number of infected patients rose by more than 1,700.
