Meetings continue Monday on virus prevention at Paris' famed Louvre Museum after it closed on Sunday due to discussions on the spreading coronavirus epidemic.
Among the frustrated visitors was Charles Lim from Singapore. He and his wife, Jeanette, chose Paris to celebrate their first wedding anniversary and bought tickets in advance for the Louvre, home to the"Mona Lisa" and other famous artworks. He posted a video on Twitter of"We waited for about 3 hours before giving up," he told The Associated Press."It was incredibly disappointing.
Sacristin said the new measure exacerbated the fears of Louvre workers that they might be in danger of contamination. Louvre staffers were also concerned about museum workers from northern Italy who had come to the museum to collect works by Leonardo da Vinci that were loaned for a major exhibition, he said.Italy, with more than 1,600 coronavirus cases and 34 deaths, has been the epicenter of the outbreak in Europe.
Most cases can be traced to growing clusters around the country or to people who traveled to virus-hit areas, but authorities are investigating 23 cases whose origin is not yet clear. Sacristin, who will be taking part, said museum visitors should be subjected to health checks to protect staffers and if any cases of coronavirus contamination are confirmed"then the museum should be closed."
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