VIDEO: Birmingham city centre a “ghost town” under coronavirus lockdown

Birmingham city centre is on lockdown following government imposed restrictions to limit the coronavirus outbreak.

What would usually be bustling streets filled with shoppers, city workers and tourists is practically a ghost town.

It’s certainly much quieter than usual, and eerily so, but it’s far from the post-apocalyptic vision of an abandoned city, as some on social media would have you believe.

I Am Birmingham reporter Rangzeb Hussain looks at how deserted the city’s main retail quarter really is, and what measures are in place to ensure new government restrictions are being enforced.

WATCH: Birmingham city centre under coronavirus lockdown

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