Covid-19 China Outbreak -- February 21, 2020

CNN: Shanghai is China's economic juggernaut. Coronavirus has left it a city on edge

On a normal weekend, Shanghai's world-famous Nanjing Road is packed with shoppers and tourists, keen to indulge themselves in China's thriving financial hub.

But this week, the streets are mostly empty and stores are either closed or deserted due to fear of the deadly coronavirus, which has killed more than 2,000 people across the country.

When a customer does enter a shop, the relieved store clerks rush over to see if they can help -- but only after they have taken the newcomer's temperature.

Yena Lei, a financial industry manager, said that Shanghai is usually quiet around the Lunar New Year holiday, when people take long breaks to be with their families, "but not like this."

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WNU Editor: I find it unbelievable that it will be only this weekend that WHO will finally be permitted to enter these Chinese "hot zones" .... WHO coronavirus team to visit Wuhan this weekend (UPI).

Covid-19 China Outbreak -- February 21, 2020

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