A shopping mall worker carrying sanitizing equipment outside a closed cinema in Beijing on February 3. (Picture: Carlos Garcia Rawlins/Reuters) A shopping mall worker carrying sanitizing equipment outside a closed cinema in Beijing on February 3. (Picture: Carlos Garcia Rawlins/Reuters)
A shopping mall worker carrying sanitizing equipment outside a closed cinema in Beijing on February 3. (Picture: Carlos Garcia Rawlins/Reuters)
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Karen Chiu
Karen Chiu

Updated: 3:50pm, 27 Feb, 2020

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A shopping mall worker carrying sanitizing equipment outside a closed cinema in Beijing on February 3. (Picture: Carlos Garcia Rawlins/Reuters) A shopping mall worker carrying sanitizing equipment outside a closed cinema in Beijing on February 3. (Picture: Carlos Garcia Rawlins/Reuters)
A shopping mall worker carrying sanitizing equipment outside a closed cinema in Beijing on February 3. (Picture: Carlos Garcia Rawlins/Reuters)
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