China is struggling to restart its economy after the annual Lunar New Year holiday was extended to try to keep people home and contain novel coronavirus. Photo: AP
Coronavirus: more than two thirds of China’s migrant labourers not yet back at work
- Less than one third of China’s 291 million migrant workers have returned to their jobs because of the coronavirus outbreak, the transport ministry says
- The delay could seriously disrupt China’s manufacturing and services sectors, which do not have the luxury of working from home
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Coronavirus pandemic
China is struggling to restart its economy after the annual Lunar New Year holiday was extended to try to keep people home and contain novel coronavirus. Photo: AP