Many Chinese workers have delayed their return or worked from home. Photo: Bloomberg

China’s hi-tech hub Shenzhen gets back to work despite fears deadly coronavirus will keep spreading

Hundreds of thousands of workers have travelled back to their workplace after the extended Lunar New Year break despite the risk from the illness
Southern megacity has told businesses to seek permission to resume operations as authorities try to curb spread of virus

Topic | Coronavirus outbreak

Alice Yan , Phoebe Zhang , Laura Zhou

Published: 12:22am, 11 Feb, 2020

Updated: 6:59pm, 13 Feb, 2020

Many Chinese workers have delayed their return or worked from home. Photo: Bloomberg

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Alice Yan

Alice Yan is a Shanghai-based social and medical news reporter. She started her journalism career in 2003 and has degrees in economics and public administration. Her Twitter account is @TingYanalice

Phoebe Zhang

Phoebe Zhang is a society reporter with the South China Morning Post. She likes to write human-interest stories and has written many about people living on the fringes of society. She believes there's no story or person that's too small.

Laura Zhou

Laura Zhou joined the South China Morning Post's Beijing bureau in 2010. She covers China's diplomatic relations and has reported on topics such as Sino-US relations, China-India disputes, and reactions to the North Korea nuclear crisis, as well as other general news.