Chinese residents wear masks while waiting at a bus station near the closed Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market, which has been linked to cases of a new strain of Coronavirus. Photo: EPA-EFE Chinese residents wear masks while waiting at a bus station near the closed Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market, which has been linked to cases of a new strain of Coronavirus. Photo: EPA-EFE
Chinese residents wear masks while waiting at a bus station near the closed Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market, which has been linked to cases of a new strain of Coronavirus. Photo: EPA-EFE
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China’s e-commerce players look to ease coronavirus fears by freezing prices for masks, disinfectant

  • The moves by e-commerce operators come as the Wuhan coronavirus continues to spread and as Beijing orders transparency over outbreak

Topic |   Coronavirus pandemic
Sarah Dai
Sarah Dai

Updated: 5:13pm, 16 Feb, 2020

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Chinese residents wear masks while waiting at a bus station near the closed Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market, which has been linked to cases of a new strain of Coronavirus. Photo: EPA-EFE Chinese residents wear masks while waiting at a bus station near the closed Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market, which has been linked to cases of a new strain of Coronavirus. Photo: EPA-EFE
Chinese residents wear masks while waiting at a bus station near the closed Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market, which has been linked to cases of a new strain of Coronavirus. Photo: EPA-EFE
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