Despite No Cases in NYC, Chinatown Businesses Suffer Amid Coronavirus Scare

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Richard Yeh
WNYC News | Feb 12, 2020

Chinatown leaders and shop owners are begging New Yorkers to patronize their restaurants and shops after a weeks-long lull in business that they blamed on unwarranted fears about the new coronavirus outbreak.

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