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Cost of China's anti-virus fight rises with workers idle

by AP Business Writer
| February 18, 2020 12:05 AM

BEIJING (AP) — Real estate agent Du Xuekun’s sales usually jump after the Lunar New Year holiday. But this year, Du has been at home for a month with no income after vast swathes of China’s economy were shut down in a sweeping effort to contain a virus outbreak.

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