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Seattle small businesses pinched as virus keeps workers home

by Associated Press
| March 10, 2020 6:30 AM

SEATTLE (AP) — The coronavirus outbreak has largely emptied Seattle's usually busy downtown streets after Amazon and other companies told tens of thousands of people to work from home. That means far fewer customers for restaurants, shops and other businesses.

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