Fear about the Coronavirus is damaging businesses across Australia.

Business owners in many areas across Australia are feeling the financial impact of fear about the coronavirus, for example in Box Hill in Melbourne's east.

Chinese businesses in the Box Hill area of Whitehorse (Google). Source: Google.

Why are the streets of Box Hill empty?  What is being done to protect local businesses and their employees as well as to counter misinformation and anxiety about the Coronavirus?

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