Small Businesses impacted by coronavirus.

Box Hill Street.

Pisinisi a Saina i Box Hill. Source: Google.

Some small businesses owned by Chinese in Victoria have taken a toll as false rumour spreads about the coronavirus.


For some Chinese business owners, this is usually a busy time of the year as people shop for Lunar New Year. However, customers have been staying away in droves as rumours spread about people in the area being infected by the coronavirus.


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