Wet markets in Wuhan struggle to survive coronavirus blow

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Fish and vegetable merchants are reopening stalls at wet markets in China’s central city of Wuhan as it lifts a months-long lockdown against the coronavirus pandemic, but their future looks uncertain with few customers as the virus stigma persists.

A resident (R) wearing a face mask buys food from a grocery stall through a small window opened on barriers which have been built to separate residential buildings from a street in Wuhan, capital of Hubei province and China's epicentre of Covid-19 outbreak, April 12. — Reuters
A resident (R) wearing a face mask buys food from a grocery stall through a small window opened on barriers which have been built to separate residential buildings from a street in Wuhan, capital of Hubei province and China's epicentre of Covid-19 outbreak, April 12. — Reuters

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