Jan 28, 2020

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Coronavirus: China’s children are paying the price

While the international media spreads hysteria, 60 million Chinese children might not see their parents this year.

Migrant workers with children in Hubei might not be able to travel home to visit them this holiday season. Source: **Wang Dongzhen** via Xinhua

Even as the first patient is cured in Shanghai, the 2019-nCOV is hitting the Chinese people where it hurts, when it hurts most.

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