Worried Chinese consult online doctors about virus

Thu, Feb 27, 2020 - 5:50 AM

An online consultation session at a hospital in Shenyang in China's northeastern Liaoning province earlier this month.

PHOTO: AFP

Beijing

SPOOKED by a sneeze or a cough, Chinese consumers are turning to online consultations in droves for advice about possible coronavirus symptoms - a boon for a fledgling industry that has struggled to win over customers.

Due to the epidemic, hundreds of millions of Chinese...

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