At least 10 shops at the New Bruma Oriental City Mall have shut their businesses in the past few days while the shop owners at two other China Malls in Joburg are frustrated by delayed stock from China. TheStar_news
Johannesburg - At least 10 shops at the New Bruma Oriental City Mall have shut their businesses in the past few days while the shop owners at two other China Malls in Joburg are frustrated by delayed stock from China as fears of the Covid-19 virus escalate.
Despite Mkhize's calls for citizens not to panic, Joburg shops that have direct business interests with China, the epicentre of the virus, have been hit hard in their pockets. The mall's manager, Angelique Schultz, said they were taking necessary precautions to sterilise their shops and the whole of the mall to prevent this virus from entering their premises.
Shop owners expressed concern about stock from China being halted, which has crippled their trading for the past few weeks. The constant fear of the virus has extended to the Chinese Consulate offices at Sandton City. The office is usually busy with travellers and business people seeking visas to go to China, but yesterday there was not even a single person making an application when The Star visited in the morning.
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