Say it with sanitiser: Beijing florist takes on coronavirus for Valentine's Day

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It's the eve of Valentine's Day and flower seller Cai Xiaoman is enclo...

BEIJING - It’s the eve of Valentine’s Day and flower seller Cai Xiaoman is enclosing a special gift - a small bottle of hand sanitiser to ward off coronavirus - as she sends out her last few bouquets to customers in Beijing.

It has been a tough month for her. Sales are down 90% in the midst of an outbreak that has so far killed nearly 1,400 people in China. People are staying at home, leaving shopping malls empty. Wearing a face mask, Cai carefully sprays her hands with alcohol and puts on a pair of gloves before packaging her flowers. She then puts hand sanitiser into the bouquets she creates.

She says she was inspired by a customer who asked her to sanitise a bouquet before she delivered it. She is now giving sanitiser to other customers as a personal gesture. “I think this is very heart-warming, and I want my customers to feel comfortable,” she says. “Because now the outbreak is severe, and everyone is scared. I hope this will end soon.”

 

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China should be able to bailout businesses to some extent, after all didn't China give Huawei a 72 billion tax break to launch...don't recall details exactly. Huawei did get the tax break per reports.

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