Chinanews.com, April 2. According to the US "World Daily" report, affected by the new crown pneumonia epidemic, on March 30th local time, some Chinese supermarkets in the Chicago area announced a reduction in business hours. In addition, many Chinese restaurants that originally provided take-away and take-out services have also been temporarily suspended due to the recent epidemic.

"One day's takeaway turnover is only more than 100 dollars, and it really can't continue to operate," said a Chinatown restaurant owner. After the restaurant changed to a takeaway business, it barely supported for a week. It was decided to shut down the restaurant temporarily, at least it was safer. Restaurants in Chinatown, including Superb Bakery, Dadongbei Restaurant, Feizi Noodle House, and Ma Gongpo, have all temporarily suspended the operation of the takeaway business.

In response to the epidemic, Starlight Supermarket also decided to shorten business hours on the 30th. The owner stated that there is no shortage of supermarket supply at present, but he hopes to reduce store hours and strengthen employee protection. The new supermarket is open daily from 8 am to 2 pm. The owner hopes that everyone will use WeChat to place orders for delivery services. The supermarket also urged customers to keep a safe distance of six feet from each other, and disinfectants and masks were provided free of charge at the entrance.

In addition to the catering industry, the most affected by the epidemic also includes the tourism industry. At present, some employees are temporarily suspended from work, and some of them are working at home. According to Haitian Tourism, this period includes the continuous cancellation of airline flights or changes in takeoff and landing times. Many countries and regions prohibit entry of persons of non-nationality. As a result, travel agencies now have no daily turnover, but their business volume has skyrocketed.

The main business of local travel agencies includes booking air tickets, arranging domestic travel or visiting itineraries, assisting in the arrangement of accommodation and sightseeing in large-scale exhibition groups, and the four major categories of travel projects in Europe and Asia, but affected by the epidemic. All business is stagnant, the only thing that can't be completed is "helping customers who have booked tickets to change their tickets.

"Almost 12 hours of work in recent days, work overtime every day, change tickets for customers, or notify customers of visa measures changes, and help them find alternatives to go abroad or return as soon as possible," said Chen Shasha of Haitian Tourism. I don't want to calculate whether the company has income or when it will not be able to support it. "First, solve the problems at this stage before you have the power to plan for the future." (Huang Huiling)