Chrysanthemum flowers, a symbol of mourning in China, are selling out in cities across the central province of Hubei, with prices rising sharply as demand surges following a wave of Covid-19 deaths.
Li, who works at Green Plant Shop in Wuhan, the provincial capital where the virus first emerged in late 2019, said he now charged Rmb45 ($6.63) per basket, a 50 per cent year-on-year increase.
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