In this March 6, 2020 photo, the Space Needle is seen through the round opening of a sculpture at the Seattle Center in Seattle. King County has become the epicenter of the outbreak of the COVID-19 coronavirus in the U.S., and local businesses are bracing for the cascading impacts of losing customers for an indeterminate amount of time. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
March 10, 2020
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March 10, 2020 7:03 p.m.
Seattle small businesses pinched as virus keeps workers home
SEATTLE (AP) — The coronavirus outbreak has largely emptied Seattle's usually busy downtown streets after Amazon and other companies told tens of thousands of people to work from home. That means far fewer customers for restaurants, shops and other businesses.