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We will move the following business and economics stories: + Isolated silver surfers ride a new tech wave + Rocky road ahead for 'sharing economy' platforms + Virus creeps along East Africa's trucking corridors + China car sales pick up as lockdowns are eased Health-virus-IT-elderly-Britain,FOCUS LONDON Before entering coronavirus lockdown with the rest of Britain in March, 73-year-old Pamela Cox had never shopped or banked online. Zoom was something you did with a camera lens. Now the retiree is one of many in her generation finding a new IT proficiency later in life. 700 words by Jitendra Joshi. File Picture Health-virus-US-IT-lifestyle-sharing,FOCUS WASHINGTON "Sharing economy" firms like Uber and Airbnb were seeing surging growth and predictions they would reshape several economic sectors. Then the pandemic hit. 750 words by Rob Lever. File picture Health-virus-Kenya-Uganda-Tanzania-DRCongo SSudan NAIROBI Every day hundreds of trucks fan out from East Africa's main ports in Kenya and Tanzania carrying cargo to the landlocked hinterland, and fears are rising they are becoming a major vector for the coronavirus. 900 words by Fran Blandy and East Africa correspondents. Picture. Video. Graphic Health virus China automobile transport,FOCUS BEIJING The lifting of coronavirus lockdowns in China has given the stuttering auto industry a jumpstart, with sales rising for the first time since 2018 as buyers return after the health crisis. 550 words by Sebastien Ricci. Pictures by Noel Celis. Video afp
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