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Empty highways: Travel, social distancing measures to stop the spread of coronavirus have cut sharply into energy demand — Empty highways: Travel, social distancing measures to stop the spread of coronavirus have cut sharply into energy demandPhoto: AFP/Scanpix

Reuters

Published 27 March 2020, 14:06Updated 27 March 2020, 22:06

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