China Traffic Falls on Tuesday, Workers Still At Home

A Caixin article noted traffic was back to 90 percent in Shanghai. That was true towards the tail end of morning and evening rush hour on Monday. Traffic declined on Tuesday though. Similar dips were seen in other cities,

A separate article confirms the decline in traffic using roaming data from mobile phones.

Caixin: Millions Who Power ‘China’s Workshop’ Have Yet to Return, Mobile Data Shows

An analysis of roaming usage patterns from Guangdong-registered mobile accounts showed that through Sunday some 10 million people were waiting to return to the wealthy province in South China, officials announced at a Tuesday briefing. That included 1.7 million people from Hubei province at the epicenter of the Covid-19 outbreak, which has infected nearly 80,000 in China and killed more than 2,000.