Delivery workers hand packages to residents through the gate of a community area as undelivered packages remain piled up at the gate in Chaoyang District of Beijing March 1, 2020. [Photo by Zou Hong/chinadaily.com.cn]

Delivery workers hand packages to residents through the gate of a community area as undelivered packages remain piled up at the gate in Chaoyang District of Beijing March 1, 2020. E-commerce has seen a remarkable boost as the novel coronavirus outbreak has kept most residents indoors to prevent the virus from transmitting people to people. Quite a number of residential gates are seeing huge number of mail packages in the city. [Photo by Zou Hong/chinadaily.com.cn]