South Korea aims to test more than 200,000 members of a church at the center of a surge in coronavirus cases, as countries stepped up efforts to stop a pandemic Continue Reading
As President Xi Jinping vows to restart China’s economy, a marked slowdown in reported new coronavirus cases is helping his cause. On Monday, Chinese health authorities reported only 11 new Continue Reading
As President Trump spent Monday sightseeing in India, the U.S. stock market plunged amid growing concerns about a deadly virus spreading quickly across continents — a split-screen that brought into Continue Reading
The last time a coronavirus outbreak hit China in 2003, the global economy emerged relatively unscathed. Now, nearly two decades later, the growth-damping effects of a similar pathogen threaten to Continue Reading
International concern about the spread of coronavirus outside China grew on Sunday with sharp rises in infections in South Korea, Italy and Iran. The government in Seoul put the country Continue Reading
Finance chiefs of the world’s top 20 economies vowed to monitor the impact of the coronavirus outbreak on global growth and act if needed, as they said loose monetary policy Continue Reading
U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said on Sunday central bankers will look at options for responding to the fast-spreading coronavirus as needed. Mnuchin told reporters after a meeting of finance Continue Reading
Europe confronted its first major outbreak of the coronavirus as an eruption of more than 150 cases in Italy prompted officials on Sunday to lock down at least 10 towns, Continue Reading
The World Health Organization (WHO) is concerned about the number of coronavirus cases with no clear epidemiological link, although the total number of cases outside China remains relatively small, its Continue Reading
Summary: 8 new cases confirmed in Lombardy brings daily total to 16 new cases in Italy China pledges to build 19 new hospitals in Wuhan 253 more passengers depart the Continue Reading
