The coronavirus outbreak began to look more like a worldwide economic crisis Friday as anxiety about the infection emptied shops and amusement parks, canceled events, cut trade and travel and Continue Reading
As the World Health Organization on Friday upgraded its global risk assessment for the coronavirus to “very high”, anxious oil markets are wondering when might be a good time to Continue Reading
A man disinfects the shrine of Fatima Masumeh, in Qom, Iran, against coronavirus. Iran’s deputy health minister, Iraj Harirchi, was pale and drenched in sweat during a press conference on Continue Reading
China’s manufacturing plunged in February by an even wider margin than expected after efforts to contain a virus outbreak shut down much of the world’s second-largest economy, an official surveyed Continue Reading
South Korea reported more than 800 new coronavirus cases on Saturday, the most of any country caught up in the epidemic, as China said it crossed a key threshold in Continue Reading
Official gauges of China’s factory and nonfactory activity plunged to record lows in February as the nation’s economy struggled to resume normal production as it faced the coronavirus epidemic. The Continue Reading
The outbreak has demonstrated the “huge potential” of remote work, said Kuan Chen, founder and chief executive of Beijing-based medical AI company Infervision. Infervision’s AI is being used in imaging Continue Reading
Manufacturing activity in China plunged in February, exceeding its collapse during the global financial crisis of 2008, according to one of the first official economic indicators published since the coronavirus Continue Reading
New cases in three U.S. states raise prospect of local, person-to-person spread. Troubling new signs of how the coronavirus is spreading in the United States emerged on Friday, as cases Continue Reading
When the coronavirus emerged in Wuhan, residents in a rising suburb on the city’s rural edge thought they were safe. Zuoling New Town, a bustling community of retired farmers, factory Continue Reading
