China has ordered an unprecedented quarantine of more than 50 million people . It has closed schools and shut down live animal markets. Airports across the globe are screening passengers Continue Reading
China’s struggling auto sector is likely to take a further hit from the effects of the coronavirus outbreak given that Wuhan is the country’s major auto production hub. But overcapacity Continue Reading
Oil continued to slide on Monday, with Brent dropping well below $60 per barrel, as panic around the coronavirus continues to mushroom. The number of casualties in China continues to Continue Reading
Even as China takes more stringent measures to limit the movement of the vast country’s population during the biggest travel period of the year, and as the United States and Continue Reading
The world should be more anxious than it was a week ago. According to research published on Friday, a new Sars-like coronavirus has been present in China since December 1, Continue Reading
Death toll exceeds 100 as number of infections skyrockets. The outbreak of a mysterious new virus is rapidly spreading, the Chinese authorities said on Tuesday, as the official account of Continue Reading
The number of deaths from the coronavirus has risen to 106 in China with more than 4,565 cases of infection, even as countries in the region are also reporting more Continue Reading
Chinese health authorities announced Tuesday that 4,515 confirmed cases of pneumonia caused by the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) had been reported in 30 provincial-level regions by the end of Monday. A Continue Reading
Residents of China’s Hubei province, where the new coronavirus outbreak was first reported, will be banned from entering Hong Kong from Monday as China tries to halt the rapid spread Continue Reading
Chinese authorities on Sunday announced plans to extend the Lunar New Year holiday originally set to end on Jan. 30 “to a proper extent” as a key measure to control Continue Reading
