Tag: China

• Friday, February 7th 2020 - 18:54 UTC

  Chinese coronavirus toll climbs on Friday to 636 and over 30.000 infections

  

  The official Chinese death toll from the coronavirus outbreak rose on Friday to 636, with the government saying total infections had climbed past 30,000. The toll was raised by 73 new deaths from the epidemic, the National Health Commission said in its daily update.

• Friday, February 7th 2020 - 09:46 UTC

  China halves punitive tariffs on US$ 75 billion of US imports next week

  

  China said on Thursday it will halve punitive tariffs on US$75 billion in US imports from Feb 14, a month after Beijing and Washington signed a truce in their long-running trade war.

• Friday, February 7th 2020 - 09:37 UTC

  Brazil approves quarantine rules for nationals returning from China

  

  Brazil's lower house of Congress late approved a bill laying out rules for the quarantine of Brazilian nationals returning from China who may be infected with coronavirus, as well as other measures to combat the disease. The measures will be in force as long as the public health emergency declared by the World Health Organization is in place.

• Friday, February 7th 2020 - 08:54 UTC

  Chinese doctor who warned about coronavirus and reprimanded for “spreading rumors” has died of the infection

  

  A Chinese doctor who was among the first to warn publicly about the new coronavirus outbreak - and was reprimanded by authorities for “spreading rumours” - died of the infection early on Friday, his hospital announced.

• Thursday, February 6th 2020 - 09:09 UTC

  Coronavirus deaths keep climbing; China increasingly isolated by air and sea

  

  The death toll from a new coronavirus in mainland China jumped by 73 to 563 on Thursday, its third consecutive record daily rise, as experts intensified efforts to find a vaccine for a disease that has shut down Chinese cities and forced thousands more into quarantine around the world.

• Wednesday, February 5th 2020 - 09:02 UTC

  Royal Caribbean cancels cruises out of China until March 4

  

  Royal Caribbean Cruises has cancelled eight cruises out of China through March 4 in response to the coronavirus outbreak in the world's second-largest economy, the company said on Tuesday. The company said it expects the cancellations and some modifications to its itineraries to reduce earnings by 25 cents per share.

• Wednesday, February 5th 2020 - 08:34 UTC

  World Bank will revise global growth forecast because of coronavirus impact in China

  

  The World Bank will revise its global growth forecast downwards due to the new coronavirus, the president of the multilateral lender said on Tuesday amid fears the epidemic in China will harm global supply chains.

• Wednesday, February 5th 2020 - 07:43 UTC

  Huawei pledges manufacturing hubs in Europe to counter off US pressure to drop the Chinese 5G system

  

  Chinese telecom giant Huawei said on Tuesday it would set up manufacturing hubs in Europe, as it tries to fight off US pressure on EU nations to stop it from operating.

• Wednesday, February 5th 2020 - 07:15 UTC

  Brazilian meat industry confident the situation in China will boost demand for Mercosur poultry and beef

  

  Brazil’s meat industry association ABPA said a “perfect storm” of health and food security concerns in China promises to drive up demand for Mercosur meat, giving Brazilian meatpacker shares a boost.

• Tuesday, February 4th 2020 - 08:29 UTC

  Coronavirus hits Chinese markets and the Yuan, despite central bank liquidity injection

  

  Investors erased US$ 393 billion from China’s benchmark stock index on Monday, sold the Yuan and dumped commodities as fears about the spreading coronavirus and its economic impact drove selling on the first day of trade in China since the Lunar New Year.