Coronavirus updates: COVID-19 deaths near 1,500 in China as 15th case confirmed in U.S.
“Wartime control measures” will be implemented in the cities of Shiyan and Xiaogan in Hubei province on Thursday.Feb. 13, 2020This is the first time Chinese authorities have announced such control measures publicly since the outbreak of the coronavirus.China replaces top official in Wuhan
Jiang's departure follows the firing of two other senior officials in Hubei. In Hong Kong, the head of the Hong Kong & Macao Affairs Office Zhang Xiaoming has also been replaced.— Eric Baculinao and the Associated PressHong Kong's education secretary said Thursday schools will stay closed until at least March 16 in an effort to prevent the spread the deadly virus.
Hong Kong has shut all but two of its land and sea border points to mainland China and on Saturday, began enforcing a 14-day quarantine on arrivals from the mainland to try to prevent the spread of the virus.—Oil demand this year will see the slowest rate of growth since the 2009 financial crisis, as the coronavirus outbreak hits Chinese consumption and its impact spreads across the international economy.
The sharp rise in the headline number of deaths and infections unnerved world markets, according to Reuters, as traders have halted a recent rally in stocks and retreated back to the safety of government bonds and gold.South Korea quarantined 740 soldiers Thursday as a precautionary measure relating to coronavirus fears, according to the South Korea Defense Ministry.
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