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The extensive efforts to contain the new coronavirus have caused economic growth in China to slow abruptly and are having repercussions around the world. The charts on this page track the spread of the virus Continue reading "The COVID-19 coronavirus and its economic impact (updated 14th

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Coronavirus fatalities have remained consistent in recent days even as the number of new infections falls. Chinese authorities also said over 1,700 hospital staff have become infected and six have died.

A top Chinese official appointed to handle the crisis said his team could not confirm the exact scale of the epidemic in the city, but warned the number of potential carriers could be 'quite large'.

The Chinese province at the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak reported a record rise in the death toll on Thursday under a new diagnostic method, and Beijing sacked two top provincial officials after criticism of their handling of the crisis.'

The number of fatalities in hard-hit Hubei province jumped by 242 deaths, the local health authority said Thursday, pushing the toll from the new coronavirus virus outbreak nationwide past 1,350.

Amazon sellers are bracing for product shortages as Chinese workers - worried about the fast-spreading coronavirus - may be unable or unwilling to return to idled factories.

The death toll from the novel coronavirus outbreak surged past 1,000 in China on Tuesday as the World Health Organization warned that the epidemic poses a "very grave" global threat.Chinese authorities have locked down millions of people in a numb

Measures to stop the spread of the Wuhan coronavirus outbreak are reducing the number of seaborne vessels and threatening to disrupt global supply chains.

Only 10% of workers at two Foxconn plants in China have returned to work following extended Lunar New Year holiday.

Workers at crematoriums in Wuhan City, the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak, say that their workload has increased ...

A Chinese billionaire and whistleblower who lives in U.S. exile says Wuhan crematoriums working 24x7 have burned 50,000 coronavirus victims.

An official in Shanghai confirmed the virus also travelled through aerosol transmission, which means it can float a long distance through the air and cause infection later when it is breathed in.

As people across China mourned the death of a whistleblower doctor in an almost unprecedented outpouring of grief and anger on Thursday, little did they know that another truth-teller of the coronavirus outbreak was being silenced. Chen Qiushi, a citizen

A Chinese teenager with cerebral palsy dies from neglect after his family is quarantined due to the Wuhan virus.

The American Embassy in Beijing said a 60-year-old US citizen diagnosed with the virus died in Wuhan on Wednesday, apparently the first American fatality of the outbreak.

Four big cities in Zhejiang, one of the country's most prosperous regions, are now at a standstill as Communist leaders struggle to contain the deadly outbreak.

There have been claims that a data leak by website Tencent shows that deaths due to coronavirus have crossed 24,000.

China's central bank will step up support for the economy to cushion the blow from a coronavirus outbreak, but activity is expected to recover once the virus is brought under control, one of its deputy governors said on Friday.'

A copper smelter in Southwest China has declared force majeure on deliveries of copper concentrate, two sources briefed on the matter said on Friday, as a coronavirus outbreak in the country heightened fears about a hit to demand.'