Factbox: Companies feel impact of coronavirus outbreak in China
Some companies have warned that a coronavirus outbreak in China that has killed more than 200 people and infected thousands could disrupt supply chains or hurt bottom lines as factories and shops shut and airlines suspend flights.
China says U.S. move to raise travel warning is inappropriate
The United States’ decision to raise its warning level for travel to China is not in line with the facts and is inappropriate, a spokeswoman at the Chinese foreign ministry, Hua Chunying, said on Friday on the ministry’s website.
Indonesia deports detained U.S. reporter: lawyer
A U.S. journalist who has written stories about environmental destruction in Indonesia was deported on Friday after being arrested over alleged visa violations, his lawyer and his news outlet said.
Macron to address France on Brexit: French presidency
France’s President Emmanuel Macron will make a televised address on Friday on Britain’s departure from the European Union, his office said.
‘Do not travel to China’, says U.S. as virus deaths reach 213
The United States, Japan and others tightened travel curbs to virus-hit China on Friday while businesses struggled with supply problems from an epidemic that has infected nearly 10,000 people and been declared a global emergency.
India bans export of protective masks, clothing amid coronavirus outbreak
India on Friday banned the export of personal protection equipment such as masks and clothing amid a global coronavirus outbreak.
Why the ‘devil’ coronavirus has hit European stocks hard
The coronavirus scare has wiped $1.2 trillion from global stock markets in the last two weeks as new cases of the deadly virus multiplied, stoking fears of an economic slowdown spreading from its Chinese epicenter to the rest of the world.
Court orders safeguards for Kenyan digital IDs, bans DNA collecting
Kenya’s high court said the government could go ahead with a new digital ID scheme, as long as it brought in stronger regulations and did not use it to collect citizens’ DNA and geo-location data.
Russia says it will begin bringing citizens out of China from February 1
Russia said on Friday it would begin moving its citizens out of China via its Far Eastern region on Feb. 1, in response to the coronavirus outbreak, regional authorities said.
Chinese city of Wuhan says it should have acted sooner to contain virus
Wuhan, the epicenter of a coronavirus that has quickly spread beyond China’s borders in recent days, should have taken measures sooner to contain it, the city’s Communist Party chief said on Friday.
