Released 18.2.2020

China Evergrande slashes prices of new flats by a quarter as coronavirus leaves developers struggling with plunging house sales

One of China’s largest developers will slash the prices of all its new flats by a quarter in what it says is the biggest ever nationwide price cut, as the coronavirus outbreak threatens to derail China’s all-important housing market (source).

World Health Organization Underestimates Spread of COVID-19 Coronavirus, New Review Says

In a review of previous studies, a team of researchers from Sweden, Germany and China found the average reproduction number (R0) for the COVID-19 coronavirus to be 3.28, which exceeds World Health Organization (WHO) estimates of 1.4 to 2.5 (source).

These countries have imposed China travel restrictions over the coronavirus

More than 50 countries or territories have imposed travel restrictions and tightened visa requirements to contain the novel coronavirus, according to the International Air Transport Association (source).

Here’s what coronavirus does to the body

From blood storms to honeycomb lungs, here’s an organ-by-organ look at how COVID-19 harms humans (source).

The Gates Foundation is spending $100 million to fight the coronavirus outbreak. Bill Gates has warned about a pandemic for years.

As the novel coronavirus continues to spread around the world, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation announced on Wednesday that it is contributing $100 million toward the fight to contain the outbreak (source).

U.S. officials worried about Chinese control of American drug supply

“Basically we’ve outsourced our entire industry to China,” retired Brig. Gen. John Adams told NBC News. “That is a strategic vulnerability. (source)”

Head of Wuhan Hospital Dies After Contracting Covid-19 Coronavirus

The head doctor of a hospital in Wuhan has died today after contracting the Covid-19 coronavirus, as reported by Chinese media (source).

Coronavirus could start to empty shelves in some U.S. stores by mid-April

Target Corp. and Best Buy Co. Inc. could be among the first U.S. companies to take a direct hit from the coronavirus outbreak as concerns grow about disruptions to supply chain networks in China (source).

Phuket health chief explains vague virus updates

The Phuket Provincial Health Office (PPHO) Chief has defended the lack of information made available at the mandatory daily coronavirus situation updates, saying Phuket officials are under orders from Bangkok to restrict the information being made available to the public (source).

Coronavirus: Heathrow hotel closed to public and guests removed after health officials designate it as quarantine centre for infected

A hotel near Heathrow has been closed to the public and designated as a coronavirus quarantine centre as health officials prepare for more cases in the UK (source).

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