Released 20.2.2020

Russia temporarily bans most Chinese visitors amid coronavirus epidemic

Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin signed a decree on Tuesday evening prohibiting most categories of Chinese citizens from entering Russia. The new rules are effective from Thursday (source).

A staggering 542 passengers have been diagnosed with COVID-19 on the quarantined Diamond Princess cruise ship

When the Diamond Princess cruise ship entered quarantine in Yokohama, Japan, only 10 passengers had tested positive for the novel coronavirus. On Tuesday, with a day left in its two-week quarantine, the figure has surged to 542, making the Diamond Princess the largest site of coronavirus cases outside mainland China (source).

Antimalarial drug confirmed effective on COVID-19: official

Chinese experts, based on the result of clinical trials, have confirmed that Chloroquine Phosphate, an antimalarial drug, has a certain curative effect on the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19), a Chinese official said here Monday (source).

China central bank branch to destroy banknotes from coronavirus-hit sectors

The Guangzhou branch of China’s central bank says it will destroy all banknotes collected by hospitals, wet markets and buses to ensure the safety of cash transactions as the country battles a coronavirus outbreak (source).

Health DG shares happy photos of Chinese couple who recovered from Covid-19

Jovial pictures were posted on Facebook of the married couple from China who recently recovered from Covid-19 and was discharged from a hospital in Johor Baru (source).

Coronavirus outbreak slashes China’s carbon emissions: study

The coronavirus epidemic that has paralysed the Chinese economy may have a silver lining for the environment. China’s carbon emissions have dropped by least 100 million metric tonnes over the past two weeks, according to a study published on Wednesday by the Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air (CREA) in Finland (source).

Foreign pilots at Chinese airlines return home on unpaid leave as demand plummets

Foreign pilots at some Chinese airlines have returned to their home countries and are considering other jobs after being placed on unpaid leave as demand falls because of the coronavirus, affected flight crew told Reuters (source).

Coronavirus Will Lower Global Airline Revenue By Up To $5 Billion In The First Quarter: Report

Thanks to wide-ranging flight cancellations due to the coronavirus outbreak, global airline revenues are set to fall by $4 billion to $5 billion in the first quarter of 2020, according to a forecast from the U.N.’s International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) (source).

Japanese economy sinks amid fears about virus impact

The Japanese economy shrank at an annual pace of 6.3% last quarter as growth was battered by typhoons and crimped consumer spending (source).

Bio-warfare experts question why Canada was sending lethal viruses to China

‘I think the Chinese activities … are highly suspicious,’ one expert said, after it was revealed a Winnipeg lab sent samples of Ebola and henipavirus to China (source).

Coronavirus: most Hong Kong hotels record single-digit occupancy as industry faces ‘life or death’ struggle to survive

Hong Kong hotels face “a critical period of life or death” in February and March as tourist arrivals plummet during the coronavirus outbreak, an owners’ group has said in an urgent plea for government aid (source).

Hong Kong’s retail sales could sink up to 50 per cent as city shuts out Chinese visitors amid coronavirus outbreak

Retail sales in Hong Kong could plunge by as much as half, as most of the city’s borders with China remain shut amid the Covid-19 outbreak and its impact could be more severe on the sector than the months-long social unrest, according to the CEO of Sunlight Real Estate Investment Trust (source).

Expert warns ‘quarantine process failed’ as China stands ready to crash world economy

China’s rush to reopen factories and markets in the midst of a poorly understood outbreak may backfire, a failure that could result in one of the worst depressions the world has ever seen (source).

Antimalarial drug confirmed effective on COVID-19: official

Chinese experts, based on the result of clinical trials, have confirmed that Chloroquine Phosphate, an antimalarial drug, has a certain curative effect on the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19), a Chinese official said here Monday (source).

Iran confirms its first 2 coronavirus cases

Iranian authorities confirmed on Wednesday two cases of the new coronavirus, the first in the country, the semi-official ISNA news agency reported, saying also that there was an unspecified number of other suspected cases and that those individuals have been quarantined (source).

Coronavirus Outcomes Range From Pandemic to a New Flu, Experts Say

It’s already spread wider than SARS in 2003. It may not sweep the globe as swine flu did in 2009, but is more dangerous. It doesn’t kill at anywhere near the terrifying pace of Ebola in 2014, but it can be passed through the air (source).

Recommended by the editor: The three mistakes the Chinese government has made in its mishandling of the coronavirus crisis

Given the Communist Party’s tight grip on power, it is hardly surprising that it would mortgage the health of Chinese citizens early in the coronavirus crisis to preserve the political system. Indeed, while China has responded faster to the coronavirus epidemic than it did the severe acute respiratory syndrome outbreak in 2002-3, it has also exposed an inherent flaw in its system, by silencing and punishing those who deviate from official orthodoxy (source).

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