The Day Today

– Coronavirus “The actual number of overall infections in the city where the virus originated in December 2019 remained unknown” says Global Times; diagnostic criteria changed further;

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– China expels three Wall Street Journal reporters for their article “China is the real sick man of Asia”
– Oil prices rose as coronavirus cases seem to peak and the US blacklist a Rosneft subsidiary
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– Quarantined cruise ship off Japan started disembarking passengers; new coronavirus infections in China fall
– America tightened restrictions on Chinese media outlets, designating five as foreign diplomatic missions
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– The head of a hospital in Wuhan designated to only treat coronavirus victims has died of the virus
– German investor sentiment fell sharply due to coronavirus,

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– Coronavirus infections slow in China
– South Korea warns of “emergency steps” needed to prevent economic fallout from the coronavirus
– RBA minutes “outlook for the global economy remained reasonable…coronavirus outbreak was a new source of uncertainty…reasonable to expect that an extended period of low interest rates would be required”

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