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U.S. cold-storage facilities are filling to capacity with pork, chicken and beef intended for export to markets hit by the coronavirus outbreak.
Several of the biggest U.S. banks and the nation’s largest life insurer expanded their restrictions on employee travel Monday, curbing all non-essential trips abroad as the coronavirus spreads across the globe.
Measures aim to see ministers have powers to prepare for a widespread outbreak, as cases rise to 39.
The outbreak has hobbled Chinese factories that supply India’s vast drug industry with ingredients for antibiotics and vitamins, raising the prospect of global shortages.
BENGALURU/NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India, the world's main supplier of generic drugs, has restricted the export of 26 pharmaceutical ingredients and the medicines made from them, including Paracetamol, a common pain reliever also sold as acetaminophen, as the coronavirus outbreak plays havoc with supply
Saudi Arabia took the unprecedented step of suspending the Umrah religious pilgrimage for its citizens and residents, saying it wanted to prevent the coronavirus from spreading through the “intense flow” of crowds to holy sites.
Saudi Arabia is treading a tightrope as it bars Muslim pilgrims from Islam's holiest sites to contain the coronavirus, rolling out restrictions that while essential could prove both expensive and politically perilous. The kingdom has suspended the "umrah" year-round pilgrimage over fears of the disease spreading to Mecca and Medina, raising uncertainty over the upcoming hajj -- a key pillar of Islam. The pilgrimages, which pack millions of...