Vice President Pence, on the heels of being named to lead the U.S. response to the coronavirus outbreak, on Thursday vowed that the federal government is prepared to confront any potential health crisis.
On Friday, the World Health Organization, which has shied away from formally declaring the pathogen a pandemic, issued a dire warning that “global level” risks were growing. The speed and depth of the sell-off — which saw the S&P 500 Index plunge into a correction within a week, while the Dow recorded back-to-back days of 1,000 point losses, has resulted in over $6 trillion worth of market value being obliterated. Federal Reserve chair Jerome...
PM Abe vows Japan's utmost efforts to coronavirus; Xi visit, Olympics on track
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Saturday his government will provide subsidies to cope with fallout from rising number of coronavirus cases.
President Donald Trump on Sunday said travelers from countries at high risk of c...
Concern about the epidemic and its impact on corporate profits has hammered global markets, with major U.S. indexes suffering their steepest losses since the financial crisis last week.
"We are in uncharted territory," World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said.
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VIENTIANE: Laos officials have vowed to continue to fully support China's fight against Covid-19 and learn from China's experiences in preventing the spread of the coronavirus outbreak.