Tag Archives: China

Coronavirus live updates: Global death toll tops 251,000, China reports one new confirmed case

This is CNBC’s live blog covering all the latest news on the coronavirus outbreak. This blog will be updated throughout the day as the news breaks. Global cases: More than 3.5 million Global deaths: More than 251,000 Most cases reported: United States (over 1.17 million), Spain (over 218,000), Italy (over 211,900), United Kingdom (over 191,800), France (over… Read More »

China scrambles to curb rise in imported coronavirus cases, Wuhan eases lockdown

BEIJING (Reuters) – China reported 46 new coronavirus cases on Sunday, while the city of Wuhan, the pandemic’s ground zero, announced it would be loosening a two-month lockdown by gradually resuming public transportation and allowing healthy people to resume work. It was the fourth day in a row with an increase in Chinese cases, all… Read More »

Australian woman kicked out of China for jogging during quarantine

An Australian woman temporarily living in Beijing was ordered to leave China — because she went jogging in violation of the country’s strict quarantine laws, according to new reports. The 47-year-old woman, only identified as Ms. Liang, entered the country through Beijing Capital International Airport on March 14 — and spent only a day there… Read More »

China reports zero locally transmitted coronavirus cases outside Hubei

BEIJING/SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Mainland China, outside Hubei province, reported no new locally transmitted cases for the second straight day, as a senior Communist Party official warned against reducing vigilance against the disease and of the risk of social stability. Workers in protective suits remove bed linen inside a closed makeshift hospital which had been converted… Read More »

China invokes ‘force majeure’ to protect businesses — but the companies may be in for a ‘rude awakening’

Employees work on the production line of high-precision sheet aluminium at a factory of Shandong Weiqiao Pioneering Group Company Limited on November 23, 2019 in Zouping, Shandong Province of China. Tang Ke | VCG via Getty Images Widespread disruption brought on by the coronavirus outbreak has hammered global supply chains and spurred Chinese companies to declare “force… Read More »