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Second death from coronavirus confirmed in Hong Kong
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Hong Kong, Feb 19 (Sputnik/ANI): The second death from the novel coronavirus outbreak has been registered in Hong Kong, the South China Morning Post reported on Wednesday.
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Coronavirus weakens demand, disrupts supply chains for China's manufacturi
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Hong Kong, Feb 19 (ANI): Moody's Investors Service said in a new report on Wednesday that the coronavirus outbreak has weakened demand and disrupted supply chains in the component, consumer electronics, consumer durables manufacturing and packaged goods sectors.
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HSBC to slash 35,000 jobs, cut costs by $4.5 billion as earnings miss targ
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Hong Kong, Feb 18 (ANI): HSBC, the largest of Hong Kong's three currency-issuing banks, said on Tuesday it plans to cut as much as 35,000 jobs, reduce costs by an additional 4.5 billion US dollars and shrink its investment bank in Europe and the United States as part of a broad overhaul by i
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Punjab to screen passengers from Japan, South Korea for coronavirus
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], Feb 16 (ANI): Amid a heightening scare over coronavirus crisis, Punjab Health and Family Welfare Minister Balbir Singh Sidhu on Sunday said the passengers travelling to the north Indian state from Japan and South Korea will also be scanned for the virus in add
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26 cases of coronavirus confirmed in Hong Kong, 17 in Taiwan
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Beijing [China], Feb 9 (ANI): Local authorities here have said that the special administrative regions of Hong Kong and Macao have confirmed 26 and 10 cases of the deadly coronavirus, respectively, while Taiwan has reported 17 cases.
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Coronavirus set to dampen China's economic growth: Fitch
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Hong Kong, Feb 7 (ANI): The ongoing coronavirus outbreak will dampen economic growth in China this year but the scale of the impact remains uncertain and will depend on the duration and intensity of the health crisis, Fitch Ratings has said.
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India suspends visas issued to Chinese passport holders before Feb 5, not
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 6 (ANI): As the death toll crossed over 500 in the coronavirus outbreak, immigration officials have suspended all visas issued before February 5 to all Chinese passport holders from any part of the world, apart from Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan.
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Extended coronavirus outbreak to lower oil demand, prices: Moody's
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Hong Kong, Feb 6 (ANI): The ongoing coronavirus outbreak has reduced economic activity in China, the world's largest oil importer, with estimates of a short-term reduction in global oil demand weakening crude prices in recent days.
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Budget targets slide amid growth slowdown: Fitch Ratings
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Hong Kong, Feb 5 (ANI): The Union Budget for fiscal year ending March 2021 (FY21) implies a modest degree of slippage from previous targets to consolidate public finances, Fitch Ratings said on Wednesday.
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PLA rushes to the rescue in Wuhan
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Hong Kong, Feb 5 (ANI): With China belatedly reacting to the outbreak of the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) that struck first in Wuhan, Hubei Province, the People's Liberation Army (PLA) has now been deployed to play an instrumental supporting role in the treatment of patients and attempting
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10 passengers onboard cruise ship in Japan infected with coronavirus
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], Feb 5 (Sputnik/ANI): Around 10 passengers onboard a cruise ship that has arrived in Japan's Yokohama from Hong Kong have been infected with coronavirus, Japanese media reported.
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Amid coronavirus scare, Noida-based man unable to send masks to son's fami
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Noida (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Feb 4 (ANI): Amid the rising death toll due to coronavirus in China, president of Noida Medical Association, Anup Khanna has expressed helplessness over not being able to send masks for his son's family residing in Hong Kong.
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