All times below in Beijing time.
12:00 pm: Beijing cancels marriage registrations on Feb. 2
The city’s Municipal Bureau of Civil Affairs announced it would be scrapping a plan to allow marriage registrations on Feb. 2, a popular date as it was deemed to be auspicious. The bureau said it made that decision to avoid large gatherings of people in order to block the spread of the coronavirus outbreak.
11:50 am: Singapore evacuates citizens from Wuhan
Singapore’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs flew home 92 citizens from Wuhan on Thursday morning, according to local media reports. They will be quarantined for 14 days upon their arrival, the reports say.
11:15 am: China postpones domestic football matches
China’s Football Association announced it will postpone domestic matches for the 2020 season at all levels.
11:10 am: Ikea closes all stores in China
The world’s biggest furniture retailer Ikea said it has temporarily closed all its 30 stores in China due to the coronavirus outbreak, Reuters reported. That decision followed its move just a day earlier to temporarily close half of its stores in the country.
10:50 am: Taiwan’s benchmark index dives almost 5%
Taiwan’s benchmark index Taiex dived 4.9% in the morning after returning from a holiday. Index heavyweight Hon Hai Precision Industry — also known as Foxconn — is among the top five companies from the virus epicenter of Hubei importing to the U.S. Hubei accounted for 27.4% of Hon Hai-associated U.S. seaborne shipments from China, according to research company Panjiva.
Foxconn, Apple’s largest iPhone manufacturer, however said earlier this week that it has plans in place to meet all manufacturing obligations. Its shares last plummeted around 9.6%.
9:20 am: More Japanese citizens evacuate from Wuhan
A government-chartered plane with around 200 evacuated Japanese passengers from virus-hit Wuhan arrived in Tokyo on Thursday morning, according to public broadcaster NHK — the second such flight to return to Japan in two days. The plane also delivered supplies such as masks and disinfectant to the Chinese city before returning to Japan, according to the report.
9:00 am: Hubei delays resumption of businesses to Feb. 14
Hubei authorities announced late Wednesday night that businesses are not to resume work till midnight on Feb. 13. That followed the nationwide extension of the Lunar New Year Holiday by three days to Feb. 2. This week, Shanghai, Beijing, Chongqing, Anhui, Fujian, Guangdong, Jiangsu, and Zhejiang announced that businesses are not to resume work till midnight on Feb. 9.
8:30 am: Three Japanese nationals who evacuated from Wuhan test positive for coronavirus
Three people who were among roughly 200 Japanese nationals evacuated from Wuhan have tested positive for the coronavirus, according to public broadcaster NHK citing Japan’s health ministry. The three Japanese, who returned on a government-chartered flight on Wednesday, had not shown any symptoms, according to the report.
7:50 am: Chinese officials confirm death toll rises to 170
China’s National Health Commission confirmed an additional 38 deaths and 1,737 new cases. Officials said that brings their total to 170 deaths and 7,711 cases, as of the end of Wednesday. They also said 170 people had been cured and discharged. The NHC said the new cases announced Thursday include the first one confirmed in Tibet.
6:35 am: Health officials report 37 additional deaths, 1,032 cases in Hubei province
Early Thursday, health officials confirmed an additional 37 deaths and 1,032 cases in Hubei province, the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak. Through the end of Wednesday, Hubei authorities said they confirmed a total of 4,586 cases, 162 deaths and 90 cured people so far in this outbreak.
6:01 am: Peter Navarro says the US will keep tariffs on China even if the outbreak starts hurting growth
White House trade advisor Peter Navarro pushed back against the idea that the U.S. would remove tariffs on Chinese imports if the outbreak begins to weigh on China’s economy. He told “Closing Bell,” “That’s a spin that’s coming right out of Wall Street.” Navarro made those comments in response to CNBC’s Carl Quintanilla who asked whether a tariff rollback was on the table if China honored the terms of the “phase one” trade deal but started to see its economy hurt by the coronavirus.
5:52 am: Companies announce temporary shutdowns and other plans amid outbreak
General Motors, the largest U.S. automaker in China, told employees that it will keep its factories in the country shuttered through Feb. 9, a company spokesman said in an email to CNBC.
Starbucks has already closed more than half of its locations in China, but CEO Kevin Johnson says the company won’t hesitate to close more. Google is also temporarily closing its offices in the country and restricting travel. Microsoft employees in China have been told to work from home until Feb. 9. Amazon has also said it is restricting employee travel to China “until further notice.”
Airlines are also slashing routes to and from China. Delta said it would cut weekly flights in half. British Airways stopped all its direct flights to and from the mainland. American Airlines also said it would cancel some China service for more than a month.
3:56 am: Powell says Fed is ‘monitoring’ coronavirus, but won’t speculate on economic impact
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said the U.S. central bank is keeping a close watch on the outbreak.
“It’s a very serious issue and I want to start by acknowledging the significant and considerable human suffering that the virus is already causing,” he told reporters at a press conference, adding that it’s too early to speculate on how it might impact the global economy. “There is likely to be some disruption to activity in China and possibly globally based on the spread of the virus to date and the travel restrictions and business closures that have already been imposed.”
SOURCE : https://www.cnbc.com/2020/01/30/coronavirus-live-updates-china-says-death-toll-rises.html
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