Coronavirus outbreak Economic fallout could be worse than SARS(1)

With millions of people in China on lockdown, and flights to the world’s second-largest economy being cancelled, the programme Money Mind examines the virus’ impact on the global economy.

The novel coronavirus outbreak has spread to more than 25 countries.
SINGAPORE: Some cities are turning into ghost towns, where the streets are empty and shops and factories are shuttered.
This has been the impact of the novel coronavirus (n-CoV) outbreak in China, where more than 42,000 people have been infected and over 1,100 have died in less than two months.