Chinese staff trickling back to work helps Asian shares contain losses
10 February 2020 - 07:55
Sydney — Asian shares pared early losses on Monday as Chinese authorities lifted some coronavirus-related restrictions on work and travel, helping businesses resume work, though overall sentiment was still jittery as the death toll from the epidemic climbed.
More than 900 people have so far died in China’s central Hubei province as of Sunday with most of the new deaths in the provincial capital of Wuhan, the epicentre of the outbreak...
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