Hong Kong/Beijing — Hong Kong reported its first death from the newly identified coronavirus on Tuesday, the second outside mainland China from an outbreak that has killed 427 people, spread around the world and raised fears for global economic growth.
China’s currency and stock markets steadied in choppy trade after anxiety over the virus hit the yuan on Monday and erased about $400bn in market value from Shanghai’s benchmark index...
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