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The local government’s protection measures against the 2019-nCoV outbreak will have a strong effect on Macau’s cash flow, a report by Fitch Ratings released today (Friday) says. The cash flow effect
Italy’s Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte said two coronavirus patients are currently in isolation in a Rome hospital and moved to cancel flights to and from China. The two Chinese tourists have
Hotels, luxury shops and attractions around the world that came to rely on a flood of Chinese tourists are facing an even bigger crisis than during the SARS outbreak as
BEIJING — Carrying permits demanding "fast passage," truck drivers rushed a 560-ton shipment of disinfectant from eastern China to Wuhan, the locked-down city of 11 million people at the center
BEIJING — China's foreign ministry said today (Friday) it will send charter flights to bring home residents of virus-afflicted region from overseas. The one-sentence statement gave few details, but said those
Visitor arrivals over the first six days of the Lunar New Year period slumped 76.5% year-on-year to just 243,200, according to official data, with those from mainland China, declining 81.7%
GENEVA - World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said today (Macau time) that the novel coronavirus outbreak has become a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC). Speaking at
Chinese authorities have cut off access to Wuhan, where the virus originated, and 16 other cities to prevent further spread of the virus, affecting more than 50 million people. The
LISBON - European countries stepped up efforts today (Thursday) to contain the virus sweeping through central China, sending a chartered plane there to evacuate hundreds of citizens, scrapping more commercial
WASHINGTON — Just as the outlook for the global economy had been brightening in recent months, a new threat has suddenly emerged in the form of the viral outbreak in
Reports from staff at several companies in the gaming and hotel industry, public transportation, and food and beverage sector are claiming that large groups of employees have been invited by
A cruise ship owned by Carnival Corp. was blocked from leaving an Italian port with some 7,000 people on board, after a passenger reportedly from Macau came down with symptoms
Hong Kong democrat lawmakers and netizens are criticizing pro-establishment lawmaker Ann Chiang Lai-wan for posting a video on her Facebook page explaining the process of steaming surgical face masks so
Two possible cases of the novel coronavirus reported earlier today - a local nurse and a foreign worker from Hubei - have been tested and proved to be clean from
Hong Kong was always going to face a huge challenge holding back a disease outbreak raging in mainland China. Deep mistrust built up over seven months of
The government has transferred 26 tourists from Hubei Province to Pousada Marina Infante, as the isolation center at the youth hostel in Hac Sa has reached its capacity limit. As of
Taiwan's benchmark dived 5.8% as its market reopened after the Lunar New Year. Shares fell in most other markets, with the CAC 40 in Paris dropping 1.1% to 5,890.00
It is unreasonable for some schools to require their teaching staff to meet on-site to discuss students’ assignments during the extra holiday period mandated by the government, according to lawmaker
Visitor arrivals over the first six days of the week-long Chinese Lunar New Year period slumped 76.5% year-on-year to just 243,200, according to official data, with those from mainland China,
BEIJING — The death toll rose to 170 in the new virus outbreak in China today (Thursday) as foreign evacuees from the worst-hit region begin returning home under close observation
People around the world are buying up protective face masks in hopes of keeping the new virus from China at bay. Some companies have required them for employees. Schools in
BRUSSELS — The European Union is working to repatriate about 600 citizens from 14 EU countries seeking to leave China because of a spreading new virus that has already killed
BANGKOK — British Airways said today (Wednesday) it is halting all flights to China, joining several Asian carriers that are either suspending or significantly cutting back service there as fears
TOKYO — The first group of Japanese evacuees from a virus-hit Chinese city arrived in Tokyo today (Wednesday), a dozen of them with cough and fever including two who were
A spokesperson for the Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office of China's State Council on Tuesday voiced support for the Hong Kong and Macau special administrative regions (SARs) to curb
With the number of infected people rising every day and more countries reporting cases of infections of the coronavirus 2019-nCoV, some jurisdictions and travel companies have started to enforce measures
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A plane evacuating 201 Americans from the Chinese city at the center of the virus outbreak continued Wednesday on to Southern California after everyone aboard passed
In light of the public health concerns associated with the new strain of coronavirus outbreak, Melco Resorts & Entertainment announced that it is working with the government to donate HKD20
An airline catering supplier may require its staff to take forced annual leave amid the cancellations of over 100 flights due to the 2019-nCoV, also known as Wuhan coronavirus. According to
China, with 5,974 cases of a new virus, has more infections than it did in with SARS, though the death toll is still lower. China had 5,327 cases of
Hong Kong canceled its largest marathon as Chief Executive Carrie Lam upgraded the government’s response against the coronavirus to the highest level and said the outbreak could extend the city’s
Panic and pollution drive the market for protective face masks, so business is booming in Asia, where fear of the virus from China is straining supplies and helping make mask-wearing
Countries with citizens in the central Chinese city that’s the epicenter of a viral outbreak are planning evacuations as the number of illnesses grow and China takes drastic measures to
The resumption of ferry services at the Wanzai Port yesterday after a nearly four-year break was marred by the developing Wuhan coronavirus situation in Macau. Yesterday, Macau’s Chief Executive
Chief Executive Ho Iat Seng did not rule out the possibility of forcing the closure of casinos in the coming days, as the government anticipates that the novel coronavirus
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