by AIP Online Bureau | Mar 11, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News
Geneva: The World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a global pandemic on Wednesday as the new coronavirus, which was unknown to world health officials just three months ago, has rapidly spread to more than 121,000 people from Asia, to Europe, the Middle...
by AIP Online Bureau | Mar 11, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News
WASHINGTON/SAN FRANCISCO: The escalating coronavirus outbreak is giving the U.S. Federal Reserve a policy headache like never before: how to judge the potential impact on the economy in the absence of reliable data on how fast the flu-like illness is...
by AIP Online Bureau | Mar 11, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News
BARCELONA/MILAN: Europe’s major car and parts makers rushed on Wednesday to close factories and cut output in Italy and considered sending workers home elsewhere, in the first signs that coronavirus is disrupting the region’s struggling automotive...
by AIP Online Bureau | Mar 11, 2020 | Uncategorized
Beijing: Beijing on Wednesday ordered people arriving in the city from any country to go into 14-day quarantine as China reported an increase in imported coronavirus cases, threatening its progress against the epidemic. China has made major strides...
by AIP Online Bureau | Mar 11, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News
London: The Bank of England unexpectedly cut interest rates by half a percent on Wednesday in a shock move to bolster Britain's economy against disruption caused by the coronavirus outbreak. Members of the BoE's Monetary Policy Committee voted to...