Saturday, February 08, 2020

Over 400 million Chinese now under some form of quarantine

James Bickerton reports in Express,
Currently around 400 million Chinese citizens live under some level of quarantine which has been imposed over some of the country’s biggest cities. Economically crucial metropolises such as Tianjin, Guangzhou and parts of the greater Shanghai region are under restrictions in a bid to stop the virus spreading.

...Currently around a third of global economic growth takes place in China according to ratings agency Standard & Poor.

According to Capital Economics around £25billion left China during January, with the rate speeding up towards the end of the month.

This was around double what was experienced the month before.
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