LATEST: Confirmed cases of coronvirus, now named COVID-19, reach nearly 60,000 in China.
“Wartime control measures” were announced Wednesday in the Zhangwan District in the city of Shiyan in Hubei province, northwest of Wuhan, and will be implemented on Thursday.This is the first time Chinese authorities have announced such control measures publicly since the outbreak of the coronavirus.The secretary of the provincial Communist Party committee of Hubei province Jiang Chaoliang has been removed from his position, according to Chinese state media on Thursday.
Secretary of Education Kelvin Yeung said in a news conference that further assessment is needed to determine when schools will reopen. “The consequences of COVID-19 for global oil demand will be significant,” the International Energy Agency said in a monthly statement Thursday.More generally, transport shutdowns and a halt in industry in China are expected to hit exports and the broader global economy.
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