As of Wednesday, more than 75,200 cases of coronavirus have been reported, resulting in at least 2,000 deaths.
said that business in China had dropped by about 85% year-on-year as the coronavirus outbreak has resulted in store closures and fewer customers visiting the remaining outlets. Adidas said it had seen lower traffic, mainly in Japan and South Korea, but added that it had not yet registered any major business impact beyond Greater China.
Japan confirmed 79 new cases aboard the Diamond Princess cruise liner, taking the total number of on-board infections to 621. Japan's public broadcaster, NHK, citing the health ministry, said that 68 of the 79 people with COVID-19 didn't have any symptoms. Earlier in the day, passengers and crew members on board the quarantined cruise ship, who were not taking government repatriation flights, started the process of disembarking.
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