International

  • Global surveillance key to containing spread of the virus
  • IOC will take Olympics postponement into consideration
  • New Zealand to go into lockdown
  • China’s COVID-19 testing kits arrive in Jakarta
  • Trump approves Major Disaster Declaration in California
  • Pentagon reports first military-related death from coronavirus
  • China offers helping hand in global coronavirus fight (Sharing experience and expertise delivering medical supplies, assisting local doctors… Chinese medical experts and staff are offering on-site support in Italy, Iran, Iraq and Serbia to help fight the COVID-19 pandemic)
  • New York State to build temporary hospitals amid COVID-19 outbreak
  • BMW to continue ramping up investment in China
  • NBA won’t commit to player’s pay beyond April 1
  • US FDA authorizes 1st faster,point-of-care coronavirus test( Media reports said the test developed by the molecular diagnostics company Cepheid based in California is expected to shorten the coronavirus detection time to about 45 minutes. The company intends to make its point-on-care testing available by March 30, according to the FDA.)

China

  • Imported infections remain in double digits
  • COVID-19 cases in children mainly mild: China study
  • Inbound passengers to honestly report health or face consequence
  • Record 45t yuan consumption appears possible this year
  • Intl travelers to Beijing rerouted to other cities(total of seven international flights bound for Beijing have been diverted to neighboring airports starting Friday, according to the Civil Aviation Administration of China)
  • Shanghai requires all intl arrivals to undergo testing
  • Express service getting back to normal in Wuhan
  • HK to ban entry of all non-locals
  • China brand development index increases in Q4 2019
  • Why healthy Chinese wearing face masks outdoors (1. After the outbreak of COVID19, the experts recommended the public wearing face masks in the hardest-hit city or during the public gatherings outside the epicenter. In reality, however, most localities require that all people should wear face masks in public places.)