Coronavirus may become ‘new flu’ but China ‘can weather’ economic storm

China reported its lowest number of new coronavirus cases on Thursday since January 23 when Wuhan – epicentre of the outbreak – went into lockdown, but a leading Chinese scientist has warned the disease may become an established illness like flu.

Beijing’s worst hospital infection toll risesThirty six people have now tested positive in Beijing’s worst hospital infection. China can weather economic stormChina has sufficient financial tools to weather the economic storm caused by the coronavirus outbreak, its finance ministry said on Thursday, as a new package of help for companies was announced.

More than a billion masks importedChina has so far imported over 1.2 billion masks to meet the soaring demand, according to the Ministry of Commerce. Hubei received 3.01 billion yuan of the advance funding, with 902 million yuan of its allocation going to Wuhan. Story continuesJapan scientist stands by ‘chaotic’ criticism of cruise ship quarantineAustralia has 15 cases of the virus, but no new infections since the travel ban was put in place on February 1. Ten patients have recovered, while the other five are in a stable condition.

Work-from-home extended as another Hongkonger tests positive for virusThe CDC has listed Japan, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam as other destinations outside mainland China with apparent community spread, but said the extent was not sustained or widespread enough to warrant a travel notice.

Coronavirus research ‘breakthrough’: US scientists make atomic map of virusThere were 394 new cases reported in mainland China, and a further 114 deaths, as of midnight Wednesday. So far, the disease has killed 2,118 people on the mainland, from a total of 74,576 confirmed cases. China’s National Health Commission reported that 1,779 patients had recovered by Wednesday, bringing the total number of people who have recovered from the disease to 16,155.

But Chen Xi, assistant professor of health policy and economics at the Yale School of Public Health, said it may be too early to conclude that infections had peaked. Measures to close down community neighbourhoods in Wuhan had just been implemented, and their effectiveness remained to be seen, he said.

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