UK shares fell on Friday as investors took measures to reduce their exposure to perceived risky assets as the coronavirus continued to spread, while a buyout offer powered mid-cap real estate investment firm Daejan to an all-time high. The FTSE 100 slipped 0.4% and marked its second consecutive week in …
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London’s Chinatown stands eerily deserted as thousands of revellers keep their distance from the tourist spot as coronavirus panic sweeps the UK. The normally-busy restaurants are empty after Britain’s ninth confirmed case of the virus, a woman who travelled from China, became the first in London. The total number of …
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A ban on Chinese tourists visiting Australia could plunge the economy into a recession for the first time in three decades. A veteran economist also fears a global coronavirus pandemic could spark a new global financial crisis, which could potentially unleash a 40 per cent plummet in Australian house prices. …
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Coronavirus hits Bali: Chinese tourist tests positive after holidaying on the party island as two others are kept in isolation in hospital By Charlie Moore For Daily Mail Australia Published: 20:37, 12 February 2020 | Updated: 23:00, 12 February 2020 A Chinese tourist has reportedly tested positive to coronavirus after travelling …
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A British student evacuated from Wuhan has today documented his journey from ‘living in fear’ and suffering panic attacks in coronavirus-hit China to life in quarantine in a Milton Keynes hotel with free Netflix. Camryn Turner, 27, was in the middle of a music course in the virus-ravaged city when the outbreak, …
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A private school has been closed today after the family of some of their pupils were put in isolation over fears they may have contracted coronavirus. St Mary’s Independent School in Southampton, Hampshire, which charges up to £10,500 a year, is currently on lockdown after they showed symptoms of the …
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London stocks were set to rise at the open on Thursday amid signs of easing trade tensions between the US and China. The FTSE 100 was called to open 55 points higher at 7,537. CMC Markets analyst David Madden said: “In a bid to improve China-US trading relations, overnight Beijing …
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The European Union may be delaying the UK’s response to the coronavirus outbreak after it stalled over a decision to ban all direct flights from China and turn away foreign nationals who have been to the disease-stricken country within the last 14 days. Scores of passengers fleeing the coronavirus-hit country have been …
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Furious Britons stuck in coronavirus-hit China have today attacked the Government after it warned all 30,000 UK nationals to leave the country, as it emerged they would be expected to make their own way home. In a dramatic escalation of its official advice to just avoid China, the Foreign Office …
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A British evacuee from coronavirus-hit Wuhan today shared a glimpse of what life is like inside quarantine as he and 82 others spend their first day inside a nurses’ accommodation block in the Wirral. Matt Raw, who was part of a group flown in from China on Friday over the coronavirus outbreak, revealed that …
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