CHINA-HEALTH EMERGENCY: CORONAVIRUS EPIDEMIC IN CHINA
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Caixin reported (March 12) that Chinese officials are relaxing restrictions to allow business activities to recover in many places across Hubei province, the epicenter of the Covid-19 outbreak, amid signs that the domestic spread of the disease is under control. Officials in several other Hubei cities also confirmed that local businesses would be encouraged to resume production starting March 10 if they meet certain criteria. A total of 24 of China’s provincial-level regions have lowered their public health emergency response levels as of March 11 morning in light of an apparent sustained slowdown in the country’s Covid-19 outbreak, though neither the nation’s capital Beijing nor financial hub Shanghai were among them. Japan’s Honda Motor Co. and Dongfeng Motor Corp. resumed operations on March 11 after shutting down for more than a month, a highly symbolic move due to the company’s location in Wuhan.
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