- Death toll passes 2,000 with 72528 cases worldwide.
- First confirmed case of coronavirus in Napa County.
- Russia will close its border to Chinese citizens from Feb. 20.
- logistics problems in China due to the Coronavirus has affected the supply of clothes and shoes to Russia.
- Washington State monitoring 712 people for Coronavirus symptoms.
- Global oil demand set to drop first time in decade on virus.
- South Korea announces emergency steps to prepare for outbreak announces 15 new cases.
- Death rate from Covid-19 is 2.67%. The virus is up to 20 times more deadly than the seasonal flu.
- New Zealand Post halts mail to and from China.
- Beijing’s leading medical adviser has warned that human-to-human transmission of Covid-19 has still not been stopped in Wuhan.
- A second person has died from Covid-19 in Hong Kong.
- The world could face a shortage of antibiotics if the pharmaceutical industry's supply problems posed by the coronavirus outbreak in China cannot soon be resolved.
- About 500 people are allowed to leave the Diamond Princess cruise ship in Japan. 542 people infected.
- China's home prices dropped with 25%, oil demand also dropping.
- Nanjing, a major city in Jiangsu province, will ease restrictions after 2 days with no new cases of coronavirus. People will return to work, public places are reopening, and public transportation will resume. Translation:
China's economy is tanking, CCP officials desperate to save the economy.
- Containers of frozen pork, chicken, and beef from South America, Europe, and the US are piling up at Chinese ports.
- Farmers in China throwing away crops amid Coronavirus outbreak due to it causing a huge impact on there economy.
- Kraft Heinz, PepsiCo, Renault, Peugeot, Volkswagen, BMW, Jaguar Land Rover factories in China remained closed. Hyundai has shut its huge factory in Ulsan, South Korea, for lack of parts while Nissan has already paused
production lines at its Japanese plants.
- A statistical analysis of China’s data shows a near-perfect prediction model that data analysts say isn’t likely to naturally occur.
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(suspected cases dropping due of manipulated numbers by the CCP.)