RE: A Flood of $25-a-Barrel Saudi Arabian Oil Is Headed for Europe12 Mar 2020 11:56
From the BBC's live reporting on coronavirus. Brought to my attention on another board:
Officials in China have declared that the peak of the country's outbreak is officially over.
Mi Feng, a spokesman for China's National Health Commission, said "the increase of new cases is falling".
There were just 15 new cases logged across the whole of China on Thursday, and Hubei province - the epicentre of the virus - logged just eight new infections. This is the first time the province has recorded a daily tally of fewer than 10 new cases.
Over the last seven days, the progress of coronavirus in the country has slowed markedly. China has been enforcing strict measures on traffic and the movement of people in an attempt to stem the spread, including effectively putting Wuhan on lockdown.
As the virus has slowed, authorities have cautiously started easing restrictions and businesses have been reopening. Earlier on Thursday, Hubei officials announced that travel restrictions would be further loosened.