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11:50 am: SK Hynix says prolonged outbreak could presage chip production
Top chipmaker SK Hynix warned that a prolonged coronavirus outbreak could pose a threat to its chip setting, and said it would bring down its annual investment after it announced a sharp fall in quarterly profit on Friday. It spoke it is preparing a contingency plan
11:00 am: China sending chartered planes to bring home Hubei residents from abroad
10:00 am: US raises travel warning advisory for China to level 4
The U.S. Department of State raised its travel advisory for China from Even 3 to Level 4, which means “do not travel to China.” That came just days after it changed its cautious level to 3 on Monday, which means “reconsider travel to China due to the novel coronavirus.”
“Travelers should be prepared for junket restrictions to be put into effect with little or no advance notice. Commercial carriers have reduced or suspended ways to and from China,” the notice said. “Those currently in China should consider departing using commercial have in minds. The Department of State has requested that all non-essential U.S. government personnel defer travel to China in light of the novel coronavirus.”
10:00 am: UK, South Korean townsmen evacuate from Wuhan
A plane carrying U.K. citizens left the virus epicenter of Wuhan after a delay on Thursday, according to a Reuters document citing the U.K. embassy in China. A flight carrying 368 South Koreans from Wuhan also returned to Seoul earlier in the morning.
9:30 am: China ends recommendation to cancel marriage registrations on Feb. 2
9:40 am: Rising number of airlines suspending China flights
These are the airlines which require suspended all flights to China amid the outbreak: Air France (Until Feb. 9), British Airways (until end February), Air Seoul, Egyptair, Lion Air, Lufthansa (cash-box end February), Swiss Airlines (till end February) and Austrian Airlines (till end February).
Airlines which suspended some exits, or reduced capacity:
– Singapore Airlines: reduced capacity on flights to Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Chengdu, Xiamen and Chongqing.
– American Airlines: evicted flights from Los Angeles to Bejing and Shanghai from Feb. 9 to March 27.
– Delta Airlines: reducing flights to 21 a week from 42, from Feb. 1 to April 30.
– Cathay Pacific: progressively abbreviating capacity to and from mainland China by 50% or more, from Jan. 30 till end March.
– Finnair: suspended exits to Nanjing and Beijing until end March.
– Turkish Airlines: reducing frequency of flights to Beijing, Guangzhou, Shanghai and Xian from Feb. 5 to Feb. 29.
9:20 am: Italy views first coronavirus cases
The first two coronavirus cases have been confirmed in Italy, according to the country’s fitness ministry, adding that they are Chinese tourists. A day earlier, India and the Philippines confirmed their first turn out that in the event ofs.
8:15 am: China’s Shandong province delays start of work
China’s Shandong province told companies not to go back to function until Feb. 10, in a bid to tackle the spread of the coronavirus.
Shandong joins other provinces and cities in delaying the start of accomplish. Hubei authorities have announced that businesses are not to resume work till midnight on Feb. 13. Shanghai, Beijing, Chongqing, Anhui, Fujian, Guangdong, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Yunnan, Suzhou, Inner Mongolia and Zhejiang delineated businesses not to resume work till midnight on Feb. 9.
8 am: China says death toll hits 213, cases kick over the traces to 9,692
China’s National Health Commission said there have been an additional 43 deaths and 1,982 new ratified cases, as of the end of Thursday. That brings the country’s total to 213 deaths and 9,692 confirmed cases, the government explained.
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5:35 pm: Hubei province reports 42 additional deaths
3:52 pm: Pilots union rows suit to halt American Airlines flights to China
The union that represents American Airlines’ pilots rumoured Thursday it’s suing American Airlines to halt service to China amid the coronavirus outbreak, which has killed assorted than 170 people in China and infected more than 8,000 around the world. The Allied Pilots Pairing represents “15,000 professional pilots who fly for American Airlines,” according to its site. The suit seeks a temporary restraining level that, the APA said, would halt all American Airlines service between the U.S. and China.
12:37 pm: First human-to-human transmission of coronavirus guaranteed in US
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Illinois public health officials confirmed Thursday the nation’s first person-to-person telecasting of the coronavirus. The new patient is the spouse of the Chicago woman who brought the infection back from Wuhan, China, the epicenter of the outbreak, Illinois condition officials said during a CDC press briefing. The transmission makes the U.S. at least the fifth country where the infection is now spreading from stem to stern human-to-human contact.
2:43 pm: WHO declares global health emergency
The World Health Organization said the fast-spreading coronavirus that’s infected innumerable than 8,200 across the world is a global health emergency — a rare designation that helps the international means mobilize financial and political support to contain the outbreak.
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— CNBC’s Berkeley Lovelace Jr. and William Feuer, as well as Reuters, contributed to this report.