Quarantines and other measures put in place to stop the spread of the deadly coronavirus in China could continue to disrupt electronics manufacturing even after factories return to production, manufacturing experts said.
It is the first known American death in an outbreak of a new coronavirus. Wuhan is the center of the outbreak and the capital of Hubei province, where most deaths and confirmed cases are located.
Norwegian Cruises said, "Any guest that holds a Chinese, Hong Kong, or Macau passport, will be unable to board any of our ships, regardless of residency."
WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the slowing rate of new cases is "good news" but cautioned the public not to read too much into the new data.
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