The most important things to know about the Wuhan coronavirus
Gong Xi Fa Cai to everyone celebrating the lunar new year. We hope you had a wonderful time with family and friends, and we wish you good fortune, prosperity and peace in the year of the metal rat.
As for the news, with 80-plus people reportedly dead in China and thousands more infected across the globe, no other story commanded more attention over the long weekend than the Wuhan coronavirus outbreak. That’s why in today’s newsletter, we decided to zero in on the crisis and look at what’s been happening here and in Wuhan, what people can do (and what you absolutely mustn’t!), and how the outbreak could have a major impact on the economies of China and the world.