Medical workers in protective suits attend to novel coronavirus patients at the ICU of a Wuhan hospital. An undisclosed number of doctors and nurses have succumbed to the infection in the line of duty. — China Daily via Reuters
KUALA LUMPUR: OCBC Treasury Research expects the impact of the Covid-18 coronavirus to be around 0.4 percentage points of gross domestic product (GDP) in the first quarter.
In its research note issued on Friday it said the impact from the virus was based on the assumption the viral infection itself does not become a more major issue within the country.
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