HONG KONG (AFP): Investor nerves over the spread of a deadly new virus from China hammered Asian equities and oil benchmarks on Thursday (Jan 23), as authorities moved to contain the disease.
More than 570 people have been infected with the coronavirus across China and Wuhan, the city at the centre of the outbreak, has been placed under effective quarantine.
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