HONG KONG (AFP): Asian markets posted healthy gains on Friday (April 17) after official data in China showed the coronavirus pandemic had not hit economic growth as badly as some had feared.
Authorities closed factories, halted construction work and imposed drastic lockdowns among other efforts to contain the outbreak after it emerged in the central industrial city of Wuhan late last year.
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