How global companies are responding to the coronavirus


Stores are seen shuttered near the Yuyuan Bazaar in Shanghai, China, on Feb 7. Photographer: Qilai Shen/Bloomberg

LONDON (AFP): Given China's economic heft and position at the nexus of global supply chains, the new strain of coronavirus is affecting companies far and wide and in multiple sectors.

Here's how a selection of multinational brands are responding to the epidemic, which has forced many companies in China to stay shut into next week at least, well beyond the country's Lunar New Year holidays:

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