Asia prepares for coronavirus boomerang wave as residents return home


By Donny KwokRyan Woo
  • World
  • Tuesday, 17 Mar 2020

A woman wears a protective face mask as she sits at a pub, amid the outbreak of coronavirus, in Hong Kong, China March 17, 2020. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu

HONG KONG/BEIJING (Reuters) - Governments in Asia are preparing measures to head off a new wave of coronavirus cases as people flee an explosion of the disease in Europe, North America and the Middle East.

As the world mobilises to battle the virus, China, Hong Kong, Singapore and Taiwan have been relatively successful in curbing the spread so far.

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