(Bloomberg) — China tried to come to grips with the expanding coronavirus outbreak, with the death toll climbing as residents returned from the Lunar New Year holidays.Chinese stocks plunged the most since 2015 and commodity markets collapsed as trading resumed from the break. U.S. equity futures rose as China’s government took steps to cushion the financial blow.Global efforts to contain the virus escalated as the Philippines reported the first death outside of China and the U.S. confirmed more infections. Airlines in Asia, Europe and the Middle East stopped service to the mainland, while the U.S. began limiting the entry of …read more
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