Covid-19, a disease caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus, had infected over 70,000 in China as of February 16
Basketball star Kobe Bryant and his 13-year-old daughter Gianna died in a helicopter crash on January 26. Bryant was 41. The chartered helicopter encountered heavy fog above Los Angeles before crashing into a hillside. None of the nine people on board survived.
Millions watched the construction of the Huoshenshan Hospital in Wuhan broadcast live online from January 23 to February 2. The new hospital was built to receive critical Covid-19 patients, many of whom were left untreated at home due to hospital bed shortages.
The Red Cross Society of China Hubei Branch is facing a backlash for distributing more donated masks to a private hospital than to a frontline hospital desperately short of supplies. The hospital appealed to internet users for direct donations.
The People’s Bank of China (PBoC), China’s central bank, injected 1.2 trillion yuan (US$176.5b) of capital through reverse repurchase agreements that aim to stabilize monetary markets amid disruptions from the ongoing outbreak.
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