Jaguar Land Rover warned that the coronavirus could soon begin to create production problems at its assembly plants in Britain. Bond yields declined, with the 10-year Treasury note yielding 1.56%, suggesting that investors are lowering their expectations for economic growth and inflation. Earlier in the day, the ministry announced that 88 additional cases of coronavirus were confirmed on the ship, bringing the total to 542. That is far higher than the mortality rate of the seasonal flu, with which the new coronavirus has sometimes been compared. Liu Zhiming, 51, a neurosurgeon and the director of the Wuchang Hospital in Wuhan, died shortly before 11 am Tuesday, the Wuhan health commission said.

Source: bd News24 February 19, 2020 09:11 UTC