Cites coronavirus

Kyodo says:

  • China molds delaying annual parliament meeting due to the coronavirus

In other virus news:

  • US energy Sec. Brouillette says there has been some slowing down of the Chinese energy purchases, but the impact from the coronavirus is marginal so far
  • The White House said today that they doubt the accuracy of the data coming from China on the virus
  • Alibaba warned the broad impact on Chinese economy
  • Japan reported its 1st death from the illness
  • The European commission singled out the outbreak it is a key downside risk

The total cases in China jumped by 15K today after China revises method for counting infections.

A look at the progression of infected and deaths, are showing the following numbers:

Progression of the China infected and that's reported

The so-called change in the methodology should see a return back to normal numbers tomorrow. However I don't know how the number of deaths can be misinterpreted or misreported.