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Viewsroom: China’s latest viral threat

Viewsroom

Reuters

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4.458 Ratings

🗓️ 23 January 2020

⏱️ 20 minutes

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The outbreak of a contagious disease before the Lunar New Year holiday evokes memories of SARS’ human and economic toll in 2003. Beijing’s swift reaction this time, imposing travel bans on five cities as 18 died, is encouraging. Plus: the cost of the UK royal family’s new schism. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

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0:30.1

The views expressed on this podcast are those of the participants, not of Rorges News.

0:40.8

Welcome to the Views Room, a podcast brought to you by Reuters' Breaking Views.

0:45.4

I'm Anthony Curry, and with me in the studio at Jennifer Sabre and Anna Shemansky.

0:49.4

Welcome to the both of you.

0:50.8

Later in the program, we'll pit royalist against Republican to debate the economic

0:55.3

impact to the United Kingdom of what ought to be in irrelevance. Prince Harry, or perhaps

1:00.1

we should call him Mr. Harry Windsor from now on, and his wife Megan's decision to spin themselves

1:04.2

off from the British royal family. But first, our colleagues in Asia discussed a fast-changing

1:09.0

situation as China battles the latest

1:11.2

infectious virus to hit the country. Since we recorded this segment, the death toll has risen

1:16.0

to at least 18, and Beijing has imposed travel restrictions on Wuhan where the outbreak began

1:21.1

and at least four other cities. Katrina Hamlin, over to you. Thanks, Anthony.

1:31.9

I'm here in Hong Kong with our Asia economics editor, Pete Sweeney.

1:39.9

It's the week before Chinese New Year, and China is panicking at mysterious pneumonia,

1:44.5

which has so far, as of the 21st of January, killed four people.

1:46.5

Pete, why is everyone so scared?

1:48.9

Well, okay, we should qualify panicking.

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