SHANGHAI/TOKYO -- The coronavirus outbreak in China has slashed the country's air connections with the rest of the world by about two-thirds, a Nikkei analysis has found.
The number of international flight routes to China has fallen 67% since the World Health Organization declared a global health emergency on Jan. 30. Links with the U.S. -- which is denying entry to all visitors who have been in China -- dropped 76%. Connections with Japan have been reduced by 55%, while routes linking China with South Korea are down by 52%.
