CoronavirusBeijing urges calm over mysterious virus ahead of Lunar New Year
Business continues normally, as other governments in Asia raise alerts
A health surveillance officer checks the temperatures of inbound passengers at Hong Kong International Airport on Jan. 4. Authorities have activated a "serious response" level as fears grow about a mysterious disease that may have been brought back by visitors to mainland China. © AP
MICHELLE CHAN, Nikkei staff writer
January 8, 2020 14:00 JST
HONG KONG -- As Beijing rushes to identify the cause of a mysterious illness that has sickened dozens of people in central China, some people in the city of Wuhan, where the unknown form of pneumonia originated, and elsewhere in the country are going about business as usual.