BEIJING/SHANGHAI -- Global stock markets opened weaker on Monday as investors grew increasingly worried about the economic and financial impact of the coronavirus outbreak that began in the China and has started to spread worldwide.
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Workers from local disease control and prevention department in protective suits disinfect a residential area following the outbreak of a new coronavirus, in Ruichang, Jiangxi Province. © Reuters
BEIJING/SHANGHAI -- Global stock markets opened weaker on Monday as investors grew increasingly worried about the economic and financial impact of the coronavirus outbreak that began in the China and has started to spread worldwide.