Anonymous ID: a400e2 Jan. 3, 2020, 6:24 a.m. No.7701775   ๐Ÿ—„๏ธ.is ๐Ÿ”—kun   >>1786 >>1887 >>2151 >>2354

Asian governments on alert over mysterious virus outbreak in China

 

HONG KONG โ€“ Asian governments are stepping up precautionary measures to prevent an outbreak of a mysterious illness after Chinese health authorities reported 44 cases of a "viral pneumonia of unknown origin" amid concerns that the flu-like virus is linked to the highly contagious SARS virus that caused hundreds of deaths in Asia and elsewhere 17 years ago.

 

The outbreak prompted authorities in Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan, South Korea, Singapore and Malaysia to take emergency measures, including stricter health control at borders and temperature screenings on all flights from Wuhan, in China's central Hubei Province, where the outbreak originated. Chinese officials said on Friday that 11 patients remained in critical condition with respiratory tract infection symptoms, including fever and breathing difficulty.

 

Health authorities in Hong Kong were on high alert following five cases of patients developing symptoms of respiratory infections and fever after visiting Wuhan, about four hours by train from Hong Kong. Two of the patients have been discharged from the hospital following a full recovery and a third has tested negative for SARS, influenza and avian flu. The government said on Friday evening that two others are awaiting test results. "No serious pneumonia cases linked to the Wuhan outbreak had been reported in Hong Kong so far," Sophia Chan, Hong Kong's Secretary for Food and Health, said late Thursday night. The Hong Kong government has rolled out new prevention measures, including a daily announcement of any suspected cases, installing additional thermal imaging systems at Hong Kong International Airport, as well as increasing steps to clean and disinfect incoming express trains and planes from Wuhan.

 

Yuen Kwok-yung, a microbiologist at the University of Hong Kong, told local media on Wednesday that the viral infection in Wuhan appeared similar to the 1997 outbreak of bird flu and the SARS epidemic in China. He said there are chances that animals also carried the virus in the latest outbreak. All patients in the Wuhan outbreak have been held in isolation and their close contacts are under medical observation. Initial lab tests that showed "no apparent human-to-human transmission" and no medical staff were infected, according to the Wuhan Municipal Health Commission. Most of the patients worked in a seafood wholesale market, the commission said in a separate statement.

https://asia.nikkei.com/Spotlight/Society/Asian-governments-on-alert-over-mysterious-virus-outbreak-in-China

Anonymous ID: a400e2 Jan. 3, 2020, 7:15 a.m. No.7702135   ๐Ÿ—„๏ธ.is ๐Ÿ”—kun   >>2151 >>2158 >>2354

Turkish State Banks Sell $1 Billion to Spare Lira From Rout

 

Turkish state lenders sold between $1 billion and $1.5 billion to stem the liraโ€™s decline on Friday, according to three people with knowledge of the matter. The sales appear to have been triggered by a global flight from riskier assets as tensions between the U.S. and Iran escalated, two of the people said.

 

The lira slipped as much as 0.4% amid the rout to a seven-month low of 5.9781 against the dollar, posting one of the smallest declines across emerging-market currencies. State banks have sold dollars to prop up the lira over the last year, especially in times of heightened volatility, traders say. The currency is a key economic barometer for voters and a driver of consumer confidence. But the practice has been a source of controversy, with speculation mounting the sales amount to veiled intervention by the central bank. Itโ€™s also made trading the lira less attractive for foreign investors.

 

In the run-up to municipal elections in March, state banks sold as much as $15 billion to support the currency, according to tradersโ€™ estimates. In the second week of October, transactions amounted to at least $3.5 billion amid fears that punitive measures from Washington could deal a fresh blow to the Turkish economy.

https://www.bloomberg.com//news/articles/2020-01-03/turkish-state-banks-sell-1-billion-to-spare-lira-from-rout

 

from March 2019

Turkish watchdogs probe JP Morgan after lira plunge

https://www.trtworld.com/turkey/turkish-watchdogs-probe-jp-morgan-after-lira-plunge-25220

Anonymous ID: a400e2 Jan. 3, 2020, 7:52 a.m. No.7702352   ๐Ÿ—„๏ธ.is ๐Ÿ”—kun

>>7702334

shit going to shut down if it gets that high. Have to wait to see how it shakes out. All the exchanges would seize if it breaks out over the all time high.

be careful what you wish for. No one will know the actual price at that point.