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Concerns are rising over the coronavirus outbreak in China and the potential disruption to global supply chains.

The number of reported cases in China surged 60% overnight to more than 4,500, with the death toll rising to 106 people.

Yesterday, Beijing announced that the lunar new year holiday would be extended by three days, until 2 February, in an effort to contain the virus, following its outbreak in Wuhan, capital of the central Hubei province and a major manufacturing and transport hub.

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  • steve kinsell

    January 29, 2020 at 12:52 pm

    I unload containers from china pretty much every day. Should I be concerned? The ones I have due in this week and the ones which are already on the water mainly come from chaoyang district,beijing, haining, zhejiang, haing and shanghai.