PETALING JAYA: The transitory nature of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) has resulted in extended post-Chinese New Year closures of factories and other establishments, especially in China which has disrupted the supply chain, but work is returning, albeit gradually.
Kenanga Research said that in the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) experience in 2003, markets actually rebounded around the time when the number of daily cases peaked.
“With Covid-19, while experts have been hesitant to call a peak, it does appear the daily new cases are trending lower from the current peak of Feb 4, ” it said in a report.
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