By Ziling Huang
From the New York Post, “How Bad Could It Get? Companies Gauge Threat”, The Coronavirus is affecting the economy from several standpoints. Major companies like Apple, Microsoft, Mastercard, and United Airlines got affected profoundly by this virus. Due to this virus, worldwide companies had lost many profits since most of their suppliers and consumers are from China. Amazon and Nestle have canceled employees’ international trip, and United Airlines got many cancellations from customers on international itineraries.
This outbreak of virus had also affected the S&P 500 stock index, which the New York Post author explained that the stock hit the lowest one-week performance since the Financial Crisis in 2008. It is shocking how much this virus has influenced the U.S. and the world as a whole so far. Also, because of this outbreak, some small businesses will not be able to get funding since the investors foresee that the virus will tremendously affect the banks.
Credit by: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/28/business/economy/companies-coronavirus-economy.html
What exactly is the coronavirus?
It is a virus mostly from livestock or dead animals.
Where did it come from?
It began in Wuhan, China where someone was diagnosed with an unknown virus. Later on, doctors found out that this virus is contagious, which the hospitals started the coronavirus quarantine, and separated them.
Soon, it spread to European countries, other Asian countries, and eventually the United States.
How does it spread?
The virus spreads through coughing from those infected.
Touching the surface with the coronavirus
How can we prevent it?
We should clean our hands with soap around 20 seconds or use hand sanitizer with alcohol-based.
Avoid contact with the face without washing your hands.
When you know your family members or your friends might get the virus, call the doctor or hospital on the front to clarify the situation.
Spread the knowledge to people around you and let them know the facts of coronavirus in order to help stop the spread of the virus.
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