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Business Matters: Virus shuts down major Chinese city

Virus shuts down large parts of China

23/01/2020 GMT

Virus shuts down major Chinese city

BBC World Service - Business Matters, Virus shuts down major Chinese city

We report on the latest and the guidance from the World Health Organisation

Wuhan, a Chinese city of eleven million people, is to temporarily shut public transport as it tries to halt the outbreak of a new strain of virus. We report on the latest and the guidance from the World Health Organisation. Nigerian people could be banned from travelling to the US, which could have serious impacts on the country's trade – especially on the ‘as seen’ garments industry, as industry expert Ofon Udofia from the Institute of Export Operations and Management in Lagos explains. Plus, Japan’s judicial system is questioned after a corporate scandal led to an accused automotive boss in the country to flee. We discuss all this with Nicole Childers - Executive Producer at Marketplace Morning Report on American Public Media – who's in LA and Yoko Ishikura – Professor Emeritus at Hitotsubashi University in Tokyo.

(Image: A Chinese man kisses his partner goodbye while both wear protective masks as she leaves to travel home at Beijing Railway station before the annual Spring Festival on January 21, 2020 in Beijing, China. Photo by Kevin Frayer/Getty Images)

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