The coronavirus pandemic is, we are told, a once-in-a-century plague that is the worst outbreak of its kind in living memory. But that doesn’t mean we can stop worrying about deadly diseases with the potential to rapidly spread across borders. Epidemiologists have already identified several contenders for the next global medical emergency. One fungal infection, […]
By Alun John, Scott Murdoch and Sumeet Chatterjee HONG KONG (Reuters) – Last October, nearly four dozen banks in Hong Kong confronted a nightmare “stress test” scenario: a pandemic that swept through the city, followed by a major cyberattack and a telecoms breakdown. In the simulation, a fast-spreading disease led to as much as a […]
By Swati Pandey SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia’s central bank held its cash rate at record lows at its first meeting of the year on Tuesday and sounded doggedly optimistic even as markets bet devastating bushfires at home and a viral epidemic in China would force aggressive easing. The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA), which slashed […]
