Global markets slide on back of coronavirus concerns in China

Companies begin pulling staff from epicentre of outbreak or impose travel restrictions

Financial markets around the world have been rocked as an exodus of foreign workers from China intensified fears over the impact of the coronavirus on the world's second largest economy.

Major global companies have begun pulling staff from the province of Hubei at the hear of the outbreak or imposed travel restrictions on staff across Asia, telling any workers who visited the region to stay at home.

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