Coronavirus Update: New Zealand reports the first case, Tokyo Disneyland shuts down


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▴ Coronavirus Update New Zealand reports the first caseTokyo Disneyland shuts down
From meat exports to tourism, the outbreak of coronavirus in China - New Zealand's largest trading partner - has already had a big influence on the local economy.

New Zealand confirmed its first coronavirus case on Friday, according to its health ministry. In a statement, it said that the first case is a person who returned from Iran and arrived in Auckland on an Emirates flight on Feb. 26. The New Zealand dollar fell around 1% against the U.S. dollar, on the back of that news. — Weizhen Tan

In other reports, Tokyo Disney Resort operator OLC Group said it will close the park from Saturday until March 15. The leisure and tourism company said it decided after taking into account the risk of infection from public events that attract large crowds. The announcement comes after Japan on Thursday suspended all elementary, junior and high schools in the country from March 2 through spring break (typically around the end of March). — Wang


Meanwhile, Nigeria’s Federal Ministry of Health confirmed the country’s first case of the new coronavirus. The agency said the case was confirmed Thursday in Lagos State. — Wang


In South Korea, Hyundai Motor closes factory after worker tests positive Hyundai Motor has shut a factory in South Korea’s city of Ulsan, after a worker tested positive for the new coronavirus, according to a Reuters report. The South Korean automaker has five car factories in Ulsan, which accounts for nearly 30% of its global production, the report said. Ulsan is less than an hour away from Daegu, where a large number of cases in the country were traced to. Cases in South Korea have continually spiked, surpassing 2,000 on Friday. Shares of Hyundai Motor were last down nearly 5%.  — Weizhen Tan

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