Western Australian Federal Political Editor Larnai Scarr says the government must prioritise its management of the coronavirus before everything else.
Ms Scar said that while the percentage of deaths may be lower, the economic impact of the coronavirus “will be worse” than the SARS epidemic which cost $40
billion worldwide. “China was the sixth largest economy in the world, its now the second” she said, highlighting the importance of China to the global economy.
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