Bloomberg The Philippines identified additional measures to ensure sufficient food supply amid a month-long lockdown of the country’s main island of Luzon as it tries to contain the spread of the coronavirus outbreak. The government plans to import 300,000 metric tons of rice, if necessary, through state deals with Southeast Asian partners, or through sources such as India and Pakistan, ...

Bloomberg Toyota Motor Corp and other Japanese automakers reported steep drops in output in February as the coronavirus outbreak accelerated across the world, a sign that business conditions will get worse for them before any improvement. Japan’s biggest automaker reported that its global production fell 13.8% in February from a year earlier. Worldwide production for the Toyota Group, which includes ...

Bloomberg It’s the phone calls at all hours of the night he remembers. As swine flu ravaged northern India in 2015, a radiologist working at a hospital in a Delhi suburb said people would call begging for a bed. That outbreak ultimately infected more than 31,000 people and killed nearly 2,000, as many died waiting for treatment. With the far ...