Stores closed, employees evacuated, travel restricted as coronavirus spreads
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Companies around the globe from Facebook to Japan’s Nippon Steel have restricted travel to China, as the outbreak of a new coronavirus, which has killed over 100 people and infected more than 4,000 in the world’s most populous country, sparks international alarm.