COVID-19 expected to stoke slowest growth in over 50 years in East Asia, Pacific and China


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Washington [US], September 29 (ANI): The coronavirus pandemic is expected to stoke the slowest growth in more than 50 years in East Asia and the Pacific as well as China, World Bank said in an economic update on Monday, stated Reuters. The bank said the region is expected to grow by only 0.9 per cent in 2020, the lowest rate since 1967, according to Reuters. Meanwhile, the global death toll of COVID-19 has crossed one million-mark, according to data from Johns Hopkins University. The respiratory disease was first reported in the Chinese city of Wuhan last year. The World Health...