As the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a pandemic on Wednesday, countries in addition to the United States are taking unprecedented steps to protect themselves from the spread of the virus.
However, in China, the country hardest hit by the coronavirus outbreak, life is starting to return to normal.
Today, Apple has reopened 38 of its 42 outlets on the continent that were previously all closed. Wuhan, which was in the midst of the outbreak and completely quarantined to prevent the spread of the outbreak, has just closed the last of its coronavirus transition hospitals.
To know when we can expect the world to normalize, it’s important to take a look at China, which has been hit by COVID-19 since November and has seen the country virtually shut down to the outside world.
Currently, only a handful of flights, mainly from India, are operated to China, and most airlines keep their flights grounded. However, Chinese President Xi Jinping made his first stop in Wuhan since the outbreak began and China’s rhetoric is encouraging life to return to normal, while claiming that the number of new virus cases reported is at its lowest point since the outbreak began. The epidemic has begun. On Wednesday, only thirteen new cases were reported in China.
Apple CEO Tim Cook claimed that “China is controlling the coronavirus” in an interview with Fox Business as Apple reopened its factories in China.
China could be more complex thanks to its experience with the coronavirus and could also serve as an indicator of how long it will take the rest of the world to get involved with the virus.
Most likely, the next 30 days will see an even bigger drop. Cruise lines and airlines have been hit hard.
In the U. S. , where domestic flights account for a significant portion of airline revenue, major U. S. airlines will continue to rank better than most European and Asian airlines. Delta has reduced its capacity by 15% compared to Cathay Pacific, which has reduced capacity from Hong Kong to 75%.
While many other people are now in China to see when we can expect a return to normalcy, ports reopened this week in the world’s second-largest economy and imports from the United States are starting to arrive again.
Many airlines still allow flexible adjustments to ticket prices and refunds to give passengers more flexibility, but the next 30 days will face increased uncertainty, exemplified by flight suspensions between the Schengen domain and the United States.