China mulls delaying key annual meeting over virus outbreak

China will consider postponing the annual meeting of its national parliament scheduled in early March at a meeting on Feb. 24, official media reported Monday, as the new coronavirus has infected an additional 2,048 people and killed 105 more people on the mainland.In order to prioritize the prevention and control of the epidemic, the National People's Congress Standing Committee chairpersons' meeting "considered it necessary to postpone" the 13th session of the congress, Zang Tiewei, a spokesperson for the committee, told Xinhua News Agency in an interview.Every year, the congress takes pla…READ FULL ARTICLE