Asian Development Bank President Masatsugu Asakawa warned Wednesday that the impacts of new coronavirus outbreak to the global economy may be "much, much worse" and felt "very much longer" than those of severe acute respiratory syndrome, or SARS, about two decades ago.In a joint interview in Jakarta with Kyodo News, Nikkei Asian Review and The Jakarta Post, Asakawa said that in 2003 the impacts of SARS resulted in the loss of $30 billion for mainland China, or about 1 percent of its gross domestic product in that year."But the impact of coronavirus this time is expected to be much, much wor…READ FULL ARTICLE
