Asian stock markets, with the exception of New Zealand, are lower on Thursday following the sharp losses overnight on Wall Street as weak U.S. economic data and corporate earnings results pointed to the damaging economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic.
Globally, the number of coronavirus cases has topped more than 2 million, while more than 133,000 deaths related to the pandemic have also been reported.
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