Apple, McDonalds and Starbucks are among the major U.S. companies that have closed locations or reduced service in China amid the spread of the novel coronavirus that's killed at least 170 people and infected more than 7,700.
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A girl wears a plastic bottle as a makeshift protection and a face mask while waiting to check in for a flight at Beijing Capital Airport on Jan. 30, 2020 in China. The number of cases of a deadly new coronavirus rose to over 7000 in mainland China.Industry experts noted that with increased globalization, China's role in the global economy has grown considerably since the SARS outbreak in 2003.
A worker uses a thermometer to check the temperature of a customer as he enters a Beijing Starbucks as China copes with an outbreak of the new coronavirus, Jan. 30, 2020.Starbucks disclosed to investors during a quarterly earnings report earlier this week that more than half of its stores in China were temporarily closed because of the outbreak. The company said the financial impact"cannot be reasonably estimated at this time.
"China is a critical market for us and we're very concerned about the situation over there," CEO Chris Kempczinski said Wednesday. He added that he predicts the actual impact on business should be fairly small assuming the outbreak is contained. "With respect to the supply chain, we do have some suppliers in the Wuhan area," Cook added, noting they are"working on mitigation plans to make up any expected production loss."
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