Does Coronavirus outbreak qualify as a Force Majeure event?


Coronavirus disease 2019 abbreviated as COVID-19 is an infectious disease, a virus closely related to the SARS virus. The disease is the cause of the recent coronavirus outbreak which has led to more than 2770 deaths, including 2715 deaths in mainland China alone.
The World Health Organization has declared the coronavirus outbreak to be a Public Health Emergency of International Concern. Initially, only Mainland China was listed as an area with known ongoing community spread of the disease but now the disease has engulfed more than 30 countries. 
The number of confirmed infected people has surged to more than 81000, with the cases in mainland China crossing 78000.  In other countries, the cases reached at least 2100. After human mortalities, coronavirus has started to now seriously impact trade, commerce, businesses, and movement of people be it business or working communities as well as tourists.  Read more...

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