UK: Corona Reports Huge Losses In UK After Outbreak Of Coronavirus

The company that owns Corona beer is experiencing its biggest losses in a decade as a result of the coronavirus outbreak. Anheuser-Bu...

The company that owns Corona beer is experiencing its biggest losses in a decade as a result of the coronavirus outbreak.

Anheuser-Busch InBev owns not only Corona, but other famous brands such as Budweiser, Stella Artois and Becks, too.

However, in the last two months, since the coronavirus began spreading in China, the company has experienced a $170 million (£132 million) loss of earnings in the UK, at a time when they were expecting because of lunar new year.

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As a result, bosses have been forced to cut the chief executive’s bonus and forecast one of the steepest declines in its quarterly profits.

Anheuser-Busch In Bev has cited the loss in sales to few people visiting China and less people going out in public, in a bid to prevent the spread of the deadly coronavirus. Therefore, the impact is taking a toll on nightlife in the country, as many bars and restaurants being forced to close their doors.

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The World Health Organisation chief is now urging governments to take ‘aggressive’ action against the spread of the coronavirus, which has now reached a ‘decisive point’.

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said:

Every country must be ready for its first case, its first cluster, the first evidence of community transmission and for dealing with sustained community transmission. And it must be preparing for all of those scenarios at the same time.

It comes after the panic surrounding the coronavirus sent world share markets sinking again on Friday, February 28, wiping out a value of $5 trillion in what has been described as the worst week since the 2008 financial crisis.

So far, 16 people in the UK have tested positive for the virus, as medical officers raise the risk level from low to moderate, given there’s currently no known cure or vaccine.

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Write by Emma Rosemurgey