SINGAPORE - Investor fears have intensified following the emergence of a virulent new coronavirus strain from South Africa.
Market sentiment was severely jolted as the first cases of this "variant of concern" - now named Omicron - emerged in Belgium, Israel and Hong Kong. Britain has now reported its first cases.
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