Impact Of Novel Coronavirus On Construction Contracts

On 30 January 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared that the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) outbreak constitutes a public health emergency of international concern and, at the time of writing, has spread to more than 25 countries outside China. These numbers would have been a lot more if not for China’s aggressive responses in countering the infections, including the locked-down of major cities at the outbreak’s epicenter in Hubei province, effectively isolating more than 50 million people.

Many countries have since restricted flights to and from China, and anyone arriving from China will very likely be subjected to at least 14 days of quarantine, or even denied entry.