Employment Q&A On COVID-19

Since December 31, 2019, when People's Republic of China notified the World Health Organization ("WHO") for unusual number of people suffering pneumonia in Wuhan, the virus known as COVID-19 has spread around the globe and caused a "pandemic". Since January 9, 2020, when the COVID-19 caused death of its first victim, total number of deaths exceeded 13,000 so far, along with more than 293,000 infections confirmed. While the virus has only spread in China at the early stage, it has now been reported in all continents of the World, with material effects to giant developed economies, such as the US and the EU. Finally, the WHO identified the situation as a "pandemic", which means global epidemic, on March 11, 2020.