“I thought I was knocking on hell’s door.”

For one coronavirus patient at ground zero of the outbreak in Wuhan, the journey from infection to recovery was a nightmare scenario that entailed multiple hospital visits, symptoms so severe he thought he would die and quarantine under police watch.

This is the story of a 21-year-old student, who was lucky enough to beat the sickness in part because his father — a health care worker — was aware of the risks earlier than most: https://bloom.bg/38oBmRO

Emmanuel Macron's candidate for Paris mayor pulled out of the race Friday after the publication of a sexually explicit video on social media sites. https://bloom.bg/3bzkedT

Royal Bank of Scotland is rebranding and getting a new name after 300 years. https://bloom.bg/31Y1eRV

Germany is considering imposing speed limits on the autobahn. https://bloom.bg/2tY7CMD

🍽 The world is throwing away more than twice as much food as previously thought and the wealthy are the worst offenders, according to new analysis by the UN: https://bloom.bg/38qVpz2

🏠 Airbnb to big cities looking to regulate short-term rentals: we’ll see you in court: https://bloom.bg/39AAglW

🥃 The latest trade war fight is likely to hit your favorite spirits. Here are the ones to stock up on as the European Union and U.S. square off: https://bloom.bg/2vvoniy

A Chinese tourist died from the coronavirus in Paris, France's health ministry said. It's the first fatality caused by the virus outside Asia.

Earlier, the U.S. said it plans to evacuate American citizens and their families on board the Diamond Princess cruise ship. The ship are quarantined in Japan, and more than 275 are now confirmed to have been infected with the virus.

China's National Health Commission said earlier that there were 2,641 new confirmed infections in the country, taking the total number of global cases above 67,000. https://bloom.bg/2HmKryu

🇨🇳 China’s provinces were already bracing for an economic hit before the coronavirus outbreak. Now they're facing the fallout with depleted ammunition. https://bloom.bg/3bI6WMm

🏥 Meanwhile, China is trying a 3,000-year-old traditional remedy on virus patients. "Our efforts have shown some good result,” said Wang Hesheng, the new health commission head in Hubei. https://bloom.bg/39CAIAf

🚗 In other news, Elon Musk’s plan to build an electric car plant in Germany has run into legal trouble. A court said clearing a forest near Berlin for a new Tesla factory must stop while it considers a challenge by environmentalists. https://bloom.bg/2UXBsM4

😷 More than 3,000 travelers on two coronavirus-stricken cruise ships are returning home to more than 40 countries, fueling fears of further contagion from the deadly virus. https://bloom.bg/37xQCKL

🏠 Asking prices for U.K. homes rose to a near-record high this month after Boris Johnson's Brexit breakthrough lifted confidence, new figures show. https://bloom.bg/2UZZExI

🎿 Even Norwegians are skiing indoors in winter, as the Scandinavian nation adapts to a warming world. https://bloom.bg/321qXcc

🏥 What's it like to be quarantined because of suspected infection by the coronavirus?

That's what happened to Bloomberg journalist Stella Ko, who spent 20 hours in isolation after arriving in South Korea to visit her parents.

"Before my quarantine, I didn’t fully appreciate how quickly and completely people can be stigmatized at a time like this."

Read her account here: https://bloom.bg/2P3jd4f

HSBC is set to slash about 35,000 staff from its workforce and is taking $7.3 billion of charges in a dramatic overhaul. https://bloom.bg/37xQXNy

Michael Bloomberg has qualified to join the other Democratic presidential candidates on the debate stage for the first time on Wednesday. https://bloom.bg/323CCaF

Locust swarms the size of cities are ravaging East Africa, threatening millions of people with hunger. https://bloom.bg/2wsSWWD

📱 Apple shares fell on Tuesday, after the company said the fallout from the coronavirus would cause it to miss its sales targets this quarter: https://bloom.bg/2uX6zNd

📈 Tech shares led declines on the S&P 500 after Apple warned of production and demand disruptions: https://bloom.bg/2uUhOpG

⬇ The Boy Scouts of America is seeking bankruptcy protection to cope with a rising tide of claims tied to sexual abuse of children in its ranks: https://bloom.bg/2SBtE1c

Bill Gates paid Tesla a compliment, but if he was expecting kind words in return from Elon Musk, he apparently shouldn’t have spoken about his new Porsche.

When a Tesla enthusiast posted about Gates’s decision to buy a Taycan instead of a Tesla, Musk replied: “My conversations with Gates have been underwhelming tbh.” https://bloom.bg/2SPiJQ8

Meanwhile, the only person who's richer than Gates, Jeff Bezos, has announced he’s pledging $10 billion to help counter the effects of climate change.

“It’s going to take collective action from big companies, small companies, nation states, global organizations and individuals,” he said. “We can save Earth.” https://bloom.bg/3bRDOCc

Hong Kong reported a second fatality from the coronavirus while China's death toll from the outbreak rose above 2,000. https://bloom.bg/2HONOPb

This jet-setting billionaire had it all. Then the short sellers came along. https://bloom.bg/2P6SGDb

The first Airbus A380 super-jumbo has been sent for recycling. https://bloom.bg/2SIbgnj

🇯🇵 Japan is emerging as one of the riskiest places for the spread of the coronavirus: https://bloom.bg/2STQ2lg

🚗 Researchers say they tricked a Tesla on autopilot into speeding with a piece of electrical tape, highlighting vulnerabilities: https://bloom.bg/2wo8ue6

📉 The IMF reiterated that global growth appears to be bottoming out and also cautioned that risks including the coronavirus dominate the outlook: https://bloom.bg/2T1C0hH

🇰🇷 Confirmed coronavirus cases in South Korea more than doubled within a day, with a surge tied to a fringe religious sect. https://bloom.bg/37GAEhE

⬆️ Gold just hit a seven-year high on concern that the virus outbreak will hit global growth, coupled with speculation the Fed will ease monetary policy before the end of the year. https://bloom.bg/37Gy9f5

🇺🇸 Follow our live coverage of the latest Democratic presidential debate, the first to include Michael Bloomberg. https://bloom.bg/2wx0QOO

💵 The U.S. dollar is nearing a critical level that may trigger a buying spree: https://bloom.bg/2T1Cnc0

📉 The White House acknowledged what many economists considered obvious through much of last year: President Donald Trump’s trade stance depressed economic growth and business investment: https://bloom.bg/2V8Gzte

💰 In America’s richest town, $500,000 a year is now below average: https://bloom.bg/39OwbuE

🦠 The coronavirus that's killed more than 2,200 people in China is shed in the feces of infected people, which may help explain why it’s spread so fast, according to researchers. https://bloom.bg/37N9GEO

▶️ In the immediate run up to the U.S. presidential election, YouTube’s homepage is set to advertise just one candidate: Donald Trump. It could cost him millions. https://bloom.bg/37Qzwbn

📱Can Samsung’s new Galaxy Z Flip convert iPhone fans? Here's our review: https://bloom.bg/2HEa7XF

🔬 The coronavirus epidemic enters a new phase, as cases outside China multiply: https://bloom.bg/2vR607R

🇧🇬 Spies, conspiracies and energy deals. There's a new Cold War feel to Bulgaria: https://bloom.bg/2T1uZND

🏢 An Austrian billionaire has raised $270 million from a landmark art nouveau building: https://bloom.bg/32c7PbJ

🌍 With just weeks left to go, the world is heading toward the warmest winter ever recorded: https://bloom.bg/2uVYXuJ

📝 The U.S. will sign a peace agreement with the Taliban on Feb. 29 intended to end America’s longest running war: https://bloom.bg/2SKF2YC

📉 U.S. business activity shrank in February for the first time since 2013: https://bloom.bg/39N4NNw

Just in: South Korea reported 142 more confirmed cases of coronavirus and the death of a second patient.

The jump in the number of infections outside China raises alarm among global health officials who say the window of opportunity to prevent the outbreak from turning into a pandemic is closing.

Earlier, Italy reported its first coronavirus fatality, a 78-year-old man who died Friday night, and the WHO said 18 coronavirus patients in Iran is “very worrisome” because of the lack of any direct link to China.

Read more: https://bloom.bg/39Y9bJR

📉 Asian stocks sink and gold surges as the deadly coronavirus spreads further outside China, raising pandemic concerns: https://bloom.bg/2VbUYoq

🌊 Hong Kong companies face a "tsunami-like" economic cataclysm, the city's finance chief warns, thanks to the virus and months of protests: https://bloom.bg/3a4BC93

🏢 There are 100,000 empty apartments in Bangkok. As foreign buyers dry up, the country is hoping it can get locals interested: https://bloom.bg/3c1vwIb

📉 Stocks tumble globally and oil falls on coronavirus fears, while gold and Treasuries rally in a big day for the markets. https://bloom.bg/396upVy

🇮🇹 Italy's richest areas are in virtual lockdown, as schools, universities and museums were closed and a curfew was imposed on bars. The country is struggling to contain the spread of the virus, with more than 200 cases to date. https://bloom.bg/2v2unj7

😷 This is how strategists see the virus outbreak playing out: https://bloom.bg/2SUAwa7