From boom to bust: Coronavirus in 30 days drives world’s economies into recession

Since Feb. 17, the coronavirus burst out of quarantine in China, with major outbreaks in South Korea and Italy, then Spain, France, Germany, the United Kingdom and the United States. It brought business to a sudden stop, sent stock markets into a meltdown and forced central banks to take emergency action on a scale even greater than during the 2008 global financial crisis. Here’s a look at how the disaster unfolded.