HONG KONG: Asian markets fell on Thursday, with tech stocks and airlines among key losers as the World Health Organization called an urgent meeting on whether to declare a global health emergency over a virus, which has killed 170 people and infected more than 7,700.

United States Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said the 2019 novel coronavirus posed a new risk to growth in China and elsewhere.

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