Alaraby.co.uk An official of Pakistan-based Chinese company holds a thermo gun to check drivers [Getty] Date of publication: 11 March, 2020 The outbreak of coronavirus has affected a number of projects under China's BRI in a number of host countries, including Pakistan, Tajikistan and Bangladesh. The deadly coronavirus has infected thousands of people in and outside of China, but it has now also hit the country's mega trade and infrastructure development plan. The epidemic has sparked fears among states that come within the sphere or around the trade routes of China's trillion-dollar Belt and Road initiative (BRI) in South and Central Asia. The outbreak has affected a host of projects under BRI in a number of countries. In some countries, these projects have come to a complete halt. Chinese engineers and workers, who had gone home for the Lunar New Year holiday, have not been allowed to re-enter the host countries where they were working on several infrastructure projects
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