i'm marie onaka. continues to spread around the world with the growing number of infections in many countries. in china, the number of new cases is starting to fall according to the health authorities there. they are haling the strict measures they've taken to obtain the coronavirus outbreak. however, the coronavirus is still far from done disrupting people's lives and businesses. the impact on china's economy is illustrated by data issued on monday by the country's national bureau of statistics. in the first two months of the year, three key economic indicators posted significant drops. industrial output, retail sales and fixed asset investment. the chinese government is key to -- keen to get business back on track. but as we see in our first story, some companies in beijing are facing a lack of manpower. >> this area on the outskirts of beijing is home to many staffing agagencies. usually, the streets would be swarming with job seekers, but not this year. this staffing office has cancelled all event