Following a cabinet meeting on Tuesday, Japanese Finance Minister Taro Aso told reporters that the Group of 20 Financial leaders will discuss ways on Tuesday to proceed with concrete steps to respond to the coronavirus.

G20 finance ministers and central bank governors will hold a conference call on Tuesday night Japan time to discuss the issue, he added.

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