
Share prices in Asia have risen after Japan's central bank promised to help protect markets from the impact of the coronavirus.
It comes after data showed Chinese factory activity fell in February at the fastest rate on record.
On Friday the US Federal Reserve made a similar pledge to stop more big falls on the world's financial markets.
Last week concerns about the outbreak wiped more than $5 trillion from global stocks.

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