The Ibex collapses 3.55% and loses 9,000 points due to the coronavirus outbreak

The European stock markets have yielded more than 3% this Thursday (Ibex: -3.55%. 8.95 points; Cac: -3.6%; Dax: -3.5%) while the coronavirus spreads throughout the world (already it is present in 30 countries). For the first time, the number of new cases of the virus reported outside China has exceeded the ones within the country, according to the World Health Organization (WHO), reflecting the speed with which the disease is spreading globally. In the US, Donald Trump has assigned the coordination of this crisis to Vice President Mike Pence. Trump has also insisted that the risk of coronavirus in the US is "very low."