Rout resumes as more nations self-isolate against virus
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LONDON/SYDNEY/HONG KONG (Reuters) - Financial markets around the world took another hammering on Monday as a rising tide of national coronavirus lockdowns threatened to overwhelm policymakers' frantic efforts to cushion what is likely to be a deep global recession.European stocks dived 4.5% as they reopened [.EU] and commodity markets also saw more heavy selling as the global death toll from the virus passed 14,000. Investors tried to take cover in ultra-safe government bonds and in the Japanese..