Pandemic throws Asia's services firms, factories into deeper decline

TOKYO (Reuters) - The coronavirus pandemic battered Asian economies in April with social-distancing policies and business closures taking a particularly heavy toll on the region's service sector firms, surveys showed on Thursday.The outbreak, which has infected more than 2.5 million and killed about 180,000 globally, has also continued to cripple manufacturing, shutting down factories and upending supply chains across the export-heavy region.Asia's economic woes, seen in flash purchasing..