Asia shares follow Wall Street higher, but virus risk lurks Updated : March 05, 2020 08:45 AM IST Japan's Nikkei rose 0.8 percent and hard-hit Australian shares finally managed a bounce of 1.6 percent. Wall Street on Wednesday seemed to find relief in the strong performance of former Vice President Biden in the Democratic nomination campaign. Published : March 05, 2020 06:52 AM IST