Tthe nationwide total now excees 42,000, more than 1,000 people have died. Health Ministry Officials say more than 4,000 people were being treated for the virus at hospitals as of last wednesday. The figure was just under 700 on july 1st. Since then patients in tokyo have quadrupled, but in terms of increase, other pleeskts have feared mmuch worse. Patients in oh sasaka jumped 20fold. The Health Minister says jjapan currently has enough hospital beds to cope, but he also says the situation needs to be closely monitored with some hospitals increasingly under strain. Some local governments are asking residents and businesses to do their part to curb the spread of the virus. In tokyo the governor is requesting barsrs and restauran to close by 10 00 p. M. As our next story shows, its pushing many establishments to the brink. Reporter its been an anxious few months when sales plunged after the government declared a state of emergency. As rrestrictions gradually ease, business was finally st
More than half of the cases in their 20s and 30s. Tokyo has 14 million people. Total cases here now exceeds 17,000. The tokyo governor koiko yuriko is calliling on residents not t travel, visit hometowns for family reunions, or dine out in groups. She is also warning people to be on guard against the summer heat. Translator we are having an unusual summer. We urge residents to take steps to avoid heat stroke in addition to measures to prevent coronavirus infection. The virus has affected many gatherings including events to commemorate world war ii. A governmentorganized ceremony on saturday to mark the end of the war will be greatly scaled down. So on friday, relatives of people who died in the conflict visited Chidorigafuchi National Cemetery in tokyo. Translator i think it will be crowded here tomorrow, so i decided toto practice socialal distancing. Translator i like the quiet. Its sad that the deceased probably did not meet with a peaceful end. Israel and the United Arab Emirates h
Translator we will be securing hospitals to specialize in covid19. Two hospitals will now exclusively care for coronavirus patients, each offering about 100 beds. Officials plan to secure 200 more covid19 beds spread across 14 hospitals. Ministers and experts met on friday to discuss antivirus measures. The experts proposed using a fofourstage classificatation sm to monitor the coronavirus situtuation. The approach would use six criteria, including case numbers and the percecentage of coronavirus tests which provide posititive results. S. They say many parts of the country are in stage two, seeing a gradual spread. The head of the expert panel says at stage three, officials should ask bars, which arent following virus prevention guidelines, to close. Translator when the situation is classified as stage four, logically speaking, its time to issue a state of emergency declaration. The minister in charge of the Coronavirus Response says the priority must be supporting the medical system.
An eye watering loss. Costsosses and rising mean bonuses are set to disappoint. We are seeing u. S. Futures flat. This, of course, after we had the regular session seeing record highs. At one point, topping the record reached in february before the pandemic. Every sector on the s p 500 was in the green. We have nikkei futures moving higher as we have the japanese yen under pressure. We have seen it fall against the u. S. Dollar for the past four sessions. Right now trading around the weakest in three weeks. In sydney, futures higher. We have the aussie dollar listed a little bit higher. We have a softer u. S. Dollar, not to mention higher commodity prices. We have kiwi stocks at the moment gaining ground after seeing the worst day in a month. This as we have rbnz expanding their qe program. Gains in the currency returns, commodity exports, unr holdings qnr holding steady. U. S. And chinese negotiators plan to discuss progress in the phase one trade deal. Pushing toset to be widen the a
Which saw the brunt of the fallout. Billion but in60 the positive this tuesday morning. And now performer coming up by 1. 2 at a 52week high. Samsung among gainers. Numbers we sawp today, 42. 9 declines, a long road to recovery for the singapore economy. Malaysia up 0. 2 . Look at where we are in terms of the dollar, showing a little strength today, up for a third day. Forging rising risks holding the dollar with the november elections approaching quickly. Down 0. 4 , still close to a record last week. Good to see the tencent recovery, but not close to making up for all the losses we saw the last two sessions. Our top story with the u. S. Tensions and china retaliating with sanctions on u. S. Officials. And ahead of those trade discussions. We did a phase one deal, it was a wonderful deal. All of a sudden it means very little, that will never pay the loss of life in our country and around the world. We view china differently than we did eight months ago. Yvonne looking at china differe