Washington ramps up pressure on beijing. Goldman sachs raises billions for a new fund to focus on private equity. The move comes amid rising interest in secondary investing. Haidi lets look at what the day has in store at the sydney open. We are expected a muted start to trading in asia after downward pressure coming from the u. S. Session overnight. Restrictions continue to take place to curb the the Coronavirus Spread we are starting to see accelerate again, even as we get further good news on the vaccine front. Trading marginal. The u. S. Dollar held to the lowest we have seen since april 2018. We are also seeing the aussie dollar on the back foot. Nikkei futures look like they will see a muted start to trading. Shery lets get started with good news on the vaccine front. Pfizer says final Data Analysis shows its covid shot is 95 effective. The ceo of its german partner told bloomberg about plans for mass production. Our goal is to supply up to 50 million doses by 2020 which andd go
Facilities to the breaking point and another shocking elderly people are found to bandon to damage care homes some of them dead in their bags. And britains Prime Minister shuts down the nation to try to stop the spread of the virus that comes after a pictures like this showing that people still havent gotten the message about social distancing. Im sumi so whats going to thank you for joining us the Tokyo Olympics in july will be delayed by a body year because of the coronavirus japanese Prime Minister shinzo abbay says hes agreed 100 percent with the president of the International Olympic committee that the games should be postponed the decision follows months of debate and pressure from athletes and across the globe. When tokyo was awarded the games back in 2013 the coronavirus was just a Dystopian Nightmare fast forward 7 years and the pandemic has gripped the globe. At 1st the japanese government and the International Olympic committee insisted the show must go on but doubts about t
Are found abandoned spanish Nursing Homes some of them dead in their backs. And a sign of hope the chinese province where the coronavirus pandemic began prepares to lift travel restrictions after a 2 month long. Im sumi so whats going to thank you for joining us the Tokyo Olympics in july will be delayed by about a year because of the coronavirus japanese Prime Minister shinzo abbay says hes agreed 100 percent with the president of the International Olympic committee that the games should be postponed the decision follows months of debate and pressure from athletes across the globe. When tokyo was awarded the games back in 2013 the coronavirus was just a Dystopian Nightmare fast forward 7 years and the pandemic has gripped the globe at 1st the japanese government and the International Olympic committee insisted the show must go on but doubts about the games starting on july 24th began to rise athletes such as greek pole vaulter catarina stephanides made it clear they were uncomfortable
Im sorry some has gone its good to have you with us the tokyo lympics in july will be delayed by about a year because of the coronavirus japanese Prime Minister shinzo abbay says hes agreed with the president of the International Olympic committee that the games should be postponed the decision follows months of discussion and pressure from athletes across the globe. The Tokyo Olympics are off the decision came suddenly but was not unexpected after weeks of debate and speculation. I suggested to the i. O. C. President thomas back that the games be perspire and for a year and he was 100 percent in favor of that voice but its a decision that was not taken lightly or willingly but pressure had been mounting from athletes and sports federations. Canada had already announced it would not be sending competitors if the games took place. We have agreed with the i. O. C. That we will stay in close contact to make sure that the olympic and Paralympic Games will be able to take place eventually t
Putin wears a hazmat suit as he visits a moscow hospital treating coronavirus patients moscows mayor says the culprit in the russian capital could be much worse than official figures suggest. Im sumi so misconducts good to have you with us the Tokyo Olympics in july will be delayed by about a year because of the coronavirus japanese Prime Minister shinzo abbay says hes agreed with the president of the International Olympic committee that the games should be postponed the decision follows months of discussion and pressure from athletes across the globe. The Tokyo Olympics are off the decision came suddenly but was not unexpected after weeks of debate and speculation. I suggested to the i. O. C. President thomas back that the games be perspire and for a year and he was 100 percent in favor of that but its a decision that was not taken lightly or willingly but pressure had been mounting from athletes and sports federations canada had already announced it would not be sending competitors i