Can help others beat the disease and. Sitting down blues people around the world stuck at home turning to music or anything else i can think of trying to fill the endless hours. Im filled girl welcome to the program more than a 1000000 people around the world now have confirmed corona virus infections and the death toll has reached 50000 here are some of the latest developments in the pandemic United States registered the worlds highest daily covered 19 death toll on thursday 1169. 00 confirmed deaths from virus related causes singapore will close schools and most workplaces for a month from the 7th of april. This follows a surge of new virus cases and germany now has more than 80000 confirmed infections a more than a 1000 covered 19 deaths as the head of the countrys Disease Control agency says deaths are probably being undercounted. One country of currently has a relatively low infection of eightys india which has 2500 confirmed cases out of a population of 1300000000 last week the c
Feeding the lockdown blues people around the world stuck at home are turning to music and basically anything else they can think of to fill those endless hours. Im sara kelly welcome to the program more than a 1000000 people around the world now have confirmed corona virus infections and 50000 our debt here are some of the latest developments in the pandemic the United States has registered the worlds highest daily coven 1000 death toll thursday saw 1169 confirmed deaths from virus related causes there south korea has refused entry to 8 foreigners who refused quarantine measure. Yes all overseas arrivals including south korea nationals are required to self isolate for 14 days and germany now has more than 80000. 00 confirmed cases and over a 1000 cope with 1000. 00 deaths that says the health of the countrys Disease Control agency says deaths are probably being undercounted its codeine 900. 00 cases are also rising sharply in turkey the country is currently having more than 80000. 00 c
Nothing really changed during the 1st days between you look at it now as you can see that the use of public transport for example is down 90 percent and this is a strong sign that our older citizens more way is the importance of the issue now. We begin today with another bleak record the United States the United Kingdom and spain never called that their worst days yet since the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic the spiralling death rate theyre adding to the 10s of thousands of people who have already lost their lives in new york more than 560 people died since thursday prosperous nations like the United States and countries in europe hardest hit by the break there are more than a 1000000 confirmed cases now a number probably representing only a small proportion of total infections and while testing is problematic in countries mentioned its almost nonexistent in countries hit hard by conflict such as syria libya and yemen so today a warning from the secretary general of the United Na
Between you take nat you can see that the use of public transport for example is down 90 percent and this is a strong sign the top older citizens more way as the importance of the issue now. We begin the day with another blink record the United States the United Kingdom and spain never called that their worst days yet since the outbreak of the corona virus pandemic the spiralling death rate theyre adding to the 10s of thousands of people who have already lost their lives in new york more than 560 people died since thursday prosperous nations like the United States and countries in europe hardest hit by the outbreak there more than a 1000000 confirmed cases now a number probably representing only a small proportion of total infections and while testing is problematic in countries mentioned its almost nonexistent in countries hit hard by conflict such as syria libya and yemen so today a warning from the secretary general of the United Nations the worst is yet to come the covered 1000. 00
Investors are not so sure. A Virtual Reality platform picked up for oculus. We are live in san francisco. Lets get to sophie forecheck on markets. Sophie aussie shares are unchanged after a threeday gain. Kiwi shares building on gains after topping 11,000 on tuesday. Nikkei and cost be futures kospi are lower. Slide despite the enthusiasm we saw for alibaba shares, which closed about its issuance price. Lets check on housing bonds, which are gaining ground after the rba governor the move tracking treasuries. Aussie yields falling 35 basis points across the curve. The three years left below the rba cash rate. A bond rally expected to push the 10 year to 50 basis points with unconventional easing expected in the second half as the australian economy slows. The kiwi holding its threeday gain. This morning, we heard from the rb governor. Mentioned rbnzso is working with westpac after the findings in australia. Paul thanks very much. Lets check in with first word news. Chinaly indicators sh