Not a surprise if you look to see whats happening with the shutdown of the economy, the forced shutdown because of coronavirus. Taking a look at the tenyear this morning, it looks like that is yielding about 0. 735 at least on the last time i looked at the boards it was. And then wti is the other big story today. Joe also mentioned opec plus deal it was an historic one opec and other nations agreeing to cut Global Oil Production by onetenth. Well talk about this in a few minutes. Wti is up by 1. 5 to 23. 11 a barrel. We have a huge lineup of squawk newsmakers including Mohamed El Erian, Richard Preston and dr. Scott gottlieb starting in a few minutes. Andrew thanks, becky hope everybody had a great weekend. Lets bring everybody an update on the pandemic. Of course, the number of confirmed cases in the United States now more than 557,000 and the death toll is more than 22,000 there are 190,000 cases in new york state with more than 9300 deaths that means new york alone has reported more
About a new wave of infections from outside. And well take you to greece where aid agencies say unsanitary conditions at a refugee camp risking lives. Well we start in the United States where corona virus infection and fatality rates are rising fast and now the countrys foremost Infectious Diseases expert has given his prediction of just how bad things will get dr anthony felt she says there could be between 10200000 deaths in the u. S. And millions of cases his warning comes as the federal government considers rolling back some containment measures meanwhile in europe spain recorded another 838 deaths on saturday thats a new high its infection rate however was loa and in the u. K. Theres been 209 deaths in the past 24 hours right. The total there to 2118 a short time ago the housing minister said the u. K. Hasnt experienced such emergency measures since world war 2 well heres our team this hour francesca may not she is standing by for us in rome where talian officials have announced a
And borders china gets increasingly worried about a new wave of infections from outside. And will take years to greece where aid agencies say unsanitary conditions at a refugee camp are risking life. But we begin this hour in the United States where corona virus infection and fatality rates are rising fast and the countrys foremost Infectious Diseases expert is reminding americans of just how bad things will get dr anthony found she says there could be between 10200000 deaths in the United States and millions of cases his warning comes as the federal government considers rolling back some containment measures while in europe spain recorded another 838 deaths on saturday thats a new high its infection. However was low and in the u. K. Theres been 209. 00 deaths just in the past 24 hours raising the total to 2118. 00 and not long ago a cabinet minister said the u. K. Hasnt experienced such emergency measures since world war 2. Our Live Reporting Team spans 4 continents this news hour fra
Of who will be. In love in the time of coronavirus we will see whats being done in the u. S. To help reduce the risks for the elderly. In the last hour the u. K. Is reported more than 200. 00 further deaths as a result of the covert 19 coronavirus thats another shock after another shocking day in spain which reported 832. 00 fatalities in 24 hours put that impressed into perspective were now talking 6500. 00 deaths in spain since the start of the outbreak nearly 79000. 00 confirmed cases spain is now the 2nd hardest hit nation after italy where more than 10000 died different picture in china authorities are now warning of a possible 2nd wave of corona virus infections they reported more than 300 cases new cases in the past week but they say most of those actually came in from overseas and in would harm the city where the pandemic began well restrict. Ns are easing people are going back onto public transport theyll even be able to leave the city from april the 8th and in the United Stat
To the lawyer for. The horrendous over the 1st notice to know the. Whole long. Term a lot more of this thing more. Devoted to terrorism well the of the takesh president said he would oppose a key nato defense plan the Baltic States if Member States refused to recognize kurdish fighters in syria as terrorists. They said needs to act in a proactive manner against 3 its pros by the terrorist organizations its inevitable that nato is in need of readjusting itself against todays terrorist threats we expect our allies to display strong cooperation with us against the 3 pts we are facing and President Trump has also warned the European Union to shape up trade trump says the u. S. Is being treated unfairly and things will get very tough for the e. U. If it doesnt change donald trump has threatened tariffs on french products and responds to a new french tax on Technology Giants trump believes u. S. Fans like google being targeted Iranian State television has acknowledged for the fast time that