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This is bloomberg surveillance. I am Francine Lacqua in london. Markets, thet the volatility swings we saw is moving to currencies. European stocks have been fluctuating, they are flat right now. They were higher a couple minutes ago. Oil is higher today after china unveiled plans to boost its reserves. If you look at brent, they were 12 higher, now they are 9 higher. Treasuries slipping along with the dollar. Lets get to the bloomberg first word news. China says it acted in an open and transparent manner when it comes to the coronavirus, after u. S. Intelligence reports said beijing concealed the extent of the outbreak. Two sources say chinese numbers were fake, that includes underreporting total cases and deaths. The pentagon is looking to provide as many as 100,000 military body bags for potential civilian use, as the u. S. Warns deaths could soar in the coming weeks. To a dealon is close with a contractor. It will send it to ....