Lose social distancing measures in indonesia, perhaps having a slower recovery. Were still seeing gains. The sti also snapping out of a whole week of losses we saw yesterday, where every day last week was in the red. But we do see singapore the most affected nation in the nation region in the nation. The nikkei 225, watching the boj, a lot of focus on bond buying. Will they scrapped that ¥80 trillion target and launch that unlimited qe . The yen has been satellite steady ahead of the policy decision. Were watching wan related assets given the speculation of kim jonguns health. We still see strength to the korean won. The berlin be indeed were maybe were at 64 u. S. Cents right now. Ceo market calls with the of dalton in about 10 minutes. Lets get first word news now with Corinna Mitchell in new york. Corinna confirmed coronavirus cases around the world is approaching 3 million, according to bloomberg and john hopkins university. More than 2000 people have died so far, the u. S. Talkin
Medical team to north korea. We are pulling together the latest claims. Shery lets get you started with how markets are trading. U. S. Futures are extending gains we saw on friday. Last week we saw Downside Pressure across the markets. The s p 500 was led higher by consumer stocks. President trump signing the 484 billion spending package including money for small businesses. Congress has doled out 3 trillion in that package. Upsideinue to see the with u. S. Futures. Joining the intel ranks of those companies that are now opting to withdraw fullyear guidance. There seeing oil falling as session begins in asia, after the wti hovered around 17 a barrel. And we are going towards the opec output cuts that begin may 1. It is all about the latest headlines on coronavirus cases around the world. They are approaching 3 million according to Data Collected by Johns Hopkins and bloomberg. Has the state saying it death rates have continued to fall and now at the fewest in a month. This as Governor
Refugee camp in greece is destroyed by fire following unrest over covered 19 Safety Measures plus. Years of a spike in infections in georgia after author talks christians gather in defiance of bans to celebrate easter. British leaders are defending themselves against damning criticism that theyve mishandled the coronavirus pandemic the sunday Times Newspaper is pointing the finger directly at Prime Minister barak johnson it accuses him of wasting precious time in stopping the spread the paper usually supports Johnsons Conservative Party but it says he ignored scientists warnings failed to replenish stocks of protective medical equipment and didnt attend 5 initial emergency meetings about the outbreak since then more than 15000. Britons have died in hospitals thats the worlds 5th highest National Death toll and the true total could be much higher the government statistics dont include the deaths of people in care homes for the elderly that total is estimated to be around 7 and a half 10
Public spaces be closed to the public until they can be fully cleaned fully sanitized and more important when the number of cases of people with coronavirus starts to drop this is a 2 week long period it starts on thursday march 12th the National Guard will be delivering food and supplies to those people who have been diagnosed and who have been told that they need to stay home until their symptoms clear and they recover theres also the idea that theres not going to be any school certainly theres this is going to have an impact on Small Businesses in this community because theres going to be a real effort to try to dissuade people from going out in public unless they absolutely have to. European Union Leaders have precious set up a 20000000000. 00 Investment Fund to protect the bronx economy from the coronavirus a break its italy is at the forefront of the crisis and has its whole population of 60000000 on lockdown and a u. K. Health minister has tested positive for corona virus doris
Decided to go earlier. Prime minister just said picante has signed a decree to impose an unprecedented large scale quarantine in the long body region home to 10000000 people to limit the spread of covert 19 this invasion. Now we have restrictive measures for a much wider area because it wasnt making any sense to say a lot of small red zones while infections have spread all over a longer day and in the provinces we listed. The decree tells people not to enter or leave lamberty or 11 nearby provinces and tell at least april the 3rd including the countrys Financial Capital mainland and the city of venice theres going to be. Many things that again to be closed like jinns cultural centers. All sorts of areas where people get together in large groups restaurants and bars however appear it appears they will be kept. This comes after italy reported more than 1200 new infections in one day pope francis hes fighting the cold his Council Public appearances and will deliver his regular sunday pray