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A warm welcome to the Programme Briefing you on all you need to know in global news, business and sport. And you can be part of the conversation. Tell us what you think just use the hashtag bbcthebriefing. Limiting handshakes to stop the spread of coronavirus, how easy is it to change that habit . Financial markets are reeling again because of the coronavirus pandemic. At one point, the nikkei index injapan was down by 10 . There have also been sharp falls in hong kong, south korea, australia and new zealand. On thursday, wall street and europe saw some of their biggest ever single day losses....

Planned. The premier league will hold an emergency meeting later to discuss whether future matches should go ahead. That is after the arsenal manager, mikel arteta, and Chelsea Player Callum Hudson odoi both tested positive for the virus. The canadian Prime Ministers wife tests positive for coronavirus. Justin trudeau says he has no symptoms, but will self isolate for m days. A terrible thursday on Global Stock Markets as growing concern over the impact of the coronavirus outbreaks or nearly 11 wiped off the value of the top 100 companies on the stock exchange, the biggest drop since 1987. I w...

Health services, though, arguably among the best resourced in europe, are scrambling to prepare themselves. There was an extraordinary node today from the government, urging hospitals and clinics to search their stores and their basements for equipment which might now come in handy extraordinary note. Economists are worried, too. Bmw the latest big company to announce it is going to shut down production. There are predictions that the economy of this, youre as powerhouse, could shrink by as much as 5 europes powerhouse. Angela merkel said today the restrictions here in germany have not been im...

Hello, and welcome to bbc news. The European Central bank has announced it will pump three quarters of a trillion euros, around 820 billion, into the Financial System by buying up government and company debt. The move came after an emergency meeting following more chaos on Financial Markets. The ecb say the bond purchases will continue until the crisis phase of the coronavirus pandemic is over. Markets in asia reacted positively to the announcement, but that didnt last long. Lets go to singapore for the details. Lets get some reaction from shara njit leyl in singapore. The positivity did not l...

East coast time has now killed more people in the u. S. That in china at least according to beijings official numbers. We have more than 3400 deaths nationwide, half of those in new york state. The epicenter here at home. We have team fox coverage throughout the hour all across the country now coasttocoast. In the midwest, cases are skyrocketing. And now has the fourth most infections in the country and on the west coast a bit of a different story, officials in the state of washington saying early social distancing guidelines may be working, but the governor there warns the state should not de...