Go higher. The crash stride an hour away. Lets get your top headlines off the bloomberg terminal. China p. M. I. Data Beat Estimates but it is a mixed picture for asian stocks and u. S. Futures turned in the case negative. The w. H. O. Said the coronavirus outbreak in europe may be approaching its peak but across the atlantic new york city reports a 16 increase in deaths in just six hours. Plus lenders from howards bank to unicredit halts dividends at the request of the b. B. C. Well speak with the chair to have Advisory Board in just over an hour. We do see futures positive here. Certainly in germany. 3 4 of a percent. Up on the dax futures. U. S. Futures we pointed out are down right now. Of course that can change. Volatility is the name of the game these days but we see a little bit of a split in terms over the risk indicators. Anna, what do you see from your g. M. M. . Anna before get to that, lets get to breaking news. We have numbers coming through from shell. They are talking oo
Officials one of its. Responsible to home. Countries across Southeast Asia racing to track hundreds of people who may have been infected with the coronavirus during an event in malaysia that countrys shut its borders to all travelers after registering 2 deaths and 790 cases maybe 2 thirds of those are linked to a religious gathering of 16000 people in the capital straightly and being told not to leave the country its declared a human biosecurity emergency giving the government the power to seal off cities and impose curfews the United States has announced a one trillion dollar plan in a bid to try to lessen the economic fallout but that doesnt seem to have calm Financial Markets and its only patients are being moved to a new Treatment Center in rome more than 30000 italians are infected the death toll has now passed 2500 lets go 1st to kuala lumpur about 0 Florence Louis you can tell us more about the shutdown there how is it going help people behaving. Well its relatively quiet on the
Welcome to the program of terms are underway to track hundreds of people across the world who may have been infected with corona virus during a religious gathering in malaysia its now been revealed the event was attended by more than 1500 International Guests from 26 countries florence levy reports. Hours before malaysia shut its borders thousands of malaysian workers who normally commute to work in singapore every day brushed to lean students also formed long lines at bus terminals as confusion over whether campuses which shut prompted many to try to leave 2 police stations were crowded after people were told they would require permits for intestate travel only for police to temporarily withdraw the order even after the partial lockdown was imposed social distancing was forgotten as by is rushed to supermarkets to stock up on essential i mean rushing in the lobby of. The difference. Even if. We should be more Infectious Diseases experts have watched with alarm at whats happening here
Washington cut the number of visas for Chinese State media in the us. And with the sports the olympic flame head to tokyo but this is the same to see officials one of whom says its insensitive and irresponsible to hold the games. Welcome to the news hour restrictions are becoming more severe across the globe as more and more countries ramp up efforts to contain the corona virus pandemic now the number of confirmed cases now exceeds 200000 worldwide and thats according to a tally by Johns Hopkins university in the u. S. More than 8000 people have died from the virus the number fatalities in china italy iran spain and france are amongst the higher. With the latest jump in italy and spain the overall death toll across europe are suppose trying to soothe a province where the virus originated the World Health Organization says the continent has replaced today as the epicenter 5 days ago well strict lock downs are now in place across much of europe and the effect is very clear take a look at
A new race to the white house were joined by the sun to secure the democratic nomination i believe we can be down draw follow all the developments in the u. S. Election campaign on al jazeera. Hello im sammys day than this is counting the cost on aljazeera your weekly look at the world of business and economics this week a Mighty Dollar for all the talk of emerging challenges when push comes to shove the dollar proves its the worlds reserve currency we find out why the Financial System riddled with bad debts india tends to revive the countrys 4th largest bank as depositors yank their cash. And saudi arabias Oil Price War with russia could send crude prices to 10. 00 a barrel with an oil producer like indonesia cope. 9 trillion dollars and counting thats what rich nations have spent so far on the coronavirus pandemic theyre trying to make sure theres a functioning economy if they get to grips with the outbreak or the damage done is likely to surpass the financial crisis maybe even the G