From their sous out factory because it lacks certification required by the new rules and then there is 3 m. Corporation based in minnesota which says that its and 95. 00 respirator masks are stuck in shanghai the claim from 3 m. Is that a shanghai vice mayor has told the company that lifting restrictions on distribution of Companies Mass would require instructions from beijing directly to joining us now to break this all down of boom bust cohost an investigative journalist ben swan so ben explain what these new restrictions are that are creating such a backlog of supplies yeah and brand is actually a couple of things that are happening 1st of all chinas National Medical Products Association and administration sees me as telling essentially companies that they cannot sin products medical products to the United States without to go through a certain level of checks and then double checks by that administration and essentially theyre saying you know everything has to be halted until it ca
Jerome powell talks of heartbreaking harm from the coronavirus and says the pandemic has brought the u. S. To an abrupt halt. We are seeing optimism with asian stocks really prized to follow the leader when it comes to gains on wall street overnight. The s p 500 gaining 2. 5 percent, touching a sevenweek high as we have the dual optimism over expected track to a vaccine with the socalled operation work speed from the Trump Administration. More encouraging news about efficacy on a Gilead Sciences therapeutic as well. We are taking a look at gains resuming in new zealand. Japanese futures pointed up after yesterdays public holiday. U. S. Futures also showing an extension of those public gains. On seeing futures looking positive as well. Korea closed today and hong kong markets closed for the birthday holiday. Taking a look at oil because we are seeing a second day of gains for wti up, the 22 plus gain in the overnight session. We are seeing opening up here higher by over 6 in asia. This
Combat the virus is working and that americans are following the guidelines its been incredible what theyve done even saw in new york has passed another grim milestone registering more than 10000 coronavirus related deaths and States Government says there are signs the worst is over ill just there as christensen to me has more. As all but essential businesses remain closed in new york or stay home there are signs that strict social distancing measures are working the governor says the state is seeing fewer hospitalizations for the coronavirus we can control the spread feel good about that. The worst is over here if we continue to be smart Going Forward but even as President Trump expresses his hope to get americans back to work in may the governor warned against lifting restrictions too soon new yorks governor said hell be listening to experts in Public Health in the economy not politicians as to when it will be safe for new yorkers like me to leave home and return to work but hell do
A week 3 nights of which he spent in intensive care i have today left hospital after a week in which the n. H. S. Has saved my life no question its hard to find words to express my dad he paid tribute to those who looked after him. Ive seen the personal courage not just of the doctors the nurses but of everyone the cleaners the cooks the Health Care Workers of every description physios radiograph was pharmacists who kept coming to work kept putting themselves in harms way kept risking this deadly virus. The number of people who died in hospitals after being infected with the coronavirus in the u. K. Has now surpassed more than 10000 the u. K. Government says record amounts of personal Protection Equipment is in the system but staff treating the sick say there are still vulnerable im sorry if ministers to feel that they have supplied adequate p. P. To n. H. S. Staff but thats simply not the case of what we are experiencing on the ground and its just our dont want to be seen as heroes we
All down we have a packed show today so lets go and dive right in. And there are Big Questions surrounding badly needed medical supplies and facemask that are currently sitting in warehouses in china the u. S. State department claims that u. S. Bound face mask test kits and other medical equipment urgently needed to fight the corona virus is not leaving china thanks to new chinese export restrictions those supplies are supposed to either already be here in the United States or at least should be on their way and yet they are not according to the wall street Journal Health care equipment maker perkin elmer nk based in massachusetts is unable to ship 1400000 test kits for co but 19 the disease caused by the new corona virus from their souse out factory because it lacks certification required by the new rules and then there is 3 m. Corporation based in minnesota which says that its end 95. 00 respirator masks are stuck in shanghai. The claim from 3 m. Is that a shanghai vice mayor has tol