Priority. Pandemic under control is his top priority. Good morning, everyone. Welcome to bloomberg surveillance. I am Francine Lacqua here in london. A lot of the focus is on the number of infected with covid19. At bond growth, a lot going on, treasuries, for example, rising. Overheated equity markets, the deteriorating coronavirus situation in many countries. Oil demandtting its outlook, saying they will not rescue the market, and then i got a look, not very often, but coming out with figures that were not great but were better than expected, leading to burberry gaining one point half percent. 1. 5 . Now lets get to the bloomberg first word news in london with laura wright. Hey, laura. Laura good morning, francine. The recovery is being derailed by a rise in virus cases and a. Ew lockdown president elect joe biden is naming longtime aide dr. Vinjamuri ron claim as his chief of staff. His leading role during the Health Crisis of the Obama Administration leaving the white house in the 2
Has been on the slopes the americans race in the womens downhill event hoping to add to her medal collection. Im serious so much content thank you for joining us we start with mounting International Concern about the Syrian Governments latest assault on eastern go to the rebel held area has been under heavy bombardment and independent monitors now say that more than two hundred fifty people have been killed there since sunday now eastern down to is a group of suburbs on the outskirts of the capital damascus now duma is the main town of this enclave and at the moment is completely surrounded by pro assad forces the sieges lasted more than four weeks four years its thought to have trapped up to four hundred thousand residents. Still in the. Carcass of a stone gets these are the lucky ones terrified shaking the stairwell. First responders assure them to safety as an air raid siren underlines the arjan seen as the escape yet. The governments four year long aerial siege of the rebel held in