Refurbished for exactly the purpose they are assigned and again our hearts and prayers go out to everybody as it relates to meeting this very difficult week had on and making sure that we have all of the appropriate personnel and the appropriate sites as well as equipment, particularly ventilators, to support those most in need. I want to make an argument for the state of californias efforts putting in person active the work being done, not just here that over the course of many months, by reminding everybody that we started on this journey in january with repatriation flights that came back into the United States through the state of california for people in mainland china, american citizens, we brought them onto air force bases here in the state of california and began the formal partnership with the federal government, the cdc and their respective agencies. Of course that generated a lot of attention and obviously raised the alarm bells for the state of california that we needed to
Milan has seen a slowdown in new cases as wuhan prepares to lift its lockdown. Nejra welcome to daybreak europe. We have a lockdown in the u. K. The wuhan lockdown taken for the First Time Since january 23, and the fed pulls out all the stops, extending its Corporate Lending program. The fiscal stimulus package from the u. S. The movement from the fed brings a little life back to risk assets, some green on the screen in u. S. And european futures. We see gold extending gains. Goldman sachs says theres an Inflection Point after the selloff, and it is time to maybe move into gold. They are talking about the move from the fed easing the liquidity crisis that caused the selloff in the first place. Oil rising as well. The u. K. Is in lockdown after Prime Minister Boris Johnson ordered sweeping measures to stop people leaving their homes for at least three weeks. Police will break up gatherings and have the power to fine individuals who break the new laws. I must give the british people a ve
The u. K. In lockdown. Boris johnson ordering sweeping measures to stop people leaving home while President Trump holds off saying the u. S. Is not built to be shut down. And germany stands ready to help italy get through the pandemic. Slow as wuhanilan is ready to lift its lockdown entirely. Just under an hour away from cash equity trading. Let us take a look first at futures. We are seeing gains after asian markets rose. Ftse and dax futures each up more than 4 . We are also seeing gains in u. S. Futures. After drops there as well yesterday, we see green arrows of across the dow and the s p as well as the nasdaq. More than 4 are the futures gains there as well. Visit with Mark Cranfield. Watch walk us through the fed measures. Mark some people are calling it an alphabet soup of measures. They are doing everything from commercial paper through treasury bonds. Every part of the yield curve. All different kinds of assets. Anything with an interest rate. They are going down as far as try
Around the world countries are ramping up their response to the virus imposing increasingly drastic measures to combat the coronavirus pandemic italy has strengthened its lock down closing bars restaurants and shops other than pharmacies and shops selling food the rising numbers in europe are also led to a u. S. Ban on arrivals from mainland europe from friday several more countries have announced full School Closures such as norway which has seen more than 600. 00 cases and even arland which has 43. 00 infections so far and a move to stop large gatherings is led to major restrictions on sporting events the National Basketball association in the u. S. And spains top Football League have suspended all games for now. Well europe continues to be a major center of the virus with a number of different approaches in Different Countries the british Prime Minister or as johnson is right now hosting an emergency meeting with some the countrys chief scientist is expected to announce stricter con
Change as the disease spreads schools should only close if theyre specifically advised to do so and that remains our advice. There is no escaping the reality that these measures will cause severe disruption across our country for many months the best scientific advice is that this will help us slow the disease and save lives there will be detailed Information Available on the n. H. S. Website and from 111 online but i want to stress something thats very important in the wake of what were saying the softer noon i urge people who think in view of what were saying about their potential symptoms that they should stay at home i urge them not to call 111 but to use the internet for information if they can i also want at this stage to speak directly to older people because this disease is particularly dangerous for you for older people even though the vast majority of older people will experience a mild to moderate illness i know that many people will be very worried. And i think we should al