Warns america to prepare for a painful time as new york surpasses chinas Hubei Province in reported cases, the deadliest day so far. Japan proposes its biggest ever stimulus package as the virus threatens a deep recession. The Business Survey this hour will gauge some of the damage. Haiti. Haidi haidi. Haidi lets take a look at how we are setting up in australia. Trickling online in the staggered open, seeing early signs of positivity when it comes to this market after ending the session lower yesterday. We are seeing upside of about. 7 at the moment as we are awaiting the rba march 18 Meeting Minutes later today. We are trying to get past the worst quarter ever, so downside of 25 for australian stocks over the last three months today is a new day and new zealand, we are seeing gains for a Third Straight session as the rbnz is doubling down in the bond purchase program. Japanese shares looking a little bit lower. They had the worst quarter since 2008 and the kospi also trending lower a
Test every case the World Health Organization says its crucial in the fight against the corona virus pandemic but only a few countries are conducting the widespread testing so what are the challenges and how can they be overcome this is inside story. Hello welcome to the program im Bernard Smith isolate test and trace thats the urgent message from the World Health Organization to combat the coronavirus pandemic many countries have imposed mass lockdowns and ordered people to stay home but few have implemented widespread testing many European Countries and states in the u. S. For example a limiting test for only the most critical of cases will bring in our guests in a moment 1st priyanka got to explain why this could spell disaster. After covert 901st emerged in china governments around the world faced 2 staggering challenges 1st to contain its spread and 2nd detecting people who have it eyes only test treat and trace the World Health Organization says the most effective way to fight th
Increase in corona virus cases in the u. S. And medical services in europes coronavirus epicenter italy struggled to deal with the spiraling number of patients will find out how the italian coast here system is coping and the olympic torch is live in greece but will the flame make it to tokyo the code 19 pandemic is fuelling concerns that this summers Olympic Games in japan could be delayed or even canceled. Im burnt off its good to have you with us fears over the coronavirus pandemic are hammering stock markets around the world shares on wall street plunged on thursday triggering a stop in trading for the 2nd time this week. The Dow Jones Industrial average was down more than 2000 points almost 9 percent shortly after the start of trading of the selloff comes amid growing uncertainty over u. S. And global measures to contain the economic damage from the coded 19 pandemic it follows the announcement of a u. S. Travel ban on flights from europe and mirrors tough trading sessions in asia
Test every case the World Health Organization says its crucial in the fight against the corona virus pandemic but only a few countries are conducting the widespread testing so what are the challenges and how can they be overcome this is inside story. Hello welcome to the program im Bernard Smith isolate test and trace thats the urgent message from the World Health Organization to combat the coronavirus pandemic many countries have imposed mass lockdowns and ordered people to stay home but few have implemented widespread testing many European Countries and states in the u. S. For example a limiting test for only the most critical of cases will bring in our guests in a moment 1st priyanka got to explain why this could spell disaster. After covert 901st emerged in china governments around the world face to staggering challenges 1st to contain its spread and 2nd detecting people who have it isolate test treat and trace the World Health Organization says the most effective way to fight the
U. S. And european stocks are hit by the worst rout since 1987, as the panic takes hold of markets. The today session offer brief relief . 5 trillion, the u. S. Central bank offers a huge liquidity, at least nominally, injection into the treasury market after the ecb stimulus measures fall short of combing investors. And delaying the worst. The u. K. Abandons its containment strategy as efforts to push back the peak of the virus takes precedence. New york city declares a state of emergency. We are just under an hour away from the start of cash trading across europe after we saw yesterday, the biggest drop for the stoxx 600 of all time, doubledigit losses yesterday in terms of the dax, more than 12 . The ftse mid was down 17 . Now we see a mixed picture in terms of futures. Dax futures are still down. Investors are still waiting for some kind of comment out of berlin. In terms of the fiscal help that Christine Lagarde, shirley wants, the market wants to hear about it to, and Angela Merk