A total lockdown for the capital santiago after a huge jump in infections and in afghanistan the death toll rises to 56. 00 from attacks on a Maternity Hospital and funeral which threatened to unravel the deal with the taliban. The European Union is urging Member States to start reopening their borders to help revive the continents summer tourist season and battered economy france austria and switzerland say that they will start relaxing their Coronavirus Closures as early as this weekend germany and some other states will open their borders by june 15th others though are not convinced spain for one which has the worlds 4th highest test hole plans to keep its borders shut until at least july thousands of people in england meanwhile have gone back to work for the 1st time in 7 weeks but leaders in scotland wales and Northern Ireland to say its too early to relax restrictions and china has placed a 2nd city under lockdown this week after a cluster of more than 20 cases were discovered in
Way better numbers anticipated coming through. This is in yuan terms. March exports thought to be down 12. 8 . Official number suggesting they were down just 3. 5 . Imports year on year from 7 . 2. 4 . Ht increase of that is what we have at the moment coming through with the latest data from china and the department. Lets have a look at what else is going on. Hong kong schools have been closed since late january. Little hope classes will be resuming soon amid this coronavirus. They wonder there could be an exodus of students. Issue with thehe hong kong education secretary, kevin yeung. Kevin good morning. Did theseow long schools stay closed, secretary . Kevin it is difficult to tell. Health of our students is always our first priority. Are stillage we monitoring closely the coronavirus,f the whether the situation in hong kong and other places in the world, before we could finally make a decision when our schools could resume. What needs to change for you to actually change your policy
Koike said she wants abe to use tokyo asas a reference for deciciding whehether to declcla state of emergency. Translator tokyo is on the brink of an explosive e increas of infections. We are trying to prevent a a situation like thahat and tryin to prevent further spread on various levels. This is done by the state. Its needed now. There are more than 2,200 confirmed cases across japan, not including 712 cases from the diamond princess cruise ship. A total of 77 people have died, including 11 from the cruise ship. One of the main concerns among officials is the coronavirus spreading through cluster infections. One such case is three University Students who returned to japan from europe on march 14th and have tested positive for the virus. They likely spread the virus to more than 30 people across at least ten prefectures by attending gatherings and traveling to their hometowns for spring break. The rising concerns are compelling Large Companies to encourage their employees to work remo
Prices preparing for a 2nd wave of attack farmers in east africa try to battle millions of locusts that destroyed farm lands early in the sea. Thank you very much for joining us millions more people have been added to the queues of americas jobless as the wider effects of the coronavirus pandemic become clear and now the 6600000 claimed that Employment Benefits last week alone that takes a total to nearly 17000000 people in the past 3 weeks and theres fear the rate could rise to numbers not seen since the end of the Great Depression and some cities drive ins have been created for people to collect unemployment forms john hendren has more from chicago. The president came out saying that the u. S. Was at the top of the hill when it comes to the coronavirus and in some cases going downward but thats not the case when it comes to the economy of and of course thats a lagging indicator here 6600000 new jobless claims 17000000 over the past 4 weeks out of work and filing new jobless claims an
A prolonged photo. Political leaders deal with challenges internal and external. Investment is being reviewed to attract investment and provide jobs. How long are you willing to wait before you take legal action . We are patient. The worlds top investors shared perspectives in a turbulent year. China iy like wish america had better industrial policy. All the Central Banks around the world are moving towards lower rates. The headlines, the trade war has put americans on their heels as far as investing in china. Juliette while hong kong has suffered political unrest for months financial leaders have faced the economic future. Mediumterm outlook for hong kong in the region continues to be positive. Juliette it is all straight ahead on this special edition of bloomberg best. Hello and welcome. I am juliette saly. On this special edition of bloomberg best, we will look back at 2019 in asia by revisiting some of the years most interesting interviews with newsmakers, policymakers and leading