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The pun demick is accelerating it took 67 days from the 1st reported case to reach the 1st 100000 cases 11 days for the 2nd 100000 cases just 4 days for this. 100000 cases the u. N. Is calling for a global ceasefire to allow the world to focus on the fight against the pandemic thats a syria has now confirmed its 1st case humanitarian groups say a major outbreak in the war torn country would be particularly catastrophic women and children and people with disabilities the marginalized and displaced by the highest price they also at the highest risk of suffering devastating losses from poor feed 19. 00. Lets not forget that in war ravaged countries now systems of collapse else professionals already few in number and often been targeted refugees and other these placed by violent conflict are doubly vulnerable the fury of the vials illustrates the folly of war if you see why today i am calling for an immediate global ceasefire in all corners of the world it is time to put Armed Conflict on
In infections or deaths could mean the tokyo economy could go in reverse. There is cautious optimism in europe. Spain and italy reported a decline in infection rates as people are told to stayathome over the easter break. Haidi we are getting breaking news out of south korea. The latest reading of the impact of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic having on this explosive economy. Of threetting a plunge point 8 when it comes to Industrial Production. That is actually better than the survey. We were expecting a contraction to the tune of four point 5 but 3. 8 percent contraction, worse than a contraction we saw in the month of january. When it comes to the year on year number, 11. 4 gained. A lot better than the 3. 4 that was surveyed and bouncing back well and truly from a contraction of 2. 4 percent. Seasonality issues will also be at play but we are expecting to it continued disruption when comes to supply chains, manufacturing, and overall industrial productivity and activity in korea a
Eamon, its jon fortt by my account its been about a week since the last gasp of real partisan that i saw when mcconnell and mccarthy were talking about the house bill calling it an ideological wish list and what not. I think the lawmakers pretty quickly started getting on the same page and getting too a different posture, but from where you sit at this point, is it clear where there might be any types of divides around what types of measures congress is willing to take . I know that payroll tax cut was on the table for a bit and then off the table, but beyond that, are there areas where democrats and republicans clearly differ at this point . You know, its unclear right now. You saw Chuck Schumer out earlier today and yesterday saying that what democrats want is a real focus on the workers, if theres going to be bailouts we want to make sure the focus here is on labor and the workers, the people who might get hurt and not just bailouts that would benefit executives. I think theres a sp
Returned to their job post and if we compare the Traffic Volume its about 20 percent of the volume year earlier so now the Chinese Government is trying to get people to do home offices but many in fact train and Service Sectors they just dont have the luxury of working from home so thats why are now more and more local authorities to come up with like Free Transportation or subsidised transport for them in order to get these workers to come back to their work post as possible. Gold prices have climbed to their highest level since 2013 as continued worries over code 19 spur demand an ounce of gold currently costs over 1600. 00 nearly 10 percent on prices back at the beginning of december for news of the operate broke the rises being fueled by and based the fears that the epidemic could have a long term impact on supply chains in a range of Industries Many people turn to safe haven investments like Precious Metals in times of uncertainty. First of all they didnt seem to explain to a lawn