Countries around the world are struggling to keep up with the coronavirus demick Global Stock Markets and how to target a week with some of the worst losses in over 30 years so whats the economic fallout and kind of a global recession. Story. Hello again im James Burrows its the worlds Biggest Health emergency the corona Virus Outbreak is now a pandemic and there are fears it could lead to a catastrophic Global Economic crisis sweeping containment measures have disrupted markets around the world including the u. S. A travel ban on 26 European Countries came into effect on friday and the unprecedented move sent stocks crashing to their worst losses in over 30 years on wall street the Dow Jones Industrial average sank 10 percent on thursday its biggest plunge since the black monday crash of 1907 while european markets showed some signs of recovery on friday throughout the week Global Stock Markets saw their steepest decline since the 2008 financial crisis wiping out billions across the e