Good morning, everyone. This is bloomberg surveillance. Im Francine Lacqua in london. Lets look at the markets. The markets focusing on data out of france. Verye expecting pmis shortly but also focusing on the china deal after there was confusion on whether the deal with China Remains intact or not. First to the data that is just coming out. There was a bit of a surprise when it came to the french pmi above 50. Anything above 50 in this environment, remember, anything above 50 means expansion. Anything above 50 in this environment is really taken as encouraging news. Euro area june manufacturing pmi coming in at 46. 9, betterthanexpected. Services pmi much betterthanexpected. The figure we were expecting was 41 and it came at 47. The other things i am watching and thehis renminbi european stocks gaining 1. 3 . Lets get straight to the bloomberg first word news. Heres dani burger. U. S. Vice president mike pence is warning of more young people testing positive for coronavirus. He made t
A popular satirical t. V. Show in hong kong is fueling fears of a creeping clampdown as china prepares to impose a new law targeting to say. Hello im terry martin good to have you with Us Health Experts in germany are warning that a new cluster of corona virus cases in the Western State of north rhinewestphalia has the potential to spread if action is not taken the warning comes after more than 1500. 00 workers have a slaughterhouse low test of pauls of pork over 19 so far regional leaders have resisted calls to reintroduce wider restrictions. Police medics and even the Fire Department have descended on the town of raid of eden brook to help stem a wave of corona virus infections over 1500 employees from the chinese meat packing plant have tested positive for covert 19 many of them Foreign Workers from Eastern Europe who live and work in dire conditions. Local activist in a butch needer has been protesting the situation for years she takes us to a building where 13 romanian factory emp
The scandal around Financial Service provider wired technique deepens the firms former c. E. O. Marcus brown has been arrested. Following good to have you with us nearly 400000 people are being forced into a new lockdown in the german state of north rhinewestphalia this comes after Health Experts here in germany are warning that a new cluster of corona virus cases have the potential to spread if action isnt taken more than 1500 workers at a slaughterhouse near good as low tested positive for the virus. Well germanys robot called institute for Infectious Diseases now says the countrys coronavirus reproduction rate is 2. 00 meaning every active case in texas almost 3 people it was under 101. 00 less than a week ago our correspondent nina followed that briefing nina will come to the Health Institute numbers in just a moment but 1st the head of the Regional Government there in north rhinewestphalia where that big outbreak has happened hes been speaking tell us more about what he had say we
Hello im kristie want to welcome to the program in a may just sit back for germanys fight against covert 19 or fours hes have warded a new lockdown in an area in the west of the country the decision was made off to a surgeon coronavirus cases at a meat packing pronto in the state of north rhinewestphalia. In and around the town off brook in the digital districts all hoping the measures will now or rather the measures now in a fix will prevent the virus from spreading further that nearly 400000. 00 people are affected by the restrictions the new outbreak is the biggest since the country began lifting the lockdown last month. The tiny district of good to slow is back under coronavirus restrictions until the end of june residents in the western german district can only have contact with their own household just weeks after strictures were eased schools popes cafes museums and gyms will all close again. We will now for the 1st time in germany return a whole region to the locked on the ashe
Has tested positive for close at 19 the news follows criticism of his decision to host a tennis tournament during the pandemic. And american troops will be leaving germany what does that mean for the future of nato we have an exclusive interview with the secretary general against children but. Thats a heat wave hit siberia people are enjoying the sunshine but the higher temperatures in the Arctic Circle are also causing forest fires and other disasters. And im christine want to welcome to the program we will get to those stories in a moment but 1st some breaking news coming in a powerful earthquake has struck southern mexico the trauma had an initial magnitude off 7. 4. And was centered on the Pacific Coast in the state of. There are no reports of injuries so far or damage but the quake was felt far to the north in the capital mexico city where hundreds of people fled into the streets of course well have more on the story as we get it now lets turn to a major setback for germanys fight