London which is the epicenter of the country the epicenter london has actually been around westminster. Several m. P. s lots of political journalists. People who work in whitehall have all said theyd go see this bar shows and obviously is in is it is is it in regular contact with all of these people every day and so obviously all more level if you look at anything where the Prime Ministers got coronavirus thats amazing but also it is not really the onyx that its called and expect its expected in a sense its not really much of a surprise anyway he said he managed to get through a 2 minute long video own twitter without coughing once which is Pretty Amazing given the uncontrollable cough is one of the symptoms and he said the symptoms were quite moaning to try and carry on you can judge for yourselves his appears a clip of the video ive developed model symptoms over the coronavirus thats to say a temperature and a persistent cough and on the advice of the chief medical officer ive taken
Coronavirus case fails to improve overnight. The u. K. Prime minister is still conscious but has received oxygen treatment dominic raab is deputized. Equities heading for their first backtoback games in two weeks. Futures pointing higher in the u. S. While oil rises ahead of thursdays opecplus meeting. Coronavirusthe maybe reaching a plateau in europe as cases slow across the continent. Italy could start ending its. Ockdown on a gradual basis just under an hour away from the start of cash trading in europe. A quick look at futures here. A gain in futures at the cash trade closed higher yesterday. Gains in u. S. Futures with the 0. 4 the dow s p up 0. 4 . Anna everybody still focused on what is going on with coronavirus globally. Cases are being handled and death rates. We need to get to the first word news update. Prime minister Boris Johnson is in intensive care. His Coronavirus Infection worsened. He had been selfisolating for 10 days, struggling to shake off covid19. Dominic raab is
Euro area finance ministers look for agreement on a corrective response to the crisis in a crucial call today. Shinzo abe says he wants cash handouts as quickly as possible. Lcome to daybreak europe a powerful rally in the u. S. Session yesterday. Investors seem to be looking for the virus peak. Cameron crise says, if you are looking for the bottom, it may not come for more than a year. Manus diamond warns that a recession could be similar to 2008. A trillion dollar stimulus from japan. The ministry of singapore going with liquidity requirements. Good morning. Nejra if we wonder whether the rally will continue into the u. S. Session, u. S. Futures lower earlier. On these, seeing green screen and asia and also in terms of european futures. The big move yesterday, taking the futures above the moving average and pushing through the end of march high. Do we get to a 70 handle . We are at 69 right now. Oil resuming its rally after we secretary the energy had a productive discussion over the
A briefing by the Coronavirus Task force updating the governments response to the pandemic. He was joined by Vice President pence and medical and health officials. Thank you very much and i see we have fewer people because of the virus problem. We appreciate you being here. More andetting to be more social distancing and that is fine. It is the way it should be. It is too bad. We extend our best wishes to the people affect the. He or she willat be better very soon. Thank you for being here. America continues to mobilize every segment of our society to turn the tide in the battle against the virus. I want to americans to know that we will get through this challenge. The hardship will end and will end soon. Normal life will return and our economy will rebound strongly. In the midst of this Great National trial, americans must remain united in purpose and focus toward victory. Every american should know that the sacrifice you are making at this time is saving lives. It is very important t
I am nejra to pitch. Nejra cehic. I the stoxx 600 in europe up almost 3 . Pushing to a higher open is in todays session. Nasdaq all higher by more than 2 . The question is whether this is a polish signal in equities or just a blip in a downward trend. Around the 75 handle, moving higher by seven basic basis points. You are seeing the broad dollar weakness. Bloomberg dollar index, out performers and underperformers against it, even though they are stronger, signals from the rba and of course in japan, record stimulus. Talking about a state of emergency, reflection and deflation, the yen up on some optimism on talks from opecplus and producers. Lets get to bloomberg first word news with Viviana Hurtado in new york. Hey, viviana. Viviana our biggest story is Boris Johnson being in intensive care after he was hospitalized over the weekend after his coronavirus symptoms worsen. For 10 days, he was in isolation. Are expecting to say the outbreak peak is in the next seven to 10 days. Restrict