Topped 500. Experts monitoring the situation in the capital say the latest sevenday average is about 326 daily cases, up from 244 the week before. The metropolitan government raised the alert. It is not asking businesses to reduce operating hours but the governor is asking residents to take thorough prevention measures when they dine in a group as they plan yearend gettogethers. Translator we advise people with preexisting conditions not to dine in a group. Anyone to lives with family members with a higher risk of falling seriously ill are advised to refrain from such outings. Osaka, aichi, hokkaido, and other prefectures also reported a Record Number of daily cases on thursday. The recent spike comes as residents take advantage of government subsidies on dining, lodging, transportation. Officials say the goto travel and goto eat campaigns are necessary to get the economy back on track, but as nhk worlds Shirakawa Marina reports, the Japan Medical Association is speaking out. Translato
Will be the first from the Prime Ministers Office in 2 1 2 months. Abe will speak to reporters after the government finalizes plans with its Coronavirus Task force. The government is expected to lay out a policyo sececure medical systems and expand tetesting capabilities ahead of the wininr. Officials worry about facilities being overwhelmed with the seasonal flu coincides with the coronavirus. Japan says it will likely seek to secure enough vaccine shots for all its citizens by the first half of next year. The government is also expected to take legal measures prior to the inoculations so it can offer compensation to business if they suffer losses because vaccines cause health problems. The japanese government is currently recommending people infected with the virus be hospitalized. To lessen the burden on health care workers, its planning to make the government ordinance on dealing with large numbers of people with no or minor symptoms more flexible. Abe is also expected to mention h
Pandemic, essential workers in the United States have continued in their daily jobs to care for and protect americans, to produce and deliver food and essential goods, and to uphold our nations Critical Infrastructure. These men and women, our moms and dads, brothers and sisters, are putting the livelihoods of their fellow americans ahead of their own. Each and every morning despite the pandemic, they wake up and they go to work. In this fight against the invisible enemy, the critical logistics operators, the supply workers, medical professionals, and many others who are on the front lines responding to coronavirus could not be more important to our victory. They truly are our heroes. Folks, our nation cannot weather this pandemic without our essential workforce. They first and foremost deserve our gratitude. So today we want to say thank you. Thank you to our doctors, our nurses, and our Health Care Workers who see firsthand the seriousness of this disease yet put their own health and
Changed a lot about the way that we live and work and do business, and tennesseans are certainly no exception to that. One thing that is been a consistent in this entire episode with the pandemic is the way tennesseans step up to take care of one another. And the numerous acts of kindness and graciousness that have been shown from neighbor to neighbor, and community to community is something that shows the goodness of the american spirit, and we are just blast to be home to thousands of people who have demonstrated their desire to help make life a little bit better for their neighbors and their friends, and sometimes for people that they do not know. But people who have expressed a certain need, people like jeremy hopkins. Now, jeremy is from jackson tennessee. He is an engineer at the toyota motor manufacturing facility that is up there in jackson. He became aware of the need for ppe down in new orleans at hospital. A friend of his made him aware of this need. So being an engineer he
President. That was then. A lot of people think it is fundamentally different this time. All of this is really catalyst, via a virus. But again, one of the interesting things im also following is that we still have negative Interest Rates at the very, very front of the socalled yield curve. One month and threemonth bills are still in negative territory right now with the one month bill at negative. 117 , the three month bill at negative 0. 348 . I hate to add that. That is actually good news. People dont look at a prospect of negative rates as good news but what it means technically, when you give the bank your money, you have to pay them for a privilege. A lot of people look at that, say, what the i will take my chances in the stock market. At least with conservative investments and dividend yields north of 3 i could do better almost doing nothing. That is the view. It benefits stocks. The fact we think were over the worst of the potential Economic Impact of this. That might be premat