Highest since the nationwide state of emergency was lifted in may. About 40 of tokyo hospital beds allocated for serious covid19 cases are now occupied, and experts warn the recent increase is straining the medical system. Translator Emergency Care centers will be busiest in december and january. It will affect the capacity for handling ordinary emerncy patients. In some cases, they could fall into lifethreatening conditions. Tokyo offials have asked bars and restaurants that serve alcohol to close early starting this weekend authorities in osaka, sapporo and nagoya are making the same request. The Prime Minister is urging people to take basic precautions, such as weari masks, washing hands, and avoiding the three cs closed spaces, crowded places, and closecontact settings. The Central Government says the next three weeks are crucial. It wants to avoid reaching the highest alert level, which could lead to declaring a state of emergency again. Over 143,000 people have been infected sinc
Tthe nationwide total now excees 42,000, more than 1,000 people have died. Health Ministry Officials say more than 4,000 people were being treated for the virus at hospitals as of last wednesday. The figure was just under 700 on july 1st. Since then patients in tokyo have quadrupled, but in terms of increase, other pleeskts have feared mmuch worse. Patients in oh sasaka jumped 20fold. The Health Minister says jjapan currently has enough hospital beds to cope, but he also says the situation needs to be closely monitored with some hospitals increasingly under strain. Some local governments are asking residents and businesses to do their part to curb the spread of the virus. In tokyo the governor is requesting barsrs and restauran to close by 10 00 p. M. As our next story shows, its pushing many establishments to the brink. Reporter its been an anxious few months when sales plunged after the government declared a state of emergency. As rrestrictions gradually ease, business was finally st
Isaac there is not much agreement we have down here, but that is undeniably top of the list. What we have seen over the past few weeks is both parties coalescing around the idea it is necessary and in the vital when it comesest to my policy with china. It is not just here. It is also our partners around the globe. I think the eu has been more serious around this matter. We have had some developments in terms of Congress Passing limited sanctions and china responding. Note thatrtant to thus far the backandforth between china and the United States has been measured, proportional, and largely symbolic. My call is we will continue to have these back and forths and a degree in headline volatility, but there is no reason to believe leaders on either side of the pacific want to see a massive unwind of their relationship in the near term and theyre battling with issues domestically. There hasyou say, been backandforth in the last day. There is also been backandforth between joe biden and Presi
Jonathan ferro, Lisa Abramowicz, and tom keene. We welcome all of you to our simulcast on television and radio worldwide. Thrilled you are with us today. Coming up, a really important conversation on the global markets. The new slow today absolutely asked ordinary. We have been absolutely extraordinary. We have really been focused on hong kong, but right now weve got to turn to the american claims, which is surveyed again to be over 2 million. Near 40 a lot of pain, million over the last two months or so, so clearly the labor market is in an absolute mess. It is really painful. I think it would be a mistake to think the policy effort was done. It is not. There is certainly debate in washington on what to do next on the fiscal side. Lets not forget the monetary side either. The ecb has been flirting with doing more. Think we have to move to Forward Guidance. What does future policy look like . That is where the effort transitions in the next several weeks. Tom i agree on the idea that w
[indiscriminate chatter] rep. Neal will members and their guests please take their seats . The ways and Means Committee will come to order. That morning and welcome. We are here to discuss a difficult issue that confronts nearly every family in our nation and that is how to care for our loved ones as they age. It is certainly appropriate that we work to address this matter in november which is alzheimers Awareness Month and u. S. National family caregivers month. It is a deeply personal issue for many of us in the room, for those of us who have not personally struggle to ensure an older relative receive the care they need, you most certainly know someone in your life who has. Fragmented and insufficient longterm care system not only be confusing and emotionally taxing but also enormously expensive, indeed, even unaffordable. Inhome careock costs about 180,000 a year, it costs over 80,000 a year to live in a nursing home and assisted living causes 43,000 a year. These high prices certai