Effect for 3 weeks. The capital saw the number of daily confirmed cases drop below 100 for two days in a row with 72 cases on sundayy and 39 on monday. But government Officials Say the number of cases reported on weekends and mondays tends to be lower. Prime minister abe shinzo t tola meeting of senior officials from his governing liberal Democratic Party on monday that the pace of infections seems to be slowing, but he says hes still not optimistic. Abe said he will continue to ask people to refrain from nonessential t travel durining spring holidays through may 6th. Nearly 4,000 people have tested positive in the capital so far. The increase comes as local governments urged people to stay home amid a nationwide state of emergency. Data from mobile carrier ntt suggests those measures are having an impact. On sunday the number of people in tokyos shopping and entertainment hub of shinjuku was down 82 compared to earlier this year. And in osakas district the number of people fell 88 , a
A state of emergency to contain the spread. Residents have been asked to stay home as much as possible. Officials are closely monitoring the situation to decide whethth to extend the state of emergency beyond may 6th. The drug was originallyy developed the t treat ebola but clinical tests were underway in japan and several other countries to see whether its effective against the coronav coronavirus. We w will proceed with a special approval to expedite the screening. Health Ministry Officials say germany and the u. S. Are already considering whether to approve it. Gentleman pap plans to provide another possible medication to the neththerlands, the philippis and 36 other countries. Its a flu drug developed by a Japanese Company. The foreign minister said more than 70 countries asked japan to supply them w with the medicine. The Health Ministry also decided to allow dentists to carry out coronavirus tests if local facilities are overwhelmed. As many as 8,800 were being carried out per da
Development administrator mark green testified before the Appropriations Committee and Donald Trumps 2021 budget request for his agency, he fielded questions on the various foreign aid programs run by usaid and his agencys involvement in responding to the global coronavirus outbreak. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] the subcommittee on state, foreign operations and related programs will come to order. Administrator green, thank youou for joining us today. I really do want to thank you for your stewardship of usaid during very difficult times and for the dedication of our Development Professionals. Usaid helps the worlds most do need a kleenex . We are all carrying them around. Usaid helps the worlds mosta vulnerable, assists in recovery from natural disasters and humanitarian crises, and supports countries efforts
Up nearly 20 points. The nasdaq up by 66 points. Green, especially what happened on friday. We have basically erased our losses from friday. It is as if the past two days there really happened. About, itas talking is an energyled rally. Hownt to show you exactly green we are in terms of sectors. Energy is up by nearly 1. 6 . It has been the biggest leader by sector for the entire day. Information technology not far behind. Had been inerials the number two position, now in the number three position. Take a look at where oil has been going to run the day. Just at session highs by a little more than 3 . Highis still a sixmonth not seen since november 4. Goldman sachs increasing its fullyear price in cast to 44. 60 a barrel from 38 36 cents a barrel. Militant attacks in nigeria have been pushing down production, a cut of 30 or so. And there has been increasing demand. Of this, take a look at what is happening with oil majors. Williams company, the biggest riser by 5. 3 . The same for apach
You can credit oil prices for this. Joe an impressive turnaround, we started off in the red. Futures offered opened negative. All,morning markets took so quite a strong day. A little off the highs, but not much. Apple was the biggest gainer on the dow. Warren buffett giving a vote of dashboard of confidence. And almost 0. 2 stake but to be fair there was a separate regulatory filing. Associate at company like apple with a company like archer. One interesting thing, check out after that week chinese data, australias 10 year yield hitting an alltime low. Maybe it will go down lower. You can see why theres demand for. Also anxiety over the british pound, no let up there. It did come back a bit. The other notable thing you were pointing out is the South African rand. The twomonth low versus the dollar. Reports are police are set to arrest the finance minister. Thats not a story want out there when theres already Major Concerns about government stability. Oil having a big day, more concerns