Plus the Champions League group stage gets underway on tuesday evening and put to sleep the leaders like city post turkish champion sebastian shakier the german side will be keen to make home advantage count against the club from istanbul. Im sorry kelly walked into the program at the number of confirmed corona virus cases worldwide has passed 40000000 with well over 1000000 deaths the u. S. Brazil and india are reporting the highest numbers europe also facing a surge in cope with 19 infections with record daily highs in many countries heres a look at how the situation has evolved here on march 1st this year Health Departments across europe registered for hug. And one new cases testing of course was limited so actual numbers could have been much higher but you can see a clear trend of rising infections here in the spring peaking at the end of april early may by then most of europe was in lockdown and you can see the impact of that with new infections dropping to a low point in made jul
And for more lets bring in our very own they are mattis who is joining us from brussels they are why has belgium been hit so hard. Well sarah a big issue here is of course the book mortality rate the 3rd highest in the world but to explain that you need to understand the broad criteria that belgium uses to get to these numbers and the reason is that only 50 percent of the cases are actually confirmed caray corona cases the other ones of possible cases that have not been confirmed whether coronavirus test and the reason is that in the 1st wave of the pandemic here in belgium the country was so hard hits that they wanted an easy way to to count deaths and that is why they installed the system that now makes the numbers of the death rate look really bad on the other hand youre right of course numbers here i stream the high with belgium having a small population extremely high numbers 2 possible explanations one is that the tracking system has been rather weak its not been running smoothly
Student protests suspending a media outlet and taking steps to block the messaging app telegram demonstrators are calling on the Prime Minister to resign. And the Temperance League group stage gets underway on tuesday evening for this Legal Leaders like say post turkish champions but should she care the german side will be keen to make only advantage count against the club promised. Im sorry kelly welcome to the Program States across europe are scrambling to contain a fresh wave of coated 1000 cases belgium is one country where case loads far exceed those at the height of the pen demick 1st wave in the spring the countrys bars and restaurants have been told to close but scientists fear a full National Lockdown could be just a matter of time. There were long queues in brussels on monday people lined up socially distanced to get tested for corona virus belgium has recorded more than 700 factions per 100000 people over the past 14 days the 2nd highest rate in europe many have had their 1s
Stimulus package to stave the stock market thats ridiculous. Today, we got an idea what happens if theres no grants as far as the stock market is concerned, its not that big a deal the dow gained 52 points, s p inched up, nasdaq advanced i dont want a stimulus package to save the stock market, i want a stimulus package to save an industry i know all too well, the hospitality industry, which i can tell you from my ownership stakes, is getting destroyed by the pandemic millions of jobs are on the line but they reside in Small Businesses ones that dont show up in the averages but individual stocks sure do. And the winners today tell you everything you need to know about the losers and the broader economy. Especially the biggest winner, which is the one i want to focus on the winner is the stock of olive garden strongest stock on the s p 500 yes, i am telling you right now that the strength in the stock of darden it should terrify you. Dardens winning, because its private competitors cant
Demanding injustice and announcing legal action for a deadly shooting in the east bay. 2 big orders in effect tonight from the governor one of them stretching statewide, the other one targeting individual counties. All counties must shutdown indoor dining, bars, wineries, zoos and museums. Counties on the monitoring list must go even further closing fitness centers, worship services, hair and nail salons and walls. The rules apply to six bay area counties ensure they are, sonoma, napa, solano and santa were allowed to reopen just this morning will have to close again on wednesday. That includes gyms, salons and barbershops. Five minutes open. Im not thinking anything right now, just upset. Anybody who doesnt comply we just cant service them. Its annoying. We are all for being part of the effort to stop the spread. We got an ear full from some very frustrated owne. V. Some beswho ve to e ththiss anl out blackout i as a Business Owner cannot tell someone you cant work to put food on the