Make up your. Double made for mines. The euro hits a 2 and a half year high against a basket of currencies investors are bullish on europes recovery from the pandemic that has a strong euro but a strong euro rather has consequences for companies who bring you up to speed. Also on the show major Oil Producing nations agreed to bowl back some of their production pandemic production cuts can they ride an oil recovery or are they acting too soon. And the german state helps Small Businesses survive the pandemic by helping them go online. Welcome to the show. Stephen beardsley in berlin good to have you with us the euro is poised to hit a 2 and a half year high against a handful of rival currencies this week its the latest high point of a month long rally for the currency and it comes as rivals have weakens the European Unions common currency broke the 1. 20 cent mark as Inflation Fears hit the u. S. Economy itself against the pound sterling on fears that brags that brags a trade deal will n
It restricts all nonessential activity between the hours of 10 00 p. M. And 5 00 a. M. , but will a mandatory quarantine for travellers be next . And if so, how soon . Reporter as covid cases continue surging across the bay area, San Francisco is embracing its purple status and the rstrictions that come with it, but just how bad are the numbers . I think were very close to santa clara. Reporter abc 7s Analysis Shows covid cases per capita between San Francisco and santa clara are both reaching the high 1,700s. To put it in perspective, San Francisco was averaging 139 new covid cases per day. Whereas santa clara is averaging 517. We may well have to act like santa clara has. I dont want to get in front of the City Health Department here, but theyre obviously weighing all these things and looking at the same numbers were all looking at. Reporter Santa Clara County Public Health officials have implemented even stricter rules, like limiting hotels to only essential travel and requiring peo
Look after the family. When they can work, they earn far less, can save less and their jobs are more insecure. In times of crisis, women are generally hardest hit. The United Nations says that more than 70 percent of Domestic Workers lost their jobs in the first few months of thpandemic, the vast majority women. According to a u. N. Study by , 2021, around 435 million women and girls will be living in extreme poverty, 47 million more than today. And the situation isnt likely to improve by 2030. These ngo workers are on their way to a woman who lives rural allives. Th he a group of 7 volunteers has been sent here by a foundation. The organization has 12,000 volunteers in all. The woman calls herself shkurte. Shes doesnt want us to use her real name. She and her children were repeatedly beaten by her husband. He was eventually sentenced to 18 months in prison, but is being released in a few days. He always threatened me, saying when he got out hed find , me, wherever i was hiding, and ki
To have you with us a progress in Vaccine Development is lifting spirits as lockdowns continue around much of the world but recent days have shown that Vaccine Distribution could be a weak spot take a look pfizer has revealed that it initially overestimated its supply chain forcing it to cut delivery projection several weeks ago instead of 100000000 doses for 2020 it now expects to deliver 50000000 another concern for distribution is security i. B. M. Saying that hackers have targeted organizations working to improve vaccine cold storage in supply chains in suspects state actors may be trying to steal trade secrets or disrupt distribution of finally vaccine financing is a growing concern with International Aid not yet meeting the amount needed to help poor countries heres u. N. Secretary general antonio terrorists at a special covert 1900 some of the new york. U. S. Dollars including 4300000000. 00 urgently needed for the next 2 months. I think those who have contributed and own to sho
Celebrated thanksgiving a month and a half ago, and since then, the nation of 37000000 has seen its daily coronavirus case count, nearly triple. According to the Public Health agency of canada, the number of infections has gone up from 2000 new cases a day in mid october to around 5500 a day, with few canadians flying to get their turkey dinner. Many are blaming the festive gatherings themselves and not travel for the surge. If the current trend continues Public Health officials in canada say that the country could see up 260000 new cases of covert 1000. 00 per day, by the end of december. In the states, a search like canadas would likely take the country over the edge. Currently, the u. S. Is seeing approximately 200000. 00 new infections a day. With the current trends, christmas will likely be very different this year in both the u. S. And canada. But there is a light at the end of the tunnel. Vaccines are being fast tracked to combat the virus. And one of the front runners from phar