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
Harsh measures experienced earlier in the year. Theyre going to have you know its like the 1st time its catastrophic we would just have to try and survive weve had some state aid and that something its better than nothing but well see. But belgian Officials Say the measures are absolutely necessary the countrys Health Minister says the Health System could soon be overwhelmed by infections and warned of a coming through nami of cases many doctors share his concerns. The sky is more or less blue but we can see a huge wave is about to arrive its inevitable authorities hope the drastic set of measures will have a quick impact they say theyll review the results in 2 weeks time. 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 the
League group stage gets underway on tuesday evening when the city leaders leipzig host turkish champions the shock should care the german side will be keen to make home and family to count against the club from a stop. Im sorry kelly welcome to the program seats across europe are scrambling to contain a fresh wave of covert 1000 cases belgium is one country where caseload so far exceed those at the height of the pentax 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 fractions per 100000 people over the past 14 days the 2nd highest rate in europe many have had their 1st brush with the virus and now they want to be sure that theyre not infected. You know. Someone close to me tested positive so i want to get tested to be sure i dont have
Next month. Tired of for at least try to stem growing student protests by threatening to shut down several Media Outlets taking steps to block the messaging app telegram demonstrators are calling for the Prime Minister to resign. And the Champions League group stage gets underway to choose day evening when disney can leaders leipzig host turkish champions bush actually here the german side will be keen to make home advantage count against the club from istanbul. Im told me a lot of well welcome to the program in europe with the 2nd wave of the pandemic has arrived and its prompting National Lockdowns ireland has become the 1st e. U. Country to return to an almost full nationwide lockdown as a battles to stop a surge in. Rhona virus cases Prime Minister Michael Martin said all nonessential retailers must close for 6 weeks starting on midnight on wednesday starting at midnight on wednesday while the schools will be allowed to stay open but bars and restaurants will only be able to serve
Find a bid. We wait for more gloomy Economic Data at 8 30. Time now for our market moving news from our new york team. We are going to start with oil. The iea says the outlook for oil demand has improved somewhat, yet it sees crude production on track for historic decline this month, at the lowest level in nine months. Annmarie hordern joined me now for more. Annmarie this report is still bleak, but slowly but surely improving. They had to say is that outlook for the oil markets are improving somewhat. Amanda little stronger than what they were expecting, but really, the big take away from this report demand a little bit stronger than what they were expecting, but really, the big take away is that this month is on track for historic decline, the most in nine years. This week alone, we saw the kingdom, the uae, and kuwait deepen cuts for june. The same time, the iea is looking at producers outside the group like the united eights that are just being forced due to supply and demand the U