Im burnt off its good to have you with us fears of the coronavirus have left a trail of losses around the world share prices plunging today with billions being wiped off the value of global indices for the 1st time in a decade trading a wall street was suspended after the dow jones nosedive more than 7 percent immediately after the opening bell. Was things went down hill right from the opening bell the dow jones plunged nearly 7. 3 percent. Energy Company Shares took an especially hard beating prices threaten to plummet so low the trading was suspended for 15 minutes for the 1st time in more than 10 years. Prices nosedive all over the world on monday starting in asia mainly due to fears about the economic fallout of covert 19 in tokyo the nikkei index lost 5 point one percent. In the markets a crashing and Economic Activity stops that means trouble on the field. Over the weekend the oil price fell to 30 percent the biggest drop since the start of the ninetys im melissa around the world
Im max foster thanks for joining us italy has extended its emergency n. C. Coronavirus measures with a lockdown of the entire country italian Prime Minister just says that from Tuesday Morning travel restrictions will apply to the whole of italy not just the north as before he says the right thing for people to do at the moment is simply stays at home all sporting events are to be called off or on a virus has killed more than 460 people across the country. And for the latest were joined from the land by journalist sylvia but carty sylvia is this a surprise. Well it is a surprise of course its shocking but at the same time many people were calling for Something Like this so the regents all the president s of their regions in and in egypt who are asking for an entire closure say has been a surprise but at the same time it was kind of expected and how are telling people reacting in there well i think also the same time people expected it but there has been a few there have been a few. Dif
Afternoon. But first a vicious assault in the heart of old town alexandria. And the victim is dead. The attack happened on tuesday on south Alfred Street just a block from busy king street. News4s Jackie Bensen is there working to learn more about the victim and just what happened. Jackie . Reporter well, we know that he was just taking an evening stroll about 9 30 tuesday night here in the 200 block of south Alfred Street. As you said, just south of the busy king street area. We know that hes 69 years old. Police say they found the man injured but conscious. Obviously something had happened to him. He was taken to the hospital and, of course, we have been informed he has now died a few days later and police tell us that they believe this was an attempted robbery of that 69yearold man taking a walk, taking an evening stroll just about a block or so from his home. Now right now police are may have seen something here. Very busy part of old town alexandria, hoping to get some information