i'm ken bell and doha 1 the top stories on al-jazeera the world health organization has declared the coronavirus a global health emergency the respiratory disease has killed more than 200 people in china and infected almost 10000 the u.s. state department is now advising americans against traveling to china and the u.k. is evacuating its nationals alianza that reports declaring an international public health emergency is rare with the corona virus spreading globally the world health organization says it warrants a coordinated international response i'm declaring a public close emergency of international concern over the global outbreak of cholera numbers coronavirus.

i'm ken bell and doha 1 the top stories on al-jazeera the world health organization has declared the coronavirus a global health emergency the respiratory disease has killed more than 200 people in china and infected almost 10000 the u.s. state department is now advising americans against traveling to china and the u.k. is evacuating its nationals charlie angela reports declaring an international public health emergency is rare with the corona virus spreading globally the world health organization says it warrants a coordinated international response i'm declaring a public close emergency of international concern. over the global outbreak of normal call a number of voters the main reason for this declaration is not because of what is happening in china but because of what is happening in other countries our greatest concern is the potential for the virus to spread to countries with weaker systems and we're prepared to deal with it. countries like india one of the latest report cases the respect to disease until now individual nations have made their own decision in response to the ou

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closing bell and everyone's looking at these apple earnings reports, and tomorrow we will of course hear from the federal reserve on the latest monetary decision. here with a preview, jim awad and kenme start with you. first let me start with this rebound in the markets. we are in -- we were off 1.5% yesterday. the numbers look big because they are but percentage-wise, yesterday was really the first sign of panic, anxiety, so are you okay with the way we have handled this in the last 24 hours? >> yeah. yeah. we were subject to incoming news and every morning you will wake up and see what went on in china the day before, but i think right now the market i think probably correctly is assuming this thing will be contained. obviously not happy for the people there, it will slow growth a little bit, it will slow china a little bit, but it won't change the fundamental outlook for the u.s. economy which is very good, hence stock prices. charles: have you made any changes in your portfolio because of this? >> no, not because of the coronavirus, but something to keep an eye on, but certainly -- charles: i think they see, not to cut you off, the cdc updates have been really helpful the last