. >> reporter: young is one of hundreds of people lining up every day outside new asia restaurant to pick up free food for their families living in sros. many of the people in this line used to work at restaurants in chinatown and have since been let go. >> we thought there was a double benefit in this, too, by using a community based restaurant, it could get their staff back to work, all of whom were furlough order laid off even at the front end of the shelter in place. >> reporter: second only to manhattan, san francisco's chinatown is the most densely populated neighborhood in the entire country. and young's program has been able to help about 150 families so far, but they know the need is much greater. he estimates as many as 8,000 sros are in this neighborhood alone. >> yeah, we need help. >> reporter: the program is largely dependent on volunteers. kitty picks up meals for seniors who can't leave their homes four days a week. >> it's unfortunately unfortunate that daughter the shelter-in-place seniors have to be trapped in their homes. it's almost like a prison for them. >> rep

. >> reporter: young is one of hundreds of people lining up every day outside new asia restaurant to pick up free food for their families living in sros. many of the people in this line used to work at restaurants in chinatown and have since been let go. >> we thought there was a double benefit in this, too, by using a community based restaurant, it could get their staff back to work, all of whom were furlough order laid off even at the front end of the shelter in place. >> reporter: second only to manhattan, san francisco's chinatown is the most

cbs news asia cororr: tise hol in the city of suifenhe on china's border with russia, is beijing's latestund against coronavirus with 600 beds, state media showed workers setting up rooms for infected patients. 90% of china's newest cases are from its own citizens returning from abroad since foreigners were banned from entering. the nearby border crossing is now closed. the town itself is in lockdown. and at least 18 officials have been punished for insufficient responses. in a surprise upwards addition to the death toll friday, wuhan reported exactly 50% more people in the city died from coronavirus than previously reported. china's official death toll jumped by almost 1300 to more than 4,600. that grim news came just a week and a half after wuhan celebrated its freedom from a 76-day lockdown. hospitals have been discharging the last of the their now-recovered patients as the final remaining frontline workers went home. but to china watchers, festivities like theseperover wr truths that the worl know. china expert and cing podcast host kaiser kuo. >> within the chinese population, they'r

very soon the new asia space will make room for affordable housing. so we're really down to no space that is accessible, affordable and our community could get it together. so please deny the letter of determination, give us time, give the landlord and the new owner time to come back to the community, negotiate and talk about what the community needs and see we come to a compromise. >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> good evening. my name is sara, i'm the co-chair of the asian pacific island council and the executive director of community youth center. the asian and pacific council has about 50 members serving predominantly asian community with over 350,000 constituents. many of our members has been using the banquet hall for the affordable fundraising. we celebrate 47 annual youth volunteer luncheon every year because it's affordable to us. we're going to have only new asia and one more banquet hall, it's going to be hard for us to continue the social gathering events or community events for our community, both young and old. so i really hope tha

asia. i'm shery anh in new york. haidi: i am haidi stroud-watts. we are continue down to asia's major market open. opec and its allies finally but his new oil curves, crew giving updates as investors fear the deal will result in glut? the u.s. has the highest number of virus deaths in the world as talk turns to reopening parts of the economy as early as next month. almost 2 million people have died worldwide. the imf and world bank prepare to meet amid the most down -- the worst downturn since the 1930's. the new reality of collapsed trade and mounting unemployment. oily: we are seeing reversing gains as much as a percent at one point in london .25%, sames now down for wti. we had the reduction coming from opec and its allies are that would have been the sickest -- single largest in history. goldman sachs but says it is insufficient. u.s. futures gained at the open, reversing earlier prices. the nikkei futures also down 1%. we have markets closed on holidays including australia and new zealand. global cases also affecting sentiment in the markets. t

asia." i am shery ahn in new york. haidi: i am haidi stroud-watts in sydney. hing "daybreak asia ." asian markets look likely to -- investors seeing signs that reported deaths in virus hotspots are easing. it closed at its highest since march 13. the coronavirus has put the u.k. prime minister -- boris

time now to take a look at some other coronavirus related to business news from around the world investors in asia welcomed new economic relief measures in the u.s. and the new one friday japan's leading nikkei closed with gains as the indexes in short seoul and taipei lester's were specially encouraged by a new u.s. federal reserve program that will lend directly to businesses and local governments . world's major oil producers have made progress on a deal to cut our force by 10000000 barrels a day meeting between opec countries and allies including russia saw agreement between all members except mexico congress as the best way to support tumbling oil prices as demand supply us. even the international monetary fund says the virus is causing the worst economic fallout since the great depression of the 99 and thirty's citizens of more than 170 countries are expected to see a drop in personal income this emerging economies and low earning nations will be worst affected. for the world's biggest religions the coming days are usually filled with the celebrations christians mark easter and jews possible

news. countries in asia taking different approaches to social restrictions.in china, the country where the virus originated. the strictest restrictions were in hubei province. neighbourhoods and apartment blocks are still only admitting residents. residents are cutting down on numbers and you cannot sit too close to others. china is returning to work whilst guarding against a new wave of infections by people returning from overseas. in south korea, there has been no lockdown or mandatory restrictions despite over 10,000 people becoming infected. instead, the government urged common sense. stay apart where possible, try and work from home, avoid large gatherings. it has aggressively traced and tested for the virus. the silent streets and empty offices, a partial lockdown has kicked in in singapore over the past three days because of another wave of infections. break the rules and you face fines. or worse, infections. break the rules and you face fines. orworse, prison infections. break the rules and you face fines. or worse, prison time. the measures are in pl

new york area by mid-february, weeks before the first confirmed case. researchers suspect that travelers brought it mainly from europe, not asia. >> new york was seeded before they really knew what was going on, and that's why they're in the difficult situation that they're in right now. >> reporter: back in early march, we heard from americans who said they weren't screened on their way back from italy, a growing hot zone at the time. >> as of right now, we have not experienced any sort of extra check based on anything regarding the coronavirus. >> reporter: tonight, the government is taking its first step toward getting more americans back to work. the cdc issuing new guidelines for essential workers who have been exposed to the virus. but are asymptomatic, like temperature checks before shifts. ore em still sweeping i across the country. in illinois, the death toll topping 500. the virus exploding behind bars of the cook county jail in chicago. at least 350 inmates and staff infected. most of the inmates haven't been tested. and a devastating toll for nursing home residents. in new york state, more than 1,200 dead and thousands infected. at one home in r

sinai shows most of new york's cases originated from europe not asia.the trump administration banned chinese nationals fr the u.s. in february but it took five more weeks before europe faced similar restrictions. . >>> tonight efforts to pass additional funding for the small business relief loan program are stalled in the senate. democrats want extra money for hospitals and state and local governments. . >>> it's clear that in hard to serve, under served communities, they done have the same access. >> please, do not block emergency aid you do not even oppose. >> we need both democrats and republicans to come together to get this legislation completed. >> president trump also says tonight his administration is close to revealing the details of a proposal to help the hard hit air headline industry. kent? >>> thank you, his beth, coming up next, bay area transcribe you wants pouring in for the history making activist for the lgbtq movement. . >>> and yet they were denied on the basis of their sexual orientation the right to say two extraordinary words, i d

its president has been scouring asia for new sources of supply. >> translator: hello? >> reporter: but he has been struggling to keep up with demand. >> translator: there's a global sasand shortage. people are fighting to get their hands on it. it's a sand war. >> reporter: he's visiting a major local sand processing company. the firm's main product is kyushu sand. it's essential for the production of tap water. with domestic sand supplies tightening he shows his client a sample from malaysia. >> translator: this is it. >> translator: the shape is nice. it's almost round. >> repororter: t the grain size the sample is just right for water filtering. it's a ray of hope for his client. the company has been increasing word about the effect of the supply. >> it's scary to think about a future in which we're unable to get the material we need. >> reporter: usa and is his client travel to malaysia to visit a sand producer. >> translator: i'm'm determinedo bring back sand to japan. i hope i'm able to secure about 8,000 tons. >> reporter: they head to malaysia's largest river,

here and abroad dugan al-jazeera manila well richard hey daryn is a columnist and the author of asia's new battlefield u.s. china and the struggle for the west pacific and he says that china is using its control over the distribution of medical supplies to further its geo political agenda. what we have seen in the past 2 months or so what these is what many critics see as a brazen act of strategic opportunism for instance and what we're seeing also here is what you can call offensive charming so on one hand china easing gaging in a face mask the placebo going around the region giving p.-p. east and medical equipment and mass to indonesia the philippines and different countries who are struggling with this epidemic which of course originated from china but at the same time we see also china in march and increasing in april has also stepped up its efforts in a jason waters to dominate those waters for instance we see the chinese sinking of vietnamese fishing boat after ending 2 augers now harassing immolation west capella drillship activities oil exploration activities we see china further m

its president has been scouring asia for new sources of supply. >> hello?but he has been struggling to keep up with demand. >> translator: there is a global sand shortage. people are fighting to get their hands on it. it's a sand war. >> usa is facing a major company. the firm's main product is sand. it's essential for production of tap water. with supplies tightenining, usa shows h his client a sample. >> this is it. >> translator: the shape is nice. it's almost round. >> the grain size of the sample is just right for water filtering. it's a ray of hope for u usa's clieient. the company has been increasingly worried about its supply. >> translator: it's scary to think about a future in which we're unable to get the material we need. >> usa and his client visit a sand producer. >> i am determined to bring back sand to japan. i hope to secure about 8,000 tons. >> they head to malaysia's largest river, which is the country's biggest extraction site. moununtains of sanand for use i concrete are piled up along the riverbank. sand a day. usa and his client want

a milestone in south korea's fight against coronavirus one of the worst hit countries in asia reports no new local case since. hello everyone i'm come on santa maria here in doha with the world news from al-jazeera the libyan warlord how they found after announces a ceasefire during ramadan soon after launching another attack on tripoli also a coronavirus jobs one point $6000000000.00 people half the world's labor force could be out of work and the pandemic changing the way people in iran reserve are observing the fasting month of ramadan. so coronavirus developments for you from around the world starting in south korea which was one of the worst hit countries in asia but there is good news for the 1st time in 2 months health officials there have reported no new infections no new domestic infections since the outbreak in february it means the total sits at. just over 10700 cases and 247 deaths according to johns hopkins university in britain though the number of deaths has jumped at more than 26000 now after the government started to include fatalities in places like care homes for the elder

developments from around the world now we're starting with some good news from south korea which was one of the worst hit countries in asia for the 1st time in 2 months health officials have reported no new domestic infections that's the 1st time since the outbreak peaked in february meaning south korea's total now sits at a little over $10700.00 cases and $247.00 deaths according to johns hopkins university not such good news in britain though the number of deaths there is jumped to more than 26000 because the government is now starting to include fatalities from places like care homes for the elderly previously was just the hospitals so with that change the u.k. now has the 2nd highest number of fatalities in europe after italy but some positive news about a possible treatment coming out of the u.s. officials say they're seeing progress in trials with the anti viral drug via the rate is reported to have dropped from 11 and a half percent to 8 and dr anthony fauci the top advisor on the pandemic in the u.s. says the average recovery time has gone down from 15 days to 11. although a 31 percent improvement doesn't seem lik

asia." i'm shery ahn in new york. haidi: we are counting down to asia's major market open. our top stories this hour -- the coronavirus marches on with the u.k. in new york reporting the deadliest days yet. however the plans are underway to open -- reopen the u.s. economy in a few weeks. automakers are reeling from the pandemic as demand plummets. we will be hearing from nissan this hour. but the city where it all began is getting back on track. china lifts travel terms in wuhan, ending 11 weeks of lockdown that disrupted the lives of millions. shery: we are seeing kiwi stocks gaining ground. we had seen u.s. stocks under a lot of pressure today. there was a lot of volatility. u.s. futures continue to fall 3/10 of 1%. we have surged as much as 3.5% in the u.s. session, but that really wasn't supported through the end of the trading day. bk futures also down -- nikkei futures down after japan unveiled the 108 trillion yen stimulus package. we have seven prefectures that declared a state of emergency. current account balance and trade balance this hour. we have crude at the mo

asia ." i am shery ahn in new york. haidi: i am haidi stroud-watts in sydney. g you down to the start of trading in asia. our top stories this hour, asia-pacific markets are expected to follow wall street down after u.s. stocks slumped the most in three weeks. s&p 500 falling more than 3%. and oil recovers in early asian trading after another epic collapse, slumping demand, and a

says that the asia pacific region will experience 0 growth this year for the 1st time since the $960.00 s. due to the massive economic damage caused by the corona virus and a new report warns that the impact in asia will be quote severe across the board and unprecedented massive drops in industrial and retail activity major supply chain disruption and a huge collapse in demand from europe and north america have been felt across the continent since the start of the year. well clifford couldn't from v.w. business is covering this story for us and joins us now in the studio good to see you clifford so we know the coronavirus is having a devastating impact impact on economies around the world what are the biggest factors affecting asia according to the i.m.f. well i think one of the things that we've seen is there's never a good time to have a global pandemic but it's a particularly bad time for asia as it's slowly emerging from a very bruising trade war seeing a lot of slowing growth in the in the region's biggest economy. also in the other side these days in areas so the i.m.f. is calling this the great lockdown recession and. you know it's the worst the worst i

asia ." i am shery ahn in new york. haidi: i am haidi stroud-watts in sydney. nting down to asia's major market open. our top stories this hour, asian markets face an uncertain action leadingports that a coronavirus drug has tested poorly. oil maintains it's a slow recovery after a wild week. traders are concern

matt, we'll begin with you it has started early in asia and is carrying around the world now. >> absolutely. the first day of the new quarter for us in asia looking like the last few sessions as well. we saw a fair bit of late selling as well as futures moved sharply lower. we want to go through some of those. particularly in china. take a look at the shanghai kpozity down we have seen light in the manufacturing space showing that pmi expanded in the month of march. it rose 50.1 following the official pmi number which showed a read of 52 when it comes to shanghai composite, it showed a decline and in hong kong, the decline of about 16% over the first quarter. in north asia, japan down 20%. bank of japan showing a negative mood among manufacturers in japan that slipped to a read of negative eight from zero this is the first negative print we've seen in seven years. elsewhere, south korea down 20%. in australia, its worse quarter on record there down some 24%. back to you. >> thank you for that update to the early trade in the european forces, julianna tatelbaum is standing by in london >> good morning. european stock

new york. welcome to "daybreak asia"." grim milestone, one million people infected worldwide, 50,000 people have died. europe remains in the eye of the storm. spain's

asia. i'm shery anh in new york. haidi: i am haidi stroud-watts. nue down to asia's major market open. opec and its allies finally but his new oil curves, crew giving updates as investors fear the deal will result in glut? the u.s. has the highest number of virus deaths in the world as talk turns to

asia." i am shery ahn in new york. haidi: i am haidi stroud-watts in sydney. we are counting down to measures major market opens. our top stories this hour, a potential clash with president trump over the eventual reopening of their economies. they say they are guided by science. he says he alone has the authority. haidi: investors continue to weigh the opec-plus oil deal over cuts may not be enough. we hear from the saudi oil industry leader this hour. masayoshi son -- the company is forecasting a massive loss for the year has investments in startups -- shery: let's get you started with a quick check on the markets. u.s. futures supported at the moment after u.s. benchmarks ended the session mixed. this ahead of earnings season kicking off officially tomorrow with j.p. morgan and wells fargo reporting. afterutures up .3%, this the s&p 500 rallied almost 25% from its march low. nikkei futures also gaining ground .4%. we had a little bit of strength for the japanese yen in the overnight session as we saw more safe haven bids play out during the u.s. trading ses

asia." i am shery ahn in new york. haidi: i am haidi stroud-watts in sydney. we are counting you down to asia's major market opens and our top stories this hour, the coronavirus maintains its global grip. infections have topped 1.5 million one week after passing the one million mark. oil extending a rally as russia signals it is ready to cut production. opec and its allies are due to meet later on thursday to discuss a plan to stabilize prices. a new study warns japan is facing a double digit contraction in the coming months as the coronavirus pandemic slows the economy further. shery: let's get you started with a quick check on how markets are trading. we are seeing key restocks gaining ground for a third consecutive session. we have seen the rbnz come out and say it is open to increasing the size and scope of its program. we are seeing further upside in trading. nikkei to futures up .2%. u.s. futures under a little bit of pleasure but this of course after closing at the highest level in a month and also entering a bull market. up more than 20% over its recent

large part, because of the demographics, the baby boomers coming through, all of these new supply lines from asiat is going in reverse. the demographics are turning around, the supply lines are being cut, and in addition because we have this extra expansion of the monetary phase that may or may not be totally controllable. looking down the line, after a period of perhaps the economy moving to a deflationary phase, it would not be impossible to see this thing turn around and wind up with higher inflation. guy: do you think one of the ways we will get there as we will end up having to see debt forgiveness because some of the debt will have to be written off? we may see monetization. how do we deal with the debt in the long term? it will be incredibly hard to pay back. william: it is that old line of herb stein, if something is unsustainable it will stop. if the accumulation of debt is unsustainable, a lot of it will have to be written off. i am just reading something written a few days ago. he is making the exact same point. writing stuff for the last three to four years asking the question, are we

a milestone in south korea's fight against coronavirus one of the worst hit countries in asia reports no new local cases. hello from doha everyone i'm come all santa maria this is the world news from al-jazeera the libyan warlord had a for half turn out as a ceasefire during ramadan soon after launching another attack on tripoli also a coronavirus jobs shop $1600000000.00 people she half the world's labor force could be out of work and a promotion on his 100th birthday for a british war veteran now after now. raise millions for the national health service . so the latest coronavirus developments around the world starting in south korea one of the worst hit by the pandemic in asia and for the 1st time in 2 months it has reported no new domestic infections this is since the outbreak peaked in february it means the totals that 10765 cases and 247 deaths according to johns hopkins university in britain though the number of deaths has jumped to more than 26000 after the government started to include fatalities in places like care homes for the elderly it means the u.k. now has the 2nd highest num

asia. good news for kering because they've been beefing up other brands and other houses which is helping them and bearing fruit with a positive result for the specific brand they say watches and jewelry business was hit hard and reflects on lvmh last week when that division was down 26% same from kering bright spot was on line sales up 20 percent e for q1. mainland china was up triple digits they've been working on getting it for a while and offset a little of the lockdown effect. with less customers in the stores for q1. they have seen improvement in april with customers coming back too soon to show how big those rebounds would be. quite interesting here for kering for u.s. and europe, if they don't see a meaningful recovery there before june or july. being cautious about q2. two-thirds of the stores are still closed how quick will they start reduction with work shops shopsn italy. gucci is so important for china. can they restart in italy? there are questions of how quick they can restart there are questions about stock moving around different channels to address demand. they said they will

accuracy of those figures a circuit board if you wouldn't mind on the economic and business news coming out of asia. we've got a number of developments on the economic impact of the coronavirus in asia looking at south korea here one of the biggest come out of factories it's told its union that it's considering halting 3 of its major plants are producing those cars now that suspending its operations not closing them all together and this of course is in response to the coronavirus impact it's wang heavily on the exports from south korea to the united states and europe now south korea's exports for the 1st 10 days i believe tumbled it's asia's 4th largest economy and it's the 1st major exporting nation to released its month they tried and exports for the 1st 10 days therefore and by 18.6 percent compared to the previous year we also have some latest figures coming out of south korea with regards to the number of cases we have $25.00 cases of the crowd a virus infection we've got 3 deaths and that's the 2nd time we have had a fall below 33 got the number of cases coming out of south korea since those

asia? take china because it is closer to chicago than in new york. aughter] i was not overly curious, but i was interested. i began going to asia. i came back and talked to my bosses and said, i get the feeling china is about to take off, and i would like to do a deep dive and look at opportunities in china. when i made the first trip in maybe 1991, we had five people in the hong kong office. when i left to go to treasury in 2006, i think we had 1500 people in greater china. so i put the pedal to the metal. have two great economies in the world, china and the united states. in your view, is there a clash between the two of them inevitable leading to a real war, not a cold war? hank: i would begin by saying that china is a strategic competitor. there are some compelling differences when we look at our national security interests. there are also some important shared interests in terms of global stability and things like climate change. but to get to your question, i am concerned about what i see as a militarization of the u.s. view toward china. i'll t

a milestone in south korea's fight against the pandemic one of the worst hit countries in asia reports no new local cases. and the u.s. city of miami starts to lift its lockdown restrictions despite a high number of cases. i'm going to go with sports is italy it's football season looks set to be scrapped players are about to start training again but the country sports minister wants to follow france and the netherlands and focus on next season instead. it's 10 g.m.t. and we start in europe where the economy has suffered its biggest quarterly hit on record shrinking by 3.8 percent so far this year that's the eurozone sharpest drop since records began in 1995 so yet another indicator of the widespread economic devastation caused by the coronavirus lockdowns around the world all that comes after germany which is europe's strongest economy announced its g.d.p. is on track to shrink by more than 6 percent this year because straight to don. it came it joins us live from len so dominic we were expecting of course the economy to take a hit in macho but how wiring all these figures and this sort of st

a milestone in south korea's fight against coronavirus one of the worst hit countries in asia reports no new local tastes. from doha everyone come all sorts of maria this is the world news from al-jazeera the libyan warlord khalifa haftar announces a ceasefire during ramadan soon after launching another attack on tripoli also a coronavirus jobs shot 1600000000 people half the world's labor force could be out of work.

asia." i'm shery ahn in new york. haidi: we are counting down to asia's major market open. ies this hour -- the coronavirus marches on with the u.k. in new york reporting the deadliest days yet. however the plans are underway to open -- reopen the u.s. economy in a few weeks. automakers are reeling from the pandemic as demand plummets.

which it had daryn is a columnist and author of asia's new battlefield u.s. china and the struggle for the western pacific he says china is using its control of the distribution of medical supplies to further its cheap political agenda what we have seen in the past 2 months or so what b.s. is what many critics see as a brazen act of strategic opportunism for instance and what we're seeing also here is what you can call offensive charming so on one hand china is in gauging in a facemask diplomacy going around the region giving p.-p. east and medical equipment and mass to indonesia the philippines and different countries who are struggling with this epidemic which of course originated from china but at the same time we see also china in march and increasingly in april has also stepped up its efforts in a jason waters to dominate those waters for instance we see the chinese sinking a vietnamese fishing boat after ending 2 augers now harassing immolation west capella activities oil exploration activities we see china further militarizing the artificially created

.>>> troubling news out of asia, the death toll and the recovered patients testing positive a second time. good morning, everyone it is friday april 17th. i am michelle griego. >> good morning two on this friday, first things first, a check of your weather and traffic. here is mary lee.>>> good morning to you. so glad it is friday, we made it through another week together and we are looking at a cool and cloudy start and that really indicates that onshore flow really kicking in for us. it means as we head to the day it is going to be a little bit cooler and that cooling trend continues into the weekend. it is a great start on our treasure island camera, our temperatures are in the low to mid 50s at this hour. as we head to the afternoon you úthem, mostly cloudy along the coast and right around the bay and 59 in san francisco, 62 in oakland, upper 60s in san jose and for concord, 67 degrees, 64 for santa rosa. daytime highs, seasonal is not just a little bit below average for this time of year. we will talk about what you can expect for the weekend coming up, but now let's check in wi

taylor: i'm taylor riggs in new york, and this is "bloomberg daybreak: asia."sian stocks are primed for decline after wall street opened the quarter with a steep fall, traders questioning the effectiveness of virus control. faking virussed of data, the u.s. saying that beijing underplayed the number of cases and deaths. and we work may take legal action that softbank wants better terms on theirh rescue plan. haidi? inflationary pressures or lack thereof from south korea coming through the cps for the month of march. we are seeing a contraction of 0.2%, better than the contraction we were expecting of 0.4%. that is a month on month figure for consumer price pressures and south korea for the month of march. in atmber on year coming 1%, so a little better than 0.8% expected, a little softer from the 1% reading in february. expectingse have been some demand as well as the impact of lower energy costs, lower oil costs, the plunge in oil prices, down an average of almost 50% year on year so far this month. debtor --february february data carried through, and you woul

asia ." i am shery ahn in new york. haidi: i am haidi stroud-watts in sydney. you down to the start of trading here in asia. let's get you our top stories this hour. asian markets aiming to follow u.s. stocks higher amid optimism about the reopening of the economy. stephen mnuchin sees a restart by the end of august. oil recovers from a 21 year low up to two days of frantic

. >> translatotor: t the new cocoronavirus infectction is ra in asia, as well.nunder the circumstances, it i extremely important to expand regional cooperation. >> abe also said the leaders will jointly promote the development of drugs to treat the virus. >>> authorities in taiwan on tuesday confirmed there were no new cases of the coronavirus infection for the first time in more than a month. >> translator: we recorded no new cases on tuesday. the pandemic has not stopped, but still, this is something to be happy about. i hope we can keep this number. >> the last time there were no new cases recorded was march 9. taiwan has reported 393 cases and six deaths. most of the patients who tested positive were people who had returned from overseas and their family members. the authorities began barring foreigners from entering taiwan nearly a month ago. they subsequently imposed a measure requiring people who enter taiwan to undergo 14 days of quarantine. those who do not comply risk a fine of about $32,000. in taiwan, local officials held people in quarantine by doin

in ninee 1377 new cases southeast asia and locations in the last 24-48 hours. eve, thank you. first word headlines from new york. itstaly is extending sweeping virus lockdown for another two weeks as reported deaths from the infection slow. restaurants, bars and public venues are closed, all nonessential economic -- activity stopped an internal movement is restricted. 720 seven new fatalities have been reported in the last day, the lowest number in six days you total cases are more than 110,000. is slashing growth forecasts by more than half as the virus undermines southeast asia's biggest economy. growth is estimated at 2.3 percent this year compared to initial projections of 5.3%. the finance minister says in worst case scenario, the economy 0.4% thisract by year. in india, they are stepping up measures to tackle the infection. the r.b.i. is introducing relief for exporters and allowing states to borrow more to shore up finances. the pandemic has stalled business and triggered a nationwide luck down and the imf has declared a recession -- lockdown and the imf

powers that we're looking at there by the way gave on wall street following that news that the grounds for friday's sessions in asia. well let's take a look now at some other coronavirus related news from around the world new york city authorities have begun using a trench to bury virus victims the number of unclaimed bodies interred at the heart island public cemetery has increased 5 fold since the start of the alpine new york plans to draft in additional funeral directors to deal with the numbers of people who have died in recent days. the world's major oil producers have made progress on a deal to cut out but by 10000000 barrels a day of meeting between opec countries and allies including russia remain between all members except mexico a cut is seen as the best way to support tumbling oil prices as demand comments. while german chancellor angela merkel says that she sees signs of hope in the fight against covert 19 social distancing is helping to slow the spread of the coronavirus in the country but merkel also warned that now is not the time to use the lock down. deserted streets in the german capital a common

asia ." i am shery ahn in new york. i am haidi stroud-watts in sydney. ing you down to asia's major market opens. let's get you our top headlines this hour and protesters are calling for the u.s. to reopen. they warned that might cause even more harm. the world health organization says the worst of the virus is still to come. the pandemic is crippling demand for energy. oil recovered from a

people to stay indoors to stop a rebound in infections other countries across asia a tightening their restrictions fearful of new clusters of the disease jessica washington reports. this theater in new hahn has been empty for months after weeks of being locked down in their homes the stage is set for residents to cautiously try to go back to their normal lives these volunteers hope to return the theater to what it was before the outbreak began in december. only there are many volunteers helping the city fight the virus my teammates and i feel happy to do this because we're helping our hometown. efforts to contain the virus in will hon easing although the government advice is still to minimize activities outside the home the subway system is back in action and from next week residents can leave the city and the local authorities say domestic flights will start again to everywhere except the capital beijing there's some skepticism about china's numbers and the suppose a dramatic drop in cases but as the city slowly edges closer to some kind of normalcy others around asia are doing the opposite authorities in thail

there is new concern as countries in asia are returning to normal very rapidly, japan assessed to declare a state of emergency over the virus pandemic after using restrictions last month and new images out of china show large crowds of people at popular tourist sites. senator lindsey graham reacted on fox news. take a listen. >> if it were up to me, the world should send china a bill for the pandemic, this is the third pandemic to come out of china from these wet markets where they have bats and monkeys with the virus carrying the virus intermingled with the food supply. i would make china pay big time. >> clearly each country around the world is handling the coronavirus outbreak differently. we do now in israel just a few hours from now the entire country is going to go into a permanent or semipermanent lockdown through the passover holiday in an effort to slow the spread here. >> now to this happening in wisconsin, polling sites are preparing to open for the primary election. this comes after the supreme court blocked an executive order to postpone due to covid-19. >> reporter: cases to

a milestone in south korea's fight against coronavirus one of the worst hit countries in asia reports no new local cases. hello everyone i'm come all santamaria here in doha with the world news from al-jazeera the libyan warlord how they found after announces a ceasefire during ramadan soon after launching another attack on tripoli also a coronavirus jobs one point $6000000000.00 people half the world's labor force could be out of wood.

from a canal santa maria says the world news from al-jazeera markets in asia and europe and fallen off the u.s. all prices turned negative for the 1st time in history. also new data shows the number of coronavirus deaths in england and wales could be 41 percent higher than the government's been reporting. harder for you cheers citizens is to draw on to to . do a good week a moment volunteers helping to boost iran's response to the pandemic. does not donald trump has declared he will suspend immigration into the united states through an executive order that he tweeted this the u.s. president saying it is a response to the coronavirus pandemic he refers to it 19 as the invisible enemy trump added that he has to protect american jobs it was an announcement address with condemnation from some in the democratic party have accused trump of distracting people from what they describe as his faulty response to the outbreak more from chicago now which $100.00. the president issued this tweet in the dark of night and he seemed to do that for good reason he could have made his announcement at his

asia. we begin with the coronavirus. it has passed a grim newal infections over 2 million. -- milestone, global infections over 2 million. the world health organization defends its work with china. it is promoting health globally and it will work with and for people everywhere, whether they are in china or anywhere else. president trump has announced plans for the task force to restart the economy, launching marathon calls. corporate leaders like jeff bezos are being asked for advice on how to bring the country back to something like normal. several of those involved only discovered their participation after the president announced their names. south korea seems to like president moon's handling of the virus. his ruling democratic party is set for a resounding victory, ining 180 over 300 seats parliament. his party is focused on testing. if the final results back up the exit polls, it is the worst time in many years his party has an outright majority. global news 24 hours a day on air and on quicktake by bloomberg, powered by more than 2700 jour

there is new concern that countries in asia returning to normal life rapidly things could get worse again very quickly. japan is set to declare a state of emergency over the virus pandemic after easing restrictions last march and new images out of china show large crowds of people at popular tourist sites. lindsey graham reacted on fox news. >> if it were up to me the whole world should send china a bill for the pandemic. this is the third pandemic to come out of china from these wet markets where they have bats and monkeys with the virus carrying the virus intermingled with the food supply. i would make china pay big time. >> reporter: important note indicating the chinese government is forcing italy to pay for this protective gear that had been donated, a single story with a single administration source. we've not heard from the italians or the chinese about this new report. jillian: thank you. rob: with passover in the midst of this pandemic religious groups are being asked to cancel large gatherings planned for this week. jillian: this afternoon your orthodox community held two events