many people say they simply exhausted the world health organization is reasonable director for europe hans colludes said i believe it is possible to reinvigorate and revive efforts to tackle the evolving coded 19 challenges we face it is essential that we respond together and that community's own response policies with authorities by balancing science social and political needs we can develop precautionary measures that are culturally accepted . the latest virus wave has been particularly strong in europe france has introduced a nighttime curfew in 9 cities that will last for a month it is also limited gatherings to 10 people in spain a 15 day state of emergency is in force for the capital madrid and surrounding areas leaving or entering the city remains banned except essential purposes germany's ban on large gatherings has been extended to the end of the year in some parts of the country anyone failing to wear most coverings in public areas faces a fine and england has introduced a 3 tier system of local lockdowns on monday the 1st minister of wales announced a 2 week trip to begin friday

witnessed at the start of the pandemic but the world health organizations regional director for europe dr hans kluger says full scale lockdown should be the very very last resort while describing how the situation has changed look at the cold look down 6 months ago is not what you would call it today. in march look dome was a shotgun that every corner of society and economy has been hold that motoring business. no movement disclosed in march look dome was a default option book. of guards. and with this in mind let's take another look at the trends and spread of the virus globally with our correspondent side of tablature so are aware of research that sort of ran more than 39000000 people have globally been infected recover 19 and 1100000 have died so while 75 percent of the total confirmed cases have fully recovered so 8 and 8600000 they'll occur in infected patients so 99 percent are reporting mild symptoms while one percent so 71000 people are in a serious and critical condition and taking a look at the daily newly infected cases versus the number of recovered and discharged patients per day

infections has increased drastically ok our political correspondent on thank you hans well as we've just heard elsewhere in europe governments are scrambling to contain an alarming resurgence of the coronavirus on friday fronts became the 2nd european country to surpass 1000000 confirmed infections and that followed spain italy this week several other countries are also sating fresh records for daily cases the crisis is prompting leaders across the continent to tighten restrictions and impose lockdowns once more a report starts in the building capital. the. flashmob protests and belgium hospital workers are protesting about their working conditions as the numbers of covert 19 patients on their wards continues to rise many medics are testing positive for the virus and that's threatening staff shortages belgium is expected to record a daily rate of 20000 new infections by next week. little assault in the e.u. but we do have a significant influx of covert 19 patients due to the 2nd wave that we in belgium all hope to avoid. there for the intensive care department gradually fills up. the so far half of our patients a

europe go to more losses as a six-week lockdown in ireland. stimulus talks in the u.s. and the start of european bank earnings give investors more .han think about the cash trade is just an hour away. let's get your top headlines from the bloomberg terminal. ubs posts third-quarter profits that the estimates and set aside $1.5 billion for shared buybacks next year. bloomberg's manus cranny spoke with the outgoing ceo, his longtime interview partner. i am very happy with those results. particularly by the site that all business units have contributed. we have the best third quarter since 2011 in wealth management that has been up 18%. but also, the idea was up across the board in markets and the investment banking parts. it was a very strong performance. the point of view has been able to grow. overall,

the country at the time as hans mentioned people in many other states serious doubts for many different reasons whether establishing a united germany at the center of europe was a good idea and what's happened to those hostages a broad sense we asked across the world the countries they report on viewed reunification then and now margaret thatcher wanted to prevent german reunification at all costs the former british prime minister believed a united germany would become too powerful well her efforts failed and the rest is history these days britain's look with admiration at germany they're asking themselves how germany handled the cold that 10 demick so much better and how they can learn from their neighbor on the continent. at the time some is very concerned at the thought of a real knight to germany dominating once again the center of europe in light of the memories of the holocaust others said there was nothing to fear from of united germany in the years after reunification germany and israel became close on many levels they do have to differences when it comes to the israeli palestinian conflict their relations are often described as a special relation

hans nichols of axios. >>> we have been telling you as well how this race is being determined by the virus and some spikes in this country, not nearly what we are seeing in europeting countries down again, as a matter of fact, and their spikes are exceeding what we have seen here. first time that's happened. but in new york city, another phenomenon where some red zone districts, zip codes that have been problematic and ignoring the urgency of the situation, well, the governor is saying i'm going to force the issue. what does that mean? what is he hinting at? what is he shutting down? ♪ look limu! someone out there needs help customizing their car insurance with liberty mutual, so they only pay for what they need. false alarm. only pay for what you need. ♪ liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty. ♪ >>> we are sending notification to local governments saying they must enforce public health law under section 16. enforcing the public health law, especially in the red zone, especially when it comes to closing schools and religious gatherings. if the local government does not effectively enforce the law, we will withhold funds from the local government. neil: all right. s