anything that has hubei or wuhan as a keyword is gaining.s of hubei mill yard up some 10% today. haslinda: anything with air in it. china markets heading to lunch time. stocks down for a second day. pretty much in line with the rest of the day. csi 300 down to tenths of 1%. -- down 2/10 of 1%. the ubs cited high valuations, trade tensions. csx 300 trading 13 times estimated earnings. plenty more to come. this is bloomberg. ♪ haslinda: almost 11:30 m in singapore. the sbi in positive territory. percent.ut have a edging into bowl territory this week -- into bull territory this week. we heard from the prime minister's saying it is a priority for singapore to build an offerpacity to fill manufacturing service to developers. the lion city trying to emerge from the lockdown. the ms ci up six tents of 1%. among the few gainers among asian investors today. yvonne: let's get a check of the first word headlines. the european central stepping up its response to the contraction in the euro zone with a bigger than expected increase in its bond buying pro

four cases in hubei province and one in sichuan province are also said to be linked to the beijing marketthe government has since tightened travel out of the city and restricted movement in some neighborhoods. a senior official at the world health organization is offering support as authorities deal with the situation. >> beijing is a large city and a very dynamic and connected city, so there's always a concern. and i think you can see that level of concern in the response of the chinese authorities. so we are tracking that very closely. >> a tally from johns hopkins university shows the numbber o confirmeded infectitions worldw surpassed 8 million on tuesday. the global death toll is now more than 436,000. >>> health authororities in jap are seekingng to get a better grasp on the spread of the coronavirus. the recent tests suggests 00.1% herere in tokyo have developed antibodies for the virus. the health ministry tested nearly 8,000 people in three prefectures earlier this month to find out if their blood samples contain certain proteins that indicate a past infection. the ministry annou

as lockdown was lifted in the hardest hit province of hubei officials there participated in sessions local products. and the government plans to train 10,000 live streaming casters over the next three years. it is even going as far as establishing a think tank for various online services. >>> now for our last report we look at japan, where new business practices are being explored. according to a survey, 9 8% of the country's major businesses have introduced teleworking in light of thehe coronavirus. however, one traradition is makg working from home a challenge. official japanese documents typicallyy required seals of authentication, a custom that is proving difficult to stamp out. >> reporter: a stamp and a signature. the use of this stamp is a long standing custom in japan dating back more than 1200 years, and it is still very much a part of every day life, used for everything from receiving parcels to opening bank accounts. this is also an essential business tool to authenticate contracts and other documents. some people say these stamps are making it harder for them to work from

even hubei province, after all it's been through with the coronavirus, is in the firing line.the rainy season in the middle and lower reaches of the yangtze river will be longer than usual, with very high levels of rain. under this impact, we're expecting the yangtze to be hit by more regionalfloods. landslides have clogged the spillways of overfilling dams. hundreds of reservoirs have had to urgently discharge massive amounts of flood water. chinese rescue teams are accustomed to crises like this, but even they are being stretched to the limit by the scale of the flooding, as well as the unrelenting rain and surging river waters. the damage to millions of people's livelihoods is incalculable, and there disaster has a way to play out yet. stephen mcdonell, bbc news, beijing. russia has been holding its biggest public holiday, the victory parade that marks the 75th anniversary of the defeat of nazi germany in world war ii. this despite a growing number of coronavirus infections. the parade is usually held on may 9. it was delayed because of the pandemic. 0ur correspondent, stev

even hubei province, after all it's been through with the coronavirus, is in the firing line.he middle and lower reaches of the yangtze river will be longer than usual with very high levels of rain. under this impact, we expect the yangtze to be hit by more regionalfloods. landslides have clogged the spillways of overfilling dams. hundreds of reservoirs have had to urgently discharge massive amounts of flood water. chinese rescue teams are accustomed to crises like this, but even they are being stretched to the limit by the scale of the flooding, as well as the unrelenting rain and surging river waters. the damage to millions of people's livelihoods is incalculable, and there disaster has a way to play out yet. stephen mcdonell, bbc news, beijing. president trump has said the us will be sending troops to poland to boost the country's defence capabilities and bolster nato's eastern flank against potential russian aggression. his meeting today with the polish president andrzej duda marked the first visit of a foreign leader to washington since coronavirus travel restrictions wer

even hubei province, after all it's been through with the coronavirus, is in the firing line.eason in the middle and lower reaches of the yangtze river will be longer than usual with very high levels of rain. under this impact, we are expecting to be hit by more regionalfloods. landslides have clogged the spillways of overfilling dams. hundreds of reservoirs have had to urgently discharge massive amounts of flood water. chinese rescue teams are accustomed to crises like this, but even they are being stretched to the limit by the scale of the flooding, as well as the unrelenting rain and surging river waters. the damage to millions of people's livelihoods is incalculable, and there disaster has a way to play out yet. stephen mcdonell, bbc news, beijing. briefly for you, some of the other main stories: a us appeals court has directed a federaljudge to drop the criminal case against president trump's former national security adviser, michael flynn. mr flynn was fired afterjust 22 days for lying about his contacts with russians, and pleaded guilty to lying to the fbi. he later ask

this is hubei women and children hospital in october 2018. 393 cars. a year later? 714. >> satellite photos, mirror images, october 2018, october 2019 and you see the number of cars skyrocket. >> so, much greater and greater than any other sort of time weir yad that we had looked at. >> reporter: at tongji medical center, 112 cars in 2018 compared to 214 a year later, a 90% increase. >> more cars to a hospital, the hospital's busier. likely because maybe something's happening in the community, an infection is growing and people have to see a doctor. >> reporter: researchers say they can't prove this increased activity is due to covid-19, but they also found internet searches in wuhan for the terms "diarrhea" and "cough" spiking in october. two symptoms of the coronavirus. abc spoke with multiple infectious disease experts who told us there is almost always a delay in identifying and then reporting an outbreak. china has adamantly maintained they reported the outbreak in a timely fashion. and tonight, new, important guidance from the w.h.o. they're now saying it is r

all the lovely word said about the former klansman, grand hub hubei, robert kkk byrd, monuments to democrats and all the other -- lots of other examples and we watch the media. you know tv ratings and you also no law enforcement. a tv show doesn't last 32 years on the air like cops unless people are watching in high numbers. life pd, one of the highest rated shows on cable. we actually get to learn a lot by watching how dangerous this job is but also i would argue it keeps everybody honest. i've been an advocate of this for years. >> this cancel culture, you understand it's cannibalistic. life pd, he is a leftist. i don't have any problem with that. and that's not the point. >> the websites, i don't want them canceled. that's part of being on television. i'm fair game like anyone else, and have your way. the irony right now is a leftist who has websites that attack us, who is the one defending dan abrams and his show? us. not the leftists. >> sean: you know who defended bill maher? bill maher. bill maher hates me. i defend bellmawr all the time. i don't like anything he says. what a lot of p

. ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> wuhan, the capital of china's hubei province, is about 500 miles west of shanghai.ity was not well known outside china until it became known as the original epicenter of the covid crisis. in the end the city endured a 76-day strict lockdown and reported 60,000 infections and 4,000 deaths. now the city has done something rather extraordinary, administered a covid test to almost all of its 11 million residents. joining me now is vivian wang, who has been reporting on this story for "the new york times." this is part of a new series on "gps" called "best practices for beating covid-19" in which we examine what went right in the fight against the pandemic. welcome, vivian. >> thanks, fareed. >> vivian wang, explain to us the -- you know, what sounds like a breathtaking enterprise. the chinese decided they were going to test 6.5 million people in wuhan. how did they do that? >> it's actually more than 6.5. by the end of their testing push, they had tested 9.9 million people because their goal was to get basically all 11 million residents tested with the exception of youn

in two chinese provinces, hubei and shandong, 10% were positive for the virus. seen with the g-4 virus, human to human transmission is why doctors believe covid-19 spread so rapidly. it is what chinese officials in wuhan down played and have been accused of covering up early on in the novel coronavirus outbreak. china denies they ever covered up key information. when asked tuesday about how china is handling the pathogen, a former spokesperson said they are watching it closely adding that they will take all necessary measures to prevent the spread and outbreak of my virus. late tuesday, china's government controlled media quickly down played the virus stressing that disease control experts said the public should not overreact and hog farms have somehowed no signs of disease. they also cited an unnaumed chinese veterinary expert who claimed this new virus is preventable. but erin, no doubt allegations of china's early mishandling of the coronavirus outbreak along with criticism makes any new virus emerging from this country all the more worrying. we're hearing fr

this just into cnn, some 400,000 residents in china's hubei province near beijing are now under strict new lockdown measures amid a small increase in cases. >>> so let's get to the capital, beijing, now with cnn's stephen jiang who joins us with the latest on this. >> reporter: well, rosemary, this is definitely deja vu for many residents here. we are talking about sealing off communities and redenssidences. this is interesting and catching a lot of attention because, remember, the latest outbreak in beijing, the containment measures have been quite precise and officials have been emphasizing they're not locking down entire districts let alone the entire city. they're focussing on neighborhoods, we're talking a few city blocks. this is echoing what the chinese leadership has been emphasizing for weeks. they have to strike a balance between rigorous containment measures and economic recovery efforts. so it's not been fully explained why this county, as you mentioned, 90 miles from beijing has decided to impose this countywide lockdown, even though they have reported fewer than 20 cases

china's in wuhan province -- in wuhan, hubei province. and they locked down the whole country. and what your reporting points out and i think this is crucial is they put a national standard of action, across the entire country. italy is -- you -- you could say, well, it's a small country. let me tell you. sicilians don't necessarily think, like, oh, they're doing something in milan, we have to do it in italy, too. there are strong regional differences but they figure it out. and they put a national solution in place. and -- and we have not. >> well, i also think, chris, not only is it fractious in a way the united states might not be, the political system's very different. the leading political party only has about 25% of the popular vote. so, even when these fractious groups and these politicians are fighting over what to do next, it is not from a united states, simple two-party system. there are a lot of pieces moving and yet, italians were scared into action, in a way that much of the united states was not. i think it's interesting to draw comparison between new york and ita

even hubei province, after all it's been through with the coronavirus, is in the firing line.will be longer than usual, with very high levels of rain. under this impact, we're expecting the yangtze to be hit by more regionalfloods. landslides have clogged the spillways of overfilling dams. hundreds of reservoirs have had to urgently discharge massive amounts of flood water. chinese rescue teams are accustomed to crises like this, but even they are being stretched to the limit by the scale of the flooding, as well as the unrelenting rain and surging river waters. the damage to millions of people's livelihoods is incalculable, and there disaster has a way to play out yet. stephen mcdonell, bbc news, beijing. just got home to remind you, if you look at our website you get the very latest on the situation with the coronavirus around the world, actually, and within the uk as well —— just got time. it is well worth it to keep up to tabs. thanks for watching. hello. wednesday was officially the hottest day of 2020 so far — 32.6 celsius at london heathrow airport. ithink, though, toda

the surrounding hubei province suffered the vast majority of fatalities in china. with china, suspending access for mainland airlines in what it calls retaliation from u.s. carriers being barred from the mainland market. tonese carriers continue service u.s. airports. u.s. airline shares rose on signs travel demand is starting to recover. hong kong's two top british banks say they endorse china's plan for a new security law in the city, saying it will "help maintain economic and social stability." hsbc and standard chartered are backing beijing's controversial move, saying the one country two systems rentable is at the core of china's future. shery: hong kong lawmakers are about to resume debating a bill that would make disrespecting china's national anthem a criminal offense. the law is likely to be passed on thursday, 31 years to the day since chinese troops fired on pro-democracy protesters in tiananmen square in beijing. joining us from hong kong is the leading democracy campaigner and secretary general of an activist group. great to have you with us. all of th

china: over the weekend, put 400,000 residents of the northern hubei provinces and sheen county unders were reported, all associated with the banking outbreak. this shows that this surgeon's of cases in the capital is proving difficult to stamp out even though officials have said it is largely contained. it has been sealed off, evoking memories of the wuhan style lockdown and only one person can go out for daily necessities per household and vehicles cannot enter. only those with special passes can leave. it is about 140 kilometers from beijing, but the lockdown we are seeing there is far more severe than what we have seen in the capital here itself where the number of cases has grown to more than 300 since cases were first attempted in early june. here in beijing, schools are closed. transportation is limited, but people can leave beijing if they have a negative coronavirus test. meantime, in indonesia, it is really struggling to contain a new surge in cases it for more than a month, soldiers and police have been trying to enforce social distancing rules cases have more than doubled

. >> reporter: this satellite image of hubei women & children hospital was taken in october of 2018 withater, 714. at wuhan's tianyou hospital, it jumped from 171 to 285 cars. 506 to 540. and 112 compared to 214 a year later, a 90% increase at tongji medical university. >> maybe something is happening in the community, maybe infection is growing and people have to see a doctor. >> reporter: researchers say they can't prove this increased activity is due to covid-19, but they did uncover another clue when they looked at the google equivalent in china. you don't only have photos but you looked into the internet searches of what was happening in october. what did you find? >> we found people were searching for terms related to diarrhea, which we know now is important symptom of covid-19 as well as cough, and these were starting to increase, you know, late summer and early fall. >> reporter: brownstein says he considered potential outside factors unrelated to coronaviru li ms ther >> we looked through all this and we couldn't identify any other reason for this signal. >> reporter: abc spoke

specifically hold them accountable for spreading the virus which was an epidemic h they held in place in hubeirovince. i'm convinced that president xi wanted the economies in the west to suffer as a result of it and that's why he kept the international flights going when he knew full well he would be spreading the epidemic. maria: let me moving to north korea. pyongyang halting communications with south korea, criticizing the kim regime. the decision made by kim jong un sister. what do you make of this? do you think this represents a change in the korean peninsula? jack: no, this happens time to time. every once in a while this gets the ire of the north korean regime and they retaliate to some degree. look, there's not a lot of communication going on between the north and south anyway and some emergency measures between leaders of each country and some other communications that we have established, this is more posturing than anything else. north korea looks for concession out of the south koreans. south koreans under this administration really wants to open things up to north korea even witho

according to state—run media, over 2 million people have been affected in the eastern anhui and central hubeihere has been significant economic losses. there's been a dramatic increase in the amount of time spent online during the coronavirus lockdown, with the biggest rise among those over the age of 65. despite a surge in use, britain's media regulator ofcom says many of us remain worried about our safety and security on the internet. our technology correspondent rory cellan—jones has more. from cabinet meetings... ..choir practice... ..to exercise classes, much of life has moved online over the last few months. the average adult now spends more than four hours a day connected to the internet. half an hour more than last september. much of that time involves video, either watching it or using it to make calls to friends, relatives or colleagues we can't meet face to face. video services are booming. the tik tok short video platform had 5.4 million visitors in january. by april, nearly 13 million were turning up. the video call and games app houseparty had under 200,000 users in january. by