long live hong kong! long live hong kong! benjamin: he doesn't have any trust in the communist party and the hong kong government. he's saying to regain hong kong, and the younger generation is going to battle with the older generation in fighting for democracy but also authority and citizens, the protestor and the police. [indistinct chatter] [shouting in cantonese] [shouting] airin: i was shocked when i saw the news at home. i was like, "what?" i didn't imagine that hongng kong peopople could do sh viviolent thin o on the strereet like burning stufff, throwing bricks, attacack the police becauause it's susuch a big cont to umbrerella prototest. it was rereally peaceful, but that t n, it was r really violenent, and i think people try other ways, other peaceful ways already, and they realized thatat it doesn't wwork, so they had to i it. i's kind of ththe governmement forcd peopople to be vviolent. i'm sick of it all. this is too ridiculouous. it's like a group of rerely stupid people who are controlling the city. on the roof

day for the world's worst hit country also coming out fears of a 2nd wave of corona virus in hong kong as new cases a message we'll talk to a doctor fighting the pandemic in the territory. and a fresh stay at home order for india after the government asked its population of 1300000000 people to stay inside this as the number of recorded cases ramps up we'll have the latest from delhi. i'm rebecca reese's welcome to the program we begin in italy which has reported its biggest ever biggest ever one day rise in deaths from the corona virus really 800 people died from the infection there in the past 24 hours italy is the worst affected country in the world the corona virus has killed nearly 5000 people there around the world more than 300000 people have been infected more than one in every 6 cases is in italy. this is the chapal at cremona hospital in northern italy. the morgue is full so bodies are being kept here until they can be buried. in the intensive care unit has no bad tonight medical staff are struggling to cope. these are all so. it's not me. we are here. they are all me we are

dr alfred long in hong kong thanks so much for your insights. india has launched a 14 hour nationwide curfew in an attempt to limit the spread of the virus empty streets can be seen in heavily populated areas the government called on india's more than $1000000000.00 inhabitants to respect the self imposed restriction currently india has more than $3330.00 cases health experts say india is seeing a similar rate in the spread of the virus to other countries that when told to report exponential increases. the impact of the corona virus pandemic is intensifying across the globe the death toll in france has risen by more than 20 percent in a single day $562.00 people have now died due to the virus and the country has reported nearly 15000 cases cypress has reported its 1st death more than 80 people there are infected officials in u.s. cities are issuing various phases of lockdowns including in los angeles chicago and new york and switzerland has reported a 25 percent jump in cases in a single day with infections there just over $6000.00. turkey has a

in hong kong, we can supply that. the other strength for hong kong is the greater bay area. something that china has been promoting. 70 million people all within a two hour radius of hong kong and macau. of $1.5 a gdp last year trillion. the economy is really great. hong kong will remain as the financial center. it will be the i.t. center. kind of like silicon valley. the potential is literally the greatest in the area. when it comes to your tenants, i know you have offered a parental support. are you seeing the pain points so play out? of the people who lease your properties, how many will survive? >> the problem is i have already seen some closing down. -- i have had to give concessions for rent. tourism has really hurt the city badly. we used to have 100,000 people a day coming to hong kong. today, because of the closure of the border, we have 3000 people. that hurts very dramatically. going forward, it will cause a lot of pain. in the last two weeks, we have seen a slight uptrend in people starting to come out again. people in hong kong are wearing masks. that gives them

stephen engel from hong kong.nization says there are signs that europe may be approaching a peak in new virus infections with numbers stabilizing across several countries that went into lockdown. that news comes as italy signaled it may extend its stay at home measures at least until easter. are things in europe turning a corner? >> that is w.h.o. thinking. they are getting it from slight falls of numbers of people dying in spain and italy. italy has 11,000 people dead and over 102,000 people infected by this virus. the thing here is that this is causing all sorts of other issues, not just the lockdown itself but creating a divide between the north and south. in is south, we have sicily at the moment at the brink. many have been using social media to attack stores and ransack them. they are appealing for calmness. ferry could -- one hipping goods. looking at spain, they introduced further lockdown measures over the weekend. the prime minister talking about nonessential people not being allowed in the streets. this

kong.' go back and look at the last crisis, back in the global financial crisis and even back in the asian financial crisis, did not get much above 3% in hong kong. what you see here, most of the big property companies, the big listed companies whether they are in trading or whatever have very little debt. they have excellent balance sheets. and the to value ratio mortgage industry in hong kong is around 50 percent to 55%. a lot of equity cushion. the areas i'm concerned about, borrowers from china we tend to be more highly leveraged and i think that is a risk to the banking system. we do not expect to see a systemic problem for the banking system. shery: thank you very much for joining us today. hong kong general chamber of committeeommunity -- chairman. coming up next, fitch ratings -- thereynolds joins us economic impact of the coronavirus. this is bloomberg. ♪ haidi: this is bloomberg markets: asia. shery: fitch ratings says the outside of china itself the economic fallout from the coron

there is coming into play into hong kong hong kong had been under pressure to close its borders particularly after taiwan and singapore announced they were banning this sitters and short term travelers and transit passengers and the hong kong is doing the same and of course compiles as you say touches on the whole travel industry you know we've seen emirates and turkish airlines obviously cathay pacific based in hong kong and singapore airlines the decisions made by politicians in countries like home called impact or the much more global business which is having a problem right now. absolutely and as you say there are the aviation industry is taking the brunt of that with many airlines grounding their fleets because there's simply no passengers because borders are being shut down and also people are less likely to travel in times like this singapore airlines as you say grounding 96 percent of its flights quantas had done that previously grounding all of its flights kathy pacific many budget airlines yeah they reverberations are going to be felt across the globe particularly now with the talk

hong kong and mainland markets also rising.et a quick check of market action with sarah ponczek. reporter: we have seen tempering in the global relief really. in japan, the nikkei 225 give up a majority of the gains for the day. s&p 500 futures have given up most of its gains. we still see strengths in other areas. the csi 300 tacking on further gains after the more than 3% jump yesterday or the hong kong hang seng now less than 10% off in highest level that we saw january. the asx 200, australian stocks having the best day of the year, ahead of the rba decision. 25% rate cut.a let's take a look at how commodities are faring. earlier, wti crude oil was as much as 3% up. now a little lower. we are looking forward to the opec meeting in which hopes for production cuts are gaining. gold remains big. say they sees aggressive monetary policy measures propelling gold to $1800 by the end of the year. that matches what goldman sachs strategists see for gold as well. haidi: sarah ponczek in new york with a letter from the markets. hong

joining us from hong kong.ing up, how the u.s. and china are deflecting their handling of the coronavirus and the outlook for president trump's reelection. this is bloomberg. ♪ >> we announced we are closing our european plants until april for four weeks. that is due to the closure of many dealer outfits and europe. i think at this point in time it is exactly the right measure. haslinda: welcome back and we have headlines out of macau. and taiwanhinese residents, travel restrictions to begin midnight on wednesday -- on wednesday. they are requiring medical observation for arrivals from hong kong and taiwan. they have been hit by the coronavirus outbreak. revenue forecast have passed on the back of that. mgm china up by 7%. here are the latest business flash headlines. the coronavirus prompted jp morgan to impose a hiring freeze across most of the company. that is also in the consumer unit and wealth and management group to review job postings and pull any that are noncritical. companies are increasingly non-cer

rishaad salamat it in hong kong.let's get you a look at the movers we are watching in the asxie session as we see the with gains of just over 1%, extending the relief rally. ofare watching shares wesfarmers, australia's biggest employer. stake in one of the leading supermarkets. the total proceeds just over $1 billion aussie. jeffrey's saying they are starting to see value elsewhere, building a war chest to pursue an acquisition after the completion of the sale. that is according to jeffries. we will continue to watch those stocks, but there's trading in sydney. still ahead, an exclusive interview with james bullard, canis now saying the u.s. afford adding trillions of dollars of debt and it will not hamper future economic growth. taylor: up next, tribeca investment partners say equities could still fall further. the heavy selling pressure is unlikely to be repeated. her market outlook is coming up. this is bloomberg. ♪ taylor: -- ritika: you are watching "daybreak asia." i am ritika gupta. australia is heading for i

these are the widest ranging measures hong kong hong kong is imposing since the outbreak in china even at the height of the outbreak home kong did not even close its lab or border with mainland china and now kerry is saying all international passengers all international travelers even those trancing through will not be allowed only residents will be allowed into hong kong and those that are allowed into long kong in the next starting from wednesday for the next 2 weeks will definitely go into quarantine to underline something she did not say but clearly implied was that only residents will be allowed into the city implying that people from mainland china will not be allowed to come in and that is a huge hot hot potato for hong kong which has so far voided trying to stop people from coming in banning people from across that land border from mainland china to hong kong but she's calving placed the caveat saying that all decisions are not political but are based on science she also went on to say that shops story restaurants pubs most places serving alcohol will be shut down and this will

hong kong index up down by almost 1%. hong kong index up by down by almost 1%.is after wall street really word back to life with the dow and the snp both in the by more than 4% overnight because after vice presidentjoe biden strong showing in the super tuesday. that is it for the programme. thank you for watching. —— snp. this is bbc news. the top stories this hour. california's governor declares a state of emergency over the coronavirus after reporting the state's first death and confirming at least 50 cases. britain's biggest regional airline, flybe, is on the verge of collapse, putting 2000 jobs at risk. rock band genesis are reuniting, and have announced their first tourfor 13 years. david sillito reports. # she seems to have an invisible touch, yeah... genesis, from ‘70s prog rock to ‘80s and ‘90s chart success. # i can't dance # i can't talk... they've been around for more than 50 years. but a reunion was, according to phil collins, highly unlikely. ill health had stopped him from drumming. but in recent years he has returned to performing and his son nick

hong kong people who stay in there was foreign countries they turned back to hong kong and we have a rapid rise of them to cases they have much more number in quote to cases and also staff who have some noble infected cases but at the hospital the isolation facilities are almost nil but most of the cases out quite well because the i have good cost how but we learn that these start to spread through the local setting and get out believe and patients with chronic illness get in fact that they are all they really know that much of all situation we have full cases that i call is 2 month old off. and also with chronic illness ok you're going to go in singapore what how singapore done that has been able to keep a lid on this outbreak what is it doing correctly with testing where are think what we've been doing is really to try and find a service where they are and very quickly context rates lot of people to have it in contact with this group of people. that bickle the case that once we find a contact we actually isolate them or seen them very quickly and this removes the congress will the

haslinda: david ingles in hong kong, thank you.till with us is christopher smart, chief global strategist at bearings. moves tofrom david, prop up the chinese economy, but we've had recently from china, but it is optimistic, that the economy will be back up and running sooner than most expected. considering the rest of the world is still struggling, how much recovery can we expect from china? china clearly is going to be suffering that aftershocks from the rest of the world. it is a large economy, much more dependent on internal growth and internal demand, increasingly so, but i think with the supply chains that feed industrial production around the world will be severely disrupted. not just in the u.s., as you have been hearing, but in europe and anywhere else. i think that will be a severe headwind for the chinese economy, and very difficult for the government on its own measures to overcome that. haslinda: what measures do you expect the pboc to adopt? >> i think it will reach into its playbook as central banks have done. workin

we're following new developments out of hong kong.cutive has just announced new extreme measures to slow the spread of the coronavirus. this is what we know. carrie lamb says the city will ban all nonresidents from entering the city. hong kong is reporting a growing number of coronavirus cases, most of which have been imported from over seas. ivan watson joins me with the latest on all of these new dramatic measures. ivan, lay them out and the significance of what's just been announced. >> this is part of a broader crackdown that the city government is putting into place as it has seen its number of confirmed coronavirus cases double in just the last week. hong kong, this densely populated city, right next to mainland china,

joining us from hong kong. david: we are headed into the hong kong lunch break.across the equity markets. korea is the want to watch. u.s. futures are up. europe is looking shaky, not as bad as yesterday. thank you for joining us. this is bloomberg. ♪ [ fast-paced drumming ] [ fast-paced drumming ] can you help keep these iguys protected online?? easy, connect to the xfi gateway. what about internet speeds that keep up with my gaming? let's hook you up with the fastest internet from xfinity. what about wireless data options for the family? of course, you can customize and save. can you save me from this conversation? that we can't do, but come in and see what we can do. we're here to make life simple. easy. awesome. ask. shop. discover. at your local xfinity store today. ♪ ♪ >> this is bloomberg daybreak middle east. our top stories this morning. frenchwar," how describes the country's war with the coronavirus as the e.u. prepares to close borders. >> president trump markedly changes tone on the infections, warning it could last for months and could drive the u.s

some dismal numbers out of hong kong on the retail front this is obviously the -- a continuation of aak trend in hong kong will the retail sector be hit harder than it was during the sars outbreak? >> well, indeed. it's already been hit harder and it will trn to be hit harder the reason is simple hong kong has expanded two and a half times since 2003. with 15% of employment, much more than was the case then. basically this is -- and we see the data has not been as hard as we imagine it's only taken a little of that month we're seeing but february will be worse, indeed. >> we've now seen from hong kong authorities they are going ahead with essentially this helicopter money, dolling out over $15 billion in cash to politic gate the impact of coronavirus. how impactful will these measures be giving residents around $1300 in their pocket >> frankly speaking, i don't think this is the way to make people go to the store or buy online very simple reason is they may just save that money that is actually -- that would already be a good outcome. why? because the worst outcome would be for them t

and fears of a 2nd wave coronavirus in hong kong as new cases emerge both parties there say a surge in cases of willpower lies the medical system. i'm rebecca ritter's welcome to the program we begin in italy which has reported its biggest ever one day rise in deaths from the corona virus nearly 800 people have died from the infection there in the past 24 hours it's the worst affected country in the world with nearly 5000 recorded deaths globally the number of infections has soared past 300000. this is the chapel at cremona hospital in northern new to me. the morgue is full so bodies are being kept here until they can be buried. in the intensive care unit has no bed tonight medical staff are struggling to cope. the saw. me. we are here. they. all leave we are too full for. if you are worth in. here or there war because we are. here for the patients. the battle against the spread of the coronavirus is not just in hospitals but on the streets of autonomy in times and cities police have been making sure that fresh draconian measures introduced on saturday to further limit people's movemen

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let's bring in our panel in hong kong dr r. is seen as the president of the hong kong public doctors association in singapore. he's the dean of the source we hawk school of public health. off of the national university of singapore and in cambridge massachusetts in the u.s. talk to in great cats she's the assistant faculty director of the harvard global health institute welcome to you all and funks for joining us are seeing i'm off 1st of all i know we have to ask you this you have at the moment treating people with a corona virus how is that how challenging is that for you actually in hong kong we have repartee increasing number of cases we have 1st get out there as you compliment cases in early february march iliad and the rest of the world because that's the case in 4 to 4 main that however we can keep the number going very very still leave for a long while till recently all of those arrests in country. and. hong kong people who stayed in it was foreign countries they turned back on and we have a record rise of them to cases

for a so bring us up to speed for us sire with the situation in hong kong and why is the border with mainland china not going to open just yet. well hong kong's chief executive kerri lamb has held a press conference on tuesday and she said expressed concern about the doubling of cases over the last couple of weeks and that's as a result of the hong kong residents returning home as countries around the world shut their borders we've got $41.00 new infections were confirmed on monday and the total as you mentioned is around $682.00 the hospital authority in hong kong says the current situation is severe and that simply because it says the hospitals are struggling to cope with the rising number of cases it's asked the government to consider as a result sporting facilities and study and to act as isolation wards to treat those people cater to those people with mild symptoms who don't need oxygen facilities carolan she said that the government will meet this week to consider extra range plans to help manage the increasing number of cases in the city she said 2 to 3000 people are turning t

let's start with hong kong way you are what's the latest from there any improvement in the situation. well the hong kong chief executive carrie lamb has held her weekly press and she's actually announced the fact that she's now concerned about the doubling of cases in the last week in this is obviously the hong kong residents returning to the city as countries around the world close their borders we had $41.00 new infections confirmed on monday and as you mentioned that's takes the total to $682.00 now most of these cases being brought back into hong kong are imported cases so not the local transmission or the hospital martin here has a suggested that they can't situation is severe says it struggling to cope with the overwhelming number of cases in these hospitals and as a result the afghan government to consider other facilities like sporting facilities and stadiums to be used as isolation wards to look after or consider cater for those particular people who got the mild symptoms and don't require the oxygen facilities now a carrier has said the government will make this wait to try

she is hong kong's south china morning post or i.c.m.p. was also present at the so-called interview and released this video which will be. i think they are seeing and who handled this whole situation appallingly badly and they continue to do so i believe. they saw how. they did which was to. drunk critically participate in the circulation of propaganda. in an email to the newspapers editor in chief angela wrote the interview scripted point by point rebuttal of the criticism against china's treatment of my father might as well have been a statement from the foreign ministry you still decided to run the story knowing these could not possibly be my father's own words why. editor in chief tammy tam replied to angela saying with regard to your father's case i assure you categorically that we did not collaborate with the chinese authorities to portray your father as speaking freely while in custody the south china morning post declined our request for an interview but a statement said it was staunchly independent we had to choose between meeting

he joins us from hong kong john mickel welcome to al-jazeera what's your reading of these numbers out of china. well look i think that's your cross binder to set this is a very good news because before people have been talking about the only way to stop the fosters be getting the natural immunity to the 60 cent or the vaccine but what china has shown is that basically that using these very aggressive measures that you can actually control the infections and we're seeing the same here in hong kong and in singapore where if you restrict the rivals and the only have a look at the imported case and keep the local cases very low and that is actually a very good thing what about importing cases because the beginning to kind of loosen the stays surrounding international travel so is there or isn't there a risk that people are going to china going back home to china for understandable reasons and they're taking it with them yeah well you see as it was now happening in hong kong is that where you they were saying the people arriving i mean you had a 14 day car and seen irrespective of whether

nhk world, hong kong. >>> today's onslaught of pollen triggered advisories across the country.'s take a look at weather conditions with jonathan oh whose voice is an octave lower today. >> just a little bit because of that hay fever situation that's been taking place, i know. but otherwise yeah, we're seeing this dry weather that is continuing to be a big part of the story, but it will change as we head into the weekend. we have a front moving through with some rain coming in from the south and west, so that's going to really bring some wet weather into the picture. but for those of you who may have been trying to get from one place to another nearr the rive inin tokyo, you might have seen ththis. take a look at t this video. you will be seeing t this rtrticularigight and t this is littlele bit earlier than what typically see when it comes to the cherry blossom season. it's not officially announced but the flowers are starting to come out and about 3 million people once visited this place during a single cherry blossom season in the past and we are expecting more and more of th

fears of a 2nd wave of coronavirus in hong kong as new cases emerge all starting to stare say a surge in cases will paralyze the medical system. and another side to the crisis turkey is not yet as badly hit as many other countries but already citizens are taking the time to thank the emergency workers battling the virus. yes welcome to the program one of our teams around the world take more drastic measures to try to slow the spread of the krona virus the number of cases globally nearly doubled last week the current tally by johns hopkins university in the united states kinds more than 300000 infections worldwide and without over 13000 deaths the raging pandemic has forced 35 countries across the globe to impose restrictions disrupting lives travel and businesses this means globally every 7th person is confined to their homes this sunday. now if you're struggling most to combat covert 19 with a total of nearly 5000 deaths officials there reported the largest one day increase in fatalities from the coronavirus with almost 800 deaths recorded in the past 24 hours. this is the chapel at

the influx of people could turn into a community i break and paralyzed the city's medical system on kong now has more than 270 cases. several asian countries have introduced technology and aimed at curbing the spread of the virus measures include bracelets and phone up start reports where users are and send them text messages if they stray too far from quarantine. travelers arriving at the airport in hong kong are met by officials who issued them with electronic wristbands the city says it has 20000 of the bracelets they must be worn for 2 weeks of compulsory quarantine. returning resident i'm just a fan is skeptical download it out and then you have to walk around your house and then. like how your house is though as soon as you get out the house and then i. would get alert and a house cat all the police become catch you and me it would be out you 6 months prison many of hong kong's confirmed cases caught the virus overseas or from close contacts with travelers but only around a 3rd of the response issued so far has been acts. hit one big problem is that they really didn't have a chance

many hong kong businesses were hit hard last year by anti-government protests that lasted for months and analysts say the fallout from the social unrest along with the loss of $30000.00 visitors a day and the closure of entertainment centers could devastate the economy well this is the 2nd part everyone how it would be bound for a good parent cannot really get out i don't think our own economy we would never recover to its former level everyone phrase is still owed replied it's an issue that resonates around the world as governments try to stop the spread of the virus the dilemma of how to balance the economic damage from lock downs and restrictions with efforts to contain the pandemic pivi gopalan our jazeera hong kong the residents in major cities across latin america will soon be ordered to say home to try to contain the virus cuba says or normal residents and non citizens still on the island will be quarantined in hotels from tuesday while chile prevented a cruise ship with 1800 people on board from docking with ferries that dozens on board have the virus colombia's national team

and speak to life from there tell us about what's been happening in hong kong and why carry doesn't want to open the border with mainland china just yet. well folly carolan hong kong's chief executive has held her press conference since the weekly press conference but she has to express her number one her concern about the doubling of cases in the last couple of weeks of the crime of arson fiction in hong kong and this is as a result of all those residents who have been returning to the city as countries globally close their borders as you mentioned 682 cases so far but it's the number of imported infections which is expressed concern about and this is in light of the hospital authority here stating that they believe that the cases now the situation now is severe when it comes to the lack of isolation wards and to how those people who are expressing concerns about their symptoms are now asking the government to consider other areas like stadiums in time sylvie's sporting facilities to be used as isolation wards to put those people who have the mild symptoms and those people don't re

are importations of the infliction into hong kong but we also have a large cluster that came from an area. that's a very busy bar and restaurant area we had about 19 cases linked to that particular assembly point and it's with this in mind the government's put in place some strict restrictions that will come into place this weekend it's limiting the number of people gathering in a public area for people or restaurants being told they have to cut their capacity to 50 percent the tables must also be one of the half measures that all comes into place this weekend we've also got cinemas gymnasiums sorters bars and amusement centers they'll be closed as of saturday 6 pm hong kong time for 2 weeks and this is all an effort by kerry lamb to try and curb the importation the spread but also the local transmissions once they hear kerry said on friday that there's been a 3 fold increase in the last fortnight 41382518 cases now in hong kong and she's described it as a public emergency situation i was 0 server clark reporting live from hong kong ceremony thanks dude. well the number of confirmed

many hong kong businesses were hit hard last year by anti-government protests that lost it for months and analysts say the fallout from the social unrest along with the loss of $30000.00 visitors a day and the closure of entertainment centers could devastate the economy this is the 2nd law. that would be bound for a good parent not really a get out i don't free economy we would never recover through its fall. everyone freezes studio replied it's an issue that resonates around the world as governments try to stop the spread of the virus the dilemma of how to balance the economic damage from lock downs and restrictions with efforts to contain the pandemic vivi gopalan our jazeera hong kong the world's biggest sporting event has been postponed for up to a year the japanese prime minister asks for the tokyo and big games to be put off saying when it happens it will be proof of victory over the coronavirus alexy o'brien reports. there's been weeks of speculation about whether the tokyo games would go ahead the corona virus pandemic that's caused chaos the world over made the event increasi

. >> i'm at the hong kong airport. they're making an announcement now to maintain your personal hygiene and not to travel to wuhan china, and just look around here, this is hong kong international airport. one of the busiest transport hubs in the world. there's nobody here. >> the coronavirus has now spread to almost every continent on earth. here in hong kong, it's turned this crowded city into a ghosttown. although the overwhelming majority of people who contract the coronavirus survive, most, with just mild cases, globally, it has claimed thousands of lives, with tens of thousands infected. and this could be just the beginning. to find out how serious this outbreak is, where it came from, and what's being done to contain it, i traveled to asia and washington, d.c., to try to answer the most basic question, what happens when a disease that kills goes global? >> in this city, of seven million on the southern tip of mainland china, they're taking all the precautions they can. but covid-19 is already here. at hong kong'

here in hong kong, it's turned this crowded city in a ghost town. although the overwhelming majority of people who contract the coronavirus survive, most, with just mild cases. globally, it has claimed thousands of lives with tens thoufd thoufof thousands infected and this could be just then beginning. to find out how serious this outbreak is, where it came from, and what's being done to contain it, i traveled to asia and washington, d.c. to try to answer the most basic question. what happens when a disease that kills goes global? in this city of 7 million, on the southern tip of mainland china, they're taking all the precautions they can. but covid-19 is already here. at hong kong's hospital, the doctors have been put on so-called dirty teams to deal with coronavirus patients. it's the front line in the fight against the disease. cardiologist alfred wong was one of the first to volunteer. how do you get this? how are people in your hospital getting this? >> so the roots of transmission of these viruses, all coronaviruses, they transmit through drop

so not just hong kong also. because these are like a progress to have a progressive our dependence on china in china using its economic power so. the effect will be more damaging for us extraordinary times on the ribbon monday joining us from hong kong thank you so much i do appreciate it my pleasure. tell me if you feel we've been here before argentina's economy expected to contract for the 3rd consecutive year inflation running at more than 50 percent and the country in talks with the i.m.f. to avoid a default on its debt yes we have seen this movie before since the late ninety's fifty's in fact the i.m.f. provided loans and bailouts to argentina more than 20 times this time though it's funny admitted what everyone else is saying that argentina's debt is unsustainable it has debts of more than 320000000000 dollars 44000000000 dollars of which is owed to the i.m.f. and more than $10000000000.00 which formed part of the record 56000000000 dollars bailout back in 2018 came from private investors the i.m.f. now sa

those without a hong kong id card.roposed banning alcohol sales at pubs and restaurants. that has been highly criticized by the industry, of course, which relies on alcohol for their revenue. you don't make money in a restaurant by selling food, you do it with alcohol. in hongn 200,000 people kong tied to the food and beverage industry, which suffered its first revenue for your loss last year after the sarssts since the outbreak. we could see more clarification on the ban of alcohol, which even cabinet members have been criticizing. that is not the way to do it. the way to do it is like other jurisdictions have been doing, like germany, you cannot have a crowd of more than two people in germany, but limit is numbers. it is tough in a city like hong kong. -- is theis a most densely populated place on the planet. but banning alcohol, i'm not sure that is the right way. yvonne: stephen engle, thank you. joining us from hong kong. growth in singapore set to contract by 4% this year. thenation grapples with fallout from the

here in hong kong it's turned this crowded city into a ghost town. although the overwhelming majority of people who contract the coronavirus survive, most with just mild cases, globally, it has claimed thousands of lives with tens of thousands infected. and this could be just the beginning. to find out how serious this outbreak is, where it came from, and what's being done to contain it, i traveled to asia and washington, d.c., to try to answer the most basic question, what happens when a disease that kills goes global? in this city of 7 million on the southern tip of mainland china, they're taking all the precautions they can. but covid-19 is already here. at hong kong's hospital, the doctors have been put on so-called dirty teams to deal with coronavirus patients. it's the front line in the fight against the disease. cardiologist alfred wong was one of the first to volunteer. how do you get this? >> so -- >> how are people in your hospital getting this? >> so the roots of transmission of these viruses, all coronaviruses, they transmit through tdrop

is it only in hong kong, is it elsewhere? what should we do? should you ask for vaccines to be made? juju asked for another 1976 type thing to happen? host: is the cdc are defense? guest: yes, they look at aids, ebola, everything we worry about. host: back to the difference between the 1918 flu in the flu we have this year. what happened to the body? guest: well, people very quickly almost overnight would die because their lungs would fill with fluid. you would have a young person who would start to feel sick and within hours or a day they would be gasping for breath and their skin would turn dark because their blood wasn't getting enough oxygen. one person described it as mahogany spots on their cheekbones and then the dark color chart started to spread. you don't see that today the two-day youth appeal very ill and some people are dying, but no one is sort of instant death. host: are you surprised about what you have got in this book is to what you started with? guest: yes, that was part of the reason i really enjoyed working on this book bec

back in hong kong, dr. wong finished another shift.g out to dinner with his wife. they walk separated by a safe distance to get takeout. and then go to a park, sitting away from each other in case he's caught the virus from a patient. >> obviously she's happily pregnant now, and there's times a husband is supposed to be taking very good care of his wife. but then even now, i cannot have a proper dinner with her. every now and then i feel guilty about this. >> you feel guilty because you're doing your job? but your job is also very important. >> there is only one husband for her, there is only one father for my daughter. but there are quite a few doctors. >> in the end, covid-19 reveals us to our core, our vulnerabilities, resilience, the nature of our political systems and how we treat the world around us. >> if the bats were to stay in their caves and trees, we don't bother them, we're not going to get sick. let's leave them in their own habitat, we stay in ours and this should limit future pandemics. >> covid-19 is a stark reminder t

alicia says she would not have left hong kong during the height of the coronavirus scare. but her mother step forced her to overcome fears like home to the philippines what was supposed to be a brief homecoming for domestic worker however has now turned into weeks after the philippine government announced a travel ban on china and its special administrate to reach its this time my employer just give me 7 days 14 days and then go back to hong kong but because of that. i cannot go. thousands of filipinos who work in hong kong and macau cannot go back even if the ban now exams migrant workers most of them say they would rather take the risk than lose their jobs so much so that they came together on social media to put pressure on the government and allow them to return to work they'd rather be sick in hong kong and taking care by the hong kong government instead of being here taken care of by the philippine system which is good but it's expensive for us millions of filipinos work abroad many coronavirus hit regions but even as a virus keeps spreading and the number of cases a

many hong kong businesses were hit hard last year by anti-government protests that lost it for months and analysts say the fallout from the social unrest along with the loss of $30000.00 visitors a day and the closure of entertainment centers could devastate the economy well this is the 2nd part everyone how it would be bound for a good parent could not really get out i don't think our own economy would never recover to its former level every woof seriously studio replied it's an issue that resonates around the world as governments try to stop the spread of the virus the dilemma of how to balance the economic damage from lock downs and restrictions with efforts to contain the pandemic if you go paul in our jazeera hong kong. well moscow's mayor has revealed the corona virus outbreak in russia is much worse than official figures show on tuesday president vladimir putin visited a moscow hospital treating coronavirus patients to wear protective suits and respirator to guard against the virus he praised the doctors for their work and the moscow mayor told putin a serious situation was unf

hong kong will try to stop the transmission chain coming from overseas. >> she says all non-hong kong residents arriving from other places by plane will not be allowed in. hong kong residents and people from mainland china, macao, and taiwan, are not subject to the entry ban if they have not traveled overseas for the past 14 days. the measures will last for 14 days starting on wednesday. lam also said it will require 8,600 restaurants, bars, and clubs to suspend the sale of alcohol as part of measures to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. >> translator: people take off their facemasks when they drink alcohol at bars and elsewhere and often talk closely with nearby people. >> the hong kong government has so far confirmed 356 infections. it has also received reports of people testing positive after visiting entertainment districts. >>> countries in the asia-pacific region have shut down many nonessential services in a bid to contain the coronavirus. australia forced the mass closure of theaters, gyms, clubs, and many other businesses. just before the order came into effect, some cus

here in hong kong, it's turned this crowded city into a ghost town. although the overwhelming majority of people who contract the coronavirus survive, most with just mild cases, globally, it has claimed more than 3,000 lives and tens of thousands have been infected. and this could be just the beginning. to find out how serious this outbreak is, where it came from, and what's being done to contain it, i traveled to asia and washington, d.c., to try to answer the most basic question. what happens when a disease that kills goes global? in this city of 7 million on the southern tip of mainland china, they're taking all the precautions they can, but covid-19 is already here. at hong kong's tunwan hospital, the doctors have been put on so-called dirty teams to deal with coronavirus patients. it's the front line in the fight against the disease. cardiologist alfred wong was one of the first to volunteer. how do you get this? >> so -- >> how are people in your hospital getting this? >> so the roots of transmission of these viruses, all coronaviruses, they tra

we have seen a lot of chinese money buying hong kong stocks, lifting the turnaround for hong kong.kong's property market may help mitigate any sudden moves to the downside. hong kong currently up at this point in time. this is bloomberg. more to come. ♪ beyond the routine checkups. beyond the not-so-routine cases. comcast business is helping doctors provide care in whole new ways. all working with a new generation of technologies powered by our gig-speed network. because beyond technology... there is human ingenuity. every day, comcast business is helping businesses go beyond the expected. to do the extraordinary. take your business beyond. haslinda: live pictures of the lion city. we are in the middle of the trading day. asti in line with the rally across the region, following the massive gain in the u.s. overnight. valuations in singapore have reached levels never seen before, 0.8 times book value. if you are looking for some buying, that may be happening pretty soon. singapore imposed stricter measures to contain the coronavirus, shutting down bars, cinemas in new antivirus meas

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headquarters here in doha also coming up one of asia's busiest ports closes its doors to tourists as hong kong bans and nonresidents from entering its territory. but the olympics remain on the calendar the tokyo hosts say they are not yet planning to postpone even as pressure grows. closer violence in getting ahead of a controversial referendum the could extend the president's term in office. good to have you with us welcome to al-jazeera a lockdown of india's major cities has begun and one of the biggest single government moves to slow the spread of the coronavirus its capital new delhi the business capital moment by as well as chennai and calcutta amongst them curfews are also in place nationwide and international flights have been banned for a whole week and so grounding their fleets as the crisis hits international travel singapore airlines for example is the latest to cut back on operations taking 96 percent of its fleet out of commission and it follows decisions by emirates. turkish airlines to hold the all passenger flights japanese prime minister shinzo has conceded that the tokyo olym