the london book fair is off, tokyo's cherry blossom festival is off and it will be live streamed and we've just heard them tied to this. blossom festival — cancelled, and the shanghai fashion weeknomic impact is already being felt. today lawmakers here agreed an eight billion dollar response to the crisis. but there's also fears about how developing and emerging economies might cope. to that end, the international monetary fund and world bank have pledged over 60 billion dollars to help. last night, i sat down with the head of the imf, kristalina georgieva. how concerned how concerned are how concerned are you about the economic impact of the virus? we are very concerned. we have seen just in one short week the spread of the virus beyond china, creating a new momentum and unfortunately, what we we re momentum and unfortunately, what we were projecting as possible, more adverse scenarios for the economy is now materialising. we know more about the virus. that it is spreading more easily, but there's also a lot that we still do not know. we do not know of the longevity of this virus. we do not know how fast treatment will become available. and that is a source of uncertainty to m