injapan, the telecoms giant ntt has started encouraging 200,000 employees to work from home or travelg off peak hours. in singapore many firms are conducting health check for staff entering buildings and authorities have issued guidance for firms including working out a continuity leadership plan in case senior managers are affected. dr simone krummaker, senior lecturer in insurance and course director for insurance and risk management at cass business school joins me now. we will talk through the logistics. welcome, simone, to business briefing. for companies such as microsoft and other big names, those based in mainland china and elsewhere in the region, this is a logistical nightmare, isn't it? yes, it is. forthem it logistical nightmare, isn't it? yes, it is. for them it is very much about containing the effects of this crisis in terms of their own stuff but also in terms of how the supplier network, the global supply chain network can be managed if there might be a shortage or a problem along these global supply chains. some companies are starting to estimate what this will mean

injapan, the telecoms giant ntt has started encouraging 200,000 employees to work from home — or travelpeak hours. in singapore, many firms are conducting health check for staff entering buildings — and authorities have issued guidance forfirms including working out a continuity leadership plan in case senior managers are affected. joining us now is tim eldridge, vice—president, institution of occupational safety and health. i wonder if you have any thoughts of the wisdom ore or otherwise of macau's casinos re—opening, thinking of the people minging in close proximity. it is important that employers take a proportionate response to this. i think the health authorities where employers are based, out in china, macau, hong kong and south east asia territories, the authorities are giving the best advice, so, for all employers, what we would say, is make sure you are in contact with the health authority, understand what the requires are and put in place those responses to protect your workers when they are dealing with both themselves and members of the public, so, the one message that we wa

companies from apple, amazon, lg electronics, to ntt all opted not to go to that conference.in far from the region affected, not taking any chances. the read on all of this from professor dave dobson joins us from sanford. there is better weather conditions there. than here in new hampshire. he was nice enough to come here but professor, good to see. >> you as always. neil: the effects of this whole coronavirus. we talk about in terms of deaths. almost 1000. it scares people, now officially more than sars but in the scheme of things you always hear the comparison, more people die of common flu by factor of 10 times that but it is a worry, it is a drag, psychological too. what is the fallout? >> neil i think it is way more than psychological. the reason why the next 10 days will be so critical is 400 million chinese have been crisscrossing the country during the lunar new year's. some of those are carrying a virus that has incubation period of somewhere between three and 10 days. so the next couple weeks are going to be really critical. the second thing they're all returning t