i'm gene otani. japan's central bank has expressed concern. kuroda was speaking to a lower house committee. >> translator: we need to be awaware the impact on the japane economy could be bigger than we expect now. >> kuroda reiterated the bank will not hesitate to takee additional easing measures if nessssary. he saidd the effect of the outbreak o on the global econom will be topop of t the agenda ae meeting of the g-20 finance ministers and central bank governors in saudi arabia over the weekend. >>> a global airline trarade grp expepects the spreadd of t the roronavirus t to be aa major bl for c carriers. it says they will likely see the first annual decline in demand since the 2008 financial crisis. the international air transport association made the projection based on cancellations of flights to and from mainland china and hong kong. it says passenger numbers are expected to fall 8.2% in the asia-pacific region, compared to last year. that would translate into a ref new loss of $28 billion for carriers in the region. almost half of that

this is "newsline biz," i'm gene otani. indonesia's bank has responded to the outbreak by cutting the key interest rate for the first time in four months. on thursday, the bank trimmed the bench mark seven-day reverse repurchase rate by a quarter of a point to 4.75%. policy makers say they are aiming to pre-empt any economic fallout from the public health crisis. last year, indonesia's economy grew at just over 5%. the slowest pace in four years. the big factor was sluggish exports to china caused by the trade dispute between beijing and washington. the drop in crude oil prices also took a toll. >>> japanese retailer, in talks to acquire a u.s. refinery's chain of gas stations. sources say the 7-11 owners is in final stage of talks with marathon petroleum corporation. the deal could be worth $22 billion. the speedway gas stations number about 4,000 in the u.s. they also feature convenience stores. the japanese retailer is apparently aiming to strengthen the overseas business by expands its u.s. network amid weak growth pros

relations and we have the director of infection prevention control at mount sinai downtown and connie otani, a markets reporter for the wall street journal. i'm so glad to have all of you here. doctor, i'm going to start with you. today we learned two more coronavirus cases in the u.s. where the origin is unknown. one more person in california and an elementary employee in oregon. the school is now closed until wednesday. all of those students and teachers, are they at risk now? >> so i would imagine they are at potential risk, but i would leave it to the public health officials to determine the risks. we don't know a lot of details. being a teacher in school doesn't mean he was working in school during the exposure window so there's a lot of things they will need to look at. a lot more information needs to come out before we can determine. >> at this point is it inevitable that more people will contract this coronavirus in this country? >> so we expect more people to show or come out with the coronavirus or get diagnosed with coronavirus in the coming days, weeks and possibly months. >> ma