if you put both these arrangements, the flights and the hotel with the same travel company, they arefund the flight element as well, because it sounds like a package holiday. it is covered specifically under regulations on packages and tour operators. so i would keep pushing for a refund of your flight. if you don't have any luck, then go directly to the airline. doctor jarvis, a man is on his way from belgium ina jarvis, a man is on his way from belgium in a car coming back via eurotunnel tomorrow. he says i don't have any symptoms, do i have to self—isolate when i get home to northampton? no, he doesn't. the government's advice changed on thursday evening when we moved into the delay phase. basically, the guidance has now gone from, it was previously if he had been in contact with someone with a known case of coronavirus or if you had travelled from high—risk companies, depending on your symptoms, you had to self—isolate and from some places you had to self—isolate if you didn't have any symptoms. the guidance has changed, because we have reached the stage where we have recognised

also on the show can europe's biggest travel company survive an epidemic to eat cuts costs as the corona virus spreads. this is your business report i'm stephen beard good to have you with us asian stocks have been on the rise as governments and central banks take aggressive measures to fight the coronavirus outbreak and limits its economic impact on kong's hang seng index rose nearly 2 percent while in tokyo the nikkei index ended more than 8 percent higher shares also rose in southeast asia there are signs that chinese companies are slowly grinding back to life after weeks of lock downs and quarantines markets rallied after a surge in u.s. markets and the i.m.f. has announced $50000000000.00 in funding for countries hit by the epidemic. and let's go down to correspondent in taipei those on han. flickers of optimism there from asian markets you've been talking to managers and executives of chinese businesses do you see a similar optimism there. well i'm afraid to asian underground doesn't look so optimistic though the chinese government figures are fishel figures show that over 70 perce

also on the show can europe's largest travel company survive an epidemic cuts cost as the corona virus spreads. this is your business report i'm stephen beardsley in berlin it's good to have you with us asian markets were up on thursday on hopes that government stimulus could offset the economic damage from the coronavirus hong kong's hang seng index rose nearly 2 percent while in tokyo the nikkei index ended more than a percent higher meanwhile there are tentative signs that chinese companies are slowly grinding back to life after weeks of lockdown in quarantine but there's still a long way to go. after weeks of shutdown and quarantine these pictures from china's state news agency show the country is getting back to work it insists 3 quarters of private businesses are already back up factory owners are obliged to abide by a strict tie jean measures such as providing face masks and disinfectant for their employees workers have their temperature taken twice a day but getting the assembly lines rolling is often easier said than done i'm afraid situation underground doesn't look so optimi

david tarsh is from forward keys — a travel data company. uge, not least from the spread of the coronavirus around the world but, now, this travel ban from the united states. what impact will that alone have on the travel industry. well, in a word, catastrophic. what we see from donald trump ‘s dilarang is that there are over 6700 flights cancelled. if you count the basic 2 million seats taken straight out of the market. so all the measures that we heard about from governments, they really not scratch the surface in terms of fit sing the economic damage going on at the moment to some of the countries. we have seen share prices of many travel firms fall dramatically at some just in line with the general stock market falls. do you think this will mean we can expect falls for the airlines? it is possible. i am not speaking as a stock market analyst, much more we are looking at booking data and what we are seeing in flight data and what we are seeing in flight booking data is absolutely unprecedented. for example, the first week of march we had a

travel company. makes its money about connecting travelers to local guides and businesses all over the world its headquarters are located in the german capital these days the usually bustling offices spookily quiet all of the company's 600 stuff have been working from home since last week. it's a devastating time for the entire tourism industry we all had a very good started to the consumer sentiment and january and early february was very strong before the coronavirus had italy and now within a matter of weeks we've gone from strong growth to a reduction of more than 50 percent in the volumes of bookings. just one of lynn's more fortunate stone steps having raised you know french a capital for the next 2 years but the coronavirus will hit many startups in the city whose famous streets and i will also ghostly quiet no one is going to be exempt from the implications of corona started to especially are going to be very vulnerable they're already running on very lean budgets and as customers dry up a le

one of the large travel insurance companies says it's loosening its restrictions. s what they say, clues due to epidemics or fear of travel are not typically covered by standard travel insurance products. however, until further notice, the company will be accommodating claims for people who come down with coronavirus and those who had travel scheduled to china, south korea or parts of italy who want to voluntarily cancel. we checked with aig, another insurance company, to see if it's relaxing any rules and didn't get a response. airlines are offering varying levels of new flexibility, too. some carriers are allowing passengers to modify cancel. check back if you booked a flight or bought travel insurance or both. look on the company's websites for updates now. if you were told no changes yesterday you could be told yes today or tomorrow. if you're not getting anywhere with the travel issues, perhaps we can help. you can call us, the number is 888-996-tips. >>> decision 2020 in the presidential race next on "today in the bay," the democratic race and the changes happ

my travel company has refunded my hotel but not the flight. refunded my hotel but not the flight.t was non—refundable. my insurance won't pay out either, i paid a credit card, is there anything i can do? asi credit card, is there anything i can do? as ijust said, if your insurance doesn't cover travel disruption then you won't have any luck with that. the credit card will not help you. it does depend on how you booked your holiday. if you put both these arrangements, the flights and hotel with the same travel company, then they are obliged to refund the flight element as well, because it sounds like a package holiday. so it is covered specifically under regulations on packages and tour operators. sol would keep pushing for a refund of your flight. if you don't have any luck, then go directly to the airline. drjarvis, this man is on his way from belgium in a car coming back eurotunnel. he says, i don't have any symptoms, do i have to self—isolate when i get home to southampton? no, he doesn't. the government's advice changed on thursday when we moved into the delay phase. if you go

if you breach both these arrangements, the flights and hotel with the same travel company, they're obligedlight element too, because it sounds to me like a package holiday, so it's cove red like a package holiday, so it's covered specifically under regulations on packages and tour operators. so i would keep pushing for a refund of your flight to. and if you do occur have any luck, go directly to the airline. dr jarvis, a gentleman is on its way from belgium ina a gentleman is on its way from belgium in a car coming back for eurotunnel tomorrow. he says i don't have any symptoms, do i have to self—isolate when i get home to northampton? he does not. the government's advice changed when we moved into the delay phase. there is a tool that will tell you what to do, but advice has gone from, if you we re do, but advice has gone from, if you were previously in contact with someone with a known case of coronavirus or you travel from certain coronavirus countries, depending on your symptoms, you have to self—isolate. in some places coming out of self—isolate even with no symptoms. the guidance is

thousands of travel companies hotels and small businesses face bankruptcy in mali years of unrest of destroyed a once thriving tourism industry officials have tried luring in the chinese to visit what they call the real africa but it's not a real holiday if armed soldiers are at every site and bombs are going off there are close to 15000 knew when blue helmets stationed in mali to keep a fragile peace. region trip down the niger river taking in the landmarks of mali's capital bamako. once a very lucrative business for captain dowden but data today he's happy to get even one paying customer aboard his barrow whose business is all but collapsed since the crisis began 8 years ago. i used to carry people and goods on large boats all the way to go. with the crisis i've only got 2 small boats left in bamako for tourists that you don't see any more of either. hoteliers are also suffering before 2012 malise historic sites were major tourist attractions the deteriorating security situation means hotel operators wait in vain for customers like john close to see owner of the hotel near a bull w

the company's sudden collapse thomas' kook's insolvency presents a great opportunity for german travel company to eat the germans want to take over thomas cook's market share they'll have to be well prepared for the coming summer season. but the coronavirus hysteria could 4th their aspirations share prices of the world's largest tourism company have recently fallen sharply which may lead to relegation the situation on the canaries has calmed down somewhat and most of the cells isolating hotel guests are at large once again but overall there is great concern in spain over tourism one of its most important economic sectors. just briefly while food prices have dropped for the 1st time in months united nations calculates changes based on a basket of cereals dairy products made in sugar prices fell by one percent in february following 4 months of increases they went through the agency says fires contributed to the pushing down chinese imports. nice to visit. our clothes our lifestyle choices and fashion statement. and the environment. for. blazing new paths with garments made from plastic plates no

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the uk civil aviation authority called it "the worst moment ever", as travel companies fight to survive arnie weissmann. the advice around travelling changing by the date from the world health organization? it is a very fluid situation. with new information and new closings and foreign teens coming in every day so it is just very difficult, really, for everybody, what is going on. how great an for everybody, what is going on. how greatan impact for everybody, what is going on. how great an impact is a going to have when in the united states introduces further restrictions for travellers from europe including the uk?m will be significant. the travelling industry is considered an export, or a currency. you have $1.1 trillion in the tourism economy in the us and the uk is the largest single group of inbound travellers. they represent about $12 billion. 4.7 million travellers coming in. adding them to the list of banned travellers is going to have a significant impact and the impact is obviously on hotels, on airlines but also lots and lots of small businesses that depend on travel and tour

talk to your travel company, no matter what has been asked. we are trying to remain positive.n air b8b for the two weeks that the country is supposed to be shutdown, until april one. the advice i would give to any traveller stuck overseas right now is probably to get on twitter and see if there are other people in a similar situation because i found that banding together with people in the same situation in the same country, even in the same city has been really, really good and really supportive. we have shared a vice and almost come together as a force. you are a stronger voice if you can get together than if you are on your own. just some of the people who contacted us after finding themselves stranded a long way from home because of the current crisis. i'm joined now by our global through simon calder who can hopefully offer advice. people say they have trouble getting through to their rail line and one ——airline person said they were on hold for three hours. what would your advice be if you cannot get in touch with your carrier? paul charles was saying a moment ago that m

alion, one of the largest travel insurance companies is going to loosen restrictions. claims of coronavirus are typically not covered by standard travel insurance products, however, until further notice the company will be accommodating claims for people who came down with coronavirus and people who scheduled travel to china, south korea and parts of italy who want to voluntarily cancel. we contacted aig but didn't get any response. airlines are offering varying levels of flexibility, some carriers allowing people to modify to various levels. newly relaxed rules and fee waivers indicate future bookings, they've probably plummeted. the airlines are giving up the cash cow. they made $2.1 billion on ticket fees alone last year alone. >> the fact that they're willing to go back on that speaks volumes about how worried they are about the general public's willingness to travel in future. >> bottom line, check back. if you've booked a flight or bought travel insurance or both, the policies you had at booking might now be out of date. so look on the company's website for update

companies perhaps are overreacting? >> not necessarily. i would defer, whether it's foreign travel for those companies and their employees or gatherings in various places around this country. look, it's a good time to use common sense this time of the year, even if the coronavirus wasn't a reality. but i think that what the president has told us to do on the task force, what he did when he initiated the suspension of all travel from china, the quarantining effort, is we're leaning into this effort. it's all hands on deck because our effort here is to do everything possible to prevent the spread of the coronavirus in the united states. >> so better safe than sorry. so if a school superintendent says we should shut down the school system for a week, you're not going to question that? >> i think the president would respect any decisions that are made at the state and local level. but again, i think it's important -- >> you guys seem -- >> -- people follow the facts. >> you seem to be nervous or the president seems to be nervous that this is going to slow down economic activity unneces

from the cape coast and from atlanta we have eric malting he's co-founder of black at a board a travel company that provides curated experiences for black travelers however what is really great to see. first of all this idea of giving every young person who is of african descent in the u.s. an opportunity to go back home how on earth did you come up with such a huge idea and how was it even practical. wow it was something i needed to get from point all of us in the diaspora come to realize that we don't really know our history and where we're from and for me even as a continental african i was born in sudan but i grew up everywhere else and was west even as today and for the couple years i was there i had a westernized education so i come to the u.s. at the age of 11 and i continue that westernized education and i am i'm a twenty's i started really. seeing that there was a gap in my connection to the continent i had been home in 15 years and i also learned about another program that provides free trips for people of jewish descent to go back to israel to learn history and culture for free and

well yes i mean i mean the initial problems are obviously for the airlines and travel companies chewie which is europe's biggest travel companies said it's down 30 percent virgin atlantic made announcement a short time ago saying they're stopping 75 percent of all flights are asking their stuff to take 8 weeks unpaid leave in the next 3 months and also volunteer dundon says and things like that as well as cause the calling for massive government bailouts i mean that's that's all very well and governments are talking about looking after the big companies but the other problem and it's a lot more people are all those people who were other part time will cash in hand in the gig economy this is modern capitalism all over europe what exactly are people going to do for them some countries germany and denmark in particular the richer countries have suggested that in denmark this the state says it will pay 75 percent people's pay on the promise that employers won't lay anybody off but it's very difficult to see that sort of thing working in countries like say greece or spain which were very as

travel companies, all kinds of issues. a lot are canceling travel. index, are you in it for the long haul? if people during the recessn, you have seen how much we have come. if you are in it for a long haul this is the hope will come together on. >> slack, zoom, telecommuting products are doing well.>> resume is up more than 30% since it kicked off. it is a videoconferencing software. people will use that more. it's down 10% today. because people taking profits. we have seen a local company trying to make r a treatment this disease. it was moving forward to develop antiviral that could be use. now it started face 3 trial and hoops get data by e end of april that it could potentially push this through for treatment. people are looking for that investment. what will people need. companies that make clothing to protect yourself health workers. that is a hot thing. people are looking for what they need to gointo.>>> one of the tools the governors use moderate problems inthe economy is interest rate. federal interest rate. the federal reserve will meet ma

as a travel journalist, i'm meant to be right now preparing for my trip to chile and south america and of course is not going to happen because the bbc, like most other companiesal travel. this is christer in hertfordshire at home. i was supposed to be in rome la st home. i was supposed to be in rome last week and next week i was supposed to be in thailand but both have been cancelled. the other reason i'm at home is a few days ago, i started to get a few symptoms, a cough and though i am almost certain it was nothing to do with the coronavirus, i self quarantined. i'm on day five currently and who knows how many more will need to come. i'm just really hoping this can be resolved as soon as possible so we can get out there on the road and travel the world which is what we love doing. that is how the current crisis is affecting members of the travel show tea m affecting members of the travel show team but of course, the impact is far wider than that. with hotels, cruise liners, and restaurants all facing an uncertain future. and perhaps, when it comes to lost revenue, the biggest impact will be felt by the airline industry. its estimated one in ten jobs worldwi

the office of this brighton travel company is already practically empty.ohnson realises that people are losing theirjobs right now. we've had to put staff on unpaid sabbatical with no certainty of what's going to happen over the next few months. are you doing enough to stop the virus? ministers have been scrambling to find a response big and fast enough. it might sound astonishing, but even more than £300 billion might be just the start. the support plan's huge, but there could still be holes. what support will individual families get? will they get sick pay at a level that they'll be able to ensure they have a decent quality of life? will they get proper support if they're laid off? will they be able to afford their rents? will the increases in fuel costs and other things be covered? but the scale of this, the reality of how many lives may be lost, is hitting home. every year in seasonal flu, the number of deaths is thought to be about 8,000 excess deaths. so if we can get this down to numbers 20,000 and below, that's a good outcome in terms of where we w

companies? the most immediate impacts our travel businesses.obody wants to ride on airplanes or go on vacations. we have seen air traffic come down materially in asia pac region. thehere's uncertainty about longevity of the outbreak. >> this in all likelihood will be temporary. >> it is temporarily. we'll get through this. house of your willoughby and how long will it last? some of the responses we have seen in the past 24 hours, some of the comments around coronavirus. let's get to the markets with mark cudmore. he is with me on set in london. great to see you. the fiscal response from the u.s. seems to be something that has once again purported sentiment and markets. how long-lasting is that support going to be? >> the kind of surge at the moment the government response and the clear message that governments are willing to do monetary stimulus and fiscal stimulus. we will debate how effective it will be an how much fiscal stimulus will be delivered and clickable happen. everyone is cynical on the monetary side. it does not cure a virus becaus

the uk civil aviation authority called it "the worst moment ever", as travel companies fight to survivec news. globally the death toll from the virus has now exceeded 6,000 with a third of the deaths in europe. spain began a state of near lockdown today with people banned from leaving home except in certain circumstances. live now to damian grammaticas in madrid. yes, tonight the streets of madrid are almost deserted. police cars are circulating and everyone they say they tell to go home because at eight o'clock tomorrow morning, a state of emergency begins because the hospitals are under extreme pressure. 8000 cases and as we have been seeing, they are really struggling, and a warning, there are distressing scenes from the start of oui’ distressing scenes from the start of our report. she is gasping, grief stricken, infected with the virus. last night, in this hospital, her husband died. today, doctors have told her to go home. she is not sick enough, not yet for a bed here. around her, her children are now at extreme risk of contracting. at extreme risk of contracting it. they warn us

we know the travel companies have been certainly travel booking companies have been down for the count. trip adviser scratching back about 9%. let's look at all the green. exciting, right? the markets are seeing a welcome rally after just a neck-snapping record eight days in a row of up or down moves greater than 4%. right now, the s&p is up, we will take it, it is tame at the moment, up about 32 points. but we need to flag you on some economic data points that are out today that portend perhaps darker market days to come. we are just trying to keep you ahead of the game here. first, the philly fed index, a gauge of manufacturing for the atlantic region, it saw its biggest plunge ever in march, dropping to negative 12.7% from 36.7% in february. this is not only the lowest rating since june of 2012 but anything below zero indicates worsening economic conditions. that's manufacturing, again, a regional index. we haven't seen this in three years. weekly jobless claims, first-time jobless claims that come out every thursday, spiked by 70,000 to a seasonally adjusted 281,000 last week. stil

some of the hardest bit are travel companies and small coited airlines saying the declines could be two times as bad as those after september 11th. and a sobering statistic on wale wiped out more than $5 trillion in value in just the last couple of weeks. >> sobering numbers tonight. rebe at least 29 have died, the governor issuing a series of mandates. images of families peering through windows to check on their loved ones. this resident visiting her son and daughter by phone. and in oakland, california, passengers are still coming off that cruise ship. taken to four sites in the u.s. matt gutman from california tonight. >> reporter: tonight, in the epicenter of the nation's coronavirus outbreak, the virus ferociously attacking the elderly. with seattle silenced and families left to peer into nursing homes for a glimpse at family members or blow kisses from afar, news that ten nursing homes and care centers now report cases of the virus. >> the grim reality is that for the elderly, covid-19 is almost a perfect killing machine. >> reporter: 22 of the state's 26 fatalities in the life ca

the civil aviation authority called it the "worst moment ever", as travel companies fight to survive.ind out how this story is covered in tomorrow's front pages at 10:30 and 11:30 this evening in the papers. 0ur guestsjoining me tonight are the writer and broadcaster dawn foster, and the broadcaster and psychotherapist lucy beresford. close to a complete lockdown came into force in spain today, with people banned from leaving home except to go to work, buy food or get medical care. in the last 2a hours, spain has reported 2,000 new coronavirus cases and more than a hundred deaths. damian grammaticas reports from madrid. she's gasping, grief—stricken and infected with the virus. last night, in this hospital, her husband died. today, doctors have told her to go home. there aren't enough beds to treat her — she's not sick enough, not yet. around her, trying to calm her, are her children, now at extreme risk too. they warn us to wear masks, keep a distance. spain is in the grip of the virus. everywhere, it's close at hand. milagros tells me the medics working double shifts are overwhelmed

course basic hygiene they should limit their social contacts whenever possible they shouldn't travel companies and schools can close down if there are suspected cases and of course the authorities deeply rely on the fact that doctors keep suspected cases away from regular patients so the virus doesn't spread even further and of course everybody is looking very closely at what all of this means for the economy because of course germany is europe's strongest economic ends in the powerhouse and some politicians are openly calling for an economic support package so they call me take hits but that's not official government policy so far our correspondent you know has a reporting for us thank you and the city of light sic has now announced it's canceled its annual book fair because of the corona virus outbreak of the 4 day fair was set to open on march 12th let's check in now and some other stories making news around the world chile's president has threatened to reimpose the state of emergency as anti-government protests gain momentum violent clashes hit the capital santiago again on monday since oc

the civil aviation authority called it the worst moment ever, as travel companies fight to survive. at some of the other updates on coronavirus around the world. south africa has closed it's borders to ‘high—risk‘ countries, which include italy, the us and the uk among others, that comes into affect on the 18th march. germany is to restrict border entries from france, switzerland and austria. and ireland will shut all pubs from midnight tonight for two weeks, meaning they'll be closed on st patrick's day on tuesday. close to a complete lockdown came into force in spain today, with people banned from leaving home except to go to work, buy food or get medical care. in the last 24 hours spain has reported 2,000 new coronavirus cases and more than 100 deaths. damian grammaticas reports from madrid. she is gasping, grief stricken and infected with the virus. last night in this hospital, her husband died. today doctors have told her to go home. there are not enough beds to treat her, she is not sick enough, not yet. around her trying to calm her are her children, now at extreme risk as we

also on the show can europe's largest travel company survive an epidemic cuts cost as the coronavirus.

the office of this brighton travel company is already practically empty.risjohnson realises that people are losing theirjobs right now. we've had to put staff on unpaid sabbatical, with no certainty of what's going to happen over the next few months. reporter: are you doing enough to stop the virus? ministers have been scrambling to find a response big and fast enough. it might sound astonishing, but even more than £300 billion might be just the start. by the government's own admission, this is now an economic emergency. so they've just promised to take vast steps to try to stop that turning into individual hardship for millions in the coming months, taking on long—term costs for the country to try to stop a heavy and painful cost being paid by families in the coming months. the need for help for the country's health and the country's wealth is acute. reassurance is not a currency in itself. laura kuenssberg, bbc news, westminster. tough new restrictions have come into force in france. no—one can now leave home without a government form, that they must pri

the experiences we are hearing from a couple of guest we have spoken to, they may call a travel company they speak to. from what they had told us, it seems to be coordination, that is the key thing here, to try and get the communication, find out what flight they can be booked on to make sure they can be booked on to make sure they get that test within that time. a lot of people here need to have a test. medical staff on the ground are trying to get through all these passengers that need one. we are hearing and officially as well that other nationalities were told they also had to go for a test, which adds to the amount of people the medical staff need to deal with. it is proving a bit of a challenge on the ground at the moment, it seems. thank you very much indeed. and tomorrow evening on bbc one, ae have a special programme on the outbreak. that's coronavirus: everything you need to know — at 7.30pm tomorrow. the headlines on bbc news: 12 new people test positive for coronavirus in the uk, bringing the total number of cases in the country to 35. the government insists it's prepared to

companies would then be told, no unnecessary travel, so companies would then be told, no unnecessary could all stop getting on public transport and coughing at one another. james, you are saying to me earlier that you fought this kind of thing actually has quite a positive potential? yes, it making a case for more flexible working, so that families can live in the way they want in terms of their work life balance. this is clearly i will would rather coronavirus was not knocking around, but there is a potential upside here, which is that people are having to be more imaginative about how they work on finding that actually, you can work from home and if you let people work from home, they won't just take the mickey and do no work. or if they do, you will find out very quickly because the work doesn't get done. it is not just about turning up at an office. it could fundamentally change the way we work, coming at the other side of this. that could be a good thing. no, for instance, at the moment we had a great deal of sympathy for what people are going through, but looking ahead... it mig

course basic hygiene they should limit their social contacts whenever possible they shouldn't travel companies and schools can close down if there are suspected cases and of course the authorities deeply rely on the fact that doctors keep suspected cases away from regular patients so the virus doesn't spread even further and of course everybody is looking very closely at what all of this means for the economy because of course germany is your strongest economic engine the power house and some politicians are openly calling for an economic support package so they call me take hits but that's not official government policy so far our correspondent you know has a reporting for us thank you. now in israel exit polls indicate that prime minister benjamin netanyahu holds a solid lead over his main rival in monday's parliamentary election but it also appears that his likud party and its allies are likely to fall short of a parliamentary majority official results are expected later today. this is the night of the giant victory. netanyahu is victorious until exit polls were announced it wasn't clear wh

the office of this brighton travel company is already practically empty.nson realises that people are losing theirjobs right now. we've had to put staff on unpaid sabbatical with no certainty of what's going to happen over the next few months. are you doing enough to stop the virus? ministers have been scrambling to find a response big and fast enough. it might sound astonishing, but even more than £300 billion might be just the start. the support plan's huge, but there could still be holes. what support will individual families get? will they get sick pay at a level that they'll be able to ensure they have a decent quality of life? will they get proper support if they're laid off? will they be able to afford their rents? will the increases in fuel costs and other things be covered? but the scale of this, the reality of how many lives may be lost, is hitting home. every year in seasonal flu, the number of deaths is thought to be about 8,000 excess deaths. so if we can get this down to numbers of 20,000 and below, that's a good outcome in terms of where we

the office of this brighton travel company is already practically empty.lises that people are losing theirjobs right now. we've had to put staff on unpaid sabbatical, with no certainty of what's going to happen over the next few months. reporter: are you doing enough to stop the virus? ministers have been scrambling to find a response big and fast enough. it might sound astonishing, but even more than £300 billion might be just the start. by the government's own admission, this is now an economic emergency. so they've just promised to take vast steps to try to stop that turning into individual hardship for millions in the coming months. taking on long—term costs for the country to try to stop a heavy and painful cost being paid by families in the coming months. the need for help for the country's health and the country's wealth is acute. reassurance is not a currency in itself. laura kuenssberg, bbc news, westminster. you are watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme: using every available detail, the mammoth research effort behind comput

the office of this brighton travel company is already practically empty.actically empty. i do not think boris johnson realises practically empty. i do not think borisjohnson realises people are losing theirjobs borisjohnson realises people are losing their jobs right borisjohnson realises people are losing theirjobs right now, we have had to put staff on unpaid sabbatical. the travel industry is even more precarious, this technical sounding announcement slamming the bra kes sounding announcement slamming the brakes on anyone leaving the country. with immediate effect i've advised british nationals against nonessential travel globally for 30 days. but the scale of this and the reality of how many lives may be lost is heading home. every year with the seasonal flu the number of deaths is thought to be 8000 excess deaths is thought to be 8000 excess deaths so if we can get this down to numbers, 20000 and below, that is a good outcome in terms of where we would hope to get to with this outbreak but it is still horrible. by outbreak but it is still horrible. by