Name: 首名英國人死亡，冠狀病毒全球風險升至 "非常高 (Coronavirus global risk raised to ‘very high’ as first British person dies)
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Planes grounded, trade stalling and even sporting events canceled, inevitably markets tumbling.

But the selloff has turned into the worst week since the global financial crisis more than a decade ago smiles for the starting bell.

In New York, the share prices slumped seconds later.

A week ago, they were at an all time high stop in London.

The 100 biggest companies are worth a staggering £210 billion less.

I'd say this is probably the most dramatic week I've seen since my time here in the markets that But yeah, what trading floors in London say they're witnessing is worldwide contagion.

Well, we've really seen investor panic gripping to markets across the world.

We've seen the biggest point drop in the Dow in its history.

We've seen $3 trillion wiped off global markets within a week, and it's not just the equity markets.

This is extended into other markets of well as well.

We've seen a major slump in the oil markets, is now in correction territory, correction territory trader talk for a drop off 10% and she's talking about oil.

One of the world's most in demand commodities.

This is another black swan event, something that no one could have predicted.

And that's why we're seeing a lot of panic in the markets.

On the risk is that that does extend into a recession, and there are no reassuring words coming from global institutions.

We are likely to downgrade our growth projections.

A father for the world in Geneva, he should be setting up, not stripping down.

600,000 visitors on hundreds of car manufacturers told Stay at home fear as much of the effects of the virus is stalling trade and tourism, sending the markets into retreat.

There's only so far stocks and shares to slide before the question gets asked.

Governments and central banks need to kick in and take some action in the U.

There's already speculation that the Federal Reserve might be getting ready to cut interest rates possible pressure then for the Bank of England to follow suit.

But interest rates already very low, so low there's no much further for them to go.

One effect will any more cuts actually have rate zero or negative in some countries, so they don't They don't have my true form maneuver yet.

Expect central banks to come out car trade and reassure investors that everything is fine.

But the kind of policy that will be more helpful and more effective in this situation is fiscal policy more targeted mashes to help those companies.

Those areas that the mostly effective those targeted measures in China include extending large state loans to companies to keep them afloat.

Tonight, the government here said they are well prepared for any effects Corona virus may have on the UK economy.

Investors appear less confident, though, and neither have a crystal ball well, the first British death, the first cases in Northern Ireland and Wales.

Boris Johnson has said tonight the Corona virus is the government's top priority.

K's preparedness with the health secretary on the chief medical officer, but he won't be chairing an emergency cobra meeting until Monday.

The reach of the virus is spreading fast, with nearly 60 countries reporting cases.

The World Health Organization says it could reach most if not all countries today.

Nigeria, New Zealand, Lithuanian, Mexico and Iceland all reported their first cases.

Now most people have died of the infection have bean in mainland China, with nearly 3000 deaths outside China, Iran, South Korea and Italy have had the most victims here.

20 people have now been diagnosed with the illness.

Formal in the past 24 hours is our health correspondent Victoria McDonald.

In the aftermath of the Corona virus epidemic, whenever that is, experts will look to what happened on the Diamond Princess cruise ship and ask what lessons could be learned.

So far, six people who were on board have died, including one Britain who has not yet been named, while more than 700 passengers and crew contracted covered 19.

There have been scathing reports about the quarantine measures of officials sent to investigators.

It was docked in Yokohama themselves, falling ill and off inadequate testing.

But there will be lessons learned across the globe today.

Our epidemiologists have been monitoring this development continuously, and we have now increased our assessment off the risk off spread and the risk off impact off Corbett, 19 to very high at a global level.

This is a message from the W H O that says, Wake up, get ready.

This virus may be on its way and you have a duty to your citizens and to the world to be ready.

Perhaps a message to to Iran whether is concerned that the numbers infected and dying a far greater than officially claimed they have now closed the parliament and then the Shia holy city of calm center of the outbreak.

They using what one source told us, were chemical defense vehicles from the Iran Iraq war of the 19 eighties, this time to disinfect against this virulent virus.

Until this moment, taking into account the previous day's numbers, 388 people have been confirmed toe have covered 19 in the country.

Unfortunately, 34 people have died from this disease as off today noon.

Some sources, however, have told us that the death toll is far higher and that is worrying.

Already, 97 cases have been exported from Iran to 11 countries in the U.

Where 19 people have now been confirmed with the disease, there have been warnings that if the situation worsens, mass gatherings may have to be canceled or schools closed in any pandemic preparation.

The government has a fine line between protecting the public and social consequences, so the London Underground doesn't feel sometimes like, but it closed down and get to work.

H S is preparing and details are slowly being released.

But in an extraordinary interview, the MP for City and Westminster today revealed that contingency plans in London include opening a morgue and Hyde Park.

Noticeably absent has Bean the prime minister until today, when, perhaps responding to criticism, he first called an emergency Cobra meeting.

They're not until Monday and then tonight.

Asked about the death from the Diamond Princess, he said.

We were following the best medical advice and I we regret any were very much the loss of life of the individual concern.

But way think that the best thing to do is not to move people around too much in the current situation, not to repatriate, unless you can be absolutely sure that there isn't going to be a spread and contagion to this country.

So that's the principle that we're adopting Evidence from China shows that those most at risk of dying from the spires are men over the age of 80 with pre existing health conditions.

That is also the case that 80% of people will have mild or no symptoms and can recover at home.

And the hope, though increasingly fragile, is that this epidemic can still be contained.

Well, we heard about the impact that all of this is having on the markets.

Eso Joining me now from southwest London is Lord O'Neill, former chief economist with Goldman Sachs.

He served as the commercial secretary to the Treasury in David Cameron's government and published a book, Superbugs on Arms.

Global shares are at their worst week since the financial crisis.

Well, if they just spent the last 10 minutes listening to your discussion, as I have Ah, I guess that plenty of reasons to be scared it's It's obviously a very troubling and complex situation, I think before, said he answer anymore.

I think it's important to remember that from a global economics perspective, this came out of extremely unfortunate time because we were just in December January seeing some signs of vague stabilization of the world economy after what had bean a somewhat worrying weakening throughout.

2019 with China already at the heart of that weakening and some countries of their economically so successful atT benefiting from China's rise, such as Germany, here in Europe or Japan in Asia, South Korea as well, already suffering from that.

So this this from an economic perspective is particularly unfortunate.

And of course, as I'm sure you've touched on in previous discussions.

China today is five times the share of global GDP that it was when we had solved 17 years ago.

So so should the World Bank's go the IMF this step in to try and avert a global recession?

And he's a global recession now inevitable in your view.

So I would imagine the must have been so very interesting.

Phone calls going on between G Circle G 20 Sherpas, which is the three officials of the leading 20 economies around the world about being ready to act.

It's no clear to me on I heard one of your previous speakers.

It's not clear to me what cutting interest rates would do in the slightest for a situation like this on indeed partly linked to other challenges of our time, about particularly issues to do with equality and both actual on dhe perceptions off it, further measures on interest rates or so called quantitative easing.

I don't think would be particularly sensible or helpful in my view.

But I well, our our financial leaders around the world sort of slightly powerless in the face of this are rather unknown threat.