we have 2 thompson he's a senior research fellow at the national university of singapore and formerly a u.s. department of defense official and from london we have dr anie sparrow she is an emergency and critical care physician welcome to you all gloria tawny and he coming to you 1st which countries are flattening the curve more than other countries and how are they doing it well probably the best one has been korea and followed by china and probably the best way to flat curve is to force people to say hole in the most serious most convincing most the most. persuading ray because the people contacts between people. between and interacted and has 2 carrier people is that raid the barriers in use is just tread all over the counter is all over the job graphic reality is there for this is the best and probably at the moment the the unique way to control the spreading of the virus through thomson and singapore it seems that there are huge variations country to country region to region does it come down to the initial infection rates that spike that we've seen on the graph for so many diffe

a $300 fine in singapore if you are not wearing a mask in public. 0n in singapore if you are not wearing a mask in public. on to the business standard in mumbai, the lock they're extended until may the 3rd. massive number of people, 1.3 billion and a lot of them living in cramped conditions. this lockdown will really cause problems, susie. who are you talking to? so difficult when you're not in the room. the imf says india and china will be those two countries that perhaps will not have as big a problem as the rest of the developing world or the developed world, the wealthier nations but what's interesting is that there are other stories that show despite the many differences between the uk and india, they have many of the same problems. there is an issue getting ppe to their medics, elective surgery has been cancelled and there is less room in hospitals for people who are ill with other things. a stimulus package was agreed by the prime minister and finance minister to get funds to small businesses and poor people in urban and rural areas, the kind of thing which makes everyone around t

singapore is trading flat right now. we heard the country could see a deeper contraction than forecast. taking a look at oil, extending a recovery from the ugly, ugly selloff to below zero. futures in new york rising. brent for june also climbing. i want to pick up on what you are talking about and get to the gdp figures south korea released earlier. an analyst from morgan stanley joins us. what is your take? okay, it was a tad better than anticipated. you were expecting much worse. does it get worse than this as well? >> yes, i think first quarter is not the worst time. things will go further in the second quarter. a lot of what we are discussing is clients are trying to take a page out of the china book. the chinese economy has now normalized. a lot of the discussion on korea is centered on whether its mixed economy is normalizing. our view is korea will not follow china into a recovery in the second quarter, it will follow the rest of the world in eight slowdown into the second quarter, really driven by two factors. o

possible that singapore will also hold its election this year? is now entirely focused on tackling the crisis. it will be the priority of the prime minister as to when we will hold the election. our focus is to make sure the health of our people, including our migrant worker community, is take -- community is taken care of and that our economy will be able to recover. at the same time we are also focused on the long-term capabilities of our country. haslinda: minister, thank you so much for your insight today, minister chun sing chan. stay with us, plenty more to come. this is bloomberg. ♪ haidi: "bloomberg daybreak: asia." "bloomberg daybreak: asia." ins is shery: i'm shery ahn new york. u.s. secretary of state mike pompeo was calling for china to be more transparent about the coronavirus as the world continues to battle the pandemic. it comes amid mounting frustration in europe over beijing's handling of the outbreak. tom mackenzie has the story. is this just a further escalation? latest withst the the trump administration taking china to tas

questions about top singapore oil trader. could there be a much bigger hole in the countries -- company's finances? all of its claims of a cover-up. looking at the markets, asia falling along with u.s. futures. concerns about the week ahead. earnings from ibm, infosys, china mobile. a feis -- fresh crash in oil prices. chinese banks today lower.

this is bloomberg. ♪ haslinda: we are looking at singapore. m. in singapore. much in line with the rest of the region. singapore adding $3.5 billion to its stimulus, widening to 9% of gdp for the year. more cash handouts to the people. let's get our first word headlines. japansumer confidence in is at its lowest level since the financial crisis. cases promptvirus the government to declare a state of emergency. the pandemic hits incomes and keeps people at home. the government is planning a stimulus package shy of one toyota dollars. -- shy of $1 trillion. boris johnson is in intensive care in a london hospital after his coronavirus condition worsened. he was admitted sunday after 10 days in isolation. he became more seriously ill monday afternoon and remains conscious. recession fears arising in india as the dominant services sector contracted for the first time in five months amid a nationwide lockdown. the services pmi slipped last month. manufacturing activity is slowing, weakening the government attempts to boost the economy. the r.b.i. cut rate and announ

singapore stocks returned to bull territory. investors starting to price and -- price in a virus recovery. singapore reported 1000 new cases for the second day in a row. the lockdown has been extended for a month. the msci down 1.3%. let's get the first word headlines with karina mitchell in new york. karina: we start in japan, where the virus induced economic slump is propping the central bank to warn lenders to expect investment losses. the boj report says if the downturn is prolonged, more companies could face solvency issues and higher credit costs. it also warned fx funding may become more unstable, but said the economy remains resilient. a tentative recovery in air travel in china at last -- at less than half pre-coronavirus levels. 135,000 to mystic flights are operating dalian china compared covid-19 shutfore down travel. irs is the number of mainland flights has stalled since then. a new bloomberg survey makes grim leading for casino operators in macau. they are expected to shoulder a 95% slump in growth earnings. all s

singapore's tracetogether app. pol pot, one of the century's greatest mass murderers, is reported to have died of natural causes. he and the khmer rouge movement he led were responsible for the deaths of an estimated 1.7 million cambodians. there have been violent protests in indonesia, where playboy has gone on sale for the first time. traditionalist muslim leaders have expressed disgust. the magazine's offices have been attacked, and its editorial staff have gone into hiding. it was clear that paula's only contest was with the clock, and as for her sporting legacy, paula radcliffe's competitors will be chasing her new world best time for years to come. quite quietly, but quicker and quicker, she seemed just to slide away under the surface and disappear. welcome back. this is bbc news. the latest headlines: the number of coronavirus deaths in the uk passes 10,000, a record the health secretary calls a ‘terrible marker‘. another 737 deaths have been reported in 2a hours. singapore has joined other countries aro

ago,we spoke one month singapore had 160 cases. now singapore has the most cases -- i forgeter india the other country right now. singapore about how must not be complacent in the it manages the virus. has singapore pin complacent when it showed a low number of cases? think that is partly the case. viruse taken the seriously. whether the effort in terms of restrictions on travel and other restrictions in terms of the domestic population, and also the work we are now doing with the broker community in singapore, i would say that all our steps have been informed by the data, and then the trade-offs in making irrelevant decisions for our society and economy. we remain resolute. is to curb this virus in singapore. we are sparing no effort in that. the circuitnded breaker until the first of june. the cooperation of business in the population and we will overcome this. youinda: s. iswaran, thank for your insight this morning. plenty more to come on "daybreak: asia." this is bloomberg. ♪ haidi: china's april pmi's due today, analysts ex

we are keeping a watch on singapore reads. with the partial lockdown in the country, we could suffer double-digit blows to their income. ,ingapore has shut offices businesses, and schools for at least the next four weeks to contain the pandemic. for now, let's get the first word headlines in new york. >> a new study reveals the coronavirus is spread through china far faster than previously thought, suggesting more measures will be needed to halt the pandemic. each person infected early on probably passed the virus onto more than five others, more than twice the forecast from the health authorities in february. so far, more than 1.5 million people have tested positive around the world. there is a dire new warning about the effect of the coronavirus on global trade. ae wto says it fears shipments and orders may slump by about a third as the pandemic ravages demand. the wto says the drop could be worse than the financial crisis a decade ago. the organization says it's bleak forecast is due to the unpredictable nature of the pande

singapore index down by 7/10 of 1%. one outperform or on the index is --outperformer is the singapore exchange. its quarterly report. rishaad: oil extending gains we had seen before, going beyond what we saw the other day when we had negative oil. we are coming back to where we were before. we have the tokyo reopen next. this is bloomberg. ♪ haslinda: it is almost 11:00 in singapore. i'm haslinda amin. rishaad: we are entering the last hour of the morning session in hong kong. this is a look at our top stories. asian markets declining amid an uncertain session after reports that a leading coronavirus treatment tested poorly in trials. oil maintaining its recovery after a wild week. traders still concerned about the swelling global glut and a lack of storage for crude. as the weekend is nearly upon us, hong kong relaxing some curbs on restaurants. we look at the damage so far due to the shutdown in the pandemic. this is bloomberg markets. haslinda: markets pretty much red across the board. disappointed as the virus dru

a show of unity but the coronavirus pandemic has revealed deep inequalities in singapore. in germany many of the farm workers who harvest seasonal projects come from eastern europe that includes picking one of the nation's favorite vegetables asparagus without these seasonal workers the harvest can take place so the authorities have a great to allow $80000.00 of them to travel to germany on special flights but there are concerns over this safety. hubertus from grow to 50 hector farm has been in his family for generations asparagus is most important crop the german favorite . nearly all the pickers here are foreign seasonal workers this year half of hubertus regular work force stayed away because of worries over the coronavirus those who did come have helped to recruit friends and family from remain in bulgaria. if they hadn't come it would have made things very difficult for a lot of farmers what would we have done the asparagus plants would have survived they would not have done well but they would have survived whether the farms would have survived is another matter. the

but next, we speak to singapore's minister. he pushes his firm to make staff work from home or face harsh penalties. more to come. this is bloomberg. ♪ haslinda: welcome back. singapore says it will come down hard on companies that have not made serious efforts to emplace work and home arrangements. penalties for noncompliance could include orders to cease operations or fines. over 900 coronavirus cases. that's bring in the minister, who joins essex visibly on the line from singapore. minister, good to have you with us. these are challenging times. theapore talked about possibility of harsher penalties. could you elaborate on that? >> good morning. we have been advising companies for some time now to implement work from home measures. this is really critical if we are to be successful in safe distancing measures. workplaces are a very important part of the safe distancing measures. what he have found is that a number of companies have done exceedingly well and the telecommuting measures have some, 100% of80%, their staff work

that the cases increase began over through singapore's reported a record 400 $47.00 new cases the 3rd straight day of shop spikes did singapore take their eye off the ball everybody in the rest of what was sort of looking over those asian countries as examples to follow what singapore is a unique case because the majority of those of those new infections over the past week have occurred in the migrant worker population which are housed in massive dormitories comprising up to 20000 workers in each you know lodged in rooms between $12.20 people per room so it's a very densely packed environment where the infections are spreading very rapidly in the government putting a lot of effort into trying to bend that curve by pulling out people when they're sick massive testing as i think testing is key as well as isolating patients when when they're identified but if i can go back to the last question i doubt a couple of a couple of other conditions that i think ought to get met ideally a vaccine is available when lifting a curse the other thing i think that would be very helpful is preferred de

singapore is probably a little better than most. that is because the government is actually quarantining and hotels and paying for citizens to stay in hotels. but again, at vastly reduced rates. we are anticipating april to be in the teens across the region in terms of occupancy. there are blind spots. singapore probably performing better at the moment because of the government business. that's happening in other places like australia as well, but it's only major capital cities like melbourne, sydney, brisbane. -- most of the region's actually prohibited to go to restaurants and hotels, so it is quite dire at the moment. in times like this, you of course have this pipeline of hotels opening. are you seeing any postponement of that pipeline? the second part of my question is these are always times to learn and take stock as well as you look at the business. are there things that you have learned from these shutdowns and lockdowns in various cities that you perhaps see improving culture, improving workflow post the pandemic? pipeline,

the announcement coming as singapore reported its fifth death today. infections in the country currently topping 1,000. they say the measures will be in place for one month. back to you. >> thank you for joining us with that fresh news. >>> you can follow us on twitter @"street signs"cnbc and also directly at geoff cutmore and @julianna. >> more on the jobless claims numbers after the break. y olay . just one jar of micro-sculpting cream has the hydrating power of 5 jars of a prestige cream, which helps plump skin cells and visibly smooth wrinkles. while new olay retinol24... provides visibly smoother, brighter skin. for dramatic skincare results, try olay. and now receive 25% off your purchase at olay.com brand power. helping you buy better. yeah. this moving thing never gets any easier. well, xfinity makes moving super easy. i can transfer my internet and tv service in about a minute. wow, that is easy. almost as easy as having those guys help you move. we are those guys. that's you? the truck adds 10 pounds. in the arms. -okay... transfer your servi

especially in singapore. on april 13, singapore had more than 2900 cases while hong kong had 1009. so how can hong kong with a larger population sitting right next to mainland china manage to keep the numbers lower at least for now? observers say it could be due to the people here and their collective memory of another pandemic. >> it is fresh on the memories of hong kongers. when covid-19 broke out, people knew we needed masks, we needed to be away from one another, listen to the medical people, we need to close borders. the basic protocol that i think are found in any government in cases of pandemics and crisis, the hong kong people knew exactly what do. and they did it. >> reporter: nearly two decades ago, the sars outbreak killed just under 40% of fatalities in hong kong. so at the start of the latest pandemic, hong kongers were quick to wear masks. while in singapore -- >> you don't need to wear a mask if you are not sick. >> reporter: a government public service announcement said healthy people did not want to wear masks. months now, it is now mandatory to wear a mask outside

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sarah toms, bbc news, singapore. the duke of cambridge says britain is at its best when faced with a crisis. prince william made the comments as he video—called some of the first beneficiaries of national emergencies trust funding to see how they are coping during the coronavirus pandemic. i think britain is at its best, weirdly, when we are at a crisis. the community spirit and community feel comes rushing back quicker than anything else. one of the world‘s best known opera singers, andrea bocelli, has performed a live concert at the empty cathedral in milan. the tenor‘s music for hope concert was streamed live worldwide. reged ahmad reports. # ave maria...# andrea bocelli, one of the world‘s most famous and enduring tenors. he sang alone in this iconic milan cathedral, save for an organist. bocelli‘s voice filling the cavernous, empty space. the tenor was invited to sing by the mayor of milan and the body that looks after the cathedral, streaming his performance live online for free on easter sunday. tran

have 20 more on what's happening in singapore as well. this is bloomberg. ♪ francine: this is "bloomberg surveillance." losses ass reversed the russiaverse price work. for more on this is bloomberg's annmarie hordern. what can president trump or the u.s. actually do right now? >> good question when he came out with this tweet, the market reacted. oil,w a massive jump in canned the united states actually join a production deal? we did see the massive spike but the market came back and there's a lot of skepticism. if russia and savvy were to cut that amount of oil, it would be more than 40%. if the u.s. was to get involved, it's a question of if they even could. a thousand producers in the united states and it just does not operate that way. now we have this virtual meeting on monday. the big question is whether or not united states would attend. clearudi's made it very yesterday that they want to call for an urgent meeting but also with other members, notably the united states. francine: annmarie hordern they are with the very latest on

singapore had its highest cases, deadly as day yet. is there really a choice other all-encompassing approach here? steve: yes, no question about it. you have to look at it in a way that the benefits and cost of any policy that you are putting in -- what you're are suggesting is you blindly use a sledgehammer and shut everything down. it will be at a massive cost. that is the end of the story. i am saying you will have to use a much more fine tuned and sharp scalpel to deal with these problems. that is what we have seen. definitely in singapore, south korea, taiwan, hong kong, those places have already been through it. d concerns because there were cases picking up in singapore again. they are focused on containing those new cases and introducing new policies to deal with what is popping up in front of them each new day. haidi: singapore is going under a month-long circuit breaker. it is a nearly month-long shutdown of the economy. the wondering what about distribution of responsibilities between states and the federal government? there

but first, manisha in singapore. and many of these cases in singapore are migrant workers but still a warning about how restrictions should and should not be lifted. >> very much, john. and people are referring to this as singapore's second wave because back in mid-march, we actually weren't reporting so many cases of coronavirus and singapore was hailed for the gold standard. but then it all changed because lots of travelers, residents came back from countries like the united kingdom, united states, where kncoronavirus cas were exploding. and brought back into the population. the people are asking did we miss something here? was there more attention that needed to be given to the migrant community, even back then? all employers had to take measures such as taking temperatures, if people were encouraged if you feel unwell, stay at home. stay home for 14 days if you have to. so there were leaves of absences being given out or encouraged for anyone who felt a little bit ill. but it has, like you said, got into the mieg

more measureseing in hong kong as well as singapore. hong kong extending their restrictions to april 23. local newspapers saying schools to remain closed through may. singapore banning gatherings of any size of those people not living together. yvonne: it is a difficult trade-off, to help the economy or help the health of many. a bold calle had from goldman saying that we could still see a record 25% contraction this quarter due to this state of emergency. what can japan actually do under that declaration? >> they are doing everything they can. many people criticized japan as being late at this, whether they felt they had it under control or because they didn't want to jeopardize the olympics. now they have 92 deaths. tokyo has been having a hotspot of infections. the state of emergency is being put in place in osaka, in tokyo. also throwing the kitchen sink and everything else at stimulus. intervene, shinzo abe says, or else infections could reach 80,000 a month. japan is in a difficult situation. the economy definitely suffering even

nhk world, singapore. >> singapore has not been spared in the coronavirus pandemic. authorities have banned all foreigners from entering the country and that's hit the tourism industry hard. robot development continues, though. in fact, it is likely a strange new age of social distancing we're all living through will open up a new path for researchers to explore. and that is developing machines that can take over when people need to avoid close contact with each other. in the pre-coronavirus world, disruptive technologies generated much hope and hype after how they would transform our lives. the top infectiouous diseases expert in the united states warns that infections are almost certain to rise. the death toll in the u.s. is now the highest in the world. emmanuel macron is expected to extend france's lockdown to battle the coronavirus in the highly anticipated speech tonight. have died0,000 people from the coronavirus in the united kingdom, many flouting social

questions about top singapore oil trader. could there be a much bigger hole in the countries -- company's finances? all of its claims of a cover-up. looking at the markets, asia falling along with u.s. futures. concerns about the week ahead. earnings from ibm, infosys, china mobile. a feis -- fresh crash in oil prices. chinese banks today lower. measured by the pboc. rate cut by 10. all helping to cushion the economic impact of the virus. down almost 1%. bucking the trend. but stake a look at where we are in terms of asian stocks. they say this is not a reflection. rishaad: 15% down for new york crude. nevertheless, we have seen that severe weakness. gold not much of a haven. let's have a look at what we can expect from indian markets. the rupee strengthening by 6/10 of 1%. haslinda: the r.b.i. laying the ground for more rate cuts. president trump has suggested china may have deliberately caused the pandemic. china hit back, accusing washington of trying to shirk responsibility of its own failures. another ratcheting up of te

and we work in singapore we operate there. if there's any government in the world that you would bet on transforming it would be the government of singapore. i think his statement is very honest and he talks about jobs disappearing. statement is very honest and he talks aboutjobs disappearing. but then a very strong commitment to rescheduling the population. and finding those new jobs rescheduling the population. and finding those newjobs in new ways of working that are going to support people. so he says we can't support everyjob but we will support every worker. and that's a very strong commitment. yeah. jack, back to the telegraph. over the past 20 far, 48 hours is been quite a lot expect regulation of whether children will potentially carriers —— speculation. of the coronavirus. are causing this to spread. children do not transmit the virus says this expert. quoted in the telegraph. absolutely. this isa in the telegraph. absolutely. this is a massive deal. we know for some time that we've seen in the vast majority of c

singapore saw zero imported cases in the last several days. local transmission to the storms remains the key challenge right now for singapore. you mentioned indonesia, they are expanding that partial lockdown to areas near jakarta as well, impacting 34 million people. the president ordering airlines to limit the number of passengers to 50% capacity now, to make sure that travel is more expensive. the government is also open to banning people to -- from traveling during the end of ramadan, busy, -- a busy time in the country. so more travel restrictions there. yvonne man, thank you. be sure to check out our mapping tool at map virus go. get visual insight on the developing pandemic story. virgin australia shares are suspended in sydney as discussions continue over a potential restructuring. negotiations go on. the carrier has halted virtually all flights amid the coronavirus pandemic and has been exploring options for additional capital for weeks. toshiba to furlough 76,000 workers in japan, in an attempt to halt the spread of the coronavirus.

coming up next, singapore's coronavirus cases topping 10,000, as infections among workers continue to surge. we will get the latest on the virus. this is bloomberg. ♪ coronavirus cases in singapore have crossed the 10,000 mark as infections among migrant workers living in dormitories continues to rise. cases globally have topped 2.6 million. let's get to yvonne man with the latest. what are singapore doing about this, because they are bearing the brunt, the lions share of new infections? yvonne: the government is looking for new ways to house foreign workers as they deal with this crisis. more than 200,000 of them are living in tight quarters, often 10 people per room. they also share common areas like kitchens and bathrooms. it is mostly why the total number of cases in singapore has risen tenfold since the start of the month. a third day in a row yesterday where we sought new cases top 1000. earlier this week singapore began halting movement of these migrant workers into and out of their dorms. they have converted military camps, making public housing into interim public housing f

has been held up as a bit ofan singapore has been held up as a bit of an example of how to deal with the pandemic. clearly there is growing concern that if you ease the lockdown measures as we are seeing now in the uk, the second wave could result. we have seen in germany today as well with suggestions that the r rate is increasing to one which means it is dipping into potentially a financial growth again and we have seen this all across the world rather and the uk in a way is in an advantageous position because he could see how these things are playing out in other countries before deciding what to do itself. look at the number of beds, this is quite an extraordinary endeavour by singapore. 41,000 beds for isolation and care. an enormous number although some of those are going to come on stream although some of those are going to come on stream very although some of those are going to come on stream very quickly, i think about 80,000 in another 23,000 after that but it is worth bearing in mind that but it is worth bearing in mind that even in the uk, we expanded our back capacity by

sarah toms, bbc news, singapore. italy's government has told the bbc that some businesses will not be allowed to fully reopen until a vaccine is found. restaurants and bars face the most uncertainty and some have already collapsed since the lockdown began five weeks ago. the restrictions have been extended for another three weeks, while the government plans its next steps. jean mackenzie reports from rome. the tables still set for meals we re the tables still set for meals were never served. chiara built this place for the people of rome to meet, eat, and play music. but it has been five weeks since every restaurant in italy was shut down and, as the lockdown drags on, she is preparing to close for good. and this is the reality. when shops and businesses are reopened, it will be gradual and the places where you can't keep your distance will be last. we can't have a concert, we can't have a cinema. what about bars and restaurants? now it is impossible to imagine that the restaurants can reopen until the discovery of a

what's behind that and how is singapore dealing with it? >> reporter: it is, quite as you say, we were hailed as a great success story back in early march when we saw increases in new cases at zero. here we are, 233 cases up and last week a record jump of 287 cases. how did we get here? that's your question. when the coronavirus case was exploding in the united kingdom, singaporean citizens decided to come home. they were being recalled by the government, especially students, for example. a huge population of which are based in the u.k. they were urged by the government, all of those on foreign placements, to come back to the country. they did. what did they do? they brought coronavirus back with them. many of those who had impacted on the situation from the ministry of health because they sent out an alert saying anyone coming back from the u.k. and the u.s. would have to go into a specific quarantine. tourism has been hit. luxury hotels have been used for those quarantine measures, but you're asking about this spike in cases and you sort

places like singapore will benefit. shery: in places where the wealth and poverty gap is extreme, how much concern is there when it comes to the welfare safety net as we see unemployment become such an issue? peter: that is a very big issue in hong kong. say the wealth gap in hong kong is one of the highest in the world. it's health care coefficient is one of the worst in the world. aere is not a world of -- well-developed social safety net in terms of an employment. on the housing front, something like 50% of the total population lives in government-subsidized housing of one form or another. in some respects, there is some kind of social net. when it comes to unemployment, education, and that kind of thing, hong kong is much less well-equipped than many other developed societies. for example, around the pacific rim and the u.k., europe and the u.s.. is hong kong in real danger of losing its position as being the gateway to asia, the premier financial and commercial center of asia? or has it already lost that given what

of morningstar, joining us singapore. coming up, china tightening measures in its northernmost province after research of infections from russia. this is bloomberg. ♪ welcome back. beijing has announced plans to reopen schools to some students, even as quarantine measures are tightened near the russian border. our markets coanchor tom mackenzie is on the line. tell us more about what is happening in china. chinahat we are seeing is adapting the way it response to this virus as it tries to get the economy back on track but also to keep the risks of this virus spreading, or secondary outbreaks under control. we are seeing is a moving beijing gradually and slowly open up schools and education systems. they are saying that senior students can enter school on april 27. they have not given information about primary schools. on the northern border, between china and russia, there have been a pickup of chinese citizens returning from russia who are testing positive for coronavirus. those returning now have to be quarantined not

the app only works on i phones if the user keeps it permanently open as a result just 20 percent of singapore rians use it. aided by big tex new acceptable tools german app developers could have a corona wrap ready by june or. of a more i'm joined by martin digging a post-doctoral research or a university in borehole where he specializes in data protection good to have you with us this tell you how can a tracing app ensure data privacy on the one hand and limit the spread of the virus . yes 1st of all thanks for having me so that we've seen around the world over the last weeks. trek the uses every movement to do where they're been met except for hunter tracing to work at the airport to know all the specific details of who you met and where but it's only important to know that you have met a person that was later. infected so it's not important to actually know all the details but only to know that you have met someone and worked with the current debate in germany is all about europe and that's what we that what they're trying to implement with the latest version exactly and this is why it tak

let's get straight to singapore wheree1 manisha is standing by. singapore has been a real example ofçó controlling the number ofe1 cases. what since changed? >> reporter: well, it's basically a bit of an explosion of cases in the migrant worker population here, michael. this is a population of workers who tend to come from southern india. you often see them on the sides ì% or construction sites. there's been a cluster of new casesçó last week. anyone who has visited singapore will be very familiar withe1 it. it's where you'll find people in very close proximity and a number of those workers go to places like the mu sta fa center.ejl you talk about 233 new cases today. that's a spike last week which is our record of 287 of which one of those newxdok clusters wt that center. now they've seen that e1multipl out into the foreign worker dormitories and they're getting a spike inxd new cases which is remarkable because singapore just a short while ago was held up as the examplew3 of howxd to this coronavirus under control. this coronavirus under co

. >>> singapore was praised by its coronavirus response but on thursday singapore then reported 728 new cases. it's the single largest day increase since the outbreak began there. officials say most are linked to migrant workers. they often live in crowded dormitories. we're joined from singapore with more on that. certainly singapore an example of how quickly things can turn around, go bad. >> reporter: yeah, that's true, robyn. i would say singapore has a very joined up thinking way of approaching the coronavirus pandemic. we've been called out, certainly feels that way, when it comes to how this virus got into the migrant worker population. i think it's a story about how contagious this disease is. it only takes one or two people who aren't following the rules of lockdown. let's talk about the dorms. we mentioned they can often be crowded. in one of the biggest dorms, which is one of the biggest clusters for coronavirus here now, you can see 13,000 workers living in one of these buildings. and a typical dorm will house maybe -- anything between 6 and 12 migrant workers. these are oft

, 8:30 in singapore. yvonne: we are entering the last hour of the morning session in hong kong. japan is reported to be about to declare a state of emergency, and new stimulus measures as coronavirus cases soa r. there is a among top oil producers. saudi arabia and russia blame each other for the price crash. and the alleged sales fraud rises new questions about chinese commerce. we are joined by the asian corporate governance association. this is bloomberg markets: asia. haslinda: let's take a look at where the markets are right now. all in theorea money. we are seeing some stability in the fight against the virus, even though global virus cases are at 1.2 million fewer. in new york, italy, spain. the markets are brushing off the horrendous u.s. payroll number on monday. as far as the nikkei is concerned, it has been boosted by gains. the japan governor is due to speak today. they are saying the state of emergency, which could be called as early as tomorrow, saying tokyo could be affected. fti is read ri

singapore saw a record jump in cases. this has to do with workers living in dormitories. 728 new infections reported. singapore has over 4000 cases. 10 deaths. nine out of 10 of those new infections were from those 20 dormitories of migrant workers, where they live tightly packed in there. that is a sad tragedy unfolding in singapore. rishaad: always a pleasure. stephen engle for us in hong kong. the shortage of personal protective equipment has been a problem for frontline health workers, politically. we talked to a professor about this shortage of ppe and the requiref patients who ventilation. >> but we are looking at how many people become critically ill, we are looking at about 20% of people hospitalized eating some sort of acute care. sort of acutee care. those needing mechanical ventilation tend to skew towards the older population. we are still seeing that data in the u.s. consistent with what we have seen around the world. response in the u.s. and around the world, do they have enough protection to deal with the v

singapore has reported a record jump in day infections with more than 1400 cases confirmed on sunday health officials say most of the new cases are among ex-pat workers the victim dormitories the world health organization had praised singapore for its efforts and containing the outbreak the government has been struggling to stop the virus from spreading among its phone work is. israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu and his main rival benny gantz have agreed to form an emergency coalition government it ends a year long political crisis and prevents a 4th election the pair say they will steer the country through the coronavirus outbreak the government will last 3 years with netanyahu serving as prime minister for the 1st half and benny gantz will take over for the 2nd half well those are the headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera after inside story i'll be back again at the top of the hour don't go away. as economic pain starts to bite worldwide here to the coronavirus pandemic many countries are now beginning to ease lock downs and reopen their economies but what are the

they are the back bone that keeps singapore running, i have to say, natalie. you will see 12 men living in a room of six bunk beds. they live in close proximity. many come from india or bangladesh and you can imagine how they're here, alone, away from their families and they love to socialize. these are welcome in one proximity. i wouldn't want to look at that and see why this is the surge in cases. employers at those construction sites would have been taking temperatures, et cetera. you just can't be complacent about this highly contagious disease. in mid march they came back from places like the united kingdom and the u.s.a. where they had cases back to zero. we began to see the cases begin to tick up, begin to tick up. once one of those cases gets into an area where you have a cluster with migrant workers, there is that potential for a very quick spread. this is something the government seems to have -- seems to be seen as a weak spot for the government. in fact, they've even set up a designated task force to keep people safe? >> well, i can tell you we're

happening there we're worried in singapore. and the obvious is to comment on what's happening ok fair enough but you also base this on a 1st way if then supposedly we are expecting a 2nd wave are we but will it be a lot worse or would it be not as bad. so the current model is a one stage while it's natural of modeling am predicting multiple waves together it's a suitable word and the conditions for example that this is real or scenarios led government parties to the locker room and behaviors don't change and remain the same and innocent exaggerated in their predictions will be valid to predict their trajectory this century jarryd if one of us conditions or the conditions dramatically have changed and will be likely to see the 2nd wave was absurdly of not if we have to use the data for individual waves to feed the model so we have to the early starts quite what we're doing actually is a predictive model and there you continue to monitor the actual pieces together with the predictions because we know that it will worsen the resea