At six o’clock this morning, there was a “riot” in the international market when it opened. U.S. stock index futures fell more than 5%, hitting the downside limit, and Dow futures opened nearly a thousand points lower. Spot gold opened higher at $1,506.99 per ounce, and COMEX gold futures rose 1.7% in early trading. But the good times did not last long. After 14 minutes, spot gold fell by more than $13 in the short term. As of 06:36, spot gold fell by nearly $10 in the short term, reaching as low as $1,482.25 per ounce. Silver also turned from rising to falling, with spot silver falling by more than 2%, approaching $12 per ounce.
International crude oil futures prices continue to fall. As of 7:30 this morning, WTI crude oil futures fell 7.87% to US$20.85 per barrel; Brent crude oil futures fell 8.41% to US$24.71. /bucket. The U.S. dollar continues to strengthen, with the U.S. dollar index rising by 0.45% during the day. The New Zealand dollar fell 1.1% against the US dollar; the Australian dollar fell 1.5% against the US dollar on the day; the British pound fell 40 points against the US dollar in the short term.
It is worth noting that the US Congress has not yet reached an agreement on an economic rescue plan last night. Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Pelosi said during a meeting between major congressional leaders and Treasury Secretary Mnuchin on Sunday local time that House Democrats were not ready to accept the third round of economic stimulus bill being drafted by Senate Republicans because Democrats Questions remain about some of these aid regulations. If House Democrats do not support it, Senate Democrats will block the bill voting process on the afternoon of the 22nd local time. Previously, White House Economic Council Chairman Kudlow said that the bill would include an economic stimulus of up to US$2 trillion. According to the latest news this morning, the US Democrats blocked the Senate stimulus bill after negotiations failed.
The epidemic in the United States also continues to escalate. According to the real-time statistics system of new coronavirus pneumonia data released by Johns Hopkins University in the United States, as of 18:43 on the 22nd Eastern Time (7:00 this morning, Beijing time), there were 33,073 confirmed cases of new coronavirus in the United States. In addition to the United States, five countries, China, Italy, Spain, Germany and Iran, have cumulative confirmed cases of more than 20,000.
Following New York State, early this morning Beijing time, US President Trump declared that Washington State was also a “major disaster area” for the new coronavirus epidemic and ordered the federal government to provide assistance to all levels of the state. Government provides assistance. There are currently 1,793 cases of COVID-19 in the state and 94 deaths. Trump said he has approved major disaster declaration requests from New York and Washington state and will soon approve California’s application.
As the epidemic becomes more serious, US President Trump has turned into a doctor and strongly recommends two drugs to treat COVID-19. But he was soon “slapped in the face”.
Trump: There are two medicines for COVID-19! The “slap in the face” came too soon
Yesterday morning, US President Trump tweeted continuously recommending two drugs to treat COVID-19. He said in a tweet that hydroxychloroquine combined with azithromycin does have a chance to play a disruptive role in the drug world. The US Food and Drug Administration has overcome all difficulties. Thank you and hope that these two drugs will be put into use immediately. People are dying. Act quickly. May God bless you all. Trump also retweeted a tweet about the effectiveness of hydroxychloroquine combined with azithromycin in treating COVID-19, which showed that patients participating in the study completely eliminated the COVID-19 virus around the fifth day of treatment.
But then Anthony Fauci, the U.S. federal government’s top infectious disease expert and director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, warned at a White House press conference about the effectiveness of this drug combination. Sex has not been confirmed.
It is worth noting that in an interview with 2GB radio on March 20, Australian Prime Minister Morrison stated that the diagnosis of COVID-19 in Australia About 80% of the new coronavirus cases are imported cases from overseas or people who have had direct contact with people who have returned from overseas. Among these cases, “a large number of them originate from the United States.” Morrison also said, “I don’t think there is any indication that any country, including China, is doing anything deliberately.” Data released by the Australian Federal Department of Health on the 22nd showed that as of 6:30 local time on the 22nd, the country The total number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 has reached 1,098, an increase of 224 from the previous day, and a total of 7 deaths.
In a recent interview with the American media, Remucci, director of the Mario Negri Institute of Pharmacology in Italy, said that he had recently heard news from the medical community: “A doctor died in December last year. In March or even November, a strange type of pneumonia was seen that was very serious, especially in the elderly. This means that the virus may have been circulating in the northern Lombardi area before the outbreak in China.”
The Italian Prime Minister said that Spain is facing the worst crisis since World War II and Spain may extend the national emergency
According to data released by the Spanish Ministry of Health on the 22nd, Spain had 3,646 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 compared with the previous day, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 28,572, of which 1,720 died and 2,575 were cured and discharged. According to local media reports, the Spanish government stated on the 22nd that in order to curb the epidemic, it decided to extend the country’s originally scheduled 15-day national state of emergency for 15 days. The decision requires further approval by Parliament to take effect.
According to a report by Italy’s “La Repubblica” on the 21st, Italian Prime Minister Conte delivered a televised speech on the evening of the 21st local time and announced that in order to further curb the spread of the epidemic, Italy will…All non-essential and non-critical production activities will be suspended until April 3. Pharmacies and supermarkets will remain open; banks, postal services and other services will not be affected. Italy’s Prime Minister said it was facing the worst crisis since World War II. According to the latest data as of 18:00 on March 21, Italy had 6,557 new coronavirus patients and 793 new deaths in a single day, both the highest numbers since the outbreak.
As the hardest-hit area in northern Italy, the medical resource capacity of Bergamo has reached its maximum limit. At the same time, there are too many bodies of the deceased and they are unable to handle them. According to Italian media reports, Italy’s first temporary shelter hospital was put into use on the 20th.
Russia began to implement aviation controls. According to the Russian government order, Russia will temporarily restrict air traffic with all countries starting from the 23rd. In addition to charter flights for evacuation of overseas Chinese, only one route is reserved with each country. The Russian Federal Air Transport Agency has released the latest route information with 146 countries. Russia and China will maintain round-trip flights from Moscow to Beijing.
For the first time, a “super spreader” appeared in Saudi Arabia, and the President of Iran said that it would resume economic operations as soon as possible
Yesterday, Saudi Arabia added 119 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 to 511. The 72 new cases discovered in Mecca in the west are all Turkish nationalities. They were living in the same hotel when they were diagnosed. There were previously confirmed cases living in the hotel. This also means that a “super spreader” has been discovered in Saudi Arabia for the first time.
The Iranian Ministry of Health announced on March 22 that in the past 24 hours, there were 1,028 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Iran and 129 new deaths. At present, a total of 21,638 cases have been confirmed in the country, of which 1,685 people have died and 7,913 people have been cured. According to Al Jazeera, Iranian President Rouhani said that the epidemic control may be relaxed in 2-3 weeks. In his speech on Saturday, he said: Under the premise of ensuring that protection is in place, we will do our best to ensure the normal operation of society’s economic and production activities and cannot allow The enemy’s plot to shut down society succeeded. Iran will defeat the epidemic as soon as possible.
Emirates, the largest airline in the Middle East, will temporarily suspend all passenger operations from March 25. Emirates Group said there will be no layoffs and employees will continue to receive other benefits during this period. Emirates retains cargo business. </p
