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Individuals suspected of infection could be placed in isolation and fined £1,000

Winning the war against coronavirus seems too reliant on myths about London under attack

European shares ended higher on Thursday after more emergency stimulus from the Bank of England, although questions remained over whether it would suffice to dampen the economic shock from the coronaries outbreak.

Denmark's central bank on Thursday raised its key interest rate to -0.60% from a record low in a surprise move to ease downward pressure on the Danish crown, which is pegged to the euro.

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned on Thursday that a global recession "is a near certainty" and current national responses to the coronavirus pandemic "will not address the global scale and complexity of the crisis."

SoftBank Group Corp is looking to raise an additional $10 billion to help its first Vision Fund support portfolio companies hit by the coronavirus pandemic, Bloomberg reported https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-03-19/softbank-seeks-10-billion-to-supplement-vision-fund-amid-crisis on Thursday, citing people with knowledge of the matter.

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Amazon.com Inc has started asking customers to cooperate with a Department of Justice criminal investigation of third-party sellers on its e-commerce marketplace, according to an email seen by Reuters.

The Bank of England is not abandoning central banks' long-standing opposition to printing money to help governments, its head Andrew Bailey said, after the BoE ramped up its purchases of government debt in response to the coronavirus crisis.

* Graphic: Trade-weighted sterling since Brexit vote http://tmsnrt.rs/2hwV9Hv (Recasts, adds comments, graph)

In calm markets "quadruple witching" usually passes unnoticed, but some market players are hoping this Friday's concurrent quarterly expiration of U.S. options and futures contracts could shake some sense back into stocks.