Share markets rise as global sell-off eases

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Share markets in Europe and the US recovered some ground after a challenging Thursday. After European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen pledged "all the necessary measures" to support the most-affected European sectors amid the coronavirus crisis, Justin Urquhart-Stewart of Seven Investment Management discusses how the markets reacted. As the English Premier League, French football federation and all European Champions League matches were suspended over coronavirus concerns, Keiran Maguire, lecturer in football finance at Liverpool University in the UK considers the likely financial impact for football. We go on a workplace tour with Dr Jo Martin, president of the Royal College of Pathologists in the UK, to hear about sensible precautions workers can take against getting infected with Covid-19. Plus, as China reported just five new cases of the disease on Friday, Emily Feng of the US's National Public Radio tells us whether China is slowly starting to get back to work. (Picture: A stock market trader. Picture credit: AFP.)