Risk tones continue to stay on the defensive
US futures looked to have calmed down a little mid-way through European morning trade but are now pulling back lower again as we’re about 30 mins from London midday.

NHK reports on the matter
This has been an ongoing story since the weekend, with NHK also adding that Japan is to expand the state of emergency measures to 7 additional prefectures as well. A snapshot of the virus situation in Japan:

A summary of recent opinions at the Fed by the Wall St Journal
The headline seems to suggest that this is a fresh headline but when viewing the article, it appears to be more of a collective summary of what Fed policymakers have been advocating for over the past few weeks. Some recent quotes highlighted: