woo woo woo woo woo. woo. hoo. the director of a hospital at the epicenter of the corona virus outbreak in china has died from the illness highlighting the danger spacing help workers. i'm richelle carey this is al jazeera live from doha also coming out. here to union says it will force a struggling arms embargo of libya with sea and air patrols. the wife of the sisters prime minister is being investigated in connection with the murder of the former 1st lady will have a live report. an offer of support from iran is lebanon's government works to find

a way out of its economic crisis. began in china where the head of a hospital and will haunt the center of the corona virus outbreak has died of the disease lou the head of the hospital died on tuesday morning china's health authority says over 3000 health workers have tested positive for this virus and 6 have now died in total the corona virus has killed more than $1800.00 people $98.00 of them and the last 24 hours in china mainly on who bay province the outbreak is affecting the economy and china's finance ministry says it's offering a tariff exemptions on nearly 700 u.s. products including medical equipment robin bryant is at yokohama port in japan and that's were a cruise ship has been quarantined with with hundreds of cases 1st is go to beijing the worker trainee you joins us live so katrina the idea that this health care

worker health care workers are dying and now the head of a hospital how much what does it do for the level of fear that people already had. that's right there's been. a stream of outpouring of grief on chinese social media in response to the death of dr little dreaming he was a doctor relatively young in his early fifty's and the head of a very big hospital and there was a lot of shock that somebody at the top level of hospital could himself be affected by the grown a virus and it really highlights how overwhelmed underprepared who pays medical system was for this scale of outbreak 60000 there are 60000 cases of the krona virus in who bay province alone and there have been some major problems 1st of all there's been a shortage of staff to deal with this the hospitals simply don't have enough nurses don't have enough doctors many complain that they're working round the clock and

they have very few opportunities to take proper breaks to have to even sit down and have a proper meal because they're so overworked secondly there's a lot of inconsistency in the training in the knowledge of the stuff. a lot of the staff weren't familiar with this type of virus and there was reports that in the early days of the virus in january a lot of these patients or these suspected cases were coming in and they were simply being treated like they had the flu and obviously that would have also contributed to the spreading of this virus and the ability of the the likelihood of medical workers on the front line catching it they didn't have they were basically weren't prepared for the level of contagiousness and 3rd there was also and there still appears to continue to be a shortage of resources in terms of medical protective gear so we've seen lots of images of nurses and doctors wearing the suits masks gloves. and goggles but there simply isn't enough we're also seeing a lot of post on social media of doctors and nurses saying how they've had to reuse

some suits reuse a lot of gear just simply because there isn't enough to go arounds of that is really adding to the vulnerability of these medical staff on the front line china's government has responded in 2 ways we've seen so far. there have been about 10000 medical stuff flown in from all over china into cuba into the different hospitals throughout the province to try to help with this intense shortage of stuff and secondly they're trying to really boost the production of much needed medical supplies they've actually announced a few hours ago that they're trying to state owned enterprises even those who have no experience at all producing medical supplies to try to encourage them to do so and a lot of factories are being built just for this purpose to produce more masks and to bring more goggles so it's hoped at least the government hopes that this much needed equipment will be sent to who pay to the medical workers who need it the most new year with the wrap up there from beijing katrina thank you very much ok so

let's turn to robin pride is that yokohama port there is a cruise ship that has been quarantined there and rob specifically this cruise ship started out with with the few people that were infected now the number is well over 400 and there's been some criticism some concerns about how this is all being handled. absolutely it's a lot of concerns here just about the way you go about quarantining people in a shift like this and whether we works or not because of course we have seen over the past 2 weeks or so this spike in the number of infections it's not known just how many of these people way back to before the quarantine was put in place 2 weeks ago and then the symptoms manifested themselves afterwards or whether some of these infections or many of these infections have happened while supposedly this quarantine was going on that people were kept secluded in their cabins not allowed to mingle and yet somehow it does seem as though this infection has spread it's

just after nightfall here on this tuesday evening on what many of these some 3000 people still on this vessel hope will be there last night of this ill fated cruise because of course tomorrow wednesday that is the official end of this period of quarantine that the good news for passengers on board is that after a lot of criticism about the length of time it's taken to test everybody on board this vessel that testing has only finally 2 weeks into this quarantine been done and people will be getting back the results of those specimens the results of their tests over the next few days and as they do get the results back if they should press shown to be negative they do not have the coronavirus then they will impact is it is hoped there be released to finally move on and go home to their home countries the catch is though for many people we already know from some of the people who have returned to the united states for others who are returning to

places like australia that they will face another 2 weeks of quarantine when they get home to their home countries so this ordeal is not over yet but at least this part of it this cruise that many people signed up for maybe a couple of weeks ago way back in december is finally it seems coming to an end ok rob mcbride with a wrap up from yokohama rob thank you. so more on that cruise ship it's a mercy some u.s. citizens move from the cruise ship quarantine in japan were infected with the krajina virus when they were airlifted back home they were part of a group that was on to flights officials only lorand about their test results when they were already on their way to the plane's castro has more. now on the. way the norm for the u.s. government's original plan had been to keep off the planes anyone suspected of or known to be carrying the coronavirus but that's not how things turned out the state

department says all 338 americans evacuated from the diamond princess cruise ship had appeared healthy when they disembarked but during the 40 minute bus ride to the 2 awaiting cargo planes the japanese health ministry called with news that 14 passengers had tested positive for corona virus american officials then decided to allow those passengers to continue with the evacuation isolating them behind white curtains near the plane's tails other passengers then boarded the route we're down here where we're on in the morning there and after difficulty pretty miserable where there's massive row everybody had to go the ramp or i'm on the bus was with revising their private 5 hours where they get off across the. courtesy very very well on the buses the infected and apparently healthy passengers had mixed given that they were still on a learning curve well iris i think us public health admissions made the best

decision they could recognizing that the alternative leaving them on the ship was was not. by the time they landed in california and texas 5 apparently healthy passengers had developed infection symptoms now all the evacuees are in coron teen with 13 high risk cases transported to the university. nebraska medical center well there's been no documentation that came with them so everything has been sort of passed along and passed along you know and they've had a very long journey so i think we're not going to make any assumptions about anything that's passed along virtually we're going to go ahead and just test everybody by the government's numbers 5 of the evacuees who tested positive in japan are being treated at undisclosed hospitals near military bases meanwhile a number of americans still remain aboard the diamond princess in japan they had turned down the offer to evacuate and instead hope to complete their corn teen on

board the ship the news now that 14 infected people on the flight with everyone else has just confirmed to us that they were really providing a safe method of transportation back to the united states the u.s. state department has completed a half dozen evacuation flights from asia since the corona virus outbreak began those other evacuations happened as planned but this latest incident draws scrutiny to the u.s. government's response and nearly double the number of confirmed coronavirus cases in the u.s. overnight i do joe castro al-jazeera washington their opinion is planning to launch a new c.n.n. or patrols in the eastern mediterranean to stop more weapons from reaching libya's warring sides it's like weeks of negotiations for either nations to reach an agreement on this new force talks to try and establish a lasting cease fire in libya are due to resume on tuesday our diplomatic editor james space reports from geneva. foreign ministers of the european union meeting in

brussels have decided in principle to start monitoring illegal arms flows to libya however they've also actually cancelled an already mandated e.u. mission operation saffir that used to have ships in the mediterranean from 2015 to deter migrants until the naval vessels were withdrawn as a result of a talian pressure instead of retard skiing that help aeration they now have to set up a new naval and air mission which may even need fresh u.n. security council authorization it could all take months to find some of the international arms embargo isn't the only major problem affecting peace efforts in libya in the coming hours talks will resume here at the u.n. in geneva between 5 representatives of the internationally recognized government in tripoli and 5 from general have to decide to try and get

a cease fire can you give us a readout of how they went the government's representative at the u.n. in new york libyan ambassador sunny told me the previous round of talks had been far from easy and there's a lot of issues that we don't need and together but there are some parts that as mentioned from the u.n. led process that could be a breakthrough but i'm still. have to be cautious because we notice that there are certain elements that we look into in terms of the return of i.d.p.'s the area and where the withdrawal areas are these are things that are still and good discussions and are not clear yet at the munich security conference the u.n. has except the special representative of libya made it clear if they can silence the guns the plan is for wider political talks in just over a week's time james spays out 0 geneva. go live now to the libyan

capital tripoli on al-jazeera where abdel wahab is there so the un backed government how are they reacting to what the e.u. says they are going to do to stop the flow of weapons. as you know that this decision still needs to be authorized by the united nations security council but the reaction from the government here came a by the spokesman of the foreign ministry here mohamed and give below we were told that the government is rejecting this decision by the european union why because the government believes that it's unfair because the main supporting line for have to his forces in the east comes through the egyptian borders which is not part of this to be a brewery operation this operation does not entail monitoring the egyptian borders

the government in tripoli says that this decision by the opinion may block only. naval ways to bring weapons to the government of national board and meanwhile might not prevent the arms flow to have those forces in the east through education borders but meanwhile. there is another reaction from namely from the arc party which says that there is concern by the party that and the spokesman of the party just sad that if the e.u. approach to the libyan issue is not right because i have to that has been supported by egypt and the united arab emirates and as you know that. there are reports stating that $3000.00 tons of munitions have been supported to have to only the

united arab emirates only after turkey and russia brokered the cease fire the last month. i had with the latest from aaa mahmoud thank you. still ahead on al-jazeera makes me feel i'm greeting its new feel like a letter to the country we hear from ugandan students stuck in honduras frustrated by her government's response. however got plenty of showers in the forecast across southeast asia that if you show us are rolling into the philippines that also is easing up towards the central and southern parts of vietnam a keen northeast leeway in that movie steam on suv driving the showers through southern parts of thailand malaysia peninsula we'll see some rather wet weather

over the next couple days malaysia seeing some very heavy showers as we go through what a stand if anything thursday it looks wet still across a good part of indonesia so the thundery downpours continuing to rumble away paris is the case across northern parts of australia live the showers continuing here and into the southeast at least the side of victoria seeing quite a bit of thunder reactivity at the moment i'm hopeful that the shot was will tend to ease off as we go through the next couple of days little area of low pressure just into the far south of new south wales it's an area of victoria i would tend to ease away as we go on through the next day or 2 times in melbourne at around 1920 celsius as we go through the next day or so where to stay a high of 17 therefore hope that wet weather that wintry weather that windy weather i should say that will make its way over towards new zealand not quite reaching back behind it we have got the heat building across the western side of australia perth with a high of 35. a

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coronavirus has now passed 1800 after china reported 98 more deaths in the last few hours the head of a major hospital in mohan the epicenter of this outbreak has also died from the virus their opinion has announced it will began new see an air patrols in the eastern mediterranean to stop more weapons from reaching libya's war in sides talks to try to establish a lasting cease fire in libya are due to resume on tuesday in geneva. seduce 1st lady has appeared in court for her alleged role in the murder of her husband's 2nd wife said to bonnie is charged with ordering the killing to pillow to bonnie in 2017 she's been granted bail but was a court for a pretrial hearing into miller joins us from outside the courthouse in the capital must say russo for me to tell us what happened in court today. well this was. a 2nd appearance in court she remains out and burial and even

though they are members of the public especially members of that abani family who say that she's dangerous and they actually want that of bail revoked they want that decision revoked and they're applying to the court for it to really really look at her bail conditions aside from the charges she's facing police say they are continuing their investigations ahead of her next appearance in march and we are likely to see more risk being made and we can't rule out that the prime minister himself dumped a bunny could face a similar charges as these police investigations continue aside from the implications of this murder for the prime minister he also faces political difficulties from within his own party the all but 2 to a convention it's a party that's divided there are members that support him there are others who say he should step down we've spoken to some of those party members of say that the 1st

lady my seattle bonnie has had far too much control over tom divine and this is what's contributed to these political divisions but this is a case a story a minute murder mystery intrigue that captured the attention of people across the small country here's a look at some of the events that led up to this latest court appearance. police have charged the suitors prime minister thomas to barney's wife my cea seen here with the murder of his previous wife almost 3 years ago de paulo reportedly refused to divorce her husband after he'd begun a new relationship with my c.e.o. the intrigue has not only caught the attention of the nation of more than 2000000 people but it's also led to political tensions police commissioner really says to barney instructed that he be sacked as the investigation gains momentum a quarter later ruled that his job be protected from the.

information or evidence. but of. the people. coming in. to give us information and intelligence my cea has been released on bail but some members of the to bonnie family want that decision reversed they say the brutality of the murders shows she's dangerous it was here in hama sana de paulo to barneys home that people say she realized her life was in danger just days before her death someone tried to break into our home but the attacker flared when her neighbors were alerted within days was shot and killed on this road while traveling home with a friend witnesses say 4 men fired at a vehicle they're too afraid to speak to us on camera saying they fear for their safety both my c.i. and a lawyer declined requests for an interview but in court papers she's denied having

anything to do with the murder and says the police have acted maliciously prime minister to bonnie has been linked to the crime too but hasn't been charged police say a call was made to his mobile phone from the scene of following the murder he is not the kind of guy who would plot have been and still i stand to be corrected but i have different convictions in a slow and his new wife is concerned the scandal has worsened divisions within the governing all of us who to convention party are some within the party supporter bernie others want him to resign for people to listen to these developments may be unprecedented but remain a test for their democracy and the independence of its courts for me to miller al-jazeera a serious suit to. turn to our top story now the spread of the coronavirus some countries are moving quickly to evacuate their citizens from china's him a province others like uganda don't seem to be available and as a ugandan student stranded in will hansei and she says she is frustrated by her

government's response. well we have gone through. the embassy they are going to never see it as a sort of being brought up in the parliament in uganda and all that means those are aware of what's going on and they are well we are praying for evacuation but. look he waits us because they don't think they are able to contain the virus in case it broke out in uganda so they decided to send us money but money is not really what we need i know the other one is that they were able to quarantine the other ministers who came from china and went to uganda so it works pointing to. the i mean he still is but i don't understand why they don't do the same thing for us the student gets us out of here we can still quarantine us so we went up to the media so i only know about the situation honestly makes me angry makes me feel like i don't matter to the country look our lives don't matter they don't care.

it's none show you the best decision and if you're the evacuation going still being made it and it's best we prevent that is then having don't just lately get the disease well stick to have a writer and bankcard the a skype she's the c.e.o. of development reimagined a beijing based consultancy specializing in china's ties with africa we appreciate your time so much so and i don't expect you to speak for the ugandan government but what would you say to someone like gabrielle and who's in this situation is probably scared and says my country doesn't care about me because they won't get me out of here. well i think the challenge is for a lot of the african governments especially as you know only 8 african governments have been able so far to evacuate their citizens. to handle the effects of province the biggest you know stuck between a rock and

a hard place their students are in the epicenter they are locked down they've been so good. about a month now while at the same time if they do take them over to african countries they are going to be you know potentially it of course situation in the african continent is well known for having fairly poor health systems you know literally if you look at some of the w.h.o. indices african countries are using 48 percent on average of what they are owed their health systems compared to other countries around the world so it's it's a really difficult challenge for the countries can they manage it as well as others so they manage it as well as or are you saying in some situations they may actually be better off in ohio and as this as this situation works works its way out are you saying that well this is what many governments are saying i'm from kenya the kenyan

government certainly some officials in the government have said exactly that at the same time it's very important that the governments recognize that these students are in a very difficult situation as some of them are have a real psychological problems too and you know it's several african countries who have started to divide counseling services from home and i'm hoping that that will be something which is expanded to them nevertheless. it is going to be a very difficult situation and it's for every single country to make their own decision that's an interesting point you just made that even if they students and people are being flown back to their home countries are saying there are still things that their countries can do for them even from afar. absolutely so we have seen some of the embassies in the ugandan student just mentioned that some of the embassies have provided extra funds for the students and such as those who are in

the epicenter so helping them to go and find extra food supplies and medical supplies as well. there are those who are providing the counseling services so there are definitely things that can be done not even just by governments even you know diaspora civil society can be helping there's no reason why not foundations to at the same time they still need to be thinking it's shall we evacuate or not and right along going to such an african countries have decided so far and a writer thank you so much for your insight with development re-imagine we appreciate it thank you. the speaker of iran's parliament has become the 1st foreign official to visit lebanon since a new government came to office and they wrote ali larijani said iran stood ready to help lebanon struggling economies and a hoarder reports from beirut ali larijani is the 1st foreign official to visit lebanon since the new government took office last week iran's parliament speaker came with a message of support from iran's leadership and his visit also seems to be

a message to the international community as well lebanon is caught in the crossfire between the united states and iran and it is allies of the islamic republic who control lebanon's cabinet. lebanon managed to overcome a sensitive and difficult phase when it for the new government we hope the new government will be able to succeed and we are ready to call put it with it and give it our full backing but iran's growing influence in the cabinet through its local ally hezbollah seems to be hurting lebanon's ability to secure much needed funds from both the international community and the arab world prime minister has sandia his government is seeking all the help it can get as a deals with the unprecedented economic and financial crisis international community is more or less in the wait and see mode. the us administration has to liberating internally how to deal with them along so there is no decision you know obviously for of the europeans they are conditioning to reforms and waiting to see

what the government will commit to. well for the for the arab countries and maybe maybe so do. you we will have more. griefs maybe against this government politically the trumpet ministration so-called maximum pressure campaign against iran is also targeting its allies in the region the u.s. says hezbollah is a terrorist group and recently extended sanctions to target hezbollah's members in parliament that's an effort to weaken the group's control of the lebanese state and its political system u.s. secretary of state mike pompei a won't say if the us administration will work with lebanon's new government instead he reiterated what united nations has repeatedly said that any any assistance will depend on reforms like fighting corruption and tax evasion and supporting an independent judiciary lebanese politicians who have been in power for

decades have repeatedly pice boned implementing reforms that would weaken their hold on power but they are under increasing pressure the economy is collapsing lebanon is close to bankruptcy and iran's influence in the government threatens international isolation so. beirut. can take up the headlines right now on al jazeera the number of people killed by the coronavirus has now passed 1800 after china reported 98 more that the number of confirmed cases are past 73000 that had a major hospital in the epicenter of the outbreak has also died from the virus he says 7 health worker to have died from this illness over 3000 others are confirmed to have the virus has more from beijing. there's been a lot of sadness and

a lot of shock as well chinese social media in response to the death of you dreaming he was a man in his early fifty's and they're saying that if the head of a very important hospital which i'm hospital could not be protected from the coronavirus than than who can and i think it highlights to many in china that this is still a very serious situation yes we've seen on state media the pushing of this positive news that cases outside of who they seem to be dropping steadily but we have to remember that inside who bay medical system is very much still overwhelmed and from what we can see under-resourced european union has announced it will begin a new c.n.n. or patrols in the eastern mediterranean to start more weapons and reaching libya's warring sides it's like weeks of negotiations for e.u. nations to reach agreement on the new force talks to try to establish a lasting cease fire in libya are expected to resume on tuesday or learn the hof tar launched an offensive in april to capture the capital tripoli from the un recognized government was souter's 1st lady has appeared in court for her alleged

role in the murder of her husband's 2nd wife to say it's a bonny is charged with ordering the killing of to below its bombing in 2017 has been granted bail but was in court for a pretrial hearing iran's parliament speaker ali larijani has become the 1st foreign official to visit lebanon's new government in met president michel own and said iran is ready to help revive the economy prime minister has promised to come up with the plan to deal with the financial crisis protesters are denouncing his new cabinet insisting on a complete overhaul of the political system so the headlines keep her on al-jazeera at the top of the hour we have a news hour for you as turned over to women make science. the race for the white house has begun this month to 04 states have their say then wants to place donald trump the action. genre through africa to continue to procrastinate to for

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