welcome to newsday. i am mariko oi. i'm in singapore. the headlines. the world is in ‘unchartered terrotory‘ say health chiefs as the number of deaths from coronavirus passes three thousand. but what is it like to contract covid—19? we hearfrom one survivor on the impact of the virus. almost felt like i wantel go i almost felt like i wanted to go knock on the wall and talk to the other patient next door and have some conversation with and have some conversation with a human being. i'm kasia madera in london. also in the programme. benjamin netanyahu claims victory in israel's third election in a year — but can he finally form a government...? and on the eve of super tuesday — another boost forjoe biden

in the race to take on president trump. live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news. it is newsday. good morning. it's 8am in singapore and midnight in london. we've entered ‘uncharted territory'. that's the latest warning from the world health organization about the spreading coronavirus. deaths have now, 3000, worldwide. italy in particular, saw a big jump on monday. but the head of the who said that in some places,

containment measures were beginning to work. the bbc‘s laura trevelyan has this report. a symbol of how far away the coronavirus has spread, the most visited museum in the world, the louvre in paris, has been forced to close its doors to the public. there are four main hotspots to the virus across the globe. china has seen nearly half of all deaths, they have more than 80,000 infected people. south korea has 4300 cases. and both italy in iran have both over 1500 cases each. in the last 2a hours, there were almost nine times more cases reported outside of china than inside china. in the us, three more deaths were reported on monday at a nursing home in washington state. we are now starting to find more covid—i9 cases in washington. that appear to be acquired locally here in washington. and we now know that the virus is actively spreading in some communities here in washington. the majority of confirmed infections in the us so far,

are people who were passengers on the cruise ship diamond princess, a couple who were quarantined on board and are now at an air force base in texas just learned they cannot leave somebody in the group has tested positive for coronavirus. 0urfeelings and emotions have been a roller coaster. we are feeling frustrated, we are feeling shocked that we were supposed to go home and now we are not. we are disappointed. we miss our family. we miss ourfriends. we miss our life. as tensions rise, president trump faces criticism that his administration has been slow to respond to the outbreak. we are talking about a vaccine, may be a cure a vaccine, may be a cure is possible. we will see about that. but we are talking about a vaccine. the president has tied his economic fortunes to the stock market. wall street rallied on monday after huge losses last week. many hope the federal reserve will cut interest rates this month. but as testing for the coronavirus expands here in the us, it is likely more cases will be detected and it is unclear how far

the virus is spread already. we'll get more on the coronavirus in a moment, and find out how much worse it might get. but let's take a look at some of the day's other news. israeli prime minister benjamin neta nyahu is just short of being able to form a majority government according to exit polls after israel's third election in under a year. the polls suggest netanyahu's likud is the largest party with about 37 seats while the blue and white alliance of his main rival benny gantz is on around 33. the bbc‘s anna foster is in tel aviv. the exit polls come all three of them come in three different main broadcasters here in israel come all three of them give benjamin at that how you right wing block parties 66 as say, the magic number is 61. —— benjamin netanyahu. for the things he said in the run—up come he seems to think that he

can temptand come he seems to think that he can tempt and mk away from another party. to give him the majority government. here, they are treating as a celebration. let me show you the hall here at the election party. you can hear the very loud pop music playing. you can see the flags waving. they are dancing here. 0ver there at the stage is set for benjamin netanyahu. it will ta ke to for benjamin netanyahu. it will take to the podium there and making what they call a victory speech. anna foster. and we'll have be talking to a journalist in tel aviv a little later for more on this. that is it right there. we expect mr neta nyahu that is it right there. we expect mr netanyahu to make that speech or claim to victory speech at the party headquarters in tel aviv. cheering and singing for the publication of those exit polls. they support their sinking bb king of israel is alive following that publication. i have to stress that this is an exit poll of

the moment and we are still waiting to confirm the full result. but this is the immense life. benjamin neta nyahu claiming victory in this third general election injust claiming victory in this third general election in just one year. though the exit polls suggest is right wing block will fall just suggest is right wing block will falljust short of being able to form a coalition government. i spoke to somebody earlier who said there might be a fourth election but let's keep our eyes on the shot here at the headquarters where mr netanyahu at the headquarters where mr neta nyahu will start speaking and we hope to bring that to you soon. 0ff talking to somebody in tel aviv earlier in they were discussing the fact that while potentially there could be a fourth election, but we have to wait and see because we have to wait and see because we just we have to wait and see because wejust had we have to wait and see because we just had the exit poll so far. also making news today. . .. greece says it will immediately return anyone who enters the country illegally, as several thousand

migrants try to cross the border from turkey. it's also suspended asylum applications. turkey earlier announced that it would no longer stop people trying to enter the european union. the taliban are to resume attacks on government forces in afghanistan just days after signing an agreement with the us, which was billed as a step towards peace in the country. the deal included a commitment to hold peace talks with the afghan government. but the taliban's spokesman said this wouldn't happen unless 5,000 taliban prisoners were released. the vatican has opened is archives i'm pius xii. they are kept secret for decades amid accusations that he turned a blind eye to the holocaust. critics say he knew that nazi germany was murdering dues but failed to act. but the vatican says that pius xii of work behind the scenes to save the dues. dozens of scholars are proof preparing to pour over

the many documents. —— to save the many documents. —— to save the dues mac. reta rding retarding out our top story. —— returning now to our top story. a little earlier i spoke to professor stephen morse who teaches epidemiology at columbia university and asked him whether he agreed with the who that the virus could be contained. i agreed that we are in uncharted territory. the attempt to contain a something we have never done before. i think it is a remarkable and herculean effort, so really unprecedented. and we don't know at this stage whether it will succeed. so far it has held the virus back in a number of places. but it is hard to say whether that can really be sustained for very long. we are buying time however at the very least. some experts say that a0 to 70% of the world may get infected and that this should be treated as another seasonal flu. do you agree with that?

well, i agree with part of that. it is certainly true that left to its own devices, if this were unchecked, probably about a0 to 70% of the world, at least theoretically, could become infected. as with a flu pandemic. i think it is very similar to what we have seen in flu pandemics, that would be my first thought about it. the seasonal flu, in comparison, is also the seasonal flu comparison is also apt but the more seasonal effects might come later. not now. it seems like some are hoping that warmer weather in china and parts of the world could slow down the spread of the disease. is that true in your view? we won't know until it gets here. i think it is an optimistic point of view. i wish it were true. but i don't think we have a strong scientific basis for that. 0ther coronaviruses have managed to survive in hot

climates like the middle east respiratory syndrome and even a number of flu pandemics have come during the summer rather than during the flu season. so i think it would be nice if it happens but i don't think we can depend on that. the who has come under a bit of criticism for not declaring it a global pandemic. how close are we to get that? i think the term pandemic carries a lot of rather nasty connotations from many people. in fact, a pandemic technically is reallyjust an epidemic or an outbreak that is very widespread. so we really shouldn't be thinking that pandemic means something catastrophic or apocalyptic, however if it covers a broad area, then essentially it is a pandemic. once it continues to spread or if it continues to spread the, i think it will be a matter of deciding when it feels like a pandemic to people but it doesn't say anything about the severity. just the extent.

i want to mention we have much more information online about how you can prevent the spread of the virus. another democrat vying to take on president trump in november has dropped out of the race. this time it's amy klobuchar and, in a snub to the frontrunner bernie sanders, she's endorsed joe biden. the senator from minnesota will fly to dallas to join a rally for the former vice president in a few hours‘ time, where she will endorse him. we also expect pete to endorse joe biden. he is on a bit of a role at the moment. —— pete buttigieg. meanwhile president trump is speaking at a rally in charlotte, north carolina. those are the images live

there. carolina one of those states that will be taking a in super tuesday. the super tuesday primaries in which 14 us states will be casting their vote to determine the democratic presidential nominee. donald trump, yes, he is trying to get some of the limelight on himself. he is expected to speak at that rally again. at another podium we will be watching and when he sta rts will be watching and when he starts speaking hopefully will be able to dip in and have a little lesson. it sounds like it is starting now. like he is coming up. he isjust being introduced. live image from charlotte, north carolina. the president immediately speaking ahead of the super tuesday primary. we hope to be able to bring a little bit of what the president is about to say. he

is actually... what we will do, it seems like he is getting a lot of applause so when he succumbs to speak we will bring that lie to you. that's when he sta rts that lie to you. that's when he starts to speak. —— we will bring that life. you're watching newsday and the bbc. still to come... surviving the coronavirus infection ——— we speak to a former patient about her journey to recovery. also coming up... the bbc uncovers evidence that police in the indian capital delhi acted alongside hindu rioters during a wave of attacks on muslims last week. first, the plate slid gently off of the restaurant table. then suddenly, the tables, the chairs and people crashed

sideways and downward. it was just a matter of seconds as the ferry lurched onto her side. the hydrogen bomb, on a remote pacific air terminal, the americans had successfully tested a weapon whose explosive force for that of the bomb dropped on hiroshima. i heard the news earlier. and so my hat went back and back. the constitutional rights of these marchers, are their rights of citizens of the united states, and they should be protected even in the right to test them out, so they don't get their heads broken and are sent to hospital. this religious controversy, i know you don't want to say too much about it, but do you worry about it that it will boil over in the states? it worries me, yeah. but i hope everything will be all right in the end of the day. this is newsday on the bbc. welcome back. i am mariko 0i.

in singapore. i'm kasia madera and london. our main stories this hour... the head of the world health organisation says the outbreak of the new coronavirus has entered uncharted territory, but can still be contained. with official results yet to be announced — israel's prime minister — bejamin netanyahu— has claimed victory in the country's third election in a year. let's go back to charlotte, north carolina where we expect the president trump to speak any minute now. the head of the big super tuesday. let's take a listen. with thousands of hard—working american listen. with thousands of ha rd—working american patriots who love our country may cherish our values, respect our laws, and always put america first. cheering. eight months from now, we are going to defeat the radical socialist,

we will win the great state of north carolina in a landslide. we won it last time, we will win at this time by even more. eric and laura named their daughter, you know her name is? carolina. her name is carolina for a reason. this is an incredible time for our nation in our country is stronger than ever before. she and today, we just had the largest one—day increase in the stock market in history. that is great. that was great. 0ur opponents said oh, maybe he is in trouble, they would do anything. i'm sure they were thrilled. do you think are upon us were happy

when they saw the stock market today? i don't think so. by the way, look at this. look back there. look at all of that press. bo0ing. look at all of that press. bo0ing. i don't know. if sleepyjoe or bernie, i don't think they have that much press. bernie was going wild. why would i be here tonight? why would i be here? he said why would i be here tonight. we don't have the primary. we've already won. i was going to say, i held it back. there was a horrible language. he used horrible language. he used horrible language they would say. but we are doing fantastic. there's never been a time with the republican party was so unified as it is now. any you hear about enthusiasm for crazy bernie and that is true. he has

some. but much less than we have. and a much squalid group of people too. there is not a lot of enthusiasm. that's a much smaller group. it is not a lot of enthusiasm forjoe biden. booing. i lot of enthusiasm forjoe biden. bo0ing. ithought lot of enthusiasm forjoe biden. bo0ing. i thought he gave up the presidency. he said he is running for the senate. i looked at the first lady and said, he is ready for the senate. and today he just said super thursday, he is looking forward to super thursday. jobs are blooming in our country, incomes are soaring. poverty has plummeted. confidence is surging and we have completely rebuilt the awesome power of a thing called the united states military!

every day for me and for you it is promises made and promises kept. every day. one of the most important promises i've made is right to this era. we look at it, it is the never ending wars in the middle east. we are taking our soldiers, we are bringing them back home, we are bringing them back home, we are not law enforcement. we are bringing them back home. american troops cannot be the policeman for the world. or to create democracy. in other nations that frankly probably don't want to. the job at the american military is to secure and defend our country. cheering. two days ago, the united states signed a deal with the taliban so that after i9 with the taliban so that after 19 years of conflict. in very

close to 20, we can finally begin to bring our amazing truths back home. cheering. after yea rs of truths back home. cheering. after years of rebuilding foreign nations, we are finally rebuilding our nation and taking care of our own american citizens. in all of the things that we have done, we have wiped out terrorists, we have done so much and we are 1000 miles away. you have a lot of big countries said i rounding afghanistan. afghanistan itself, the progress that was made was made possible by the extraordinary valour of our men and our women extraordinary valour of our men and ourwomen in extraordinary valour of our men and our women in uniform. you know that. please pay a pressure tribute. and i know you paid. a very special

tribute to our great wounded warriors to those who made the ultimate sacrifice. —— and i know we pay. as we bring back our troops, we are committed to ensuring that foreign terrorists are denied admission to america in the first place. they are not coming care. if they do bad things might. the president of the united states donald trump there at a rally in charlotte and north carolina. with the usual bullying of the press there. i had the 2020 presidential election. also ahead of super tuesday. nc one of those states that will be choosing voting on super tuesday the who president trump will be standing against in the democratic corner. american politics there. we

will go back to israeli politics. this is the live image where benjamin netanyahu is speaking at the headquarters in tel aviv. he is claiming this as a victory after the exit polls. they say that he doesn't have enough seats to form a government, this is the third election in israel. noga tarnopolsky is a freelance reporter in tel aviv. i spoke to him earlier. she was telling me how he could be on the cusp of achieving a conclusive victory. israel is going to be in limbo probably at least for the next 2a hours. they are just starting to count the real votes. and then afterwards, they‘ re the real votes. and then afterwards, they‘re all of the special votes like the isolation voting places for people quarantined for corona and soldiers votes and so forth. so i expect in the next

24 forth. so i expect in the next 2a hours, the numbers will still go up and down. but netanyahu still go up and down. but neta nyahu is still go up and down. but netanyahu is on the cusp of actually possibly having a victory. what happens with the blue and white given that benjamin netanyahu is in the next few weeks we‘ll have that corruption trial? what happened what they‘re campaigning? why couldn‘t been against not convince the voters? that is the $24 million question. —— benny gantz. what we can definitely say is that that has been a failure for the opposition party come at the track and present itself as a centrist movement for good government. whether or not netanyahu government. whether or not neta nyahu will actually win, government. whether or not netanyahu will actually win, we still don‘t know. but the fact that they have lost is clear. and you are right. 0n that they have lost is clear. and you are right. on march 17, mr netanyahu and you are right. on march 17, mr neta nyahu faces and you are right. on march 17, mr netanyahu faces trial at the jerusalem district court and it does appear that the israeli public, at least 50% of it, said we don‘t care. public, at least 50% of it, said we don't care. we have been here before. this is the

third election within and just under a year. if he does get these 37 seats come is that enough for him to form a government or will we see that kind of discussion ongoing and potentially a fourth election even? there is definitely potentially a fourth election in the offing. mr netanyahu, if his party gets the 37 seats come he is still farfrom the 61 minimum he needs. so either way, he will be immediately immersed in coalition negotiations. at the same time he is supposed to be preparing his legal defence and that is going to create an enormous amount of pressure because netanyahu amount of pressure because neta nyahu is slated amount of pressure because netanyahu is slated to ask his potential coalition partners to approve laws that might even i know the trial and completely change israel‘s legal way of functioning. and they are

expected to ask him for quite a lot in return for that. in a sentence, is there not after the election apathy now on both are sick and tired of this? no. the israeli voting anticipation has gone up with each of these folks in the last three elections. —— participation. you have been watching newsday. iam mariko you have been watching newsday. i am mariko 0i in singapore. i am kasia madera and london. it's am kasia madera and london. it‘s been a bit of an election heavy and i politics heavy newsday has in it. let‘s go back to tel aviv to the headquarters. benjamin netanyahu headquarters. benjamin neta nyahu is calling headquarters. benjamin netanyahu is calling the israeli election his victory. we have a caveat for that. we arejust we have a caveat for that. we are just talking about exit polls. after israel‘s third election and under a year. the polls are suggesting that mr netanyahu polls are suggesting that mr neta nya hu party polls are suggesting that mr neta nyahu party is polls are suggesting that mr netanyahu party is the largest with a brown 37 seats while the

blue—and—white alliance i benny gantz has a brown 33 and now just we need to wait and see if mr netanyahu can form a government. thank you for watching. showers again on tuesday. most of us will see some sunshine at some stage of the day. frosty andi some stage of the day. frosty and i think in places first thing but xiao was clearing northeast england and east in scotland. some pull away from northern ireland but then spread across scotland. early clea ra nce spread across scotland. early clearance from wales but then to england, catchy showers can be heavy and wintry on hills. behind the blue skies does return. some of us get to double figures and most of us will not. and with light winds and clear skies on tuesday night, a widespread frost setting and if you icy patches possible, temperature dropped from falling too far. cloud and outbreaks of rain arrive. this is when the state wet weather. some uncertainty but every new forecast wa nt some uncertainty but every new forecast want to send it for

the north. it means a spell of rain across much of england and well setting it and reaching towards northern ireland in southern scotland and some snow into the higher parts of the pennines. the estimate another speu pennines. the estimate another spell of what was on the way for many of us on wednesday.

now it is time for a special programme focusing on the coronavirus here on bbc news. coronavirus — what is it? where is it? and what do you need to know? tonight we‘re answering your questions on health, travel, money and how it might affect your daily life. who‘s most at risk? how do you protect yourself? i‘m the bbc‘s medical correspondent and will be giving you the facts and cutting through the confusion. six weeks ago, most of us had never heard of coronavirus. the first cases were reported in wuhan in china in december.

today, it‘s in more than 65 countries, including japan, the us, italy, spain, and here in the uk. right now, there are more almost 90,000 cases around the world. and more than 3,000 people have died. sounds a lot, but remember the world‘s population is 7.7 billion. here in the uk we‘ve just recorded our 39th case. but the only british person to have died is injapan. this coronavirus causes an infectious disease called covid—19. most common symptoms — fever, tiredness and a dry cough. for most, the symptoms are mild. but around one in six become seriously ill. and current estimates from the world health organisation suggest between 1—2% of people who get it have died. much more detail on all of this

with our experts shortly and please do send us your questions on social media using the #bbcyourquestions. this is your programme and your chance to get the answers you want. let‘s have a look at the story of coronavirus so far. early december, and doctors in china start to share messages about a new virus. they inform the authorities but, for weeks, nothing is done. it takes until new year‘s eve for china to tell the world health 0rganisation they‘ve had a case of pneumonia of unknown cause. this is the source of the outbreak — a meat and fish market in wuhan. it‘s shut onjanuary1st.