well i guess sometimes i. think when she. thinks deep into the german culture. stereotype. country that i don't. think. it's all that good and. i'm rachael. post. coming up a vibrant outbreak spreads more than a 100. odd reporters in central china. travel rush already. plus a new report warns women and gold are the biggest victims of global inequality oxfam's

india. to india. i'm british welcome. it's good to have you with us in a span of just 72 hours more than 150 cases of people infected with the newly discovered coronavirus have been reported in china that takes the number of cases in the country to more than $200.00 with 3 fatalities so far the country's national health commission however us is the outbreak is quote preventable and controllable scientists have so far said human to human transmission of the virus does not appear to be easy the outbreak began. and was traced to a seafood market in the central city of. since and cases. been confirmed in south

korea japan and thailand airports in the region and some in the u.s. have already established screening procedures for flights coming from central china . that looks to be greatly bought and as travel picks up ahead of that falls on the weekend every year around this time hundreds of millions in china will move around cities ahead of the lunar new year heavily packed these chinese through work as a ready to return home the current outbreak of the mysterious virus isn't stopping them. i haven't seen my son for so long let's stop thinking about the virus and see the infection is said to be a new type of corona virus which causes respiratory symptoms this fish market in the city of new han might be its origin nearly $200.00 cases have so far been confirmed in the city alone after cases were also confirmed in thailand japan and

south korea authorities around the globe have stepped up screening of travelers from han. chinese health officials say the virus is not very contagious but have not ruled out limited human to human transmission the one we have one clinical symptoms of the patients are generally mild with effective measures put in place we can prevent and control the disease from spreading. despite the attempt to come people's nerves some of the beijing might be downplaying the epidemic the virus similar to sauce which killed hundreds in 20022003. and with a lot still unknown about the new virus the new us rush is putting many on high alert. joining me now from geneva is world health organization spokesperson yes sure it is the usual every welcome 139 new cases in 40 years ours is there

cause for alarm well we know that the number of confirmed cases is increasing simply because chinese authorities. reinforcing surveillance and are testing more people it is likely that we will see further increase in cases inside china and we can also see more cases among travelers so this is something in line of what we were asking countries to get ready for this new coronavirus to be aware of it and to increase really surveillance as well as being able to treat those who need medical care what is really important to say is that the resteal don't know much about this virus so we don't have enough information to determine what is the source of the virus we know that there is a limited human to human transmission but we don't know how easily is being transmitted a new coronavirus we also don't know much about severity of it so this is something

that is being grouped at right now and i think it's it's a positive thing that china were able to quickly identify these fires that country was sharing genetic sequence of this why was that help other countries that are valid diagnostics and but again this is something very new and we need to understand better how you talk about people traveling in law millions will be traveling in this week ahead of lunar new year should they because of concern amongst them. well every new wires is obviously a legitimate concern for fault for population as well as for the health community at this point in time. is not to devising for any travel restriction i think that chinese authorities are gearing up to the surveillance we also provided to all countries including china a set of guidelines on how to monitor for new cases how to treat sick people how to

develop a diagnostics how to inform the population and obviously for the population it is important to follow general rules for preclusion when it comes to respiratory diseases hand-washing avoiding contact with a degree sick people. covering the mouth when sneezing ovoid in contact with live animals at markets and the sort of things that are good should overture spokesperson for the world health organization thank you so much for your time thank you. it's something we've all heard of a number of times but few among us rarely acknowledge inequality is increasing around the world but it's mostly coming of the cost of women and girls that's the message in a report on inequality from the charity oxfam the report highlights for instance the amount of unpaid work women and girls do around the world point $5000000000.00

spent each day cooking cleaning and looking after children and the elderly more specifically in the case of india only oxfam research has shown that unpaid work by women looking after their homes and children is worth some 3 point one percent of india's g.d.p. while many women in india are unable to join the paid workforce even for those that do cultural factors remain a daily challenge. it doesn't pay much but this is how it helps to support for with siblings and to mother like many 21 year olds she has speak at times. has already finished a course in sewing technology and she's been attending training sessions with this youth and employability sevis to help her get a better paid job. i am determined to work i've had

a very difficult life i've had problems with my family and other problems too but i've never accepted defeat i want to help my siblings build their careers if i get a good job my mother doesn't need to work as a maid and other people's homes anymore i know i will succeed. many more women across india are pursuing further education but less than a quarter of those eligible to work have jobs or are even seeking employment concerns about safety and transport are some of the reasons why families as well as employers don't want women working men is ease here for one thing bosses don't have to worry about them getting home before it's dark that's been a problem pinky kemarre has faced she travels nearly 2 hours from her village just to get to work and sometimes she has to leave early in order to get home while it's

still light but she's already broken a to brew by becoming the 1st woman in her family to have an office job even if she had to fight to get it so i've struggled a lot i wasn't allowed to work i had problems with the family but i feel very good about my 1st job i'm learning a lot i'm enjoying it. many women like pinky also struggle to work. or she's got them from when a woman tries to work the family stops or they don't let her progress they think she'll go out she could do anything don't let her out she'll dishonor us they don't trust her. this was me. worry about their safety when they go places will be returned safely will someone harass them on the way will they be in danger we have to worry about all these things. so many barriers for women including ekta but still they persevere. but it's not an easy task given the levels of

inequality there is it's also a theme that is set to be discussed by one of the world economic forum in davos that gets underway on tuesday digital correspondent didn't do a lot of caught up with oxfam india c.e.o. and we thought bear harder for his views on the inequality women in india. mr bahar you've said that inequality in india is frightening why. inequality in india is absolutely obscene look at the data it says 63 billionaires actually have more wealth than the and will budget of the government of india and this is for a country where we have still more than 30 percent of the people living in extreme poverty and it's frightening because what you're seeing is crony capitalism you're seeing the economic system getting tilted in favor of the rich this is where the rents take sectors are making huge profits at the expense of borden ordinary

citizens. now we've also read this other disturbing statistic that says 9 people have more wealth than half of the population of india so about 650000000 people how did that situation develop is and that's a result of for richt system a system which favors the super rich it favors the billionaires who concentrate more and more wealth in their hands and the poor continue to be pure and in fact become poorer because the commons the land water forests goes out of their hands and it gets concentrated again in the hands of the super rich so this is obscene and corti and this cannot continue in a country like india. based on everything that's happening so far would you say that the indian government is making gender equality a priority. let me talk about the inequality from a gendered lens this economic system is also rigged in favor of men it's

a patriarchal economic system let me tell you a story of a person called she lives in the state of bihar she wakes up at 3 am goes 3 kilometers away from her house to get water for her household comes back goes in collects for her for the household does cleaning washing taking care of the children then goes and works at a construction site where she is underpaid she comes back and again takes a. she works 17 hours a day and contrast this with the bit in us that we have talked off all the super rich lifestyle that we see with their private jets super yachts that's the level of quality and the government has taken actually no steps in trying to address this quality. parts i mean there's a few other topics out of the group i did up to about the model that's it for today with the rebel with images of the new no new york savile russia. china thanks for

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