this is date of the news coming up virus locked down one in china is virtually quarantined as china fights to contain a new strain of coral virus we get the inside view from the city of 11000000 plus. it's a lockdown in the midst of a festival china is also preparing to celebrate the yard of the rat we'll find out the rats admirable qualities and rather your want to.

welcome to the avenues asia it's good to have you with us major public events cancelled cities in lockdown and hospitals in overdrive china has taken unprecedented measures to control a coronavirus outbreak that has killed at least 26 people so far the number of cases exceeds 800 the virus originated in the city of in central china in late december over the past week the city has been placed virtually important teen with public transport shut down and people are advised to neither leave nor enter the city the same fate has befallen at least 7 of its native was egil hong kong chibi jun jang. and shon tal millions ineffective quarantine in addition one is building a new 1000 bed hospital to treat increasing numbers of cases in the city but the

virus is already making its presence felt in large parts now resemble a ghost town. a city of 11000000 people with almost no one on the streets trains planes buses cars almost nothing leave so enters with han. hospitals and the epicenter of the outbreak of overwhelmed with patients so overwhelmed that authorities have now decided to build a new dedicated hospital from scratch hoping to complete construction in just 6 days. in existing hospitals health workers are working tirelessly against the virus. knows which includes it would of course we're worried and so are our relatives. but we're nurses and will do our job as long as we wear the uniform just by the rising number of cases the world health organization has refrained from declaring a global health emergency. to d.g.

which is provided by the emergency committee is that no is not the time. but china isn't taking any chances transport links within and to a number of nearby cities have been cut and the fear of contagion has produced dramatic scenes like here at physio airport where a man suspected of carrying the virus was confined to a quarantine container. the lockdown now covers more than 30000000 people and it's putting a serious damper on the union new year holiday. are joined now by the trannie lynn ryan in. the city of the heart of the art bridge of the voters lynn grant thank you so much for speaking to us are just like to start with you just how are you coping with what is virtually a cordon team of your city. well i just stay at home

and. you know me and my little girl had a stay at home for. i think a. place for her fresh air we don't raise it and friends and also nobody come to us either. it doesn't. especially. but i just wonder. is it the same story yes i think most people just. go out. and they want to buy. or. market except except what they get there. is everything a very. get what they need items of living essentially. pharmacy i have no idea i

haven't went to and so will market is available. now it's albany 10 pm 10 i am quite well usually or. i am like 10 pm actually my house. this morning and had. our. home. hospital. of people. that receive treatment and that the hospitals will be overwhelmed. no actually there are not you know. patients and many doctors and nurses are all working overloaded and. they are also.

right action order medical. here there are new. patients and. hopefully that is done in time and it brings some respect to the people of channeling ron speaking to us from day one thank you so much for your time thank you. just one more day to go and with it begin official celebrations of chinese new year it falls on a saturday this time and people will be celebrating with fireworks well into the night it can also log the start of the year of the rat the rats being the 1st animal of the chinese o.d.i. comprised of 12 animals we'll have more on that in a bit but if you're both on on in any of the d.z.

behind me the all chinese zodiac animal is the rat in which case according to chinese astrology 2020 is meant to be a significant year for you that's down to the many special kind of distinct people born under this animal sign supposedly possess but rats also represent fertility in chinese culture and paintings depicting them with fruit such as melons and grapes meant to be auspicious these are from an exhibit in a university art museum in hong kong. that's the way to do it for more i'm joined by did a reporter. with me in the studio on true and welcome what makes a rat so special of rats ranked the 1st to fall so diet animals so important so it represents wisdom and wealth in the chinese tradition and its people born in the year of the red are very small as they are cautious organized and they are very strong and have strong adaptability to environments but just like any other so diet

animals they have some shortcomings so they can only go if. they do complain a lot and some so diet animals can actually cope with that very well oxen for example they can really cope with that well i don't know if that's true in the reality but yeah that's what's been said and horses on the other hand they aren't they are not very compatible with rats are you or no i'm not i will tell you that lately it's a. rat some part of the 12 the family of 12 other molds that make up the chinese. why do we have animals in the chinese zodiac do you want to have a straightforward answer on wolf and simple straightforward it will be. i'll tell you the straightforward ones 1st so i think we can see this as a byproduct of the chinese calendar system so just like many other civilizations the chinese needed a system to calculate a measure of time accurately and the system consists of

a 12 year cycle so how can you make how do ordinary people understand it so i think putting animals assigning animals for each year is to easiest way to go and now more fanciful one birds were yeah the legend says that in prehistoric times the jade amphora the ruler of haven't decided to assign any before each year so a group of animals took part in it including the rat so the brad was very small but it was very small so it made its way to become. the 1st and there are animals as well for example the pig actually didn't intend to join but it's all oh maybe i could have something to eat so it came and accidentally became the last of the animals and i think the poorest competitors' of all was probably the cat the cats wanted to join but it was tricked by the rat so it missed the race i love the fans follow him more but very quickly what's on so i know you are sorry zodiacs i know

you i am i'm a whore so for 7 in the race it's chinese new year begins on saturday what do you like most about chinese new year well i like that it's red because bread is my favorite color and it's the color of celebration so i'm right today. and i also like that it's very colorful so we see that those fireworks fake fireworks everywhere and i used to watch that with my family every year when i was small and starting a family new year is the time for relatives to get together and have very good food like food is very important so was. last but not least you get red packets from all from like all the people and they're wrapped in money and what sorry reffed with the money and it should bring blessings to receive it so. it's a money tree windfalls as i would say our family thanks very much for coming into the studio and explaining that to us. and given with the spirit of the.

hour using the opportunity to try and dispel some fears of misconceptions about the rodents. by this report for us. on a mission as always. ahead of the lunar new year these ferry creech is a task with something special becoming embassadors to build understanding for rodents among human beings. the animals that we see around the seas they will see quite exotic quite majestic and we want to inspire them to appreciate all the animals not just the erotica ones. who says rudin's can be called a majestic look at these cappy paris sitting like a lion king. until food he was one of them away. it still works quite elegantly though. unlike these little squid lists they can't

help but read on each other. it's a new year's special treat. but the sea says these rats are otherwise very good pets. they actually get clean because the. toilet to give it a tree like and. this and the. easy to be trained. like what we have here you can see that the average cuddly and cute . except that they might nibble at everything you have. but that would be forgiven for it's to hear of the reps. and all that's left to do now is to wish you. happy chinese new year when see you on monday.

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must change its obsession with shareholder value. welcome to the business asia i want to john's good to have you with us china has quarantined cities and shut major tourist attractions from disneyland to the forbidden city and a section of the great wall as it scrambles to stop corona virus from spreading further public transport has been stopped in more than 10 cities with train station shot events cancelled and see it is closed this asia's biggest economy prepares for the new new year festivities normally a crucial time for business many chinese citizens are rushing to the supermarkets to buy food and daily items and book shelves stocking staples such as meat.