this is new news live from berlin the corona virus is now in all mainland regions of china despite widespread lockdowns and public screenings the virus has been confirmed also went to bat so all mainland provinces are now affected the world health organization is deciding whether to declare a global health emergency also coming up the u.k. leaving the european union on friday night but that's only the start and we look at the year of tough challenges that lies ahead before the u.k. is fully free from the e.u.

. i'm sorry kelly welcome to the program the world health organization is meeting to decide whether the spread of the corona virus amounts to a global health emergency 7800 people are now infected worldwide the great majority of them in china and 170 people have died there every province of mainland china and now has at least one confirmed case. in many parts of china this is the new normal very few people on the streets and usually crowded public transport system old but empty like here in shanghai every passenger is stopped. and if we pass and just screened for signs of the coronavirus. high quality i think

it's fine temperature was taken both getting on and off the train everyone has a mask on i feel relieved. it might look like a country grinding to a halt but this is china's response to a mass public health emergency. session like this the government can cure the virus this time the infected cases are increasing these days as well as the number of deaths but i still trust the government and several of us i think what other. elsewhere a lack of basic necessities and information are eroding confidence in the author artes in hong kong people have been queuing since 2 am hoping to buy face masks warning the hong kong government should do like macos and say every resident can only buy 10 pieces that way every single hong kong person could have a face mask to wear right. as a 2nd plane load of repatriated japanese nationals touched down in tokyo it cause some to wonder what this type of outbreak could look like if it happened during the

olympics here in july. we might take it as a wakeup call for us to take precautions against an outbreak like this especially towards the olympics people like me i'm like yes to pan is naive i think japan just stepped up meshes. in south korea the government is building a containment facility for those infected people here feel for their safety. what they get the governor and minister should come here and try to find a point of compromise what are they doing of bringing troops here are we to battle this is such nonsense. they're really creating a mood of fear would you who would be. in south korea as in many other countries some resident. i feel the government's response to the crisis has lacked the apparent intensity and clarity of chinese. and let's bring in now dr said moskos he

is a molecular biologist at northumbria university and he joins me now from newcastle in england welcome to the program sir thank you so much for joining us i'd like to begin by asking you because we know that china is implementing strict measures multiple countries now evacuating their citizens from affected areas is this the right approach to stop the virus from spreading. in my humble opinion someone who's worked or not very crucial just in the past i think this is correct one has taken mind the chinese political system and social system is very different to what we're used in the west and what the chinese are doing is implementing the top down approach to make sure transmission is contained as much as possible on top of out what the developed nations around the world are doing report their. nationals is also correct in that they come to look after their nationals in the best possible way my humble opinion again is that the measures taken by the

australian are actually the. best alone. infected with a virus or potentially exposed with a virus in their region away from the mainland and more importantly for the period of time we know that the virus may incubate up to those 2 weeks so that that way they minimize the chance that a local transmission so i talk about this a little bit more about the spread because now we have the 1st cases reported and the philippines and in india of course these are densely populated countries how worrying is that and trying to contain the spread of this virus. it's not it's not good news you imply the developing countries are known for not having the necessary infrastructure systems to look after patients and we have to add on top of the social parameters answerable logical parameters that come into play so for example we know there's a lot of superstition and there's

a lot of other kinds of problems in the communication misunderstanding not to mention fake news which comes into play with these people will respond to the arrival of the virus i think the onus is on us in the developed nations to step in and help them as we've done in the past with in west africa and make sure this doesn't get out of hand. how dangerous is this virus i mean because a lot of people are really concerned there's a lot of worried out there worry out there compare it for example to the common flu . yes that's a really the best possible comparison as far as i'm concerned because common flu transmits through via those this virus now the major difference is on lethality the flu virus in the united states right now this year. killed 7 percent of the people who have been diagnosed with it by contrast the data from mainland china suggests about 3 percent of people dying from corona virus so we could say roughly

speaking this corona virus outbreak is twice less lethal. the other side to this problem however is that the corona virus is much more likely to give you severe respect retore symptoms so these are the level of breathlessness and capacity to breathe that would require hospitalization and the data from china suggests one in 5 people will. get the virus and develop symptoms will actually require medical attention in the hospital one has to bear in mind however that we're talking about chinese people and how the populations around the world will respond to the infection is anyone's guess dr. molecular biologist at northumbria university in newcastle england thank you so much. you're very welcome. italy says

that it appears a chinese couple quarantined on a cruise ship off of rome do not have the coronavirus the pair was held in isolation after one of them ran a fever but authorities say the pollution tests quote seem negative more than $6000.00 tourists are on board that vessel and it is not yet known if they will be allowed to disembark. let's get a quick check of some other stories making news around the world the australian state of new south wales has announced an inquiry into the bushfires that are still raging across the country new south wales has been the worst affected by the blazes the inquiry will look at the state's response to the fires and whether climate change played a role. a nurse has been arrested in southern germany on suspicion of poisoning 5 premature babies with morphine investigators found and also read containing breast milk and morphine in the woman's locker at old university hospital she denies the charges doctors do not expect the infants to suffer any lasting harm. and a leading figure in germany's far right party alexander garland is being

investigated for tax evasion after lawmakers lifted his parliamentary immunity to 78 year olds as one of the most prominent figures in the populist alternative for germany party and was co-leader of the party until late last year. in speed of thieves have broken into a stockholm art gallery and still intend sculptures by spanish the realist artist salvador dali sculptures are valued between 20 and 50000 euros each and were stolen . on loan from switzerland but it appears i did documents that would help the thieves sell the stolen imo items were not taken. tomorrow the u.k. will officially leave the european union and that will kick off an 11 month transition period of tough trade talks britain will stay in the e.u.'s economic framework until the end of this year while the 2 sides try to thrash out a trade deal despite the british. permits doubt to get an agreement before the

transition period ends the e.u. says that the time span is too short a chaotic deal exit. and joining me now outside of the u.k. parliament is where a house a liberal democrat m.p. welcome to the program and thank you so much for joining us as we've highlighted there the u.k. is about to leave your party fiercely and breaks it what is the lib dems strategy now when it comes to the e.u. . so we have accepted that the fight to stop rex it is over now and. obviously looking at today and tomorrow. with a great deal of sadness and despondency but at the same time you have created a movement which is fiercely pro european and i think it will be important to keep that flame alive that ultimately the u.k. is place is at the heart of the european union and the heart of the european project but what can we do in the meantime we will be. looking very

closely at what the government is doing the road critiquing believe is probably going to be a very minimal deal that can be coming out at the end of the year because everybody seems to be telling us from outside the u.k. that it will be very difficult to get everything in place at the end of 10 to 20 so given that how hopeful are you that breaks it could turn out ok in the end. well i haven't been campaigning against leaving the european union just out of the wind but because we felt that it was going to be very damaging for the fall for the u.k. . and not just because you're leaving a piece project we're leaving corporation research corporation and so on and so forth but even the promise on the opulence of olives being free from the shackles of the european union and going forth and doing our own trade deals. probably won't turn out to be what they are and we are probably going to have

a new comment economy that is slightly but slowly and surely depressing and declining on the vote be a slow punch up. we saw an emotional scenes in the e.u. parliament yesterday with many of the pro e.u. . from the u.k. upset it leaving i mean it is very clearly an issue which has so polarized your country as a member of parliament what is your responsibility and what can you do to unite people again in the country. well i 1st of all would say that best possibility now lies with a very big majority government party they have promised to unite the country of course my language has always been moderate i mean i'm not inciting hate or making hate speeches against the of a side i wanted to win a political argument and that argument can be fought and continue to be expressed in a respectful and rational manner and i will continue to do that and i've always been

campaigning on the basis that i don't hate people but i'm trying to defeat an argument that i think that is damaging for the future of the european union and i think i have got the democratic right to continue. my opinion and speak up for what i believe is right and it's the right futures for the u.k. so i will not give up arguing for european membership in the future and i will not give up arguing for a very close link to the european union and i will be warning against allowing aligning ourselves too closely to the united states of america which clearly has got a different outlook much less regulation much less come to my protection and workers' rights protection so we will continue to argue and fight for that that can be done in a respectful and good natured man it doesn't have to be. divisive in that in the sense that people don't feel safe but the argument. where hope house

liberal democratic m.p. joining us from the u.k. thank you so much. to tennis now and novak djokovic has reached the australian open final again after defeating longtime rival roger federer joke of it has won the australian open a record 7 times made light work of an injury plagued federer winning in straights joke which has now won the last 6 grand slam meetings between the pair. the servian face is either dominic 15 or alexander as he goes for his 8th title in sunday's fight. you're watching news coming up in the news business africa african health officials are stepping up efforts to prevent the spread of the corona virus which could devastate economies in the region. all that more coming up with my colleague ben fill in just a few minutes time and don't forget in the meantime you can always good news on the go just download our app from the google player from the apple store which will give you access to all of the latest news from around the world as well as push

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