this is g w news. tonight the corona virus outbreak it is now a global health emergency. this reasons i'm declaring a public close emergency of international concern over that building outbreak. calling i quote and i'm glad it is. the world health organization making that declaration just hours ago which comes as the total number of cases approaches 8 cells and despite widespread walk downs and public screenings the virus is now in

every region of mainland china also coming greenies planning a new border fence and it's going to look like this a floating barrier something like this to stop migrants crossing the scene from turkey to greece will it work and sick the u.k. will finally leave the european union tomorrow on friday night but how are ordinary brits feel that our correspondent in london when out and about getting the mood on the streets. it's good to have you with us we begin with the coronavirus al break it has now been declared a global emergency by a committee of experts from the world health organization the w.h.o. making that announcement just hours ago in geneva switzerland declaration. as they

call on countries to coordinate their response to the virus under guidance from the w.h.o. nearly 8000 people are now infected worldwide the majority of them in china and a 170 people all of them have died in china every province of mainland china now has at least one confirmed case of this new strain now it was w h o's 3rd meeting in a week over whether to label the corona virus a global emergency after declining to do so twice it now has let's hear more from that emergency meeting the main reason for this declared mission is not because of what is happening in china but because of what is happening in other countries greatest concern is the potential for the virus to spread to countries with we could call the systems and we ill prepared to deal with

it aren't i'm joined on the line now by dr stag moscow he is a molecular biologist at northumbria university he joins me now from newcastle in england dr it's good to have you on the program the world health organization says that this is now a global health emergency or what does that mean in practical terms in practical terms maint stuff the global response is going to be cold in h.s. the country the west house the means to go and assist the nations which have underdeveloped healthcare systems are now going to work together to go and help and make sure the spread of this virus is contained a fust a special we know that china has implemented strict measures we've got multiple countries a vacuum waiting their citizens out of china is this in your opinion the right approach to stop this virus. is spreading. i think that the

chinese did the correct actions when it was still unclear how salvia and how dangerous this fire cisco the terms of transmission a swell impact on health care systems and individuals in the beginning of that year would have literally no clue how easy it is to spend or how damaging this fire cisco can be so the chinese that the best thing possible so with regards to local communication i'm not a chinese of apology expose others to answer whether or not they found that properly with regards to what's happening now in the less developed nations it will be a mix of monetary assistance sense diagnostic skills treatment centers and communication contacts tracing to make sure the people that have been exposed to the virus are informed what's happening with the local people engaging into the process of information we thought this is critical in every previous outbreak how

dangerous is this virus i mean if we compare it to the common flu virus what level of of health threat are we talking about. the flu virus right now this year's strain has been lethal to about 70 percent of people that have been hospitalized in the united states if we contrast this with a little itty both the corona virus in china this is only 3 percent. would hold hot sauce much danger of loss of life because of misfires on the other hand. one in 5 people that will contract the corona virus will develop severe breathing difficulty some but it's not just. in your chest which ok about sydney and breathing difficulties some would require hospitalization on their lies the challenge to the health care systems in the world have the capacity to take large

numbers of individuals that require acts of care to actually treat and allow the recovery of these individuals in the west maybe in developing nations i'm not so committed and this is why we have a public health and not just of international concern ok dr small schools and molecular biologist joining us tonight from newcastle and even dr we appreciate your insights tonight thank you. thank you. well here's some of the other stories now that are making headlines around the world the united states has imposed sanctions on iran's nuclear agency and its top official washington says the atomic energy organization of iran breached ukranian enrichment limits with the help of its head. so leahy iran says that the same sions show washington's quote despair valuing there be no impact on its nuclear program a nurse has been arrested in southern germany on suspicion of poisoning 5 premature babies with morphine investigators found an oral syringe containing breast milk and

morphine in the woman's locker at university hospital she has denied the charges doctors say they do not expect the babies to suffer any lasting harm in sweden thieves have broken into a stockholm art gallery and stolen at least 10 sculptures by the spanish surrealist salvador dali the sculptures are valued at between 20 and 50000 year was each they were on loan from switzerland but it appears i.d. documents that would help the thieves sell the stolen items well those were not taken. the human rights group amnesty international has criticized plans by greece to deploy a floating barrier as a way to prevent y grins from reaching greek islands from turkey the group describing the plan as an alarming escalation in the greek government's efforts to make it as difficult as possible for asylum seekers and refugees to arrive on greek

shores. the ministry of defense has announced new plans to protect the external you board or so that no more refugees from turkey can cross into greece. clothing barriers are their solution and the contract for production is up for bids because he. says promote dormant deal the national coordinator had a good idea when he suggested buying fighting. father murphy after we install them to see if they have to decide effects on the pharmacist blocks the barriers might look similar to this right now these service storm protection between the greek islands and the turkish mainland they are being used in many places including off the coast of lesbos the plan is to build 2.7 kilometer long barriers or nets that rise about 50 centimeters out of the water this would be a barrier mechanism in the agency. human rights

organizations are worried about the greek government's plans. establishment of her fans at sea to prevent migrants from reaching crease is not only a stick and there's no way that these we stopped as long as people have problems in their countries who for human rights watch has stated that these plans violate human rights the greek government has also decided to deploy more border police build deportation camps and speed up asylum procedures. and for more on this i'm joined here at the big table now by raphael song he's an associate at the institute for international and security affairs that's a german think tank here in berlin good to see you again we've heard time and time again from greek authorities that they simply cannot cope with the the amount of people coming to their islands looking for asylum refugees migrants will these barriers these floating barriers are they going to help make are they going to make

a difference it's extremely unlikely i mean what we're talking about now is idea for a 3 kilometer fans so that is a tiny stretch of the. right but ok i mean it's meant to be a signal as a visible deterrent rather than a practical to turn so i think it really is more about the symbolism than the actual bury itself symbolism there couldn't we say that it's athens you know screaming asking for help because we've heard the government many times in athens say that greece has been left alone that the european union is not doing what it should to help them when i can say what exactly was behind this idea of i think on the one 1st of all it's a lot of improvise a show i think the greek government feels they have to do something whatever bit of the border there be in the land border being in the center is so they're scrambling for ideas that's one thing i think the other thing is that also it may also be a signal to some extent to turkey because greece and turkey are while they always a difficult relations and they are again fully for going to control this the

organism is in turkey supposed to be stopping in. yeah migrants coming across exactly and i mean the turkish coast guard is doing this job but you know greece doesn't want to be fully dependent on turkey and you know all of these relations between up and down the area and you know relax controls and they're looking to go for a new confrontation over gas so i think this idea may also show to turkey we can do this on our own if you're you know keep pressuring us and then of course yes there is a signal to the rest of europe that we can't cope anymore and that is actually true is is there an alternative then just strengthen the borders here because it doesn't look like you know the it doesn't look like this trend of migrants trying to get to europe it doesn't look like that trend is going to stop yes surely and the security situation in the walls and syria is not going to go any better at the moment so well the solutions are pretty clear i mean faster and more fair procedures more efficient handling of asylum cases more burden sharing yes and also taking people

from greece to other european countries but all these things have been on the table for years and the implementation is just sadly not coming forward right i feel song but the german institute for international insecurity there is as always with your shit your insights thank you. on friday the u.k. will officially leave the european union and that begins an 11 month transition period that will include some tough trade talks britain will stay in the e.u.'s economic framework until the end of this year while the 2 sides the e.u. the u.k. try to thresh out a trade deal now despite the british government's veld to get an agreement before the transition period ends the e.u. says that the time span is simply too short and it fears a chaotic and no deal exit at the end of this year. all right joining me now is my colleague. she is in london good evening to you barbara so here we are bright sit in the u.k.

about to leave the european union what and you've been hearing there in the u.k. since you were wrong a london just walked past and said tell them all we're so embarrassed now that's the view of course off the europhiles the people who like the european union and like europe and among them you hear frustration people are resigned they say we couldn't prevented we missed so many opportunities during the reign of treason may then you have those who just show fed up and cleverly boris johnson has modest purged the word bricks it from his government to the e.u. task force is now the new word for what used to be the brics it ministry and then of course you have those who feel they are the winners of the situation the brics the tears and they are more or less jubilant we talked to some people today let's hear what they have to say. sovereignty back and have

a lot more control i think that's the one thing that's what we're really going to get from at the moment we're very disappointed. you know where with being followed while the country has been you know misled in this decision so it's a sad time there's nothing we can control sadly about brecht's it so it's done so i think we need to try and move forward and see what happens to a best buy to destroy it just sort of shows you the shuddery league it's been a long time and it's been very and i think you know you have to move on and i think everybody is going to try and do that soon a from the government so all sorts of institutions say fingers crossed there was a correspondent there barbara in london speaking with people about it you're watching the news coming up next in business news market reaction to the w.h.o. coronavirus announcement and an exclusive interview with chief christiane saving

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