but stay with us from time to. time the sound of fresh starts february 7th w. . this is the deputy news live from berlin tonight the corona virus outbreak becomes a global health emergency. reasons i'm declaring a public close emergency of international concern over the global outbreak. calling i'm going to quote and i learned his mental health organization made a declaration as the total cases approaches $10000.00 spreading across china into

at least 18 additional countries. also coming up greece wants to build a new border barrier take a look a floating obstacle like this the government hopes will keep my greece and turkey from making the crossing to ask human rights advocates concerned. welcome to the show the world health organization has declared the corona virus outbreak a global health emergency the declaration triggers tighter containment and information sharing guidelines among global health officials and also lends more support to countries with weaker health systems the virus has been confirmed at least 18 countries but most of the nearly 10000 cases are in china that's also where the only deaths have so far occurred with the virus claiming more than 200 lives. this

is the 6th time the w.h.o. has made such a declaration since the current system was created in 2005 here's what officials had to say in geneva 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 go to systems and we prepared to deal with it now let's get more from dr john epstein in new york she specializes in these kinds of diseases dr epstein how worried are you hi good evening. howard in my eye and careful attention to this but this is a rapidly evolving situation and we know from past experience that we will be able

to control and contain this event julie and it's a matter of understanding how quickly it's transmitting where the cases are and making sure we're doing the fundamental things like early detection of cases isolation and social distancing to prevent secondary transmission. so tell us you've been very involved with previous outbreaks of this kind what have we learned from those outbreaks that we can apply to this one happening now. well it's interesting sars was originally controlled when those things that i just mentioned were applied it was about isolating case it is making sure people were separated that they weren't infecting others and there was a global coordination sars is really important terms of where you should and we're seeing even more of it today now middle east respiratory syndrome or mers coronavirus is still ongoing there are cases that still occur and we're still working on identifying where the high risk transmission areas are typically from camels to people and so we do get low cost years of cases this one is going to

require a lot of cord nation and making sure the cases are detected in accurately diagnosed early and recognizing mild an asymptomatic cases and those who've been in contact so very traditional public health measures are going to be important here and that's from kind of top down what governments and health officials need to be doing what about for our viewers ford mary people is there anything they can be doing to keep themselves safe and healthy. really one of the most important things is hand washing good hygenic practices if you're in an area where there's transmission of this current are going on particularly in china masks can help because the limit aerosolization or you know coughing and sneezing and droplets being transmitted into the air which is how the virus can spread from person to person but for most people hand washing and simply being aware you start to feel ill and you have a history of travel to an area where this virus is circulating make sure you see a medical professional report to a hospital so that they can test you for this virus all right dr john i've seen in

new york with the latest on what's happening with this global health emergency thank you very much let's turn now to the epicenter of the outbreak in the chinese city of on the line we have yanick advice from germany who has been studying there yanick tell me a little bit what has life been there in the city for you the last few days. well. to be honest one is a very big city of 11000000 citizens and it's very strange that all of the streets completely empty only a few people are walking or driving through and nearly everybody is very much facial mosque. it's a strange feeling there's no panic here everybody is paying attention and i think this is a very very good solution. for them to be panic and to be focused what's important

what's been your interaction with chinese authorities there as they've really locked down this city to try to contain the virus. first and all of our contacts will see university. here. so they take care of us they give us quite a lot of information to give advice as how to react how to. how to go out to handle if you go outside in the public and those mean also where mosques to the titanic washing your hands the white cross of people stuff like this also. if you needed medical treatment and we understand that germany along with many other countries are removing their citizens from. what's next for

you where are you going now. well. today my government told me i have to go to the airport i think it will be made to small man to check from the chinese government. i'm not sure that i think i will fly to germany and after this i will be isolated. for 2 weeks i think is a good idea to be sure that there is no speech in germany from the german prisons which are removed right now all right. thank you very much for sharing what's going on there thank you very much. a human rights group amnesty international is criticizing plans by greece to deploy a floating barrier as a way to prevent migrants from reaching greek islands from turkey the group described the plan as an alarming escalation in the greek government's efforts to stop migrants from reaching its shores. the ministry of defense has announced new

plans to protect the external border so that no more refugees from turkey can cross into greece. floating barriers are their solution and the contract for production is up for bids because. the national coordinator had a good idea when he suggested buying floating barrios. to them to see if i have to decide effects. says the banks 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 sea. human rights organizations are worried about the greek government's plans. yes tabish went to

fans at sea to prevent the migrants in this time seekers from reaching greece is known to be a stink and there's no way that these we stopped you know 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. now to some of the other stories making news around the world the u.s. has impose new sanctions on iran's nuclear agency including its top official the trump administration accuses iran of atomic energy organization of breaching its uranium enrichment limits but iran says that decision will have no impact on the country's nuclear program. opponents of brecht's that have been rallying on the eve of the united kingdom's departure from the european union the u.k.

is due to depart the block at 11 pm on friday local time a year long transition will follow as london and brussels hammer out their future relationship. as the u.k. begins its future outside the e.u. some people in scotland are looking to find a way to state there's been mixed feelings about scottish independence with a 2014 referendum failing now a new poll shows 51 percent of scots want to go it alone correspondent there get mass went to edinburgh or to learn about more about this divisive issue. in the capital more than 70 percent voted to remain in the e.u. . as did most members of the wild once. these hog the wind. and the furious that scotland is being dragged out of the.

feeling that it would be. the e.u. . without her consent and it's horrible this is a subtle. and. yes. the s.n.p. is scotland's leading political party it's cooling for open borders with scotland's top trading partner as well as an independent scotland rejoining the e.u. . a lot of extremely generous and friendly overtures from other european governments saying that if things. the european union in scotland takes political control of the sort of affairs. there would be welcome in the european union but that would require a new referendum on scottish independence something the conservative government in

london is keen to avoid. that referendum was a once in a lifetime once in a generation of it happened only 5 years ago rather than the spending over time as politicians going over and over having referendum after a friend them after a friend well i don't see it but the scottish nationalists i'm not about to back down. protestors in glasgow have renewed calls for independence. the conservative government may have a majority in the union parliament westminster but its mandate stops at the scottish border it's a challenge for the prime minister and the challenge for the conservative government every time they say no a few more people will say yes. the strong will and plenty of stamina that's what the scottish nationalists need to push their cause forward perhaps the winter swimming can provide some inspiration. now we hear often

about high tech methods for stopping crime but a city a city in india is going the opposite way in an effort to enforce the rules of the road police in bangalore are dressing up mannequins as traffic cops officials are hopeful they'll be more than just window dressing. now this is not some impromptu fashion show you. a normal attempt to keep order on the roads of bangalore police here say they don't have enough officers to man every junction so they've brought in some extra help. they will see the mannequins at a distance. discipline them since but when they come near the management. or does america mean that. bangalore. home to 8000000 vehicles and lots of gridlock.

cap and hi viz vest a plastic police officer looks the part of dummies only end up catching well dummies. we are driving after seeing these. people will start to notice it's a mannequin the rose again unfollowed letting you know it was. police there you feel they are one step ahead. but police constables are police officers. confusing you want to confuse these. topic while it does say father response seems to be more amusements than confusion between a city known for its technology sometimes the simplest solutions turn out to be the

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