tv DW News Deutsche Welle February 2, 2020 4:00pm-4:15pm CET
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this is d w news live from berlin germany detects new cases of corona virus officials say the 2 people evacuated from china have tested positive for the virus they've been in quarantine since landing in frankfurt on board a german military plane on saturday also coming up the news adding growing concerns over the virus is global spread after the 1st death from corona virus is reported
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outside of china health officials in the philippines say that a 44 year old chinese man died in the hospital in manila but the number of deaths and infections rising in china factories there are racing to produce medical supplies and in german soccer of rosia dortmund's teenage shooting stars have put on a dazzling display against union. i'm sorry kelly thank you for joining us officials in germany said that they have detected the new corona virus in 2 people who were airlifted out of china by the german government on saturday they were among a group of more than 120 passengers from will call on the chinese city at the center of the outbreak who returned on a german military plane to frankfurt those infected evacuees have been placed in isolation after 8 in medical examiner leavened passengers were transferred directly
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to the near. by frankfurt university clinic for tests now germany's health minister defended the decision to carry out the evacuation have a list. of parts are in china we had to and were able to assume that symptom free compact treats were returning to us. they were still symptom free in frankfurt and in that sense they seemed healthy. but think your patient tell you means in a situation like this that what we've seen can change relatively quickly. i'm not sure exactly why the quarantine was right. let's get more reporter jared reed is on the story we just heard from the health minister there what more do we know ok so the 2 people that he was speaking about the 2 people have been confirmed as having the coronavirus they are fine they are being treated. the condition is good they are being treated at the uni clinic in frankfurt and he said
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that this diable as we know he just said they were symptom free when they left china and when they arrived in frankfurt because we know this virus has a 2 week in cuba period we also learned why not all of the passengers who were brought back were germans and you said that was because the flight contained some pot and was of and children of the people here will brought back and he said it was only right that they were brought back together and that no families were separated he was also asked the question should perhaps the people have been split up and brought back in groups so that they were not on one plane then. possibly the virus could have spread throughout the plane he said. it was the right thing that they did this and it's right that they've being treated in observed in one place simply because of this 2 week incubation period he says they all need to be together where they can be observed and trees and he just basically tried to calm people down to rationalize the situation and said look we're not going to come out and and talk to
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you until we have all the facts so please don't spread misinformation on social media are not the 1st cases of coronavirus that were in the country no that's right there are and it. in bavaria 7 of these people are people who work for supply and i is a child of one of these people so in addition to the 2 in frankfurt there are an additional in the area what steps are the authorities to keep the situation under control basically the best practice seems to be is keeping the people who's suspected of having the virus and the people who bought. confirmed as having it. away from the general population in quarantine so of course we're saying that here in germany us you have in china and that seems to be the best route. to health authorities and governments are taking there's a lot of fear when it comes to this virus what can all of us do ok so don't panic because that's what a lot of people are doing and it's easy to panic when it's all you seem to be
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reading about basically health authorities are saying we need to keep in mind that a lot more people die from or infected with the common cold the common flu and in actual fact we're hearing about corona deaths coronavirus this a very very small proportion something around 2 percent of the people who are infected end up dying and they tend to be people with weakened immune systems like older people so basically don't spread misinformation misinformation is dangerous way of seeing it colds sums in the phobia around the world towards asian people we've seen not being talked about on social media which is which is not a great thing so misinformation is dangerous keep informed and don't panic the reporter territory of thank you jarrett. well the philippines has reported the 1st coronavirus death outside of china officials in manila said that the 44 year old man from han the chinese city hardest hit by the
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outbreak more than 14000 people have been infected worldwide almost all of them on the chinese mainland as the number of cases there continues to grow factories have gone into overdrive to meet the demand for medical supplies. philippines health authorities said the coronavirus patient had shown signs of recovery but deteriorated quickly despite the fatality officials are urging calm measure or neither. the spread. is being strictly that many countries are now refusing entry to travelers who have recently visited china against world health organization advice new zealand is the latest. and much of this is because simply we do not know we're in the very least of this virus and there are still things that we having to learn about the whites being transmitted so i this is not meant that should cause any alarm by new zealand it's precautionary we're doing it in the best interest of the health countries or
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airlifting their citizens out of china and indonesia more than $200.00 evacuated nationals will be kept isolated on a remote island meanwhile in china production of medical supplies is being stepped up. so we have not been at home for 7 days and are working overtime to produce disinfectant i feel glad to contribute to the epidemic control. supply lines have become crucial in the effort to contain the corona virus and have by province companies are producing hundreds of thousands of medical gloves and surgical masks to support hospitals in the epicenter of the outbreak. and in go on tell county workers a busy building makeshift treatment rooms to handle the overflow of newly infected patients factories are working day and night to meet demand for medical supplies 130 people across the country are concerned about the outbreak and what we ordinary
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people can do is small. this company recruiting solution operators and i happen to have such skills because i used to work in a clothing interest so i immediately came to help with the quote and i didn't see the number of confirmed cases of the coronavirus has now overtaken the sars epidemic of 2003. on the number of infections and fatalities across china has been rising sharply i asked beijing correspondent mathias bollinger whether that's got people in the chinese capital worried. besides the locked own of this whole region there's a lot of activity a real flurry of activity on all levels we have just seen examples of medical supplies being produced there's still a big lack of medical supplies these makeshift hospitals being built in days in one hand and also on the grown for example people these neighborhood committees that
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are everywhere in china they come looking to knocking to the door they keep on asking has anybody just entered beijing is anybody here was just reaching and they hand out leaflets. deliveries cannot enter the compounds in beijing anymore and people themselves they also try to contribute today i went downstairs and there was a lady stepping out of her door with a bottle of disinfectant spraying the staircase with her disinfectant. bollinger there in beijing let's get a quick check now some other stories making news around the world protesters unleavened on have rallied outside the u.s. embassy near beirut to protest president donald trump's controversial middle east peace plan they removed barbed wire and breached a security fence trump's proposal would allow israel to annex parts of the west bank it's been rejected by the palestinian authority and the arab league. japan is sending a wash up into the gulf of oman to guard its oil supplies amid lingering tension
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between iran and the u.s. prime minister shinzo abbay said that japan is prepared to use force to protect its assets there tankers passing through the gulf supplying 90 percent of japan's oil. and kenya is battling its worst locusts infestation in decades billions of the insects have descended on the country as east africa grapples with a plague triggered by cycle rains claims are spraying pesticides and hard hit areas the u.n. says almost 70000000. murals are needed to control this infestation. after britain's divorce from the european union crucial talks on the terms of future trade between the 2 are due to start next month the negotiations will put renewed scrutiny on the status of baltar spain has long contested britain's 300 year old sovereignty over the territory its economy relies on an open border with neighboring spain which is in the e.u. but its future is uncertain. between a rock and
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a hard place residents in gibraltar voted overwhelmingly in favor of staying in the european union but spain is ceded the territory to britain in the 18th century so when the u.k. left the e.u. gibraltar went with it now media reports say madrid wants the e.u. to give the issue prominence a by including it in its opening negotiating position a draft of it is set to be published on monday it would involve gibraltar being excluded from any trade agreements between the e.u. and the u.k. a demand the block is expected to back residents here are feeling the uncertainty. of kosovo in front of you unfortunately with the neighbors we have. they're going to make life difficult for us and from that perspective. concerned there was. a phone call it's
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a very good lucifer both sad really and it seems like it's all happening for the wrong reasons and unobvious the you know is that you didn't want this to happen but . what can we do you know. i'm sure that whatever hurdles there are will be overcome but we don't know so it's just a bit of an unknown really. more than half of gibraltar's workforce comes from spain their economies are intertwined brings it could now offer madrid a chance to reclaim. influence over the territory. tennis news now and serbia's novak tofik djokovic has been crowned the men's australian open champion after defeating austria has done when a team in a 5 set thriller on sunday team recovered from a set down to take an unexpected lead in the contest the joke of it proved too strong sealing the final 2 sets to bag and 8th australian open title his 17th grand
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slam victory over all. 3rd time basia darkman crushed union berlin 5 nil it is their 3rd consecutive win in the bunda sega they have dazzled since the winter break with their new striker finding himself in fine for 5. mins january signing alling holand is the man of the moment having scored 5 goals in his 1st 2 matches for the club but don't have plenty of young talent and another 19 year old shooting star in their ranks got them off the mark against on your own beilin jade and sam show scoring for a 3rd consecutive match is now the youngest player ever to reach 25 when just to get goals his skill got him space while a big deflection government's goal 30 minutes in 5 minutes later though olling holand was back in business i the norwegian already repaying the 20000000 euro fee don't mean spent on him just one month ago julian bond whipping in at pinpoint
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cross to set him up. i live. in the 2nd half dortmund's young guns kept on firing. first a soft penalty went their way as poland made the most of this challenge by keeper rafael geeky of its. captain marco roy stepped up to convert from the spot. then just 2 minutes later axel vittal got in on the goals sanchez setting him up for dortmund's full. time sanchez who kept the hosts going shortly after hole and kept up his record of scoring at least twice in every match so far. he was once again set up by european blonde to secure a 5 nil end result by dortmund's youngsters celebrates
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