this is deja vu news live from berlin the battle to contain the coronavirus authorities in china say the death toll has now passed the 800 mark meaning the virus has claimed all lives then the sounds outbreak nearly 2 years ago 2 decades ago i'm sorry we'll get the latest from an expert also coming out. police in thailand shoot dead a soldier who killed at least 26 people in a gun rampage that ended in a crowded shopping mall. and in the bundesliga soccer one of dortmund's new signings is on target against leave recruits and we find out who came out on top in

the 7 gold strike. the as. i'm rebecca welcome to the program wealth already is in china say the death toll from the corona virus has now passed the 800 mark that means that the disease has now killed more people than the deadly sars outbreak in 2003 almost all the reported deaths and most of the new infections are in the chinese province of hue by where the corona virus was 1st discovered globally there are now some 37500 confirmed cases of the virus china says there have been fewer new infections than in previous days but overall the virus continues to spread on monday millions of chinese are expected to return to work after the extended loan a new year break is over nevertheless china is still far from back to normal.

less is the extent to which china is trying to get a grip on this outbreak medical officials forcibly remove a family from their home. it is believed he had just retired from wu han and had refused to self quarantine a 3rd man is determined not to go without a struggle. in the end it takes 4 adults to dry kemo. at the world health organization the spread of the disease isn't their only struggle. with not just buckley live virus we are also battling the trolls and conspired as the conspiracy theorists that push misinformation and undermine the outbreak response with more than 800 fatalities the corona virus has killed more

people than sars but the real number could be higher whistleblowers have reported doctors not diagnosing cases and disposing of bodies meanwhile rescue flights continue filipinos were floor notes of grown 0 of this virus and landed back in the philippines on sunday more than 20 countries are now affected with almost 40000 cases among them a family of 5 living in the french alps were infected after coming into contact with a man who'd been in singapore here like my daughter was in the same class as the boy us contract of the corona virus and what we really can dam as parents is that we haven't received any information either from the school or from the city hall and what we should do now. live. to local schools will be shut for the next week authorities here are finding that like the virus and misinformation

concern spread quickly to. dr stereo cause is a molecular biologist from northumbria university in new castle in the u.k. and he joins me now sara hi more people have now died from the corona virus than from the deadly sars outbreak nearly 20 years ago is that of course cause for new worries. no it's not quite simply because the number of cases that we have a corona virus by far outstrips the number of cases overall but we have 4 shots so the relative danger of the virus is much smaller i think what term we need for attention is the requirement for people to be x. homework or utter formation of the virus serious almost exclusively affect china right now $100.00 full of cases around the bug that this unit so calls attention and concern but for public health authorities. government is not up

a moment something the people who are on the day to day life should be concerned you just raised the point about a family whose child was in the same school as them on the fact that the avs got it ok an example of what information was to become very quickly and efficiently to inform these individuals stop if there are symptoms well flu the house being a potential worst of exposure to some degree spinning in the your tax territories and then venue to stay at home and notify the local health authorities and there's a cyclist out so not a cause for mass panic yep an infection rate is still high and the china saying has been a slowdown in the numbers of people contracting the virus now i have we reached the outbreaks peak. no what we are saying is the number of people getting expected remaining thoroughly consistent it's that it's not accelerating. one has the us you know we all are going to hate our presence or will help until

the next few days our state people are time to work in china the economy us and will continue moving on the agreeable risk is that we haven't seen the number of severe cases so so quietly high and those cases place a substantial burden on health care providers. even in the west that we have those kind of numbers we would be struggling to keep up with it takes us so that's the concern where it stands the next concern is the apparent immature radical supplies to the chinese there's a there's a lot of people out there even here he newcastle of sick people where it must you don't need the money unless you you yourself are experiencing flu symptoms and this is not my opinion this is what the w.h.o. recommends for people are going nowhere holding mass this is not what we need to be doing because it's not an offer us any protection from get x. in the virus we need to be making the resources available to china and other

countries who are under resourced compared to china so that if the situation gets worse they have the necessary supplies to cope with. us many thanks for that update and very welcome. and authorities in hong kong have lifted the quarantine on a cruise liner doctor in its port over the coronavirus some of the 3600 passengers began disembarking from the ship on sunday the vessels being held in the cruise terminal since wednesday after previous passengers had contracted the virus officials said all 1800 crew onboard had now tested negative for corona virus. and let's turn now to some of the other stories making news around the world voters in switzerland looks set to criminalize homophobic comments made in public exit polls suggest the approval war in today's referendum critics say the law would limit free speech and switzerland is one of the few countries in europe then till now has had no specific legal protections for the l g b

t community. irish officials have started tallying votes in ireland general election exit polls point to a tie between the 3 largest parties incumbent prime minister les overread because party is neck and neck with the left wing nationalist chine famed party and center right fianna for oil frustration with years of budget austerity and a housing crisis are among the main issues for voters. a major storm is bearing down on northern europe ireland and britain face driving rain and winds of up to 130 kilometers per hour there are flood warnings across the u.k. germany is also bracing for the storm's arrival expected to be one of the worst in recent years. now to thailand thailand where security forces have killed a soldier who shot dead at least 26 people most of them at a shopping mall police said earlier stormed the center allowing shoppers to escape as they launched a manhunt to find the gunman who and 40 people were also wounded in saturday's

attack which took place in core at northeast of bangkok. branding for their lives terrified shoppers freed by security forces after a seats that lasted more than 16 hours. friends and relatives of those trapped inside prayed for good news but as the death toll climbed some were losing hope. for. looking for my friend who was hiding among 10 other people in the room i think it's the one where the gunmen and officers exchanged fire a man and a woman died in the room which i'm worried that my friends as the man. people in the neighborhood are traumatized by the ordeal. but. i'm shocked. mchugh i never thought something like this could happen. and

i live very close to the mall and i heard everything. i was still in shock that the . tire fishes have identified the killer as sergeant pepper pan tama the sharpshooter reportedly killed his commander and 2 others at his military base before opening fire at the shopping center the prime minister revealed the killers likely motive while visiting the wounded in hospital. there. were investigations have found that the gunman had a passion all disputes over land with his senior officer and the officers mother in law they argued for 3 days nobody expected it to turn violent. the prime minister of former army chief himself admitted that mental health is an issue in the military one they will be looking at in their investigation.

but for now people here are mourning the victims of the deadliest mass shooting in the country's history. florian knishes in bangkok earlier he described how officials there had been responding to the rampage incidents like this are definitely not common at all here in thailand and the prime minister who gave a short press briefing earlier today in front of one of the hospitals in karate actually said that this situation is completely unprecedented he said has never happened before here in thailand and hopefully this was the 1st and the last time something like this happens now with the fact that this is very uncommon one might infer that authorities especially the police were also quite taken by surprise that's something like this is happening and so now the question lingers to what extent the police was actually. fully you know prepared for something like

this and the fact that this whole ordeal went on. for almost 616 hours. might be due to the fact that the police you know had to actually learn about this kind of situation as they went along. correspondent florian is speaking to us a little early on and to suck on now and when his leg and title hopefuls brosius thought and were looking to continue their recent dominance of the violator because in on match day 21 the black and yellow newest signing and my chum featured in the starting 11 but it was the host who struck 1st in this 7 go thrilla. laver cusins fans were hoping their side could continue their perfect home record in 2020 but that would be a tall order against dortmund newcomer ellen holland has already made history scoring 7 goals in his 1st 3 league matches but don't mean has another transfer

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visitors up by but leverkusen had more left we on bailey sub did and levelled the game at 33. and right after basically added again that he'll pass the ball finds lars bender who gave the home side the win in this back and 4th set. in goal through the. mind sand of their 4 game losing skid in berlin when they faced her a hatrick from robin cross on fuel lines to a 31 victory in the 1st top class on put mind ahead and late in the match in the 82nd minute it doubled they laid netted their only goal go go shortly after about the damage was already down and after a penalty was awarded a song added his 3rd goal on the spot in injury time the 3 points lift minds out of relegation danger for the time being. you're watching data news from

berlin up next a duck film looks at the science of avalanches and finds out what's behind what's being done to make mountains like that i'll be back to at the top of the hour rebecca thanks. it's all happening. normally news from africa the world your link to exceptional stories and discussions anyone will come to the to view separately program tonight from phone in germany from the zito i would say deputed smashed africa join us on facebook at w africa.