this is deja vu news live from berlin and the battle to contain the coronavirus of our cities in china say the death toll has now passed the 800 mark meaning the virus has now claimed more lives than the deadly sars outbreak nearly 2 decades ago we'll hear from an expert also coming up. police in thailand shoot dead a soldier who killed at least 26 people in a gun rampage today ended in a crowded shopping mall. and cameroonians vote in elections that were postponed twice the polls being held against

a backdrop of separatist violence and an opposition boycott. i'm rebecca rich's welcome to the program well sardi's in china say the death toll from the corona virus has now passed the 800 mark that means the disease has now killed more people than the sars outbreak back in 2003 almost all the reported deaths and most of the new infections are in the chinese province of hue by where the crime 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 overall the virus does continue to spread on monday millions of chinese are expected to return to work after the extended learn a new. break and the less 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 they 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's a virus we're also battling the trolls and conspires the conspiracy theorists that push misinformation and undermine the outbreak response with more than $800.00

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 started filipinos were flown out of we have grown 0 of this virus and landed back in the philippines on sunday. more than 20 countries are no 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 my daughter was in the same class as the boy u.s. contracted 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 newcastle 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 a cause for new worries. no it's not quite simply because the number of cases that we have a coma by this by far outstrips the number of cases overall but we have 4 shots so the relative. 'd danger of the virus is much smaller i think what term really turn attention is the requirement for people to be x. homework or to promotion until you do virus and he's almost exclusively affected in china right now this 100 full of cases around the world that this unit so calls for attention i'm concerned but for public health authorities and government is not up

a moment something the people who are on the take in daily life should be concerned about you just raised the point about a family whose child was in the same school as the one affected. thought is it ok an example where information works to become very quickly and efficiently to inform these individuals if there are symptoms well flu the house being a potential worst of exposure to somebody who's being in the your territories as i am then you to stay at home and notify the local health authorities and that's a simple it's not so not a cause for mass panic yet but infection rate is still high but china saying there's been a slowdown in the numbers of people contract ing the virus now i have we reached the outbreaks pate. no what we are saying is the number of people getting infected is remaining certainly consistent yes but it's not accelerating to . one house that was you know we all are going to hate our presence or will help

until the next few days hours to make people time to work in china the economy us and we'll continue moving on the agreeable risk is that we have a disease the number of severe cases so quietly high and those cases place a substantial burden on health care providers. and 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 only owner to radical supplies to the chinese there's a there's a lot of people are even carry newcastle of sick people where it must you don't need to be wearing a mask unless you you yourself are experiencing flu symptoms and this is not my opinion this is what the w.h.o. recommends people are going to wear haunting mask this is not what we need to be doing because it's not offer us any protection from get acting the virus we need to be making the resources available to china and other countries who are under

resourced composed in china so that if the situation gets worse they have the necessary supplies to cope with. much gusto many thanks for that update. never walk. north or it is in hong kong have lifted the quarantine on a cruise liner docked in its port over the corona virus 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 now say all 81800 crew on board had tested negative for the virus. turning now to some of the other stories making news around the world irish officials have started telling invite to an island general election exit polls point to a tie between the 3 largest parties incumbent prime minister lee overread his party is neck and neck with left wing nationalist chine fein 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 and britain facing 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 frankfurt airport has already counseled around $100.00 flights. now to thailand where security forces have shot dead a soldier who killed at least 26 people in a rampage most of them at a shopping mall police had earlier stormed the center allowing shoppers to escape as they launched a manhunt to find the gunman more than 40 people were also wounded in the attack in the city of korat northeast of bangkok. lives forever changed this man and his wife lost their son in the shooting spree at 13 he was the youngest victim grief and disbelief at the morgue where families identified

loved ones. with you he was my only son. i let him do anything he wanted to i never put pressure on him i just wanted him to be a good person. a painful new reality for family says de broke in corps at these people narrowly escaped after being freed by security forces. but as the death toll climbed others lost hope in reuniting with friends and family . for. looking for my friend who was hiding among 10 other people in the room i think it's the one where the gunman and officers exchanged fire a man and the woman died in the room which i'm worried that my friend as the man.

tire fishel have identified the killer as sergeant jack propound 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 killer's likely motive while visiting the wounded in hospital long and he whom you want to know them by. our 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 people in cameroon head to the polls today against a backdrop of separatist violence and an opposition boycott photos are electing the national legislature and local councils are for the 1st time in 7 years after 2 postponements opposition parties in the country's english speaking areas have boycotted the vote and threatened from part reprisals for anyone who takes part security was high at polling stations across the and we'll find regions our correspondent blasi ung is on the ground in the 3 way out in the country's southwest one of those anger find regions and he sent us this report. selections day here in cameroon and koreans across the country are voting for their local representatives and lawmakers across the country people are voting peacefully but here in the anglophone region of the country the story is different lots of people are very skeptical to come out and vote as you can see right behind me this is

a police station you can see so just walking in because the area is not secured are all just this one we've had several incidents of going shows and battle between separatist fighters and becoming an army separatist won this election to be completely boycotted 3 days before this election they ask for the region to be shut down at the moment you don't have a long queue of people voting here today and lots of people that we've spoken to off camera city are too afraid to vote as they may be targeted by the separatists after the elections last elections to happen here in 2008 c. which was the presidential elections so 15 percent here in the salt west of cameroon and 5 percent in the novas of kummer which are all the angry phone regions of cameroon which separatists are declared as the our own state which to call. right behind us so used to trying to make sure that the police is really secured across the other parts of the country like the only and while we have reports of

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