don't make it into the song metropolis good corporate. culture in pyongyang starts feb 28th on t.w. . this is day to every news line from delhi in the battle to contain the coronavirus of thora teens in china say the death toll has now passed the 800 mark meaning the virus has claimed more lives than the deadly sars outbreak nearly 2 decades ago we'll hear 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 cameroonians voters elections that was postponed twice the poll is being held against a backdrop of separatist violence and an authorization boycott. oh. i'm rebecca races welcome to the program well thora he'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 deadly sars outbreak back in 2003 almost all the reported deaths and most of the new infections are in the chinese province of huber a where the chrono virus was 1st discovered globally there are now some 37 and a half 1000 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 lunar new year break 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 chemicals. at the world health organization the spread of the disease isn't their only struggle. with not just buckley the virus we're also battling the trolls and

conspired as 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 floor and out of 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 met here 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 to misinformation concern spread quickly to. the doctor scariest 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 column about us by far outstrips the number of cases overall but we have 4 sauce so the relative. danger of the virus is much smaller i think what we need their attention is the requirement for people to be as homework or formation of the new the virus and almost exclusively affect china right now this

100 full of cases around the bug that this in itself calls for attention and concern but for public health authorities. government is not up moment something the people who are on the take daily life should be concerned you just raised the point about a family whose child was in the same school as them on affected. thought is that 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 somebody who's been in the your territories as i am then you to stay at home and notify them of her health before there's a cyclist out so not a cause for mass panic yet an infection rate is still high but china saying there's been a slowdown in the numbers of people contracting the virus now i have we reached the outbreaks peak. you know what we are saying is the number of people

getting infected is remaining thoroughly consistent it's that it's not accelerating . one hospital you know we all are going to face our presence or will help until the next few days house the people who are time to work in china economy us and we'll continue moving on the grill risk is that we have a disease the number of severe cases so quiet relatively high and those cases place a substantial burden on health care providers. and what even in the west that we have those kind of numbers we would be struggling to keep up with the cases so that's you know concerned where it stands the next concern is the argument in a typical supplies to the child means there's a there's a lot of people out there in your care he newcastle of sick people where you 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 hoarding masks this is not what we need to be

doing because it's not offer us any protection from get 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 in about a book. well farty is in hong kong have lifted the quarantine on a cruise liner docked in its 4th because of the corona virus some of the 3600 passengers began this embark in from the ship on sunday the vessels been held in the cruise terminal since wednesday after previous passengers had contracted the virus officials said all 1800 crew on board had now been tested negative for the virus. meanwhile 20 german citizens have arrived back in their home country after being evacuated from will hand a military jet carrying the group has touched down in the capital burden after a stopover in britain 7 taynton citizens of other european union countries were

also on board the german passengers were taken to a hospital on the outskirts of berlin where they'll be kept in quarantine for the next 2 weeks. now it's turning some of the other stories making news around the world irish officials have started tallying votes in islands 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 nationalists sheehan fein and center right fianna foil 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 frankfurt airport has already canceled around 100 flights. a boeing 737 operated by the

russian low cost airline u.t.a. air has been badly damaged in a hard landing in the city of new since none of the $94.00 passengers and crew on board were seriously hurt hurt the airline blamed unpredictable winds for the incident. and out to thailand where security forces shot dead as so. olga 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 which took place in the city of korra 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. that 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 families as day broke in core 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 a long. time 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 a woman died in the room which i'm worried that my friend is the man. rather. tired fishel 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 killer's likely motive while visiting the wounded in hospital song and we want to know. our investigations have found that the gunman had a passion or dispute 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 voters are electing the national legislature and local councils for the 1st time in 7 years after 2 postponements opposition parties in the country's initial thinking areas have boycotted the vote and threatened reprisals for anyone who takes part security was high at polling stations across the angle fine regions. our correspondent plays young is on the ground. in one of the anglo phone regions and he sent us this report. selections the here in camera 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 2 behind me this is a police station you can see so just walking in because the area is no security 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 2080 which was the presidential elections so 15 percent here in the salt west of cameroon and 5 percent in the novus 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 very smooth but here tension is still very high and people have lost a boycott at this elections because of the pretties threats. they don't use blasi

only in cameroon where khan of all season has kicked off including in europe's most a famous cannibal destination venice the lagoon city has held its annual canal parade this year's motto is love games and silliness visitor numbers are reported to be down after last year's record flooding the mayor has appealed interest to return to venice saying the damage has been repaired and that the city is now more beautiful than ever. but as a reminder of the top stories we're following for you oh far as he's in china say the death toll from the corona virus has it now past the hour 800 not that means the disease has now killed more people than the deadly sars outbreak 2 decades ago . security forces in thailand have killed the gunman who went on a deadly shooting spree at a shopping mall in the country's northeast the attacker a thai army soldier killed at least 26 people and wounded dozens of others.

cameron eons of voting in elections that were postponed twice the polls being held against a backdrop of separatist finance and opposition boycotts. you're watching data over the news from burnin up next down documentary series of doc film to look at the economic change in the gulf as the region. for. language courses. video or. anytime anywhere. w s.