process or to sometimes. do dart. starts to viewer turn on. this is data over the news line from berlin to the battle to contain the corona virus authorities 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 up. vigils are held in thailand as the country mourns those killed in a gun rampage that 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 authorization boycott. i'm rebecca ritter's welcome to the program or storage fees in china say the death toll from the corona virus has now passed the $800.00 mark that means the disease has now killed more people than the sars outbreak back in 2003 or most all reported deaths and most of the new infections are in the chinese province of hugh ballet where the corona virus was 1st discovered globally there are now some 37 and a half 1000 confirmed cases of the virus china says there have been a few 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 but up to stereo course is a molecular biologist from northumbria university in newcastle in the u.k.

and he joins me now sariel high 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 occurred on the virus by far outstrips the number of cases overall but we have 4 shots so the relative danger of the virus is much smaller so you want to read her attention is the requirement for people to be x. home for cluster formation until you do virus and it's almost exclusively affecting china right now there's a handful of cases around the bug not this unit so of course. attention and concern but for public health authorities and government is not up a moment something that people who are on the day to day life should be concerned that you just raised the point about a family whose child was in the same school as the one affected the out thought is

that ok an example of what information works to become very quickly and efficiently to inform these individuals if there are symptoms well flu the house being a potential are still exposed to somebody who's being 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 to cause her mass panic yet and in fact is still high but china saying it's 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 affected is remaining consistent it's that it's not accelerating. one has you know we're all going to make our preference or will happen to the next few days i'll stick people over time to work in china the economy us and we'll continue moving on the agreeable risk is that we haven't seen 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 the concern where it sounds the next concern is the only been a typical supplies to the chinese there's a there's a lot of people out here harry newcastle have seen people wearing masks you don't need to be wearing must 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 holding masks 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 where 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.

it work. and 20 german citizens have arrived back in their home country after being evacuated from wu han a military jet carrying the group has touched down in the capital berlin after a stopover in britain 17 citizens of other european union countries were also on board the german passengers were taken to a hospital on the outskirts of the city where they'll be kept in quarantine for the next 2 weeks. turning now to some of the other stories making news around the world thousands of people have marched in the moroccan capital rather to show solidarity with the palestinian people organizers called for the demonstration to protest a new american peace plan that palestinians say favors israel marches denounce the u.s. and call for boycotts of american products. irish officials are tallying votes in ireland's general election exit polls point to a tie between the 3 largest parties incumbent prime minister leo veronica's party

is neck and neck with left wing nationalists chin fang 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 island and britain face driving rain and winds of up to 130 kilometers an hour there are flood warnings across the u.k. and 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 has been badly damaged in a hard landing in the city of you since none of the $94.00 passengers and crew on board was seriously hurt the airline blamed unpredictable winds for the incident. and as to time and now with 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 which took place in the city of korra northeast of bangkok. of a vigil for the lives lost hundreds of people gathered sunday night with buddhist monks chants and prayers and bottomless green. earlier at the city morgue this man and his wife lost their son in the rampage. of 13 he was the youngest victim. would you but 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. scenes of terror at the mall these people narrowly escaped

after being freed by security forces. thai officials have identified the killer as sergeant jakrapob toma 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. 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 has admitted that mental health is an issue in the military one that investigators will look into. but for now there are more questions than answers and the morning over the deadliest mass

shooting in thailand's history has just begun. 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 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 reprisals for anyone who takes pot security was high at polling stations across the and refined regions. our correspondent blasi young is on the ground and in one of those and we'll find regions 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 secure the

all just this morning we've had several incidents of going shows and battle between separatist fighters and the county and cities 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 of come or c.b.s. 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 separate these are declared as the our own state which to call brazoria 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 way here tension is still

very high and people have largely boycotted this elections because of the parties traits. demi's blazing young in cameron well some sport now on in german sucka bundesliga title hopefuls proceed dortmund looking to continue their recent dominance of a bye and leverkusen on match day 21 black and yellow newest signing and john featured in the starting 11 but it was the hosts who struck 1st in this 7 goal thriller. laver cusins fans were hoping their side could continue their perfect home record in 2020 but that would be a tall order against don't mean newcomer ellen holland has already made history scoring 7 goals in his 1st 3 league matches but don't mean has another transfer looking to make an impact every shot from your vintage in however didn't open the scoring leverkusen from man kevin falling day. by

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appealed to tourists to return to venice saying the damage has been repaired and that the city is now more beautiful than ever. and it's a reminder of the top stories we're following for you or thirty'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 2 decades ago. and vigils have been held in thailand as the country mourns those killed by a gunman who went on a shooting rampage in a crowded shopping mall. cameroonians of voting in elections that will postpone twice the polls being held against a backdrop of separatist violence and an opposition void ought. to get you can always get data with the news on the go just download our app from google play all from the app store that'll give you access to all the latest news from around the world as well as push notifications for any breaking news and if you're part of

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