this is the w.'s lie from the head of the world health organization says we are at a decisive point in the 5 because coronavirus. this is not a time for. a time for taking action now to prevent. and save lives now is the number of new infections souls governments are taking increasingly drastic action to prevent. the pathogen crosses for those acts but. the problem spreading almost as fast this

information w.h.o. once tracked in social media companies to help counter a flood of fake news about the virus. the 70th birthday an international film festival shortly the 1st officiers bad news however humphrey and scott down at the red coppers. today the queen of british cinema helen mirren she picks up an honorary golden that like that's coming up. i'm phil gayle welcome to the program. governments around the world around picking up efforts to contain the corona virus as the world health organization wants them to prepare for a pandemic you infections outside china now outnumber those inside is

a map showing the severity of the outbreak around the world the deeper the blue the higher the number of reported cases so here's china they be center of the outbreak and still well out in front with more than 78000 recorded infections elsewhere the situation is most serious in south korea iran and italy or together some 50 countries or territories now have confirmed cases bringing the overall number of cases to more than 82000 and w.h.o. has issued new warnings to governments everywhere to get ready for a pandemic our message continues to be that this virus has been demick botticelli and doubly cerys providing the tools to help every country to prepare accordingly this is not a time for fear this is a time for taking action now to prevent infections and save

lives now. cia director general of the world health organization speaking in geneva so let's talk take a look now at how countries around the world reacting to the outbreak. the south korean city of daegu has been hit by this virus containment measures are in full swing the streets there are being fumigated and medical stuff at collecting samples from people in self-imposed quarantine south korea has the most number of diagnoses coronavirus cases outside china and it's desperate to stop those numbers from rising mosques are in short supply with huge lines of places selling them. i only have 5 or 6 masks left at home but i think the current virus outbreak will last till the end of much there's never enough masks and i will certainly need more . across the korean strike japan too is getting serious about stopping the

virus in its tracks schools will be closed from next week that means almost 13000000 students will be studying at home. graduation ceremonies coming up soon so it's quite a hectic time of year but most important thing is preventing infections so there's not much else we can do. in the middle east and the outbreak in iran is intensifying and so i need by saudi arabia is not taking any chances either taking the pilgrims from entering the country and visiting the holy sites in mecca and medina. there's an increased presence of this disease in several countries including those near saudi arabia that increases the risks so protecting pilgrims and the 2 holy mosques and god forbid the sacred sites from the arrival of this disease is very important. the decision will affect muslims worldwide millions by the annual pilgrimage to mecca during the holy month of ramadan which

begins in 4 wakes. well joe is also calling on social media companies to help stop the spread of untruths about corona virus a deluge of disinformation is making it difficult for people to keep themselves properly informed. as the corona virus spreads around the world there's another outbreak going viral misinformation online from scammers angling for a quick buck to shadowy actors so when chaos manipulators lie in wait here a website with wild exaggerations of the number of dead and infected false hype from a notorious american white supremacist and another conspiracy theory in the right wing washington times linking the corona virus to china's bio warfare program a rumor rejected by public health scientists. online peddlers are looking to profit

from public panic selling products with unproven claims this influenza that is now circling to go you're saying that silver solution would be effective well let's say it hasn't been tested on this strain of the corona virus but it's been tested on other strain of the corona virus and has been able to eliminate it within 12 hours another site advice is people to ward off the corona virus by drinking chlorine dioxide a form of industrial bleach the u.s. food and drug administration says is dangerous. public health experts warn such false claims can cause the virus to spread further and faster distracting people from proven prevention techniques. the world health organization is fighting back putting pressure on social media giants to place reliable sources about the

coronavirus higher in search results. and the w.h.o. has launched its own public information task force. there are several measures. to protect yourself and others from getting the new coronavirus the appropriate use of math their top counter measure to dissent from ation is simply putting the truth out there with soap and water or alcohol based. reporter alex of forest why single alex so why would people spread disinformation about something as serious as this well i mean there's the obvious one we saw in that report to make a quick buck buck if you can make a quick sale but i think what's more concerning is how this decision from asian is being used as a political weapon to destabilize governments to destabilize authorities particularly health authorities and spread fear and panic across the world not just

this week we heard from u.s. officials saying that there been an increase in russian trolls thousands of russian trolls trying to spread conspiracy theories such as it was the us who were behind this coronavirus because they want there to be to inflict economic pain on china all that it was the cia who manufactured it as a biological weapon we've even seen reports that it was the microsoft founder bill gates who is now the billionaire philanthropist who for some reason invented a manufactured this and of course as you saw in that report also some far right extremists who want to prove that this shows why immigration must be stopped people shouldn't be allowed into certain countries so it's a whole range of different reasons and what a social media companies doing about this well i think they're very concerned about this becoming now what what we saw was an info demick so they have been teaming up with governments and with health organizations to try to stop this and last week

the w.h.o. the world health organization held a meeting with many of these companies at facebook's h.q. in silicon valley where they tried to work out what they could do and facebook today for example when i went on and putting corona virus into my facebook page right at the top you can see that there was a are you looking for more information and a link to in this case the german health minutes. because where in ballin but it would be wherever you are in the world the same on twitter and even on google in their search engine the 1st thing that's coming up is the w h o website so i think they really trying to prove that they are doing what they can they've employed more fact checkers but the problem is once that information is out there it's very difficult to pull it back and it's very difficult for it to be removed unless all the users flag it up to those companies and say you've got to

get it off and then it's up to them to do say hundreds forced watson thank you. and of course you can find reliable information about the spread of corona virus on our website w dot com and now we'll take a look at some of the other stories making news around the world syrian rebels say they have recaptured a strategic town in northwestern province you know when it comes as the syrian army pushes for control of the last large rebel held region a syrian human rights group says government troops seized full control of southern lip and to join in hama province in the last few days from. tunisia's new government has won a vote of confidence in parliament the back of the prime minister's cabinet and it's more than 4 months of political wrangling since the election the coalition includes parties from across the political spectrum but they continue to disagree on major policy issues. the british courts have ruled in favor of canceling

plans to build a 3rd runway at london's heathrow airport the government approved the project and 2018 environmental groups for legal battles against it claiming that another government would violate the u.k.'s commitment to the paris climate agreement. and it's been said that her oscar winning performance in the 2007 film the queen proved that helen mirren is acting royalty and she's no one film wonder of course with half a century of powerful patrols on screen and on stage this year she's being presented with the berlin international film festivals on the golden bear award for lifetime achievement. helen mirren has made a career out of playing strong women and often standing up to men. to such a.

but she's a lot more relaxed in real life so what's the secret behind her stellar career. i was very lucky. and that was the truth to me but. honestly is beyond time and. to anyone at any time. one of the early roles was in the london gangster flick the long good friday but she was no ordinary gangsters mall. this was the early 1980 s. when strong female roles was still a rarity for many fans a career high was her majestic performance in the queen she won an oscar for her portrayal of elizabeth the 2nd dealing with public anger at the royal family's response to the death of princess diana. despite the quintessential englishness of

many of her roles. as a european it's hot a love to europe and i it was the best thing to me absolutely the best thing that we were now a part of europe as opposed to sort of we had to sort of appendage to america you know and never felt comfortable with myself. and i will continue. to practice it you know it's geographical thing it's a cultural thing it's everything. and that's why she's especially happy to be receiving the golden bear at this year's palynology it's a great honor. coming especially coming from berlin you know this is a very substantial film town mazing history of german film obviously but also. the. audience is notorious or famous let's say for its critical eye but no criticism right now just a celebration of

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