have 2 major clusters in this part of southeast south korea in daegu city nearby and then here in chengdu county they had an outbreak a very serious outbreak of the corona virus it's spread through the hospital made more than 100 staff and patients sick tragically a lot of the patients were in a psychiatric ward up here on the 5th floor of this hospital it was a place of confinement it spread very quickly before the hospital realized what they were dealing with when they realized how serious it was they locked down this facility they moved out many of the sicker patients some of the less sick patients were kept in here along with all of the stuff they were basically sealed in basically told to stay on site and this hospital is now being dedicated to being part of the effort to fight this coronavirus extra stuff is being sent here and they are treating patients with the corona virus at this facility and sink a south korea has the largest number of confirmed infections outside of china rob what extra measures are being put in place in the country. they are still looking at basically trying

could drupal the number from earlier this week there's been one death so far a man from the city of chengdu oh but most of the new cases have centered around the city of die a good that's where a group of people congregated for religious services. immobile teams dispatched and daegu to disinfect the site of the country's worst mass outbreak of the coronavirus. church of jesus where 61 year old with. attended services while infected health authorities describe it as a super spreading event the mayor has advised people to stay indoors raising fears that this city of 2500000 is the next global hotspot for the virus. like here go wrong places here in seoul worried that they become the 2nd was harmed . to don't tell you the charge should have been more careful with. the church has a reputation as a cult and south korea and issued this apology we are deeply sorry that one of our members thought of her condition as a cold because she had not traveled abroad led to many in our church being infected and cause concern to the local community. this is day goes temporary treatment center where people ar

these cases most of them linking back to the city of daegu the city and also in neighboring city of chengdu have been placed and to the . a special category of a special in the manner of daegu has basically told people to stay at home pretty much brought the whole city to a standstill as the authorities wait to see how this is going to develop the country's president has been holding emergency meetings emergency talks with his ministers to see what they do next but just to give you a sense of how this has developed at the beginning of this week south korea was reporting number of cases of the coronavirus in around around the thirty's we're now talking about well over 150 and counting all right rob thank you for that update from seoul let's bring in katrina you she's joining us from beijing and that is where all sorties have been talking about a possible vaccine that's to be submitted for clinical trials around late april what more are we hearing on the. that's right it's just a few hours ago china's state information council gave a press briefing they talked about what kind of treatments ar

this church but there is a link between that and a 2nd cluster which we're happened in a hospital in chengdu go in the neighboring county so those are between them basically the epicenter of the outbreak and of the figures the 161 new cases being reported today monday the vast majority of those are members of that one congregation there are hundreds of people who are said to be sick who have reported flu like symptoms as the medical teams go around and investigate those they are detecting and confirming many more cases of coronavirus the upside is that basically the congregation themselves know that they are at risk they are being told and are taking self quarantine measures and so far at least any new cases that have cropped up because there have been cases reported throughout south korea individuals in various cities across the country they have all been linked back to this area of south east southeast south korea but have not so far created as far as we know any new clusters rob thank you. well iran is being isolated by its neighbors because of growing fears over the coronavirus outbreak

in some cases, more than 200 ands in chengdu province another in hubei province. more provinces could report outbreaks as well in those supposedly isolated ecosystems like prisons. as well, we are seeing additional clusters in other parts of asia, not just china. you are seeing a surge in cases of another 52 in south korea. they have now 208 cases, as well as one death. we are seeing another cluster in the central city where the virus has gone through a religious sect. there is heightened concern in south korea. japan, they are seeing areas of infection in previously unconnected areas as well. cases, as well27 as three deaths. is economic impact continuing to rise. we are getting warnings from the japanese government, the to 46.7.ing the economic outlook not looking great as japan is looking forward to the summer olympics in just a few months. we are also getting news out of germany that the pmi might have been up more than expected. however, export orders plunged more than expected because of the virus outlook. finally, the international air transportation associ