this after a patient who tested positive escaped from a clinic in the eastern city of beni the world health organization says this is complicated efforts to contain the disease the country was expected to clear the end of its largest ever outbreak earlier this month but since last week 6 infections have been confirmed the epidemic has killed more than 2000 people since it broke out in august 2008 t. i list but not to isaac because she is a specialist in infectious diseases and tropical medicine also a professor of medicine at the university of toronto who joins us on skype from toronto because thanks for joining us here on the program as i say they were close to calling it a done deal that the epidemic was over but then this new chain of infection was discovered. that's really too bad i mean it was so close this this epidemic in the . eastern part of the democratic or the democratic republic of congo has been going on since 2018 it's infected about 3600 people killed about 2200 people and it's just everyone was so. really upset when we heard about these new cases emerging because it was thought that rea

congo after a patient who tested positive escaped from a clinic in the eastern city of beni the world health organization says this is complicated efforts to contain the disease the country was expected to declare the end of its largest ever outbreak earlier this month 6 infections have been confirmed since last week in bangladesh more than 100000 people have defied coronavirus down orders to attend the funeral of a popular islamic preacher the government has banned all public gatherings of more than 5 people health officials there are struggling to enforce social distancing rules with nearly 100 deaths and 2500 cases confirmed and there's a lot more news here on al-jazeera right after inside story. the reason for the arrest of democracy leaders in hong kong. to face court as more concerns are raised about the city. this story. hello welcome to the program. the coronavirus pandemic has interrupted the antigovernment protests that gripped hong kong for much of last year but the tension that triggered the unrest hasn't gone away nor have the fears the beijing is eroding freedoms that were guaranteed in the

congo after patients who tested positive escaped from a clinic in the eastern city of beni the world health organization says this is complicated efforts to contain the disease the country was expected to declare the end of its largest ever outbreak of this month and since last week 6 infections have been confirmed the epidemic has killed more than 2000 people since it broke out in august 2080. in bangladesh more than 100000 people have defied coronavirus lockdown orders to attend the funeral of a popular muslim cleric the government has banned public gatherings of more than 5 people but health officials are struggling to enforce social distancing rules the funerals organizer says he wasn't expecting such a huge turnout that it need to saddam i know it's a lot that we wanted to make small arrangements for the funeral following the government's guidelines on maintaining health and safety but people gathered out of their respect without our knowledge we've no idea how it happened. a fire is torn through one of greece's largest migrant camp strong shelters for several 100 people the plays on the island of

eastern democratic republic of congo the world health organization says that will further complicate efforts to contain the outbreak in and around the city of beni 6 new infections have been confirmed in the past week or than 2000 people have died since the outbreak began in late 28 in his isaac. is a specialist in infectious diseases and tropical medicine at the university of toronto and says it seems like the outbreak was close to ending. that's really too bad i mean it was so close this this epidemic in the in the eastern part of the democratic or difficult public of congress been going on since 2018 it's infected about 3600 people killed about 2200 people and it's just everyone was so. you know really upset when we heard about these new cases emerging because it was it was thought that really that this epidemic was was over now of course this is a major setback and they really have to find any possible contact to these positive cases to really make sure that there's no further spread in the community you know how difficult some of the teams have had it working in that part of the democratic republic of congo contact tracing is challenging so

clinic in democratic republic of congo the world health organization says that will further complicate efforts to contain the outbreak in and around the city of beni the country was expected to declare the end of its largest ever operate earlier this month but 6 new infections have been confirmed in beni in the past week or so. floods in western kenya have killed 4 people including policemen on a rescue mission there is a search underway for 28 others who are missing as well or from laura but mentally i. reverse that mode sweeping through villages in the west of kenya. in the past. marketplaces a police station and schools because of the ocean. i in the west pocket days of heavy rains look as possible from the debris left behind. many areas still waiting for official rescue teams to arrive at the 1st of the bridge i do i just go we ran to the other side of the ridge and that's when we saw the flood waters it came down in a big wave and destroyed this whole shopping center and carried away all the animals into cars be moved through tipping cotton all the bridges washed away look you say they've had to carry flood victims to nearby health centers on