the city of daegu is at the center of an outbreak of the corona virus that has the whole of south korea worried with nearly all of the new cases of infection linked to this church a branch of the shin changi church of jesus it's believed people attending services here became infected some of whom then travel to other towns and cities in south korea infecting more people daegu and the neighboring city and now the focus of a national effort to contain the outbreak children hooked into the government will take special measures by designating the daegu enchong areas as special care as zones as a sudden hike in numbers of the confirmed cases have been reported from there it's thought many of the new cases of infection were due to one woman member of the church who also travelled widely around daegu city before finally being diagnosed the man has ordered everyone to remain at home bringing the city of 2 and a half 1000000 to a virtual standstill special medical centers have been set up to treat the expected increase in new cases in the capital seoul preventive measures are being taken while o

south korea declares daegu city a special care is own after a spike in new coronavirus cases and bans large gatherings and sold to control the spread. you watch al-jazeera life from a headquarters in doha and also ahead donald trump's former ally roger stone is sentenced to 40 months in prison for lying to congress but the president is confident he'll be cleared. the u.s. imposes new sanctions on members of iran's guardian council accusing them of rigging friday's parliamentary elections. and we visit the residence of a border town struggling to survive amid a dispute between rwanda and uganda. hello south korea has raised the alert level for the southeastern city of daegu that's after the country's 1st death and an increase in coronavirus cases so medics have confirmed $156.00 infections or 30 say dozens of them are linked to one church in daegu and the prime minister says special measures will be taken to stop the virus from spreading meanwhile china reported $118.00 more deaths on thursday and confirmed more than 800 new infections which is more than double the number reported the

says it's entered an emergency phase in the fight against the coronavirus the southeastern city of daegu has been declared a special care a zone that's after the country's 1st death and an increasing coronavirus cases medics have confirmed $156.00 infections authorities say dozens of them are linked to one church in daegu now the prime minister says special measures will be taken to stop the virus from spreading and china has reported a 118 more deaths on thursday it also confirmed more than 800 new infections which is more than double the number reported the day before there's also been an increase in the number of infections reported out. at the outbreaks epicenter province and in a briefing on friday the chinese government said clinical trials on a coronavirus vaccine could begin from late april. 2 australians who were evacuated from this cruise ship that had been under quarantine in japan have now tested positive for corona virus after returning home they're being isolated or we have correspondents covering the story in both china and south korea in a moment we'll hear from katrina y

70 cases in the last 48 hours and as you mentioned it does seem to be centered around the city of daegu now daigo has about 2 and a half 1000000 people in terms of its population and what we've heard so far is that the main the cluster of cases that seems to be revolving around a particular church in daegu and many of these cases come from a reported super spreader who attends this church now the mayor of de girls come out in the last few hours and said that this is an unprecedented crisis for daegu they've shut down public kindergartens they've told people to stay indoors they've shut down libraries they considering for spawning schools who which were supposed to open in the next few days or next few weeks so the city of daegu now resembles many chinese cities which is it's extremely quiet people are staying indoors and we are expecting more measures to prevent the spread of the outbreak there in the next few days during katrina thank you for that we're going back to the situation in japan particularly of the port of york or harm or rob mcbride is our correspondent there he's got more

the streets of daegu are eerily quiet fear of the disease means most people here are heeding warnings not to venture out those who do are careful about where they go and whom they meet. for more money as long as we were a mask and washing hands properly we can get through this i think i hate wearing a mask but now i have to wear it all the time it's hard to go out and i avoid cafes business in this normally bustling city of 2 and a half 1000000 has been brought to a virtual standstill 102 hope tonight i opened my shop today just in case there might be some customers but there's been none so i'll soon close up and go home nearly half of the infections are linked to a church in this building which is locked up and deserted church members have been told to quarantine themselves while medical teams are quickly testing them for the corona virus in daegu in the neighboring county of chung though more testing centers have been set up and hospital wards designated to treat the flurry of new cases who counted you know you and i'm worried it's like the whole city is in lockdown and people are a

but our correspondent robin fried reports now from outside a hospital in the south korean city of daegu that's where people are being tested for the virus. these figures to have again spiked this saturday morning by friday evening we had 204 cases being reported across south korea they have now jumped by 142 calling for the figures that have just been released that we now have 346 and bear in mind these figures are produced here in south korea twice a day so it's gone from friday being 204 to saturday morning being 346 by saturday evening we can expect another big jump as you mentioned we are testing center at the main medical center one of the main hospitals here in daegu which is being now quickly dedicated just to the treatment of coronavirus people if they believe they have symptoms of cough or fever they come here they present themselves that they are being tested we know that many of the cases here in daegu and chango a neighboring city which both have been declared as being a special chasm down here in the southeast of south korea many of the cases are centered on this particular

death and shuts down public spaces in several towns south korea also reports of surge in new cases in daegu city. watching al-jazeera lie from a headquarters and. also ahead they are trying to cause chaos trying to cause you treat. us democratic presidential hopeful bernie sanders tells russia to stay out of america's elections often reports that moscow is meddling in his campaign. a 7 day truce between the u.s. and the taliban goes into effect in afghanistan paving the way for a peace deal to be signed next week. and votes are counted in iran's parliamentary election with conservatives expected to hold on to power after moderates and reformist candidates were excluded. hello there's been an increase in the number of new corona virus cases outside of china italy has confirmed its 1st death from the virus public spaces have been shut down in 10 towns in lombardy province after 15 new cases were found there south korea has the most cases outside of china and they have had their largest spike in infections over half of the 346 patients there are members of a religious sect in the city of daegu

their largest spike in infections over half of those are members of a religious sect in the city of daegu well as the number of deaths outside china continues to rise the world health organization chief has issued this warning about the corona virus outbreak. although that window of opportunity is not only to contain the outbreak we still have a chance to contain it but while doing that we have to prepare at the same time for any eventuality because this outbreak could go any direction it could even be messy. but what i'm saying is it's in our hands now if we do well within the not only window of opportunity we can reverse any or we can have very good any. serious crisis or rob mcbride is in the city of daigo in south korea and he has more on the situation there. these figures to have again spiked this saturday morning by friday evening we had 204 cases being reported across south korea they have now jumped by 142 calling for the figures that have just been released that we now have 346 and bear in mind these figures are produced here in south korea twice a day so it's gone from friday be

al-jazeera live from a headquarters in doha in derry you know the gates are also ahead south korea declares daegu city a special cares own after a spike in a new coronavirus cases and bans large gatherings in seoul to control the spread. donald trump's former ally roger stone is sentenced to 40 months in prison for lying to congress the president is confident he'll be cleared. and we visit the residence of a border town struggling to survive in many dispute between rwanda and uganda. the locals have opened for iran's national parliamentary elections turnout is expected to be low particularly among reformist voters after a senior clerical body barred thousands of candidates from running and that includes dozens of members of the outgoing parliament the u.s. has opposed new sanctions on members of the guardian council accusing them of rigging the vote it's only have 2 correspondents covering the elections in iran in a moment we'll speak to bernard smith who's an odd and central iran but 1st let's bring in dorset your bari joining us from tehran so tell us more about the big issues today and what pe

country as a whole and they've been 2 deaths the government's urgently sending help to the city of daegu. and the health authorities in iran never reported another death that's bringing the total death toll there to 5 of them is 30 infections there largely centered around the holy city of whom infected travelers from iran of reported in lebanon and in canada and there's been a 2nd death from the virus reported initially the outbreak there has spread in the northern region of lumber day there are 30 confirmed cases robert wright is our correspondent in that southern city of daraa in south korea with much more now on the wide reaching impact of the virus. these latest figures do make for very grim reading once more showing a doubling of this basically a pattern now has been established over the past few days that we have a doubling each day it seems this time last night friday we were talking about just over 200 cases in south korea we're now talking about well over 400 and the focus still is very much on this area daegu and the adjoining chango county where we have a number about half of

laura bicker, bbc news, daegu.us military campaign by forces loyal to president bashar al assad, the united nations says the greatest exodus of civilians in the civil war is taking place in north western syria. the fighting is in the province of idlib, the last major rebel stronghold in the country, where about a million people are trapped. government forces backed by russian warplanes, have been pummelling the area, since last december and while more than 900,000 people have already fled seeking refuge in turkey, they've now become trapped at the border. but the un warns the numbers will grow, because there's no safe shelter inside idlib. well, our middle east correspondent, quentin sommerville and cameraman fred scott, have been to the province, and sent us this special report. a darkness is closing in around idlib. the regime is creeping closer and those who oppose it take shelter where they can. 26 families are living in this empty shell. the tarpaulin walls put up by ismail yusuf aren't enough to keep out the

well that's what they are doing down around daegu the prime minister is they're leading the leading the efforts to try to contain the coronavirus in that area one of the big shortages they have there are medical personnel and they're calling for volunteers a number of brave you'd have to say brave people have volunteered to go down there and to start the testing centers and the hospital wards dealing with this they are calling for more people to. answer the call there's also things like shortages of face mask we're now having here in south korea so the government is working with companies not to export the new face masks that they are churning out by the millions but to keep more of them here meanwhile we're also hearing today from the epidemiologists from the specialist doctors in a news conference they're very much trying to project what is going to happen here in the experience south korea will go through based on what happened in china and as we know that there break talk about 2 months from the 1st cases to really reach a peak and you've got to remember that here in south korea we'

laura bicker, bbc news, daegu.n europe, the uk has confirmed another four cases, bringing the total to 13. and in italy, a third person has died and more than 100 people have tested positive. austria has denied entry to a train coming from italy and is halting other train services with its southern neighbour. the italian government has announced strict controls in 11 northern towns near venice and milan with no—one allowed in or out. mark lowen is near codogno, the epicentre of italy's outbreak. we have been driving around this exclusion zone in the street have been completely deserted, the police told us earlier that if we went further up earlier that if we went further up this road, we would have to go into quarantine like the more than 50,000 people across 12 towns in northern italy who are now in lockdown. i spoke earlier to one man who is in the town, he said in a town of 16,000 people there isjust the town, he said in a town of 16,000 people there is just one fruit and vegetable store open. all the other shop

fatalities the government says urgently sending medical help to the city of daegu health authorities in iran have reported another death bringing the total there to 5 with nearly 30 infections there largely centered around the muslim holy city of qom infected travelers former one have been reported in canada lebanon and the u.a.e. the 2nd death from the virus has been reported over in italy the break has spread and its northern region of long barzee with 30 confirmed cases now we start our coverage in south korea with mcbride reports from daegu which has been declared a special care zone. the streets of daegu are eerily quiet fear of the disease means most people here are heeding warnings not to venture out those who do are careful about where they go and whom they meet. all more math as long as we're a mask and wash our hands properly we can get through this i think i hate wearing a mask but now i have to wear it all the time it's hard to go out and i avoid cafes business in this normally bustling city of 2 and a half 1000000 has been brought to a virtual standstill on the road to l

is this tuesday afternoon in daegu seeing for himself the work that is being done there on trying to control the outbreak this daegu and its neighboring counties where we've seen the 2 major clusters which accountable most of the what the nearly 900 cases of corona virus that we currently have in south korea he has echoed the views of his ministers and officials who are saying that this week really is an inflection point as far as the control of the outbreak is concerned that if the authorities are going to contain it in this area rather than allowing it to spread and accepting the fact that it is spreading throughout the whole country then it will achieve that in the next few days so a very important time very crucial few days ahead the prime minister of south korea is being based down in daegu to oversee the efforts there we're hearing that personnel from the police and the military are also being assigned to help in this effort we know that there is a shortage of medical staff the medical staff who are there have been working around the clock and an appeal has gone out for volunte

or south korean city of daegu is in a state of lockdown with millions of people urged to stay indoors schools closed and some mass gatherings banned 204 cases have now been confirmed in the country and 2 people have died well the bride reports from daegu. the city of daegu is at the center of an outbreak of the corona virus that has the whole of south korea worried with nearly all of the new cases of infection linked to this church a branch of the shin changi church of jesus it's believed people attending services here became infected some of whom then travel to other towns and cities in south korea infecting more people daegu in the neighboring city and now the focus of a national effort to contain the outbreak children hooked into the government will take special measures by designating the daegu enchong areas as special care zones as a sudden hike in numbers of the confirmed cases have been reported from there it's thought many of the new cases of infection were due to one woman member of the church who also travelled widely around daegu city before finally being diagnosed the man

but pride is in the southern city of daegu with more on the white reaching impact on south korea. these latest figures do make for very grim reading once more showing a doubling of this basically a pattern now has been established over the past few days that we have a doubling each day it seems this time last night friday we were talking about just over 200 cases in south korea we're now talking about well over 400 and the focus still is very much on this area daegu and the adjoining chung go county where we have a number about half of all of the cases are now reported to be members of this one church community so that's the focus at the moment is trying to screen and test all of the thousands of members of this church and it has to be said that around a 1000 of them have reported flu like symptoms so we can expect sadly many more people from this congregation potentially to test positive for the corona virus around 100 or so of the number are also from a hospital in chiang doe where it seems the there is a link between the cluster here in daegu and the neighboring county somehow

city of day in the capital meanwhile in so mass gathering and rallies at the back and mcbride is in daegu and as he reports there is fear that the virus has spread to other cities. the way it has suddenly spiked in the past a couple of days it has health officials here putting into place various measures setting up special testing centers to try to give a quick test for the corona virus they're opening up a special ward which are designed for infectious disease treatment and all of the attention at the moment is centered on a particular church here because most of the new cases do appear to have been churchgoers attending recent church services and gatherings there seem to have been mass infections between the church goer some of those churchgoers are not from daegu they're from other cities and towns it seems that they went back to those cities and towns may have infected other people also visited other branches of this same church may have passed on infections to those people to a lot of the concern here is with one particular church goer from this church a 61 year old woman who apparen

hello welcome to the news hour south korea has raised the alert level for the southeastern city of daegu after the country's 1st death and an increase in corona virus cases medics have confirmed 156 infections there or thought he say dozens of them are linked to one church in daegu the prime minister says special measures will be taken to stop the virus from spreading china reported $118.00 more deaths on thursday and confirmed more than 800 new infections which is more than double the number reported the day before 2 australians evacuated from a cruise ship that had been to quarantine in japan have tested positive for corona virus after returning home and now they're being isolated as crossover to katrina your correspondent in beijing and katrina those hopes that things were on the mend have really just been dashed in the past few hours. why especially in south korea we're seeing that there was a case of more than 50 cases announced in the last 24 hours the government there as you mentioned has declared an emergency situation saying they're going to come down with strong and swift measu

south korea's health ministry has announced $169.00 more infections most of them are in and around daegu that brings the total number of people with field this to $1146.00 european health ministers have held emergency talks in italy where the virus is spread to south from quarter dollar to tuscany unsisterly there are also confirmed cases in croatia austria france switzerland and germany with links to the italian outbreak the number of cases continue to rise in iran as does concern over the government's handling of the epidemic after the deputy health minister he's the man who is leading the fight against the illness seen here on the left confirms he's been diagnosed with the virus americans have also been told to brace themselves for health officials are calling the inevitable spread of the virus throughout the united states from abroad joins us now live from solve the number of cases crosses a 1000 how much concern is that causing there rob. well it is considered another big rise and of course the government here has identified the next few days as crucial in the fight against this out

church of jesus it was this church in daegu that we had most of the cases being reported still the majority of cases are members of this congregation well. development of this tuesday the church has come forward it's often been accused of being a sect and slightly secretive we now know from the church that they are providing the names of literally thousands of its members some of them are already self quarantining but allowing the author ities the names and contact details so that the authorities and the medical teams can follow up to check for any further cases . live for us from seoul. more on the deaths in iran now said bags into iran he says as the number of cases rises there is disagreement over how bad the situation really is. there's been an extraordinary exchange in clash a war of words between a member of parliament. he's a member of parliament for the city of qom the epicenter of this virus here in iran and the health ministry now he said he puts the number of dead from the virus at 50 now he acknowledges not within maybe from the krona virus but he says that the government's perf

wondering how bad this outbreak will get of mcbride al jazeera daegu south korea. south sudan's rival leaders have formed a unity government declaring an end to a civil war that killed more than 400000 people and. a former rebel leader react machar has been sworn in as president salva kids deputy the world's youngest nation collapsed into conflicts in 20132 years after winning independence from sudan millions of people have been deployed displaced by the fighting but president here insists that peace is here to stay. we so mentally so morally sure that we will work together to preserve the lives of our people and preserve their unity it will be our responsibility to restore people's lives and to his pride once again to believe in that it probably was also done. and hopeful for the democratic nomination to be u.s. president facing another test as voters in nevada make their choices the caucuses in the state have just begun bernie sanders is leading the polls followed by elizabeth warren and pete the judge those are the top stories stay with us algis are world is nex

so it's a 433 with 2 fatalities the government says urgently sends in medical help to the city of daegu health authorities in iran have also reported another death bringing its total to 5 people killed with nearly 30 infections there largely centered around the muslim holy city of whom were infected travelers from iran have been reported in lebanon and canada meanwhile a 2nd death from the virus has been reported in italy there brick has spread c. in its northern region of low birdsey with 30 confirmed cases we've got 3 correspondents across the developments in the story shortly we'll head see way in haiti in hong kong bari is standing by for us in teheran but 1st we're joined by rob mcbride in daegu south korea rob a very concerning situation in south korea given the sharp rise in numbers of confirmed cases. that's right these latest figures do make for very grim reading once more showing a doubling of this basically a pattern now it's been established over the past few days that we have a doubling each day it seems this time last night friday we were talking about just over 200 cases

nearby in daegu, the worst affected area, they've created several crisis centres.utside, the ambulances are lined up, each with a patient waiting to be admitted. the spread of this virus may be relentless, but so are the efforts to stop it. how are you coping? ah, yeah, we have to overcome this situation. do you think you can do it? yeah, but i pray. half of south korea's cases are linked to a secretive religious sect, which is accused of failing to cooperate with medical staff. its church in daegu became a target, prompting the movement's leaders to speak out. he said his congregation were the biggest victims of the virus and urged people to stop spreading groundless rumours. the main shopping district of south korea's fourth—largest city is almost abandoned. the few who do venture out can use technology to help them stay away from infected areas. alarm sounds they're using your phone to locate where you are, and then they will send you an emergency alert if you are anywhere near where a confirmed coronavirus patient has been. south korea is now facing a race agai

the streets of daegu eerily quiet fear of the disease means most people here are heeding warnings not to venture out those who do are careful about where they go and whom they meet. for more money as long as we're a mask and wash our hands properly we can get through this particularly i hate wearing a mask but now i have to wear it all the time it's hard to go out and i avoid cafes business in this normally bustling city of 2 and a half 1000000 has been brought to a virtual standstill on the road to my house i hope tonight i open my shop today just in case there might be some customers but there's been none so i'll soon close up and go home nearly half of the infections are linked to a church in this building which is locked up and deserted church members have been told to quarantine themselves while medical teams are quickly testing them for the corona virus in daegu in the neighboring county of chung though more testing centers have been set up and hospital wards designated to treat the flurry of new cases who can did you know you are no more and i'm worried it's like the whole city

with more cases here in daegu than in seoul i'm worried the day going to become the 2nd we'll hand. it to 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 are showing symptoms. more than 80 church members have confirmed infections. and there could be many more. far we have checked with 4475 church members and among them 544 answered that they had symptoms so they are undergoing the virus test we have obtained a list of remaining church members and are taking measures. so is also on edge over the virus health workers retrace the path of a coronavirus patient who reportedly used to train authorities have also banned rallies to fight the outbreak. some families aren't taking any chances missing big life events like this father's own university graduation and wa

laura bicker, bbc news, daegu.ing to italy, where around 150 people have so far been diagnosed with the virus. the bbc‘s mark lowen spoke to us from just outside the town of codogno, the centre of northern italy's coronavirus outbreak. he could not go into the town without being put into quarantine. this is the point in which police are now stopping all the cars trying to go down the road towards codogno, which is the epicentre of italy's coronavirus outbreak. the police here are telling us that if we go beyond this point, that we would have to quarantine, we would not be able to leave here for quite some time, and they are checking all the vehicles coming in and out. if we just come over here, there are a couple of residents living on the edge of this zone. speaks italian they are telling me that they feel completely closed and segregated here. speaks italian so they are not leaving the house, they are staying inside, and that tallies with a conversation i had with somebody inside the town of codogno who says that

laura bicker, bbc news, daegu.rope, the uk has confirmed another four cases, bringing the total to 13. these pictures are from italy where a third person has died and more than 100 have tested positive. its prime minister announced strict controls on movement in 11 towns near venice and milan, with no one allowed in or out. in news just in, we've learned from oezii, an austrian news station, that austria is closing down all train travel to italy. mark lowen reports. lockdown in northern italy. streets deserted, shops shut in the european country with the worst coronavirus outbreak. with towns in the affected area closed off, more than 50,000 people are under quarantine, an unprecedented step as italy scrambles to curb the outbreak. at supermarkets they waited to stock up, taking every precaution, unsure of how long the special measures will last. police were brought in to control the situation and limit numbers queueing. the region worst affected is lombardy around milan. its mayor said schools are closing as well

past couple of days suddenly we have moved to this basically almost an emergency level centered on daegu this outbreak a cluster of cases and in particular on a single church there in this city it's a fair medium sized city 2 and a half 1000000 people the most of the cases that have been reported dozens in fact were members of a congregation of a particular church now it does seem as though this is spread between monks members of this congregation they are trying to find the initial source of it the authorities suspect possibly it could have been a 61 year old woman who was a member of this church congregation who would be into a couple of services at the church with hundreds of other fellow church goers even though she was showing symptoms of possibly coronavirus they are trying to make contact with all of these people and it's known that around a 1000 members of the congregation did it attend church services at this particular branch now the problem for the rest of south korea is that these congregation go as we're not just from this one city but from other parts of career who went bac

all right rob thanks for that rob mcbride there live in daegu in the southeast in south korea let's go now to the iranian capital tehran our correspondent there said beg and as ed says this outbreak of current virus in iran does seem to be quite closely linked to one specific location and that is the holy city of qom yes it does it seems to have started there now this is a religious city holds an important religious shrine and it has millions of visitors across the years from all year round from neighboring countries iraq and lebanon but also further afield we have programs coming to iran to visit the holy city of qom from the united kingdom there's also many religious seminaries the main shia clerics to laws are also based there so it is important religious city and many people from around iran visit that city now the head of the infectious to infectious diseases department in the health ministry has said it could be that the virus has spread because people visit. but they suspect that the virus could be present in all cities in iran currently now we do also know that they are chinese

an urgent attempt being made to find all those people the cheek been in contact with the mayor of daegusent out a real desperate plea earlier on thursday evening saying that he was very worried that local hospitals would not be able to cope if this indeed turned out to be a widespread outbreak so he's appealing to the central get to the main government and so to provide as much medical aid as they can and quickly so the focus in daegu is going to be containment there's also concern that it spread to surrounding areas of this city with a population of about 2 and a half 1000000 and meanwhile in china it's reverted to the a vision no model by which it was calculating the number of new infections of corona virus do we know why the impact seems to have been at a dramatic reduction in the number of cases that are reportable. but we don't know why china has been changing the way that it tests people for this fire as you know last week of course it announced it was changing its testing criteria now it's adjusted that again but what it seems to be saying is that the new way the new method for t

volunteers also some factories in that area have come to a standstill and interestingly the mayor of daegu has gone on record this tuesday's as saying that we are at a critical juncture it does seem as though the authorities there and here in seoul do look at this week as being a potential inflection point that if it is going to be contained if it is going to stop from becoming a national problem then what happens this week is crucial. ride there from seoul get more on the deaths in iran now are said bank is run he says as the number of cases rises there's disagreement over how bad the situation really is. there's been an extraordinary exchange in clash a war of words between a member of parliament. he's a member of parliament for the city of qom the epicenter of this virus here in iran and the health ministry now he said he puts the number of dead from the virus at 50 now he acknowledges not within maybe from the krona virus but he says that the government's performance on the issue has been 0 he says that nurses don't have the correct uniforms and are scared of treating patients he says

past couple of days suddenly we have moved to this basically almost an emergency level centered on daegu this outbreak a cluster of cases and in particular on a single church there in this city it's a medium sized city 2 and a half 1000000 people the most of the cases that have been reported dozens in fact were members of a congregation of a particular church now it does seem as though this is spread between monks members of this congregation they are trying to find the initial source of it the authorities suspect possibly it could have been a 61 year old woman who was a member of this church congregation who would been to a couple of services at the church with hundreds of other fellow church goers even though she was showing symptoms of possibly coronavirus they are trying to make contact with all of these people and it is known that around a 1000 members of the congregation did it attend church services at this particular branch now the problem for the rest of south korea is that these congregation go as we're not just from this one city but from other parts of career who went back to

number of cases in the last 24 hours bringing the total to $104.00 the majority are in the city of daegu where 2 and a half 1000000 people have been by the mayor to stay indoors that outbreak has been traced to a church congregation the japanese government is defending its handling of infections on board the diamond princess cruise ship near yokohama the vessel has been in quarantine since earlier this month and that time the number of confirmed cases on board rose to more than 602 elderly passengers died after being taken to hospital and china has changed how it's reporting cases of the virus that's led to a significant drop in the reported number of new infections there were 394 on whedon's day down from almost 1900 the day before adrian brown's in hong kong he says south korean officials are taking this of infections very seriously. we have now a huge increase today in south korea 53 new cases which means we now have more than 100 confirmed cases in south korea northeast asia it seems japan and south korea now very much in the front line of this particular virus now the focus on thurs

more vile teams dispatched and daegu to disinfect the site of the country's worst mass outbreak of the coronavirus. the shins church of jesus where 61 year old woman 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. then i think we have more cases here in daegu than in seoul i'm worried the day going to become the 2nd was. that the don't tell you the charge should have been more careful with it you know that. 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 for people showing symptoms. more than 80 church members have confirmed infections. and there could be many more. tembo 200 or so far we have checked with 4475 church members and among them 544 answere

laura bicker, bbc news, daegu.0. getting on the property ladder is a distant dream for many. but now the conservative mayor of the west midlands has come up with a solution. he wants to redefine what an affordable home is, based on incomes rather than prices. it would mean developers having to build smaller, cheaper properties. our home editor mark easton has the details. what does affordable mean? here in wolverhampton market, traders woo customers with bargain vegetables. apples and pears, rabbits as big as hares! with homes, affordable is officially defined as 20% below average local prices or rents. but housing‘s so expensive, that still translates as unaffordable for millions. the government‘s focus is on affordable home—ownership with discount schemes for first—time buyers and key workers. but even with treasury help and even in less pricey areas like here in wolverhampton, most workers can never even dream of getting on the housing ladder. take zoe, who will qualify as a nurse later this year. with a salary