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 ab

we are at the beginning of a coronavirus demick in germany the cases in north rhine-westphalia and a further sign of this change of infection are partly and this is a new aspect not traceable there are multiple persons who have had contact with the infected patients. and. that's a qualitative difference to the 16 infectious cases we've already heard in germany where in each case the chain of infection could be traced back to the break in china. for more on how germany is coping with the corona virus are joined here by our political correspondent kate pretty good morning kate so the health minister there we heard him saying that the country is now facing its own coronavirus the demick what's the government doing about it well at the moment we're seeing a very clear headed and level headed approach to this actually of course the german government is in touch with other european governments as well particularly with italy but at the moment germany for example has very specific come down at plan in place for the. virus but we are seeing the situation changing very rapidly so we could see

the verity of the at the demick in the affected nations and the deeper the blue on this map but the larger the number of reported cases as you can see here china still has the highest number more than $78000.00 cases there altogether 50 countries or territories have confirmed cases of the virus that total stands at more than $82000.00 numerous international flights have been canceled here's a closer look at how countries around the world are fighting to ward off a pandemic. streets does that as infection set in italy several new cases across europe more deaths reported in south korea and many global events from sporting matches to conferences canceled. around the world preparations are ramping up as fears of the virus turning into a pandemic grow. australia has kicked off emergency measures wall that. is yet to declare. the night of the bars and its move towards a pandemic fries. we believe that the risk of a global pandemic is very much upon us and as a result as a government we need to take the steps necessary to prepare for such pandemic. as the number of cases in the middle east to ris

country facing its own coronavirus the demick what's the government doing about it well at the moment we're seeing a very clear headed and level headed approach to this actually of course the german government is in touch with other european governments as well particularly with italy but at the moment germany for example has no specific time demick plan in place for the. virus but we are see the situation changes very rapidly so we could see climate change measures being increased in the coming days and of course federal government has been asking local governments to review measures and health plans as well but we're seeing not at the moment we're not really seeing any large scale measures no towns being closed off for example like we've seen in italy but of course the government is to make sure that people who are affected isolated and that has been the case so far and also people who have been in contact with these affected people. as well for a couple of weeks during that period and of course the general the general call on the public as well is to keep following very simple meas

control the spread of whines about the yen i think they're very aware that this has become an inside demick that they have to do something so just last week they met with the world health organization actually at facebook's headquarters in silicon valley where they tried to come up with a strategy and there's no doubt that they have now been trying to promote factual content on the front of of their site so for example i was on facebook today and this came up i typed in corona virus at the very top of the post it was asking if i was looking for information and it was linking to the german federal ministry of health and even you know it would be the same and would have a country over him we always see him live in but even if you just scrolling on facebook you might get a message like this suddenly popping up help prevent the spread of corona virus with some information about what you can do it on twitter it's similar google it's them if you put in the search the 1st thing it often pops up is information from the world health organization and also all these sites particular facebook are using

organization is calling on social media giants to do more to stop what is being called an inflow demick fake news about covert 19 is dangerous because it can prevent people from getting the facts that they need to protect themselves. as the corona virus spreads around the world there's another outbreak going viral misinformation on mine 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 is influenza that is now circling the go so 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 around of the corona virus and has been able to eliminate it within 12

london it's a great day there with the hearings taking place and also in sydney australia michael demick said best to get a journalist and human rights activist attend a demonstration that could turn the next of the lives of our sons has found himself closer than ever to extradition. kero or enemy number one you decide either way today in the song has become a name and a face recognised all over the wilds and not for the death penalty so if i'm not for the deaf i don't want to do it illegally shoot the son of a. bitch. terrorist he should be treated as an enemy combatant. her 6. leaks walks like a hostile intelligence service and talks like a hostile intelligence service by defeating the julian assange. we just feed them or see for rights the 48 year old australian put a target on his back when he leaked a truckload of classified u.s. documents langue bad uses of power at the very highest levels with the u.s. justice department hot on his heels as some sort of saddam in london's ecuadorian embassy the 7 long years but full suddenly and unceremoniously being dragged out by british police.

the epidemic of diseases we often have an epitome of information and this is what we call in for demick and it's really an e.p. dimmick of rumors of false information that is circulating at the same time and every outbreak as it is in food in mc and sue we have realized over time that this in for them it could be really. a call for a good response and hamper effective implementation of countermeasures and so there we saw the doubling warning about an overload of information if you like an avalanche of information so what's happening to those people in china who are pretty much restricted to their homes being able to nominate in some cases one person to go out for 4 provisions every other day i mean what are they doing. yeah there was one thing that also in that w.h.o. press conference i mentioned that one mechanism that chinese government has put into place is to circle these areas where the epidemic has been it kind of been centered in that is who bit province and she had mentioned that you know there are clusters that have sprouted up in other places still very close to who they promi

rumors of false information that is circulating at the same time and every outbreak as it's info demick and so we have realized over time that this in for them it could be really nuts to call for a good response and humper effective implementation of countermeasures well meanwhile the number of deaths in china has continued to grow rising sharply this week to 427 with more than 20000 cases diagnosed hong kong has now reported its 1st death from the virus only the 2nd outside of mainland china and neighboring macau has announced that all of its casinos will close for 2 weeks adrian brown reports now from hong kong. as hong kong confirmed its 1st death from the virus a quarter of its doctors and nurses went on strike seriously affecting emergency services several 100 demonstrated outside the offices of their employer hong kong's health authority they say the complete closure of hong kong's border with the mainland would help prevent the disease spreading their members of the new union born out of the protest movement politics have now entered this growing public health emergency landing i

economic damage on china the misinformation is said to be undermining the global response to the demick artie's done quarter reports. foreign meddling support for donald trump and sowing discord the saga continues you'd think by now the u.s. state department would have burned through its reasons to blame russia for everything under the sun but with the coronavirus epidemic in full swing it looks like they're just getting started russia's intent is to sow discord and undermine u.s. institutions and alliances from within including through convincing coercive malign influence campaigns moscow says washington is just stirring up trouble and that could be the case but we're not even allowed to investigate the accusations officials are clinging to the details of the classified report kept secret by the state department's global engagement center and apparently accuses russia of using fake social media accounts to spread conspiracy theories about america's involvement in spreading the coronavirus but if we compare the secret reports charges against russia to what moscow was actually doing we s

london when he dated a day when the hearing is taking place in the same sydney australia i could demick same vest a journalist and human rights activist attended a demonstration the 2 sets could take a look next at how our son just found himself closer than ever it seems to extradition. kero or enemy number one you decide either way during the song has become a name and a face recognised all over the wild but not for the death penalty so if i'm not for the deaf i don't want to do it illegally shoot the son of a. bitch. terrorism treated as an enemy combatant. her 6. leaks walks like a hostile intelligence service and talks like a hostile intelligence service by defeating the jury in the sun we just feed them or see for brights the 48 year old australian put a target on his back when he leaked a trial of classified u.s. documents lang bad uses of power at the very highest levels with the u.s. justice department hot on his heels as some sort of saddam in london's ecuadorian embassy the 7 long years before suddenly and unceremoniously being dragged out by british police. a stab in the back

the epidemic of diseases we often have an epitome of information and this is what we call in for demick and it's really an e.p. dimmick of rumors of false information that is circulating at the same time and every outbreak as it is in food emic and so we have realized over time that this in for them it could be really. a call for a good response and humper effective implementation of countermeasures. hong kong's chief executive has defended her government's handling of the corona virus outbreak but health workers don't think she's doing enough they're on strike demanding that carry all the territory's borders with mainland china intern brown reports. as hong kong confirmed its 1st death from the virus a quarter of its doctors and nurses went on strike seriously affecting emergency services several 100 demonstrated outside the offices of their employer hong kong's health authority they say the complete closure of hong kong's border with the mainland would help prevent the disease spreading their members of the new union born out of the protest movement politics have now entered this grow

the epidemic of diseases we often have an epitome of information and this is what we call in for demick and it's really an e.p. dimmick of rumors of false information that is circulating at the same time and every outbreak as it's in full demick and so we have realized over time that for them it could be really they call for a good response and hamper effective implementation of countermeasures. well peter j. who it says is a professor the baylor college of medicine he says any sort of vaccine will still be at least months away the actual technology to develop a vaccine against this virus may not be so challenging because it's relatively straightforward we have to prevent the binding of the virus to its host receptor in the long and there are several different technologies that you could use to do that the issue is with coronaviruses we know there's a particular problem as with some other respiratory virus vaccines in some cases the vaccine can make things worse and so this phenomena known as an a body dependent and handsome and so we've got to really do careful safety testing to make s

issue in should when he sees or she sees something that's untoward or that's a concern for another demick get mistreated get called out as something that he was not which was somebody who is being squandered as a propagator of rumors that ultimately were proved to be true that this person now is succumbed to the current virus is deeply saddened tragedy and the chinese government frankly the messaging around his death the confusion that it has caused it's arouse a lot of anger amongst a committee i know in the public health community with across china and for good reason dr gupta i believe you were reset said to end the shanghai centers for disease control what do you make of china's response broadly to the coronavirus so far. i think they've been remarkable actually in the response to the chronic virus and have learned the lessons of the past especially their experience with sars back in the early 2000 and i have a part of them i think many people in the western hemisphere a part of their early aggressive interventions i think there's a lot to to look to this time around that that suggest

al jazeera phnom penh the world health organization says it's concerned by what it calls an info demick that's the misinformation fake news and overall uncertainty about the corona virus that's spreading faster than the disease itself and her schapelle reports. rumors about emerging diseases can and do have real world consequences with so much information out there on social media both accurate or not it can be difficult to find trustworthy sources of information and what the world health organization is calling an info demick about the coronavirus is they say just as dangerous as the disease itself the w.h.o. says false information about prevention measures or fake so-called cures are potentially harmful to public health it's using the hash tag know the facts to dispel some of the most dangerous rumors such as concerns that pets can spread the corona virus to people there's no published evidence of that it's another fake fact that it's unsafe to receive packages from china or that sesame oil garlic or gargling mouthwash can protect you no evidence of that either or that inhaling smoke

this is the big news live from global coronavirus cases soul fueling fears of a ton demick for the 1st time officials report more new infections outside china than inside the virus pushes across the globe we'll take you to italy which is becoming europe's frontline in the fight to contain the outbreak also on the program.

this well i think they're very concerned about this becoming now what what we saw there 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 we're 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 bot 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 frankly don't to those companies and say

the world health organisation is urging social media giants to counter what it calls and the info demick as.

the epidemic of diseases we often have an epitome of information and this is what we call in for demick and it's really an e.p. dimmick of rumors of false information that is circulating at the same time and every outbreak as it's in food and mick and sue we have realized over time that this in for them it could be really. a call for a good response and home for effective implementation of countermeasures. candidates for the democratic nomination to be u.s. president are still waiting for the results of the iowa caucuses after technical glitches in the voting process to judge claim victory despite the absence of official results are bernie sanders and former vice president joe biden said they done well the state is the 1st in the country to outline its choices for this year's vote but democrats say the hitch is not the result of a hack but it's given president trump a republican the chance to call it a disaster. devastated parents have been gathering at a primary school in kenya where 14 students were killed in a stampede police say 39 other peoples were hurt as they rushed out of a 3rd

s response to global emergencies since 2001 during the evil after demick in western africa the organization oversaw assistance and relief to the affected countries such as liberia valuable lessons that are proving helpful today operations in brussels have taken up pace since france triggered an e.u. wide emergency response procedure over the corona virus outbreak situation definitely is worrisome. to some epidemic this is a serious danger this virus as you know spreads with great speed so measures have to be taken and we are trying to see that they're taken in a coordinated manner for the e.u. getting its citizens out of china is a 1st important step but with the number of coronavirus cases growing rapidly brussels and member states will have to come up with a broader strategy to prevent the disease from spreading on european soil. if you brief down some of the other stories making the news today the un has released a report that accuses more than 100 israeli businesses of being complicit in violating palestinian rights by operating in the occupied west bank city officials have welcomed the

efforts to contain the coronavirus os the world health organization wants them to prepare for the pen demick stock markets have been tumbling as companies one the outbreak is disrupting supply chains it comes with new infections outside china now and outnumbering those inside this map shows the severity of the epidemic around the world the deeper the group the higher the number of reported cases china the epicenter of this outbreak is still well out in front with more than 78000 recorded infections elsewhere the situation is most serious and south korea iran and italy. also gather some 50 countries or territories now have confirmed cases in germany health officials have just reported 20 new patients and the w.h.o. has issued a new warning to governments everywhere this is what the organization's chief said earlier our message continues to be that this virus has fundamentally potential and the blue jays providing the tools to help every country to prepare accordingly this is not a time for fear this is a time for taking action know to prevent infections and save lives no that was the w.h.o. d

on the corona virus outbreak up until now he has been playing down the significance of the at the demick is this news conference a sign that he's now taking it more seriously. hi leon erupts to the right he's been playing it to put it mildly and now he's actually had a lot of negative words surprise surprise for the u.s. media he's been saying that they've been doing everything possible to make the corona virus sound as bad as possible and he's been remarkably upbeat about the u.s. is response to the virus so far in the u.s. the centers for disease control and prevention which is known as the c.d.c. we saw some of what they've been saying there already and they've also said you know if those are when it does get to the united states it may cause a lot of disruption to americans' lives and what's also being criticized here is that you know not enough people are being monitored or they're not being tested for the disease at the moment they've only been testing people who've actually been to the affected areas and in particular to china perhaps that they need to you know open up where peopl

the coronavirus at the demick is also focusing minds of the conference china is that the foreign minister expressed confidence at the meeting that the epidemic will soon be over in china itself a court has threatened to impose the death penalty on people who hide symptoms of the virus more than 1500 people have died in the epidemic so far including in france which has recorded the outbreak 1st fatality in europe and the virus is making life difficult for many others. for one man in china quarantine is a marathon a way to cope with the boredom. much of china is on lockdown in beijing or thirties older people returning from their chinese new year holidays to self quarantine or face punishment but the w.h.o. sounds got beat when you talk about the old norms and there are many is what do we know what should we do that we have to be doing and i think if you ask those questions they were getting a lot will. be 2 different tribes. china right now everything from traditional medicine all the way through to drugs but authorities across china are overwhelmed with the sheer number of patients especi

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find trustworthy sources of information and what the world health organization is calling an info demick about the coronavirus is they say just as dangerous as the disease itself the w.h.o. says false information about prevention measures or fake so-called cures are potentially harmful to public health it's using the hash tag know the facts to dispel some of the most dangerous rumors such as concerns that pets can spread the corona virus to people there's no published evidence of that it's another fake fact that it's unsafe to receive packages from china or that sesame oil garlic or gargling mouthwash can protect you no evidence of that either or that inhaling smoke and gas from fireworks can kill the virus definitely don't do that the u.n. children's agency says rumors about polio vaccines are one of the reasons why the virus hasn't been eradicated in afghanistan or pakistan parents in remote areas hear the rumor and don't vaccinate their kids social media allows misinformation to spread faster than ever before and sometimes fake information comes from more traditional sources with poli

including international observers have been able to witness and even feel what it's like to participate demick that's something that i think is truly moving it's emotional but it also puts a lot of pressure on state authorities at the local and central level to react to beat this disease and to bring people together. it also exposes the country's primary news channels which for weeks were providing far less information than social media was. domestic news outlets especially national channels and newspapers have been state controlled ever since the communists took power more than 70 years ago there have been some temporary openings for more adventurous reporting most recently during the time of the olympics in 2008 those freedoms were already 'd disappearing by 2012 when she jinping took power by 2016 the president was touring the media outlets demanding in his words their absolute loyalty to the party in thought politics and action on the coverage of the coronavirus that is what the president dr lucian hosts an opinion program at the state funded channel. there's a fundamental. premise that's

responses being accompanied by a massive info demick an overabundance of information some accurate and some not that makes it hard for people to find trustworthy sources and reliable guidance when they need it because some reaction to the story from human rights lawyer daniel and political scientists pack. i think these are allegations and suggestion i'm making is basically trying to brave the outbreak of the corn the virus to chinese people in china and if you look at these claims and these are location carefully up to now in the scientific circle we still do not have 100 percent of the to suggest that that these why rose he's indeed coming from any wildlife any more number one and number 2 we still don't have and if the evidence to substantiate that these virus is a leak from. viral i do think it's being politicized it's not only politicized in the sense that there's criticisms of the chinese government but the chinese people themselves which makes absolutely no sense but it's part of this yellow scare that is you know frankly has been underneath the surface in the u.s. for a long ti

going back and forth and their efficiency of the balance really on the teach of the pandemic all the demick that you are at eat may be efficient for deal the outbreak in the yukon treat maybe hopefully. if the outbreak in the neighboring country does not develop all that much but as you start having local teases if you start local have. local spread like singapore apparently now dos then you have to try implementing other measures as well you need to trace all the contacts and other measures on the life of the major pharmaceutical firms around the world they're spending billions trying to develop a vaccine how much time do you think they'll need and even at this early stage has there been any real progress there. well that is not a fast progress we've heard some people talking about how these. ways to accelerate the vaccine development have been new ways they have come up with but the important thing to understand is that no book seen immediately automatically known to be c. so you still have to run those safety trials 1st and then right around those efficiency trials unless you do that you

responses being accompanied by a massive info demick an overabundance of information some accurate and some not that makes it hard for people to find trustworthy sources and reliable guidance when they need it going too far my gut reaction to the story from human rights lawyer daniel political scientist back knowing one. dr wong can i just start with you what do you make of these latest claims particularly from the us senator cotton that this virus may have emanated originated from a laboratory in which is the right to suggest this is one possibility i think was peace all occasions and suggestion in the making is basically trying to break the outbreak of the corn the virus to chinese people in china and if you look at these claims and these articles from carefully up to now in the scientific circle we still do not have such a 100 percent of the to suggest that that these why rose is indeed coming from any wildlife any more number one and number 2 we still don't have and if the evidence to substantiate that these spyros is a leak from. the or viral down i noticed to particular with this

demick here. fear is compound it by the fact that there's nothing in the global economy is anchored anything so. so you have this remark shriveling paranoia. disorientation in a world around any kind of solid anchor and it's only going to get more chaotic. welcome by united states nato representative claims that every nation has been targeted by the russia china and cyberspace warning the wall that it must strengthen its far walls against moscow beijing said my reports revealed the cia and its job and counterpart raked swiss made in question machines on xbox in the 1970 s. allowing them to spawn embassies and government institutions in 120 countries on course of reports. the washington post is calling it the intelligence coup of the century the cia working with west german secret services pulling the strings of a swiss and crippin company and stealing government secrets from over 120 countries foreign governments were paying good money to the us and was germany for the privilege of having their mo

calls on countries for urgent action to prevent a coronavirus and demick. arounds deputy health minister who's leading the fight against corona virus there confirms he's infected day after he was seen walking his brow in public. i'm compelled this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up pozner mubarak egypt's former will learn who was toppled in the 2011 revolution as dies aged 91.

the 29000 and outbreak and response has been accompanied by a massive info demick an overabundance of information some accurate and some not that makes it hard for people to find trustworthy sources and reliable guidance when they need it. ok we can talk about this issue a bit further now because joining us is dr parkman wang he's a senior lecturer at the department of politics and university of bath and also there is at daniel koblick he's a human labor rights lawyer and joins us from the united states you both very welcome thanks for your time tonight dr wong can i just start with you what do you make of these latest claims particularly from the u.s. senator cotton that this virus may have emanated originated from a laboratory in with is he right to suggest this is one possibility. well of course senator cotton has the right to the suggestion but i would advise that anyone express a high profile politician who would like to make this kind of suggestion it's better to back up africans i think in the case of the war is a tool viral it is true that it is r.p. for. board 3 with the high

campaign now brand new information rolling in after paying tens of thousands of dollars now the nevada demick for democratic party announced it will not use the shadowing app saying this quote we had already developed a series of backups and redundant reporting systems and are currently evaluating the best path forward that are on the valid democrats already paid shadow and $58000.00 last year and again we don't know how much they paid this year but it is in the tens of thousands of dollars so subtle was coding that was at the heart of all of the problems what what exactly went wrong with the border we what have we found out to be so tyrrell now the absent initial intent was to have more transparency this time around where the state party they actually wanted to give more transparency. and show not just the final results but also show each voters and mischel and 2nd choices as well big fail you could say it was the perfect storm so 1st the app was engineered and just the past 2 months it was never tested at a state wide scale it was never vetted by the department of homeland security cyber se