and -- >> whereas prior to his tenure on the health commission, mr. loyce dedicated decades of service as a valued department public health staff member. in 1978, he began working as a substance abuse counselor and soon became the director of the county drug and alcohol services. after a short stint as a director, overseeing services to homeless individuals, he was promoted to the director of the aids office, administering $50 million of health services, research and h.i.v. prevention services. beginning in 1998, he held the role of d.p.h. dep director of health for nine years. his responsibilities included serving as directors of all h.i.v.-aids programs and administering the department's budget across a vast array of innovative, public health programs and health delivery systems. and... >> mr. loyce, has also made significant contributions to the san francisco and los angeles social service communities. he moved to los angeles to serve as the chief executive officer of aids project los angeles. the second largest h.i.v. support organization in the un

at the moment is the deputy director of the health commission. all of this as we try to examine what sort of response we have had out of chinese authorities. has there been a degree of further disclosure that was missing before? >> the government response has come a long way, especially since the sars outbreak in the early 2000s. that was a landmark moment in , ass of transparency reform well as the government spending millions to upgrade their systems. , china was widely criticized for trying to limit and deny the scope of the disease. release thehey did genetic sequencing of the disease the other countries could identify. you also have all sorts of levels of government coming out with public health announcements. this briefing is exemplary. mustnping is saying this be taken seriously and there will be great consequences for officials who try and cover up cases. you have all levels of government trying to emphasize how critical it is. in beijing, you are seeing heightened awareness and concern with many people wearing masks and companies passing

collaborated on technical fronts as well the night of the 27th of january many a way of national health commission made a telephone call with that addicks secretary of the department of health and human services means that our staff has appreciated china's transparency in the prevention and the control and that he has also expressed to him optimism china's close collaboration with the chill national health commission of china has told united states that way well come at us communication was never chill and china has expressed a willingness to join. trying to export as team. some countries have expressed their willingness to help china appreciates such help china is confident and capable of winning this critical battle and we will maximize our efforts to control the ever gonna make minimises pressman nation transmission will continue to collaborate to with other countries and how come across and taiwan region in particular the epidemic information communication and the sharing of monitoring surveillance investigation prevention control and a recent event. second there are questions on the shortage

coronavirus claims more victims will have a live update on the crisis from china's national health commission. hello i'm sam is a dime this is al jazeera live from doha so coming up. 5 more protesters killed in iraq as security forces crackdown on anti-government demonstrations. rescue teams refuse to give up hope of finding more survivors in the rubble of a powerful earthquake in turkey plus. that you have an instruction overwhelming. that the president did nothing wrong. donald trump's legal team deliver the case in defense of the u.s. president the trial. now china is ramping up containment measures as the outbreak of the coronavirus accelerates in a few moments we'll be hearing from the country's health ministry just under an hour ago china banned all trade in wildlife sold for food the virus originated in an animal market in the city of one hand on saturday president xi jinping warned the country is facing a grave situation where the death toll has gone up to 56 people another 2000 people are infected 300 of whom are in critical condition and china has expand. drastic travel restrictions

at a news conference, the vice minister of the health commission said 440 cases are confirmed, and theseattle in the united states. the world health organization is to hold an emergency meeting within hours. 0ur health correspondent tulip mazumdar is following the story. a city on high alert. wuhan, where this mysterious virus first emerged, is bracing itself. several hospitals in the city are already dealing with hundreds of cases. more than a dozen health workers have been infected. this virus which can cause severe lung problems appears to be spread through close contact with infected people. there are particular concerns ahead of a lunar new year as millions get ready to travel for the holidays. china says the situation is under control but many more cases are expected. the outbreak has already hit several areas of china, including the capital, beijing, and shanghai. a handful of cases have also been identified in other countries in the region. two in thailand, one injapan and one in south korea. now the us has also confirmed a case, a travellerfrom china who became sick in seattle

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the severe cases we found a lot of the so that is the chinese health commission trying to put. the most positive spin they possibly can on events saying that they have the means to fight the corona virus of course when they're speaking to a room full of journalists wearing face masks at the same time as the declares a global health emergency also the chinese warning against any action against medical staff as they had been in violence that they referred to. so as i said correspondents on the mcbrides in sun in south korea a temporary quarantine center all come to the robot want to start though with wayne hay in hong kong of course chinese territory with the declaration of the global health emergency what does that actually mean and in practical terms. well one of the main things that this declaration does is free up money in the 1st instance that means the w.h.o. now is more funds that it can throw at the problem but it also effectively gives the w.h.o. more power because member nations including china have a binding all began to accept and implements any decisions that the w.h

scientists at the chinese national health commission expect the outbreak to continue spreading and reach a peak in 10 days' time. i'm joined in studio now by the reports i've done up till taji done of the world health organization is having this urgent meeting on it what can you tell us about it so this is a meeting of the chairs emergency committee so this is a committee that's comprised of 16 independent experts who have come to the death of before in fact 3 times in the past week to talk about this lyra's and what they're going to do is they're going to discuss whether the virus should be a global health emergency and if they do discuss the kind of recommendations that they want to see happen to in order to manage this server at the moment they've already changed the risk level for moderate to high but they haven't really to ted it is a global health and i don't see yet but with the amount of countries being affected going up to 16 now that might change things there this is why by having an open i want to we know about the efforts to control the spars so as as of yet there's no cure o

scientists at the chinese national health commission expect the outbreak to continue spreading and reach a peak in 10 days' time. and for more tonight we want to bring in martin sturmer he is a viral wages at the lab for interdisciplinary medicine in frankfurt it's good to have you on the program where we've seen what's happening right now flights are being canceled the countries are bringing back their citizens is this the the are these the necessary steps they should be taken at this stage in the outbreak in your medical opinion. yeah i think so because it's quite quite dangerous to stay in the area because we know that the virus is spreading anymore you've heard about rising peoples infected was a virus and from my point of view you have even more the next days and so it may be a good idea however on the other side you should think keep in mind that you also have the risk to impart the virus in the whole country not even by that not only by the patients transported by the people transported but although the flight crew may be and so you have to be careful that you don't import the vir

number of cases in the country to more than 200 with 3 fatalities so far the country's national health commission however us is the outbreak is quote preventable and controllable scientists have so far said human to human transmission of the virus does not appear to be easy the outbreak began late in december and was traced to a seafood market in the central city of. since and cases have been confirmed. south korea japan and thailand airports in the region and some in the u.s. have already established screening procedures for flights coming from central china badger's that looks to be greatly bored and travel picks up ahead of that falls on the weekend every year around this time hundreds of millions in china will move around cities ahead of the lunar new year heavily packed these chinese rule work as a ready to return home the current outbreak of the mysterious virus isn't stopping them. i haven't seen my son for so long let's stop thinking about the virus sheesh the infection is said to be a new type of corona virus which causes respiratory symptoms this fish market in the city of new han might

corona virus that has emerged in china is not yet a global health emergency china's national health commission has now confirmed more than 800 cases of the disease which is so far claimed $25.00 lives that includes one death hundreds of kilometers from the epicenter of the virus now authorities have locked down several cities in a bid to contain the virus 1st and foremost is the city of new han the metropolis at the center of the outbreak. a city of 11000000 people with almost no one on the streets transportation severely restricted trains planes buses cars almost nothing leaves or enters the city. hospital wards have had to deal with hundreds of cases and thousands more beds have had to be reserved for patients health workers are on the front line of the fight against the virus. of course we're worried and so are our relatives. but we're nurses and will do our job as long as we wear the uniform despite the rising number of cases the world health organization has not declared a global health emergency and the question was whether this event constitutes a public of emergency of international co

this is according to the china national health commission also as u.s.l companies continue to respond to the threat starbucks announcing it will close half of the stores in china. toyota is halting production in china until early february british airways is suspending flights to china ab inbev is suspending production at the brewery in wuhan. we'll go to eunice yoon in beijing. we have the first look at markets this morning trading did resume in hong kong. it was not pretty. down about 3%. break down the trading there amid this crisis what is going on >> reporter: as you'd expect, consumer and travel related names were the most vulnerable dranking the hang seng down. macau casino names also down after china said it would stop issuing travel permits to the gambling center. the airliner cat hhay pacific scaling back in flight services, no amenities, no duty free sales and maeal services will be limited. tencent is one of those that specialize in online gaming. starbucks shut half stores here. apple is shutting one store. as for production, apple supplier f

scientists at the chinese national health commission expect the outbreak to continue spreading and reach a peak in 10 days' time. our correspondent mathias bowling is following the outbreak for us from the chinese capital beijing and sent us this is us. we are getting to know a lot more about this virus yet anxiety and uncertainty prevail and people prefer to stay home in order not to get in touch with other people and to minimize the risk of being infected people are angry at how their government has handled the situation and they are prepared for this to last a lot longer foreign nationals are being evacuated from one han now another sign that nobody thinks this crisis will be over anytime soon so how long is this likely to last more let's bring in martin stomaches of raul just of the laboratory for interdisciplinary medicine in frankfurt thanks so much for coming in this morning with us or can you tell us how much time does it take for a virus like this to peak according to china this would be about a week or 2 from now. normally normally not i think they expect the peak in about 10 d

1st and it's never been the case in the whole history of china and just as we're talking the health commission is issuing a press conference to announce. more steps and we will know both that i think in the near future maybe in the next hour now you mention on that's the center of the outbreak it's been a long down since wednesday but many other cities are seeing similar restrictions tell us about them. yeah i think the situation and what happened in the whole province becomes more severe i'm starting from today also top traffic which will pop traffic is spent in the city you need to license and government permission to drive. to be on the street also the u.s. consulate has announced that it will evacuate its stuff on tuesday also the russian authorities and the french authorities are. in with the chinese side and they also want to have a q. ate their citizens the german side however is more i mean they have not issued a travel warning yet but people are stockpiling on food and also on medical supplies and yeah that's the sense of. tell me more about how people in china are feeling now you've

efforts to build a dedicated hospital from scratch go on around the clock the chinese national health commission says it expects the outbreak to continue spreading and reach its peak in 10 days' time. they're joined by now by martin stammer he is a just at the lab for and to disciplinary medicine in frankfurt thank you so much for joining us and i'd like to ask in your expert opinion i mean we have here flights being canceled countries bringing back their citizens is this really necessary from a medical point of view that seems to be the best solution actually because the u.s. is spreading before symptoms are. read by the patients of infected people so they don't ever specific control of all the cells if they carry the virus or not so there's a lot of danger of transporting infected patients from country to country sitting in a plane and being infected with the why was might spread the virus even more you mentioned the danger how dangerous is the virus. you know actually difficult to say or to compare with a water system that you rate actually spending between 2 and 2 when the percent mainly eff

it was over 1000 suspected cases, according to the china national health commission. of those 25 deaths, notable is one outside the providence, the epicenter of the disease. it is in the province where the chinese capital beijing is. we know this is happening on the eve of chinese new year where typically we see a mass human migrationf people -- of people going outside of china's borders. we are also seeing confirmed cases of the disease. the latest numbers out of japan. a secondeing confirmed case of coronavirus there. this does create a situation where we wonder whether the 10ld health organization -- day stay specified earlier when they did not declare this as an international public health emergency. shery: that was quite interesting. we had the director general placing china for being transparent and cooperative. right now, we are seeing the last update has been a huge jump from the 580 four that they reported earlier and 18 deaths. perhaps something to consider as we are seeing the who refraining from that declaration of the global public health emergency. of co

just in the past hour, we've got some significant developments, that coming from the national health commission. as you mentioned, president xi jinping has come out with this urgent order toward local officials in particular to by all means stop the spread of this virus. well, the health officials coming out with incredible numbers. i'm going to walk you through some they announced in the past hour or so. one, they're deployed 1,600 medical perns knell to the wuhan prorchs to treat those infected. that's in addition to the 1 3rkz 00 or so on the ground, both military and civilian medical personnel. listen to these numbers. we've been talking about the shortage of has mat suits proerks techive goggles and masks. they're stepping up production. the health commission has announced they've brought people back from holiday and they're ordering them back into the factory to construct these has mat suits. need about 100 thousand every day for the prorchs. they have to import a lot to make up for that number. meantime president xi is moving forward to protect his medical staff. he wants centralized qua

yeah yesterday the health commission also revealed another crucial detail about the virus namely that it's painters also during the period as opposed to sasaki which makes it much more difficult to contain because many people might carry the virus without knowing it because they don't show any symptoms yet and they might infect other people so yeah that makes it difficult that calls for even more prestige countermeasures and that's what the central government here is doing today they announced for the 1st time in the history of china to extend the. trouble week more than 3 days and the reason for that is i mean right now millions of chinese of this if you read it to the. police mostly in the countryside in the provinces and in the coming days they're expected to come back to the big cities on the east coast and of course the government right now wants to prevent any form of movement within the population because that might spread the virus even more. fabienne let's talk about some of the more than 15000000 people who are in exclusions aryans or in lockdown in china how are they being.

we have some breaking news now just in china's national health commission is reporting that 41 people have now died from that will haunt corona virus. it was just 26 at the last update yesterday. the number of people infected meanwhile has also risen 1287 people have infected. the commission says the latest tally comes from 29 provinces all across china, including 237 patients in serious condition, all 41 deaths to have been in china. meanwhile, france has announced that 3 people there had gotten sick with the virus. this is the disease is first appearance now in your house. every day more than a 130 people here in the us die after overdosing on opioids that's according to data published by the national institute on drug abuse and now new research suggests that one of the drugs that can treat addiction is being used more often as well, but still not enough people are receiving it mandy gaither has more in today's health minute. >>buprenorphine is one of 3 medications approved by the us food and drug administration to treat opioid addiction. its use more than doubled between 2009 2018

now, the national health commission has been holding daily briefings, and they're expected to continuef the things they brought out was concern for migran and rural workers, given this is the spring festival. a lot of folks left the major cities, went home to their home provinces and are expected to come back into those major cities. hundreds of millions, potentially, back on the roads, back on the rails, back in the skies, traveling together in close quarters. that's a concern, and so that's why there's this education campaign under way, the central government is spearheading that in which they hope to educate those less experienced about these outbreaks how to prevent the spread, basic hygiene protection as well. now, it seems neighboring countries and territories, including hong kong, are taking precautions from here, and stricter ones at that. we just learned that hong kong is going to ban anyone who is from hubei province, the epicenter of this, and anyone who has traveled there, from coming through hong kong within the next 14 days. so essentially if you've been there you have to

nfe re nce let's take you live to beijing's press conference going on, the chinese national health commission international cooperation but most significantly it is saying health authorities now believe nine people have died after contracting the respiratory virus. the vice minister of the health commissioner said 440 cases have now been confirmed. checking to if there's something else coming through on that. again, reiterating the commission plans to ta ke reiterating the commission plans to take the initiative to step up cooperation with the world health organization. there's been concern china was repressing information on this for various reasons. more on that as soon as we get it for you. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: british news, still to come: universities are happy to accept british universities are happy to accept china's money but what about the country's political ideas? donald trump is now the 45th president of the united states. he was sworn in before several hundred thousand people on the steps of capitol hill in washington. it's going to be only america first. ameri

are released in the something's that's going to happen in about an hour's time the national health commission is going to have a press conference they had one yesterday and this is something they say they're going to do on a daily basis and that is to combat the criticism of the numbers have kind of been all over the place you've got you know a province releasing numbers a dead end infected you've got other provinces doing it there really hasn't been essential eyes clearing house of these numbers so that is led to a lot of confusion and a lot of anxiety so i would imagine that this national health commission having a press conference every morning is part to. ease the tension about what the numbers are and kind of that lack of transparency one thing that's interesting too you know we saw in that story that chang the prime minister went down to one and you know visited those sites where the building these new hospitals this is something that the central government is trying to assure the people that they're on top of that that they're there you know they're doing things to make sure that they'

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deaths have been reported outside of china, and as of midnight, thursday, that country's national health commission reported 596 cases have been, quote, cured. anne-marie. >> laura podesta in new york. thank you. thank you, laura. >>> it is a critical day in president trump's impeachment trial. it happened after the senators wrapped up their final round of questioning. and there was high drama. republican senator rand paul walked out of the proceedings after chief justice john roberts refused to read his question. it included the name of the alleged whistle-blower in the ukraine scandal. what's the outcome at this point? >> it's not looking good for democrats. at this point last night they got the news they didn't want to hear. the one key republican senator they thought might vote yes is actually going to vote no, but it's not over yet. tennessee's lamar alexander said he'll vote no on witnesses in president trump's impeachment trial. he said there's no need because the house managers have proved it was inappropriate for the president to ask a foreign leader to investigate. but he added it was not

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the national health commission detailed actions to contain the disease and we know that 17 people havelready died in the city, a city of 11 million people. we will have plenty more coming up. this is bloomberg. ♪ amanda: we are watching shares of boeing. no discussion of cutting the dividend. it is still all in on the max. they believe that is still the plane that will be competitive for years ahead. they believe the faa is also still committed to that generation of planes. watching that stock off the lows of those sessions as these headlines cross. shery: we are watching another stock in the u.s. markets, tesla. elon musk having a very good day. the market value of tesla surpassing more than 100 billion, surging back -- surging past volkswagen becoming the second most valuable automaker. he can look forward to a huge payout if the stock sustains its rally. here with more is craig sydow who leave coverage of autos. we are comparing it to volkswagen. a company that has sold 30 times more vehicles last year. does this rally make sense? craig: a good 30 times more the metrics get a little

number of confirmed affections infections has hit 6000 that according to the chinese national health commission an expert from the n.a.c. saying it could take 10 more days for the outbreak to peak. ok let's take a closer look now at the countries evacuating were planning to evacuate their citizens from the epicenter 11000000 people live in the city and germany says it will begin evacuating 900 of its citizens france efforts to repatriate its nationals beginning today now charter flights will be bringing home south korean citizens this week and some 650 japanese nationals while they're already being repatriated the united states has also started evacuations back home diplomats and their families among the 240 americans who have already flown out of the city well several other nations are also discussing exit plans with beijing. meanwhile hong kong is taking a different approach as authorities are confirming more and more cases of the virus in mainland china hong kong's leader kerry lamb has announced plans to suspend all ferry and high speed rail links to the territory flights in china are being

in china number of confirmed affections is about 6000 that according to the chinese national health commission an expert from the and h.c. says it could take 10 more days for the outbreak to peak. ok let's take a closer look now at at the countries evacuating are planning to evacuate their citizens from the epicenter of this virus now 11000000 people live in this chinese city germany says it will be evacuating 90 of its citizens from move on now france's 1st plane to repatriate its nationals will leave for paris today. charter flights were bringing south korean citizens of this week home and some 650 japanese nationals will they have already been repatriated some are still being repatriated back to japan the united states has already begun evacuations diplomats and their families among the 240 americans who are being flown out of who are now a number of other nations are also discussing exit plans with beijing well meanwhile hong kong is taking a different approach as authorities are confirming more and more cases of the virus and mainland china hong kong as leader kerry lamb has announced pla

scientists at the chinese national health commission expect the outbreak to continue spreading and reachk in 10 days' time. brent: for more tonight, we want to bring in martin sturmer, a virologist at the lab for interdisciplinary medicine in frankfurt. it is good to have you on the program. we have seen what is happening right now. flights are being canceled,, countries are bringing back their citizens. is this the -- are these the necessary steps that should be taken at this stage in the outbreak, in your medical opinion? martin: yeah, i think so. because it is quite dangererouso stay in n the area because we kw that the virus is spreading more. you heard about rising people infected with the virus. from might point of view we will have even more in the next days. so it is maybe a good idea. however, on the other side, you should think, or keep in mind that you also have the risk to import the virus in the home country. not only by the patients transported, by the people transported, but all the flight crew maybe. so you have to be careful that you do not import the vivirus. and keep p

china's national health commission says it believes the current outbreak is controllable.racting the coronavirus in the central chinese city of wuhan, while dozens more have been infected. earlier i spoke to wang linfa, the director of the emerging infectious diseases program at duke — nus medical school in singapore, who's just flown back from wuhan. where every traveller is screened by the detector multiple times. there isa the detector multiple times. there is a mobile medical staff on board. when you're in the city. it i did not have a chance to visit the hospital. to protect myself as well. you see a slight increase of people with masks. the taxi drivers obviously, every taxidriver is talking about the outbreak. there is this fear in the community. you need to try to know more. is it as severe oi’ to try to know more. is it as severe or the sars virus? it is called the coronavirus virus. until sars, sars is severe and they cause multiple deaths. this new coronavirus is much less severe and so far, we had also shows liver cancer and other diseases. you agree with chine

health authority say that nine people have died after catching coronavirus. it is the newly detected disease spread from the city of wuhan stopping the base commission of the health commission said 440 cases are confirmed and the virus has spread to thailand, japan, and seattle stopping the world health organization will hold an emergency meeting in the coming hours. a city on high alert. wuhan, where this mysterious virus first emerged, is bracing itself. several hospitals in the city are already dealing with hundreds of cases. more than a dozen health workers have been infected. this virus which can cause severe lung problems appears to be spread through close contact with infected people. there are particular concerns ahead of a lunar new year as millions get ready to travel for the holidays. china says the situation is under control but many more cases are expected. the outbreak has already hit several areas of china, including the capital, beijing, and shanghai. a handful of cases have also been identified in other countries in the region. two in thailand, one injapan and one in south korea. now the us has also confirmed a case, a travellerfrom china who bec

in the last few hours the wuhan health commission has confirmed a third person has died after contractingl chinese city of wuhan. 136 new cases were confirmed over the weekend. wang lin—fa, the director of the emerging infectious diseases program in singapore, has just returned from wuhan. so in wuhan, the city is pretty calm but the airport is different now so every traveller getting out of the city is screened by the thermal detector multiple times and there is a mobile kind of medical staff on board in the airport. but on the street you do see a slight increase in people wearing masks and the taxidrivers obviously, every taxidriver is talking about the outbreak. initially the government says there is no evidence of significant human—to—human transmission. this is very important. the first a0 or 50 cases they believe all had a direct link to that market. they call it the seafood market but they also have live animals traded there so now it's pretty obvious that there are people that got sick including the one that travelled to japan and taiwan who had never been to the market, so that's

in the last hour, china's national health commission said the death toll from the outbreak in the countrye to 213, with almost 2,000 new cases confirmed. it takes the total number of confirmed cases to almost 10,000. the who said the declaration sent an important signal to the international community. i am declaring a public health emergency of international concern, over the global outbreak of novel coronavirus. the main reason for this declaration is not because of what is happening in china, but because of what is happening in other countries. our greatest concern is the potential for the virus to spread to countries with weaker health systems and which are ill—prepared to deal with it. lets cross over to hong kong and speak with the bbc‘s mariko 0i. we are hearing that the virus is spreading so rapidly now, nearly 10,000 people affected in china alone and cross—border travel between hong kong and china has been limited. is there a sense of growing panic? it is fairto there a sense of growing panic? it is fair to say that people are worried. as you mention, as of midnight yesterday, th

the head of china's national health commission says he believes the corona virus outbreak is now spreadingmore quickly or thorough he still aren't sure where the new virus came from but it has been linked to a seafood and animal marketing on china has now banned the commercial tried in wildlife. yes based on the knowledge we now have this is an emerging and new disease and the knowledge we have is quite limited we're not very clear about the source of the disease and the infections are not under our control so based on the changes and the evolving nature of the inflictions we would continue to improve the measures and implement tell policy so that we would be fully prepared and that we can enhance our preparedness to respond to the possible changes of the infections so as to meet our goal of containing the disease now the number of people who have died from the virus has risen to 56 nearly 2000 people are infected in china with 300 in a critical condition the government has brought in drastic travel travel restrictions effectively putting a number of cities in who by province under quarant

china's national health commission says the death toll has risen to 132.y 1,500 new cases have been confirmed, taking the total number of confirmed cases to nearly 6,000. hong kong has announced stringent new measures. from there, rupert wingfield—hayes. if carrie lam was aiming to calm fears in hong kong about the coronavirus, her face mask sent a different message. mrs lam is under huge pressure now to shut the border with china, and, today, she partially capitulated. "intercity services to china will be suspended," she said. "flights will be cut by half. ferries will also be stopped." by thursday morning, the number of people crossing into hong kong from mainland china behind me here should be dramatically reduced. there will be no more ferries, no more trains and no more mainland tourists. it is a very dramatic move that is being made by the hong kong government, but people here have very painful memories of what happened with the sars virus back in 2003 and they now fear the same, or something worse happening again. doctors are leading the cause here

we have this update earlier from the china national health commission, confirming th virus i passed persono person and isected some medical staff. we also heard from this spokesman for the china foreign ministry today who called the outbreak an epidemic. the virus is understood to be a new strain c ofonavirus. here's one expert to help us understand that. >> cronin virus -- coronaviruses come in different forms. they can be as mild as the but czars is also a clone -- zars is also aav corus. those of us in public health have a reflect fear when we see coronavirus is eye merge -- is emerging. >> alshe today, world health organization says it will convene an emergency committee what havealt the novel coronavirus. that will happen on wednesday, the 22nd of january. time.ys the w.h.o. isn't recommending any restrictions on travel or trade. but it does have some advice if you're in affected areas, that includeslean hands with soap, water or alcohol-based hand rub. and it says, avoid unptected contact with wildr farmim s. next i want to sho you this. for the last week, china has been using these

efforts to build a dedicated hospital from scratch go on around the clock the chinese national health commission says it expects the outbreak to continue spreading and reach its peak in 10 days time. well here in germany authorities have confirmed 4 cases of the coronavirus all 4 people are employees at the same auto supply company it's believed that they fell ill after a seminar with a colleague from china the infected individuals have been quarantined in the hospital where they are receiving treatment and meanwhile germany's health minister says there are plans to evacuate around 100 german nationals from will by plane. them as in fall but we need to be vigilant and prepared but we should maintain a proper sense of scale for example the 4 patients in germany are having just mild symptoms thank goodness we now have the genome sequence for the virus that was published on twitter and the 1st rapid test was developed here in berlin so gradually we're learning more about the virus and because of it now. ok let's get more on the story now we can speak to martin he's a viral exist at the lab for inte