hong kong, and the territory is now in a shop economic downturn. but many want to put all that behind. then this is the 1st learning new year holiday since hong kong east. most of it's covered 19 regulation temples around the city, a resuming constant that went aloud when pandemic rule was still in place. worshippers and visitors returned to this temple since we started its practice of burning incense this week. i think a descriptor if the matcher, if before do the new year so that people can celebrate together at west calhoun station, thousands of people from mainland cities crossing the border with hong kong for the 1st time in 3 years. a san id, it's law. we visited many times before to pandemic. one we come from chanson and we love hong kong. the ro, network suspended operations in january 2020, and only resumed them this month. family. we are here to visit our family in hong kong. i haven't seen them for 3 years, and i missed them. economists say the recovery for industries hit hard by the pandemic won't happen overnight. but there's reason for some optimism, this great thing, a confidence that when the mobility is that it be like a retail sectors

hong kong, and the territory is now in a shop economic downturn. but many want to put all that behind. then this is the 1st learning new year holiday in hong kong east. most of its total 19 regulation temples around the city, a resuming constant that weren't allowed when. pandemic rules with kill in plain worshippers. and visitors returned to this temple since we started its practice of burning incense this week. i think it is good to even measures before doing the new year so that people can celebrate together at west helen station, thousands of people from mainland cities, across the border with hong kong for the 1st time in 3 years. a send you an idea. we visited many times before, defend damage, we come functions, and we love hong kong, the rail network suspended operations in january 2020 and only resumed them this month. we are here to visit our feminine hong kong. i haven't seen them for 3 years, and i missed them. economists say the recovery for industries hit hard by the pandemic won't happen overnight. but there's reason for some optimism. this creating a confidence that when the mobility is that would be like retail sectors, growing mall

hong kong and the territory youth now in a sharp economic downturn. but many want to put all that behind. then. this is the 1st learning your holiday since hong kong east. most of its total 19 regulation temples around the city, a resuming custom, but weren't allowed winton demick rules with fill in place. worshippers and visitors returned to this temple since we started its practice of burning incense this week. i think it is good to even matter if before new the new year. so that be po can celebrate together. at west helen station, thousands of people from mainland cities are crossing the border with hong kong for the 1st time in 3 years. a sang and i did sla we visited many times before it had been demick one or we can approach. and then, and we love hong kong, the ro, network suspended operations in january 2020 and only resumed them this month. family. we are here to visit our family in hong kong. i haven't seen them for 3 years, and i missed them. economists say the recovery for industries hit hard by the pandemic won't happen overnight. but there's reason for some optimism describing a confidence that when the mobility is that it be like a retai

the militant was fired upon, a cafe from hong kong was damaged and sunk in the east china sea . according to various sources, 22 crew members were on board a vessel with wood, rescued from two to four people. the rest are looking for. there is information that the sailors managed to board the boats, but they have not yet been found. russian students celebrate their holiday today. so i'm not on the day of a long tradition. vladimir putin will bring the president on this day in conversation with students looks at the new building of moscow state university to get acquainted with the plans development of the scientific cluster, lomonosov russian attack aircraft volunteers are trained and combat coordination in the rear areas of the special operation. here's how it happens? the military from the storm squad learn tactics to suppress firing points and destroy the sniper positions of a mock enemy. the soldiers also undergo medical training . i'm here, too, at first all this is a special operation. that is, because of me, it's like, uh, just progression, and most importantly, training

bulk carrier from hong kong sank in the east china sea on board the ship with timber were 22 crew members, according to various sources, rescued from two to four people the rest are looking for. there is information that the sailors managed to board the boats, but they have not yet been found. russian students celebrate tatyana's day today according to a long tradition. vladimir putin will spend this day in communication with students of the president watching the new building of moscow state university and getting acquainted with the plans for the development of the scientific cluster, lomonosov russian artillerymen destroyed armored vehicles and camouflaged positions of the apu military eliminate targets with the help of howitzers, da and 30 artillery. the accompanying troops are covered. when advancing on the positions of the nationalists, the given location of the enemy is reported by the intelligence unit. they also correct the shooting and notify about the completion of a combat mission. the day goes by quite intensively from 10 or more goals . we hit 90% of the targets today, they

militants shot fire at the frontier damaged cafe from hong kong sank in the east china sea on board the vessel 22 crew members were rescued from wood, according to various sources, rescued from two to four people. the rest are looking for. there is information that the sailors managed to board the boats, but they have not yet been found. russian students celebrate tatiana's day today according to a long tradition. vladimir putin will spend it in communication with students of the president watching the new building of moscow state university and getting acquainted with the plans for the development of a scientific cluster, lomonosov of the russian army will destroy abrams tanks if washington decides to supply them to kiev, said ambassador to the united states anatoly antonov, he called the likely transfer of equipment a blatant provocation, according to american media about sending tanks to ukraine, the white house may be announced today for the supply of leopards after much persuasion, the german government agreed, and tank discussions anna voronina we have moved the hands of the dooms

shells of nato caliber, it was energy, militants opened fire on the frontier damaged hong kong cafe sank in the east china sea on board the timber ship there were 22 crew members according to various sources rescued from two to four human. the rest are looking for. there is information that the sailors managed to board the boats, but they have not yet been found. russian students celebrate tatyana's day today according to a long tradition. vladimir putin will spend this day in communication with students the president will inspect the new building of moscow state university and get acquainted with the plans for the development of the scientific cluster, lomonosov a blatant provocation called the russian ambassador to the united states the likely transfer of american tanks to kiev, however. all the same, this armored vehicle will be destroyed, anatolia is convinced. antonov whether washington will send its abrams to ukraine will become known today, the american media report, referring to a source in the administration, it is about three dozen vehicles, a blender, writes that germany is preparing to a

but what i like about hong kong and the protest here east that many young people, they are so innovative and they use their skills to serve the protests and improve the situation for the people here during the entire protest. everyone keeps saying be water. and as a map her, i caught direct people and tell them, go here, go there, but i can tell them where it's safe to go. and i think that's the most important for everyone right now. especially as civilians may very easily be caught up in conflict areas because you never know where it's going to be. so we hope that the map can provide information for people who wish to stay safe. there was one day when all the protesters were rounded up in new town, plaza and shot in so they were directed into the m t. r station into the, into the mall by the police are basically to catch hold all the protesters in the shots and, and then they just started rounding them up and beating them up. we were just wondering like, how could this have happened? why is there no where to go even, even for people who wanted a escape, who wanted to avoid conflict? so

east, this is our prime target. haslinda: you have been seeking an ipo by saudi aramco, that failed in 2016, 2018. are you optimistic you can get saudi aramco to ipo in hong kong: a great number of middle east companies show great attention. recently i visited riyadh and bring exciting opportunities. we are casting our net very wide. haslinda: saudi aramco perhaps next year? paul: we never give up. [laughter] haslinda: thank you. paul chan, financial secretary, hong kong special administration . tom: thank, optimistic the financial secretary of hong kong on the prospects for the economy this year. coming up, everyone watching the boj, and its policy decision tomorrow. we'll give you the rundown on everything you need to know. that is next. this is bloomberg. ♪ tom: welcome back to the open. 54 minutes into the european trading day. losses across the broader market in europe. bases resources -- basic resources at the top. here in europe, the ecb telling the financial times rates will need to move into restrictive territory. maybe the boe will be compelled to hike again. investors have their eyes locked on that boj decision tomorrow. the surprise moved to widen

and from a railway checkpoint in hong kong, t w correspondent phoebe cong tells us more about how the east restrictions affect travel plans between the territory and mainland china. bother chapel peak season in china stats from this weekend as many prepared to return. a home for luna new. yeah, that's also what we ups have here at the p. c as well, which happens in hong kong bordering mainland china, many ally, and going back to china on to pad thought annual festival. so if things are running smoothly, the authorities help to increase chapa poets as a hat off. they are holidays to allowed more people to i travel in between the 2, her trees and also to open more checkpoints. and in fact, we are expecting at the high speed railway on like in hong kong to resume next week that will allow us more passengers to go to china more quickly. and also as chinese authorities start to our resume on the, the issue in the says, issuing out our work so that will allow more tourist to come to hong kong as well. so definitely we are expecting more populous in the coming few weeks. phoebe, as you know, thes

east coast west or however down in the south. the temperature is still holding on in hong kong. we will see that wet weather start to shift its way farther north and east, as we head on into this new week. if we have a look at the 3 day for shanghai, have just so sitting well above the average, there are lots of sunshine through till thursday when we see that light to rain start to full logic here across that northeast corner. we have seen some recovery for the korean peninsula, but for japan still wintery showers, blowing in with the heaviest snow to be found in her condo for the snow flurries, stretching down into western areas of han shoe, but tokyo still hanging on to the double digits. now was he moved to south asia, the fog issues persist across northern areas of pakistan, india and bungler. dash for the south of this a much clearer picture, a few showers here and there possibly in carola, but wet to where that can be found in sri lanka, the rain expected to brace and sundry downpours as we go in to choose day for new delhi, the temperature sitting at 19 degrees celsius. th

actually come up from where they were back to normal back to the january average in hong kong at 19 degrees. some cloud for the east coast of india, but i think actually more in the way of fog here. we had been dealing with that through the north, but that's now been wiped out. some showers and cloud covered there. part of what happened was showers and snow left pakistan and moved in to the northwest of india . but we've got snow up against the foothills of the himalayas and pakistan, india, and nepal. up to the gulf, we go, we haven't been able to say this for a while. no rain on our radar here. those winds finally start to back off i through doha with a high of 20 degrees. and here's a wider view of the middle east. me just see some showers pop up along that western side of saudi arabia on friday. that's it soon, a bit. ah, this isn't my story. it's the story of my frame keith arm. she told us that she didn't want to be here. she didn't want to live any more. was too hard. a survivor dedicates her life to educating and saving others from suicide. we're the ones that are dying, where the ones that are losing our f

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east. in ukraine. keefe says the death toll is likely much higher. also coming up hong kong, elderly face, the new threat from coven 19 territory for press, for repairs to reopen. it's for to to mainland china, what cases are surging, but many seniors are refusing to get vaccinated. brazil, the fest. goodbye to football legend, pele, thousands of fans paid their last respects at his home town. stadium rentals new president lula will attend. pallet's funeral. ah, i'm will on sika welcome to the program. russia's defense ministry says 63 of its soldiers have been killed in ukraine. it's the rare admission from the kremlin of military casualties and the war ukraine says it launched the strike on a russian occupied area of the east and done yet screeching anew yazzy. there's not much left of this building once used by the russian army and mc keith. car ukrainian forces attacked the site in the russian occupied city after noticing a cluster of my ball fain signals. the russian defense ministry confirmed the attack for the 1st time and a long time admitted significant losses regar

east java province. and as we go towards china, they're cold air, really punching in big change in these temperatures. and the cold will persist and hong kong for a few days. but we'll get you back up to average on thursday with a high of 19 degrees. that's it. i'll catch you next hour. see later. ah, why did one of toilets was decorated constantly the country in fear of law. prod, investigation? 101 east reveals explosive allegation. a police corrupt one out to 0. ah al jazeera with ah ah ah, i'll our again, this is al jazeera, let's remind you of the main news. the saw a plane carrying 72 people as crushed in the pole. the yeti airlines aircraft went down the apple kara airport around 200 kilometers from the capitol cup. bandu and ample official says that 68 bodies of so far been recovered. rescue walkers in ukraine are continuing to search for survivors in the rubble of the pomp of block hit by russian missile on saturday. at least 25 people were confronted in the eastern city than april. and the head of the world health organization has spoken with china's top health official after the release of data on cove at 19 related deaths. they

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east asian. it's pretty common, clear picture for much of china at the moment with temperature, the sitting above average for the likes of beijing, as well as shanghai and hong kong for the kula and wet, or whether we have to look to the korean peninsula. we've got a wintry mix blow its way further east, resulting in snow, flurries across western areas of japan, some wet weather as well, and stronger winds pulling into the south and places like he, you shoe, that is that improving picture will be back to those double digits in tokyo, by the time we get into sunday wet weather, however, coming in to southern parts of china as an area of low pressure pools, nor from the south china sea. and as we move to south asia, it's down in the south. we are seeing the wet weather with some strongest showers and storms pushing into sri lanka, affecting the mold eaves as well. and some of those scattered showers, touching into coastal areas on the east of india, from cloud as well in the south were much clearer as we had to work towards the north. this is where we've got the so called cold wave conditions, new delhi thing. it's coldest day of the winter season. on wednesday we

hong kong? paul: there are a great number of middle east companies that have great potential.i visited riyadh and brought very exciting opportunities. so we hope there is more to come. haslinda: saudi aramco perhaps? paul: we never give up. shery: the market opens in seoul and tokyo our next. this is bloomberg. ♪ as a business owner, your bottom line is always top of mind. so start saving by switching to the mobile service designed for small business: comcast business mobile. flexible data plans mean you can get unlimited data or pay by the gig. all on the most reliable 5g network. with no line activation fees or term contracts. saving you up to 60% a year. and it's only available to comcast business internet customers. so boost your bottom line by switching today. comcast business. powering possibilities. >> this is daybreak asia. we are counting down to the major market opens. we cannot recall the last time we were this excited about a bank of japan decision. perhaps a tweak on its yield curve control's. >> even if there is no change, they still have to justify the no change

hong kong and shanghai. a man who killed 10 people on saturday night in a dance club east of los angeles has killed himself incers closed in

island that would be sweeping in to hong kong. censorship flurry is expected as well for western areas of japan, but it does start to clear up across the north, east of china and the korean peninsula. ah, the examining the headlines. how big a breakthrough is this story moment for all towers, research, unflinching journalism. i can see the part of the tree where 2 of the bullets hit their about my head high, sharon personal stories with a global audience. nature is so much more than income for shareholders. if the library else, my people explore an abundance of world class programming on al jazeera. oh the me you're watching, i'll just hear a time to recap on headlines now. the republican kevin mccarthy has been elected speaker of the house of representatives out of 5 days of political daily coffee was blocked by offline republican, repeatedly voted against him. the european union says it pulled off the iran hang. 2 men for crimes committed during protest over the death of a woman. they had been found guilty of killing a security of 22 year old martha. i mean, he dined in police custody in september. ukrainians is celebrating orthodox christmas un

cold has gone away, at least from this past of east asia, and stay that way i think temperatures continue to rise with quite up to about 20. even hong kong recovers to a rather cloudy 80 degrees in the snow stops falling with any significance, at least in hong shoot. moving away slack back to a survey. sure, she drives snow's fallen recently up in kashmir, for example. and in the himalaya, but the shower of rain might be seen to be useful to season maybe with the air quality so poured the whole new jelly. dr. this disturbance might at least improve that aspect. ah ah, a decade of change. then 19 seventies in the middle east and north africa in the 1st 2 bought out as they were well taught, some of the decades hibbitts from the banks. the 73 arab israeli peace talks, military and oil embargo. the seventy's in the arab world. politics on al jazeera lou. ah, welcome back, he watching out. is there a mind of our top stories this our israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu has announced a series of measures calling to con attacks. they include dental, listening, the homes of palestinians accused of being involved and making it easier israe

hong kong. what's in the way of clear skies and sunshine to come from friday into saturday? it's up in the north east. within cooler conditions. thanks. so when to re mix blowing across the korean peninsula, knocking temperatures down here for the snow flurries edging once again into western areas of japan stretching all the way from her cato down to hunt, schubert temperatures managing to sit in the double digits 10 degrees in tokyo, on saturday, that was move across to south asia. the story of extreme cold across northern areas of india and pakistan coupled with a fog issue that is set to continue for at least the next few days. much dryer further south of this, a few sprinkles of showers on that eastern coast and popcorn cloud as well affecting the west for the wetter weather. we have to look to sri lanka. we've got some intense thundershowers affecting much of the island with thunderstorms set to pop off in columbus. still $31.00 degrees celsius temperatures where we expect them to be not the case with new deli, at 19 degrees. ah, the activist radical and a founder of african cinema, out just eve

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hong kong, but opposed by the us. we find out why a with and off we go with your weather update for the middle east, stand africa to see you. here's a picture on thursday, some more rain popping up for that western side of saudi arabia. it's also chuck in a bit more cloud cover through, at the rest of saudi arabia for us here in though i think it's mostly going to be an overcast stay on thursday, but those winds finally start to back off, but much fresh air has been brought into play here we are just 12 degrees and doha . 18 that's below average for this sub the year. winds will be a factor in southern pakistan, karachi, 50 kilometers per hour. gus, it's flushing out the fog and smog rain for his law, but snow up against the foothills of the himalayas. let's put this a few days for because we've got some dangerous cold coming here. tashkent and who's becker's stand minus 24 degrees. that's approaching record lows for the month of january. still a lot of rain in the forecast for on talia. that rain is also falling over cypress on thursday. it is a windy pitcher from elders to cairo when warnings and play across the coas

east asia and see the advice of the national bureau of asian research. thank you. still ahead on al jazeera tre decision celebrates in hong kong, but opposed by the u. s. l e y. and we find out why scientists founding the alarm to wells ation. ah, with their weather in china remains an anomaly has been for about 18 months now. it's now warmer and wester they should be full than most part of this matter. plat generating significant writing. the size that reading, extending across the wolves of who hung should be 8 degrees is 16 up towards beijing. bird not snowing. it has been snowing in china, japan ticket hung sheet, but that's gone. now that means the avalanche risk will start to increase, particularly after replaces that quite possibly by rain extends. so the cream prints, but then you find it's still in china and it's still not got colder. beijing might see bit of wet snow. that code is still got to penetrate and it's not been a frequent visitor this winter. anyway. the bottom end of what should be a dry ne monsoon is now persistent wet for the central philippines. flood risk. landslide riskier this rain really is out of season. this should be dry.

east jabber province. and as we go towards china, they're called, they're really punching in big change in these temperatures. and the cold will persist and hong kong for a few days. but we'll get your back up, the average on thursday with a high of 19 degrees. that's it. i'll catch the next hour. see you later. ah oh on a ah ah ah ah ah ah! you're watching l. j 0 reminder of our top stories the sal applied and carrying 72 people has crashed and to pull the yeti airlines aircraft went down near po, car airport, around 200 kilometers from the capitol cap. man to an airport official says 68 bodies have been recovered, risky workers and ukraine are continuing to search for survivors. in the rubble of an apartment block hit by a russian massage on saturday. at least 25 people were confirmed dead in the eastern city of denay pro. and the head of the world health organization has spoken with china's top health officials. after the release of das are on covered 19 related dis, beijing says nearly 60000 people have died in hospital since it lifted severe corona virus restrictions an early december or mean mas jonah is tipping up an air campaign against arm

forget that the aim of all of these attacks, on the hong kong, on the philippines, on singapore, was to allow companies to take control of the dust dutch east indies. and the oil that can be found there.. as soon as churchill heard the news he decided that he would go to washington. i should say here that there are conspiracies stories still circulating to the day that fdr and even churchill himself had knowledge about these attacks. and that simply doesn't comport with the evidence. if anything these two man the last thing they wanted was a war in the pacific and asia with the japanese. their main focus was hitler and europe. when churchill went to bed that night he later wrote that he slept the sleep of the saved and thankful. but in fact these attacks only brought the united states into the war against japan. once again it was hitler came to the rescue. four days after pearl harbor. he announced that nazi germany and fascist italy would also declare war on the united states. and it was only with that that the united states came to the war against fascism in europe. even so, churchill was alive to the fact that many americans saw japan as

east asian. it's a gloomy but warm picture. so much of china at the moment with temperature is above average stretching all the way from beijing. down to hong kong. we still got those showers in storms pulling in to taiwan and that rain runs its way up towards southern areas of japan. now behind that we've got a wintry mix that's going to blow across the korean peninsula, bringing some heavy snow to the lights of north korea, but temperatures in places like stall, sol, still holding strong. and those snow showers are set to continue running from northern to along western areas of japan. we are expecting, however, temperatures to hold in places like tokyo in those double digits now was moved to south asia. warmth isn't the story up in the north about a cold wave conditions sweeping in across more than areas of pakistan and india where the fog problems do persist. the launch clear down in the south to keep on that east coast. but on the west, we are seeing some popcorn cloud around from showers, sprinkling in 2 places like under pradesh, and tom will not do. but for the heavier rain we have to look further south to the likes of sri lanka. we are e

we moved to east asia, a laundry, quiet picture for much of china was at high pressure, clinging on here, bringing sunshine to the likes of beijing, stretching down to shanghai and hong kong. a bit more wintry weather, however, on the cards for japan that says those winds blow those conditions over the sea, the snow showers, stretching into her. hi joe, we'll see some intense cold up in the north. but so seeing the temperature at 4 degrees on thursday, that should weather update. ah, a ah ah ah, you're watching or does it remind our top story is this are russia escalates? is bombardment of the ukrainian, the city of bach moved its forces of trying to secure a rare military victory. after months of fighting as ukrainian forces are digging in russia as president vladimir putin says, the country's economy performed better than expected. last year. speaking to finance ministry officials, prudent presented figures suggesting the drop and g d. p was not as high as predicted by some that starts. the world economic forum has gotten underway in davos, switzerland, with world leaders wanting to continue their support for ukraine. ukraine's 1st lady addressed the governor, wanting r

dedira, peachy. hong kong has resumed high speed rail services to mainland china for the 1st time in 3 years after paging east its cove at 19 travel restrictions. nearly all tickets for travel was sold out on sunday. as thousands of people returned to their home towns and time for lunar new year celebrations, thousands of health workers in the spanish capital madrid have demonstrated against local government plans to come funding for health care. this was the latest in a series of protests that includes strikes. they say the city spends the least amount per person on primary healthcare in the country, despite having the highest per capita income. for months, people across europe needing basic medicines have found them harder to get. the european medicines agency says that there is a shortage of 13 drugs commonly needed to treat conditions that include code 19 and cancer out there. as dominic caden, berlin explains what's causing the problem in the laboratory of the dell pitch pharmacy in paris, medicines are being prepared. in this case, it's the common antibiotic amoxicillin. the owner here says, since peopl

day from hong kong and uganda, 3 women grappled with the impact of their frontline activism, your future children on a jazzy data. the good news is things are drawing off across the middle east. good tissue, thanks for joining in. but now the other side of the story is those winds are picking up. so let's go in for a closer look. this is impacting the eastern providence of saudi buffering. and cats are, i think wind gusts in doha, for example, 50 kilometers per hour. it's also bringing in fresher error just a high of 12 in riyadh on wednesday. what weather is leaking into baluchistan province in pakistan, snow over the mountains in k p. k. rain for his mama, bob, but up against the foothills of the himalayas. this of course, we'll all know that's wednesday. why should happens on friday locked into bitter cold tashkent minus 26 degrees. the record for january is minus $28.00. so this could be record breaking stuff for turkey. we've got rain stretching from the black sea right through to the mediterranean, i think for on tale a months worth of rain in 24 hours, top end of africa when warnings in play for the coast of libya. gust of about 60 kilometers per hour. you know, for t

but before she moved here, she may be in hong kong for a long and this why her choreography east.cause he'd be fec for. we are today and the students here going to perform later. but the whole group are diligent and that is smart. so they picked them their performance to showcase that the what for us to enjoy a beautiful. and we're looking forward to seeing the performance in just a few moments here. but >> how a dance academy is very active in the local community. you're going to be at the parade actually next week, right? tell us a bit about that. yes, is last week we had the effect bad performers already in monroe county and in ferry beauty. so next week is well, plus a in that daytime is going to >> go onto the which >> new street fair and it is today, steve. and on saturday and friday and is that a lot of activities have a buddy to join is intent tap and the group will perform on saturday at 12, 20 o'clock. okay, location is a pacific and grand avenue. the hope you can join us. a wonderful and you know, obviously i'd like to ask you too you know, the api community obviously g

higher. katrina, you al jazeera beijing, hong kong has resumed high speed and speed rail services to mainland china for the 1st time in 3 years. it comes after paging east its curve at 19 travel restrictions . tickets for nearly all trips on sunday were sold out. thousands of people are returning to their home town some time for luna, new year celebrations. for months, people across europe needing basic medicines have found them harder to get. the european medicines agency says that the shortage of 13 drugs commonly needed treat conditions that include coven 19 and cancer. dominic cray, kaden berlin, explains what's causing the problem in the laboratory as the dell pish, pharmacy in paris medicines are being prepared. in this case, it's the common antibiotic amoxicillin. the owner here says since people stopped wearing masks, they are catching more infections again. so the demand for simple medication is higher and the major pharmaceutical companies cannot keep up. the shortage of medicine applies across europe. at this berlin pharmacy staff are increasingly having to find alternative drugs to those doctors are prescribed in order to help their patients

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hong kong as part of the covid regulations. >> what's the covid situation right now? >> reporter: in mainland china, it is bad. experts say it has probably peaked, the infections, in the major cities in the easteverybody anecdotally that i've spoken with says that they have either had covid and their relatives have had it and they're recovering from it. the experts and the modeling predicts that it will likely peak towards the middle to the end of this month in the center and west of the country and in the rural areas that don't have as extensive a network of hospitals. so that's worrisome. the problem is, we don't have great transparency from the chinese government, which says that only two people in the world's most populous country died of covid on saturday. only three people died on friday. and that's attracted criticism from a growing number of governments as well as from the world health organization, which is accusing china of underrepresenting the mortality figures. as a result, look at this map. it shows you the list of countries that have imposed some form of restrictions on travelers trying to leave china now that it's ending its w quarantine policy to travel the rest of the world.