professor of cellular and molecular sciences at nothing but a university in newcastle a professor moskos so thankful that you made some time for us today the w.h.o. has upgraded the global virus spread rist a very high what does that mean oh we at the point where the virus is essentially out of control. first of all i would be very grateful if you don't use terms like out of control that would be true for it was a situation where we didn't know how to transmit if we didn't know how to look after the people who get the virus we don't have the facilities 'd to treat the motto so we know if we have thought situation. moving forward. the virus now has the potential of doing human to human transmission in pretty much all continents i was you know 'd just stated so this affectively both of these very high risk and tell us. around 15 percent of patients get seriously ill is what we understand why is the why is that 1st of all and what kind of prior diseases or conditions might lead to a severe form of illness after infection. yes so i'm actually looking at the date of it was published from the

professor moskos with with the new thunder university newcastle thank you so much for joining us you're very welcome uncertainty over the coronavirus saw global markets experienced their worst week since the 2008 financial crisis friday's losses kept a wild week on wall street asian and european markets also fell sharply a spike in the number of coronavirus cases has raised concerns that the virus will have a much larger economic impact than previously expected it comes at a time when the global economy is already facing a slowdown stoking fears that the covert $1000.00 outbreak could trigger a global recession. now let's get a look at some of the other stories making headlines around the world. the u.s. and the taliban are set to sign a landmark deal today aimed at ending their 18 year war in afghanistan the agreement would see thousands of u.s. troops leave the country in return for security guarantees it is still not clear whether the afghan government will agree to the deal police in paris have arrested dozens of protesters who set fire to scooters and garbage bins outside a concert

the syrian army is currently on the offensive in trying to drive out armed militants on this list moskos those turkey has failed to separate the moderate opposition from terrorists and what is the last remaining pockets of militants in the country footage shows the turkish military convoy crossing the syrian border and a large line of tanks armored vehicles and supply trucks are reportedly moving towards the outskirts of it live where we are for national told me of harvey how this sudden escalation occurred. the situation on the ground remains very dramatic terrorist activity there is very high and you have to remember it's a bar street in syria's north home to up to 3000000 people including civilians and they are very often used by terrorist as a human shield it's clear for everybody that actions are needed urgently to protect these people from the other hand the attacks by turkey bag armed forces based in egypt against syrian army continue and this also should be stopped and countering that is something what damascus military operation on the ground in basically a and it's not that mr

well stereo's moskos is an associate professor of cellular and molecular sciences at northumbria university he joins us live via skype from newcastle upon tyne thank you for joining us when we saw that some people are returning to work after that extended new year new holiday what could this mean for the spread of the virus well i'm afraid that in my personal humble opinion i'm not in the beyond just i think we were going to see you know week 2 what that would mean about the display of the virus published or to the idea that the chinese that they're writing to should talk to harm. they have to do something about the economy so the question is not how do they educate the people to make sure they minimize that risk to themselves and restart the economy and make sure the country can run so the virus is now in 27 countries can it really be contained if it's only spread to that extent i think it's important to emphasize that the vast majority of the cases are in china. the 2nd largest cluster is basically in japan and singapore those other countries are present more transmission restaurant in tr