from there, olivia richwald.of east cowick were rescued by canoe today as efforts to alleviate flooding in east yorkshire moved into their fifth day. we thought we would wait, because this is totally unprecedented and then, at god knows what time of the morning, bang, bang, bang, we heard, you've got to get out. so, here we are. residents sandbagged their homes and environment agency pumps tried to prevent more homes from being inundated. it has been the wettest february since records began. pictures filmed on a drone show flooding up to the roof of kevin and catherine laurieman's bungalow in the town of snaith. it hasjust been heartbreaking. we are going to have to demolish, i think. so, that has gone. we are up to the gutter line, as you have said. and, you know, i can't even explain. where i am standing is half a mile from the nearest river. this area is called the wash lands and these fields are designed to flood, but this time the sheer amount of water just overwhelmed the man—made defences and flooded the t

olivia richwald.ondent robin brant is in shanghaifor us, and he told me china is facing increasing global isolation, because of this coronavirus. we have seen border is increasingly being closed around china. vietnam is the latest to do that, the russians and mongolians have already done that. these are measures partly that the world health organization and the authorities in beijing a week ago believed were not necessary , week ago believed were not necessary, but things are changing very rapidly. in terms of what the chinese government is trying to do to contain the spread, yet again today we are seeing further measures today we are seeing further measures to extend china's lunar new year festival. the prime minister urging provincial governments to stagger the return of people. the big concern is that today should be the day when up to half a billion people get back on trains, planes, in buses, their holiday over command of the head back to their places of work or where they live. that presents a b

olivia richwald in york. our correspondent robin brant is in shanghai for us.y rising to more than 300. it now stands at 30a in terms of the number of people have died in mainland china. the one of the death, and it is of some significance today, is in the philippines. taking the overall total to 305, a 44—year—old men, so relatively young, and he died in manila hospital on saturday. the authorities say he entered the country on january 21 and authorities say he entered the country onjanuary 21 and sought treatment on january 25 and country onjanuary 21 and sought treatment onjanuary 25 and died on saturday. the overall number of cases in china stands at some 14,380. that's cases in china stands at some 111,380. that's around about a 20% rise on the figure we saw yesterday. the death toll has increased by about 15% on yesterday's chinese government official numbers. the double—digit percentage rise every day continues at a very similar trend. what we are seeing from the chinese government here is yet further restated efforts to try and postpone the end of the c

let's hear from our correspondent olivia richwald who is outside the university of york where it's beenthe uk patients studies. what is the latest you have there, olivia? here at the university of york there are more than 1500 chinese students. york is also a popular place for chinese tourists. there was some anxiety when it was revealed that one of the two patients in the uk who had tested positive for corona virus was a student here in york. the university has quickly moved to reassure people that the risk of anybody else cutting it is very low. that is because the student and their relative, we don't know how old they are, we don't know if they are male 01’ are, we don't know if they are male orfemale. at the are, we don't know if they are male or female. at the student and their relative were staying at a hotel in york and its not believe that they came into contact with anyone on the campus 01’ came into contact with anyone on the campus or in student accommodation before they displayed symptoms, or after. they are being treated at hospital in newcastle. meanwhile coming here at th

our correspondent olivia richwald is in snaith, in the east riding of yorkshire. is the situation? deceptive as always that it looks like a bright day. it is a bright day, but it is very cold and windy. here started flooding on tuesday, and as you can see, the flood water is still here, and that is a problem. it is not receiving very fast at all. to give you some context, where i am standing is half a mile away from the river. there is so much water here. what is the ongoing situation and can we expect it to get better? joining me is adam from the environment agency. is there any sign of things improving in this area? river levels in the area itself are starting to fall which is good news for the area itself. wash lands are remaining very full around here, especially where we are continuing to operate our pumps. we know 75 homes have been flooded in this area and residents have been evacuated. do you know how many members of staff are working for you at the moment? we have had hundreds of staff from the yorkshire area but also around the country working for the en

olivia richwald is in snaith, east yorkshire. how worried are the residents there?e in snaith, it actually started flooding on tuesday and, five days later, the flood water is still here. the problem is since the flood water over topped the barriers, it's got no where to go. to give you some context, where i'm standing is half a mile from the nearest river. so far, around 75 properties have been flooded in snaith and nearby villages and 100 residents have been evacuated. it is still very much an ongoing situation. the environment agency have deployed water pumps in east howick, quite near here, where they are trying to prevent the flooding from getting worse, around 30 properties there have been flooded. in south wales, what was being described as a critical situation has now been stood down by the police and it is hoped that flooding there will improve. in shropshire and worcestershire, engineers have worked to repair the flood defences ahead of strong winds which are for kat slater. it is march tomorrow and eve ryo ne kat slater. it is march tomorrow and everyone

our correspondent olivia richwald is in snaith, in the east riding of yorkshire which has been badlyd and windy now. snaith started flooding on tuesday, and as you can see, the flood water is still here. that is the problem, it is not receiving very fast at all. to give you more context, where i am standing is about half a mile from the river. there is so much water here, so what is the ongoing situation and can we expect it to get any better? joining me is adam from the environment agency. is there any signs of improvement in the area? river levels in the area is starting to fall, which is good news. the wash lands are very full around snaith and east catholic, especially where we are operating our pumps. we know that 75 homes have been flooded in this area, and there has been a huge response. do you know how many staff are working for you at the minute? we have a lot of stuff from the yorkshire area and around the country working for the environment agency providing mutual aid, but it isa agency providing mutual aid, but it is a much bigger operation than that when you include all

in a moment we'll be hearing from our reporter olivia richwald in york.navirus before he got to the philippines. so he essentially took it with him. it doesn't seem to be a case of human to human contamination in the philippines. he is from wuhan and it seems almost certain that is where he got this virus, which is unfortunately killed him. he takes the total death toll to 305. 304 on the total death toll to 305. 304 on the chinese mainland. the vast majority of cases of people infected and the deaths are centred around wuhan. nonetheless, this is significant, the first death outside the chinese mainland. we are seeing other governments in this part of the world further steps to shut themselves off from the new zealand government has announced it will not allow a ny government has announced it will not allow any travellers coming from the chinese mainland into new zealand at the moment. robin, thank you. robin brant live in shanghai. let's hearfrom our reporter, olivia richwald, who is outside the university of york, where it's been confirmed one of the u

0ur reporter olivia richwald is with some people in york who should be able to tell us.ector of this company. you decontaminated that hotel, how long did it take and what did you use? ionised hydrogen peroxide, these radical search for the viruses in the room, it could be any virus, coronavirus, mrsa, c. difficile, narrow virus, it basically kills the virus. we can go to the bathroom and see harry, he was terminating the process. you decontaminated a gp surgery in brighton? yes, a patient had walked in, it was an isolation room roughly the size of the room harry is spraying, again that took about five or ten minutes, it will be longer when we had to wait for it to aerate, we had to make sure it is safe. and patients to go back in. to aerate, we had to make sure it is safe. and patients to go back inm is important to say harry is using water rather than the actual solution for demonstration purposes. here we have mike, the environmental hygiene specialist, what can people do to try to prevent the spread of this virus? good personal hygiene, coughing and sneezing etiquette