and joining us now from sydney australia is dr reiner macintyre she's head of the bio security research program at the university of new south wales and is an expert on infectious diseases at epidemic control dr macintyre what makes this virus so dangerous. we don't know exactly how dangerous it is yet but it's a coronavirus that same's related to the sons' virus and corona virus there are other coronaviruses that are new cause very mild infections in humans like to come common called type syndrome but we have had these 2 very severe chronic virus infections in the past sons' in 2003 and most current a virus since 2012 and this same strain be more like those 2 viruses but the death rate certified is lower than that with saz which is 12 percent 26 percent with ms chrono virus. with this infection as as you mentioned for that sort of out of more than $200.00 cases understand that australian authorities are screening for infections of this virus what do we done to stop it spreading. the k. to stopping this infection spreading it firstly identifying people who are sick as quickly as possibl

able to compare the death rate and entire thank you very much for talking with us that was dr reiner macintyre she's head of the bio security research program at the university of new south wales let's catch up on some of the other stories making headlines around the world today senior while way executive may know one shoe has appeared at a court in canada on the 1st day of her extradition trial saying was arrested by canada on a warrant from the united states which has accused her of covering up attempts to breach u.s. sanctions on iran china says the case is politically motivated. protesters in puerto rico are demanding the resignation of the territories governor over the botched delivery of emergency aid after recent earthquakes that left thousands in need help like anger erupted over a bit ago showing a government warehouse full of supplies left over from hurricane maria in 2017. u.s. or terry state mike compares says washington plans to step up its support for bennis while an opposition leader was. met with on the sidelines of a regional gathering in colombia at the meeting by the accused