messed with us well i asked professor john nichols clinical professor of psychology at the university of hong kong and has been studying the horn of viruses for 25 years and he's a leading expert in that field. danny pearl square her faster anthology at the university of hong kong it's really great to have in with us so much to talk about now how come to us one of the at the centers of sars epidemic back in 2003 and he were right in the middle of it being the key members of the team which actually has led to the virus why do you think the world hasn't learned the lessons of it and where we are right now ok well. we did learn the lessons in 2003 and we learned the hard way because we in terms of we were prepared i think none of the world was prepared in 2003 or dealing with such a severe disease and so so the society has learned about things like social distancing about the use of. face masks and also for the preparation within hospitals having special wards which could cope with these emerging diseases which were transmissible and which had a high mortality so. we learned so lessons the hard way s

messed with us well i asked professor john nichols clinical professor of psychology at the university of hong kong and has been studying carnivorous his for 25 years and he's a leading expert in the field. danny pearl square her fassero anthology at the university of hong kong it's really great to have you with us so much to talk about now how come to us one of the at the centers of sars epidemic back in 2003 and here right in the middle of it being the key members of the team which actually isolated the virus why do you think the world hasn't learned the lessons of it and where we are right now ok well. we did learn the lessons in 2003 and we learned the hard way because we in terms of we were prepared i think none of the world was prepared in 2003 or dealing with such a severe disease and so so the society has learned about things like social distancing about the use of. face masks and also for the preparation within hospitals having special wards which could cope with these emerging diseases which were transmissible and which had a high mortality so. we learned so lessons the hard way so that's

mask give people a false sense of security for more i'm joined by professor cowling at the university of hong kong his research there focuses on respiratory virus transmission and the impact of control measures on professor callan he's also a co-director of the w. h. o. collaborating center for infectious disease epidemiology and control at the h. k. you school of public health good to have you with us so please there are still a lot of mosque critics out there and they say that there simply not enough evidence that wearing masks could actually stop or at least reduce the spread of the virus you however were involved in a study that was published just last week tell us a bit about that. sure so the study that we did last week was a very careful experimental study into the poetry of how much virus comes out of the mouths of people with influenza or common cold infections including a common cold around a virus and we found a lot of virus in the x. our breath not only in the large droplets but also in the small particle aerosols and the 2nd part of the study we looked at how well facemask blocked tha

then we get a small benefit as a community all right professor think having there from the university of hong kong thank you so much for your time and yes to stay healthy. facemasks lockdown and of course the constant fear of catching the virus many of us look for a way out of this nightmare by following conspiracy theories that explain what really happens or by discovering old health myths that promise to keep us safe beware the barest of full scale but a list to detail the use deron williams time for your questions. can you kill the virus by spraying alcohol chloride when you. look at this is a really bad idea the only place on your body where you should use alcohol based sanitizers is on your hands because they are what transmits the virus to your face that's how it enters your body through the membranes in your nose or mouth or also your eyes and when using hand sanitizers you should pay close attention to recommendations about health frequently they can be used without causing damage to your skin don't ever spray a sanitizer or chemical on your body or your face you'll do no good and you'll p

it the central government ignore the aspirations of the people of hong kong they were promised they could elect their leader by universal suffrage there were many excuses introduced and it's never going to happen now beijing hasn't recognized what the people of hong kong want. well i'm not sure i mean we you know that i think that we're well more. mature than you whites were we believe. but i think that whatever pointed in the past we've got to look at this full of all are. we getting that and not this choice and a lot of tools a regional issue what we look at will. more or i think the us small minded and we're trying to be able. to see us still want to want just to think we want to hold out. to shoot and of course this is just. one step into the white house ashes series. but this movie or this or this is off for one year where we look at it from that broader view we're going to. you know i think clearly. the white walls point to the walls to see if they can read it back to the looking for ways to form is all are were as shower is for you all around the world so i'm not so sure that certainly we aren't saying martin is

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modeling of the numbers that are coming out of china we had a university pipe it was published in the lancet journal that was earlier this week it was written by a hong kong university's school of public health and they questioned china's numbers they reported in their particular document that more than 232000 people may have been infected with a crowd of us in the 1st wave of the infections in china and that's 4 times more than what china said by the the national health commission back in back in 5050 this is they reported 55000 so it's a very big difference between those particular figures the latest numbers we've got coming out of china $83000.00 cases of crying a virus and that's also low when you compare them to the likes of europe and parts of europe and north america and now a number of countries are also questioning or looking for an investigation into the outbreak of the origin of this particular outbreak in china and we've got the likes of the united kingdom has even dropped china's numbers in the international compare comparisons simply because they say they say they can't trust the figures being released by the national health commission out o

victor gao vice president of the center for china and globalization for mohan is gabrielle until a medical student from uganda and from hong kong keith richburg director of the university of hong kong struggle is and media studies center thank you all for joining us we appreciate it very much. i want to start with you gabrielle you so you're and obviously which is where this and pandemic started just what is daily life like there now what are the restrictions that you are still dealing with. it is big news but one so far the locals it's mostly the chinese people who are important going to the supermarkets and the banks and shops of foreigners not so much because we haven't been created you haven't shipped and we haven't shipped . the health courts that we need in order to go to the banks and the supermarkets and all the other places other ways we're able to who we can get permission to leave so on sent walk around the streets which is which is better than not being so nice only it's not so as far as getting this permission these tests and screenings that are needed for you to kind of go wherever you want it's it's dealt differently with chinese as opposed to to foreign

. >> others point to a study at the university of hong kong that found the virus deteriorated overtime when stored at 72 degrees. evidence from similar viruses also suggest covid-19 m right now singapore are experiencing high temperatures and low infection rates, but that's not the case everywhere. >> look at new orleans, new orleans has a terrible explosive outbreak right now, and new orleans is one of the warmest places in the united states right now as well. >> reporter: dr. anthony fauci, the top infectious disease expert in the u.s. says the virus will continue to do its own thing and no guarantee the weather will come to the rescue. >>> well, 2002, 2003 sarrs epidemic eased over the summer months, but it was not clear whether that was the weather or tighter public health interventions. >>> besides the rain we have seen, a new study shows california is in the middle of a drought. by studying trees, they concluded since 2,000, the american west is experiencing the second driest period in 1200 years. researchers say while the so- called mega drought is part of a regular cycle, clima

the george washington school of medicine and health sciences and from hong kong paul you're chair professor at the department of social work and social administration universityof hong kong welcome to you all john let me start with you just how vulnerable to infection are health workers on the front lines right now extremely vulnerable as you can imagine physicians. nurses social workers even the people that mop the floors and deliver the food are extremely vulnerable depending on what procedures they're doing they that their risk goes even higher so you can imagine when you have a critically ill patient that needs to go on a respirator the act of actually putting that 2000 the throat aerosolize is all those particles those droplets that are filled with with virus and can scatter anand's and really make people extremely vulnerable and actually if you notice an italy in france and spain and china as well as in the united states there are many people on the front lines that unfortunately succumbed to cope with 90 paul could you talk more about some of the other challenges facing medical workers right now around the world one thing it is to be overlooked this is

. >> but others point to a study at the university of hong kong that found the virus deteriorated over time when stored in a lab at 72 degrees. evidence from similar viruses also suggest that covid may transmit less efficiently in the spring and summer months. right now, australia and singapore are experiencing high temperatures and lower infection rates, but that's not the case everywhere. >> look at new orleans. new orleans has a terrible, explosive outbreak right now. and new orleans is one of the warmest places in the united states right now as well. >> at most, doctors agree it is too early to guarantee whether or not the weather will come to our rescue. >>> take a live look at our salesforce camera. cooler conditions out there today. chief meteorologist paul heggen is here, and paul, you could really feel the difference between today and yesterday. >> yeah, and especially if you just think back 48 hours to tuesday when temperature in the city rose up into the low 70s. today, could not even get close to 60 degrees. we've got some cool conditions that are going to stick around a li

midlands in the uk and also a public health expert and emeritus professor in the chinese university of hong kong of you, thank you forjoining us. i will come to you first of all in oxford. the question from an anonymous questioner, with so many people isolating, why have infection rates not plummeted 7 well, the disease takes a little while, so without understanding the cause of the disease, people may be infected but not have signs of the illness for a few days, then they may have that initial phase that goes for a week and then they may end up with worse symptoms and have to be admitted to hospital and then unfortunately some of them will go to i see you and not survive, so on the course of the journey of this disease, it can be 4—6 weeks. yesterday at the press conference, we were told that there were signs that the lockdown was working. there were fewer admissions to itu beds, there were fewer admissions to hospital. we are beginning to see that curve beginning to flatten, but that will only translate into a change in the death rate unfortunately over a period of time. jess, paul anderson as

of johns hopkins university. president of the corporate secretary is coming up in hong kong.s is bloomberg. ♪ >> pushing back against the request from the trump hold backtion to production of face mask. >> we continue to do everything we can to fight covid-19 in support of health care workers at home. we have ramped up our production, the u.s., as quickly as possible. we saw this in january and ramped up productions. we are working to expand that. we are focused on delivering as much as we can in april. the narrative overnight that we are not doing everything we can to maximize the delivery of this in our home country is false. is not doing 3m everything it can to fight -- resale isthree absurd. for the peopleis who have dedicated time and effort. it was disappointed to hear that overnight. >> it is difficult to know what the white house is talking about. in this case, it seems the president heard a report that you are selling some of these masks to canada and to latin america. that has been a common business practice for you as i understand it. >> under normal circumstances,

. >> others plan to a study at the university of hong kong, and found the ru deteriorated overtime when stored in a lab at 72 degrees. evidence from similar viruses also suggest covid may transmit less efficiently in the spring and summer months. right now, australia anna singapore are experiencing high temperatures and lower infection rates, but that is not the case everywhere. look at new orleans. new orleans has a terrible, explosive outbreak right now. and new orleans is one of the warmest places in the united states right now as well. >> dr. anthony fauci, the top disease expert in the u.s. is the coronavirus will continue to do its own thing and there is no guarantee the weather will come to the rescue.>>> is 4:48 right now so that means we need to check our weather here in the bay area. we are not seeing a heat up, we are seeing the opposite. >> that's right, michelle. we are looking at cooler temperature for today and that continues into the weekend. so, if you wanted that cooler weather, you've definitely got it as onshore flow kicks back in for us, that rain influence that we

has already revised numbers of those it says have died in wuhan, and now researchers at the university of hong kongimed. but china's ambassador to london has denied any cover up. the virus does not respect orders. 0r discriminate between races. in face of the crisis blaming and scapegoating are futile. arrogance and insolence will only poison the cooperation between countries. 0ur diplomatic correspondent james landale has more on how the blame game over the virus has affected relations between china and the united states. when you've got american courts trying to sue the chinese republic for its handling of the crisis, when you have this issue becoming a key dividing line between the parties in this years presidential election in the united states, i think at the moment the idea that there are going to be positive and constructive relations between the united states and china is i think a long shot. certainly sounds like it doesn't have. shall we end the programme a slightly more positive note. lets end the programme in bristol in western england, where a famous work by the street artist banksy ha

today why mother updating us from madrid because thomas is an associate professor at city university of hong kong is also a specialist on health security and editor of infections diseases and security he says it's crucial for governments to have a clear picture of the outbreak before they consider lifting lockdown measures. irrespective of what type of political system we're looking at whether it be a liberal democracy or an authoritarian system politicians always have to focus on the the feeling among society but they also have to lead because people do understand the fact that there has to be some sacrifice if we're going to get ahead of this now unfortunately we're seeing some politicians playing to very much the dice political mood which is putting politics ahead of health policy and ahead of good science saying that we can restart the economy that we can all be back to work within a week or so that just doesn't play out to be fair i need public health emergency always does balance the health against economic and social considerations but in most cases we're not there yet and the major proble

let's introduce our panel in hong kong we have mabel chang she's a counselor and research officer at the university of hong kong in rotterdam in the netherlands ali thetic a professor of organizational behavior at holt international business school in woodbridge virginia in the united states avis jones to weaver a career reinvention strategist welcome to you wall and one question for all of you know start with you mabel how of you had to adapt the way you work because of the restrictions imposed by corona virus actually it's been quite hard but we have figure out ways to cope with this situation. as a psychologist i switch my practice to online so. my company developed on a platform for me to see my patients but a spend difficult because a lot of kids or sometime later don't know much about how they used at knology and on on the other hand for my research job we are able to work from home but not as efficient as the new person and allie what have you had to do to adapt to the new way of working. i have to say that the patient has being fairly easy you know being a professor or a university we you know

professor keith richburg is the director of the journalism and media studies center at the university of hong kong joins us on skype from there good to have you with us the 1st of all is there any evidence at all of this idea of a core group of foreigners who are responsible for a 2nd wave spreading through china. well you know that's the that's the story that the chinese government would like to put out ever since xi jinping announced that the virus was essentially contained in china and that they could certain reopening businesses and reopen factories the numbers of them going up but they've been blaming all of those new numbers of new cases and deaths in china on what they call sorted cases meaning that things can change in china but people coming back into the country are law is it's max a bit of xenophobia to me because number one most of the so-called imported cases are chinese nationals who left the chinese new year and it's not returning or turning from schools that were out of cetera so these are foreigners these are chinese well who are running in the virus and secondly they've been give

has already revised numbers of those it says have died in wuhan, and now researchers at the university of hong kongssador to london has denied any cover up. the virus does not respect orders. 0r discriminate between races. in face of the crisis blaming and scapegoating are futile. arrogance and insolence will only poison the cooperation between countries. and let‘s end on these pictures from across the uk where people have come together to show their appreciation for front line workers battling covid—19. clapping for the nhs has become weekly tradition since the lockdown began five weeks ago in the uk. a big thank you to all of those working throughout this pandemic. you‘re watching bbc news now it is time for a corona newscast. i hope you all enjoyed your big night and i hope you all enjoyed your big nightand and i hope you all enjoyed your big night and and i hope you will continue it on the coronavirus newscast. the coronavirus newscast on the bbc. hello it is adam and the studio. i am chris and my social desk and layer of news. sarah smith and glasgow in my own flat. welcome back we have ripped

with the rest of the world due to pressure from china or keith richburg is director of the university of hong kong'sjournalism and media studies center he says the interview exposes the w.h.o. bias towards china. it just shows the kind of craziness of this position we're in where we cannot recognize taiwan as a governing entity which it is because of china's insistence that it's not a country so it can't be a member of the w.h.o. so that the view h.-o. cannot coordinate or cannot even discussed i won and in fact pretends not to hear the question it's perceived that the w.h.o. is a bit of a laughingstock when they go to beijing and they praise china to the hilt people have been asking how much money china must be giving to the joe they've been asking how much money china gives to ethiopia because the director general of the w.h.o. is an ethiopian it's been the w.h.o. actually in some ways it's not that when he gets off well they were they were basically praising china's lockdown measures of you know millions of people locked in their apartments when people inside were saying those measures are actual

piece in the new york times by a doctor who is an infectious disease epidemiologist at the university of hong kong says we must prepare for several cycles of suppressant lift policy, restrictions are applied and relaxed, applied again and relaxed again and keep the pandemic under control but acceptable economic and social costs. is that your take on what the model will be until we have a vaccine that is widely available? >> i don't think so. a lot of articles being published, a lot of debunked science. it was a very scientific article that is hard to understand but we don't know if this is going to come back in cycles. mitigation has been working well. the key i think is if we get the right drug or drugs, might take a combination of drugs to treat this disease we will be able to treat people early and we won't go into these cycles up and down and up and down and we can get back to work. shannon: are you hopeful? we have anecdotal evidence, small studies now but are you hopeful that some of what is out there on the table will be enough to keep things under control? >> i'm very hopeful. i read 10 or

concerns professor keith richburg is the director of the journalism and media studies center the university of hong kong he says there has been discrimination against africans living in china for some time now. ever since she didn't being announced that the virus was essentially contained in china and that they could start reopening businesses and reopening factories the numbers of them going up but they've been blaming all of those new numbers of new cases and new deaths in china on what they call imported cases meaning that they contain china with people coming back into the country are law it is it's max a bit of xenophobia to me because number one most of the so-called imported cases are chinese nationals who left the chinese new year and at this not returning or returning from schools abroad cetera so these are foreigners these are chinese well who are bringing in the virus and secondly they've been given really notice that cystic supports that real numbers of people coming in with the virus are actually foreigners and all that you know that's kind of the narrative or the story line that they'd lik

♪ in hong kong, for centuries, they said to one another, if leprosy can be cured, salted fish can live again. but here in 1946 appears a young pathologist from chicago to teach at the university of he rouses the committee to fight leprosy, hansen's disease until , finally not far from this communist island, the people of pluckedg looked hope -- hope from the sea. they call this island the isle of happy healing. to this once barren place, they long -- move the long despised to help them. now a small launch comes bearing an interesting cargo. final year medical students brought to break down their preconceived notions of leprosy by dr. loft the man from , chicago, whose inspiration the island was. he reminds them that the disease is not mysterious. punishment from the gods, not venereal, not inherited, but scientifically explained and medically treatable. ♪ here the doctor will leave them for a week. the island their classroom international staff their , teachers, before he returns to review and summarize their findings. the next day, the students are greeted by superintendent dr. neil fraser, who as china representative of the artist rip risk -- british mission to lepers welcome

total of 1,052 cases in hubei province alone, but almost immediately health experts at the university of hong kong challenged those figures believing the real number to be 40 times that in the city of wuhan. one possible reason, china in the early days, not allowing international experts in the country. they're saying the cdc. >> we are ready to go. >> reporter: a world health organization team did not land in china until february 10th. again, almost two months after the first detection, and now two months after that experts still doubt china's official count. >> the china's government count, they have incentive to under report the cases, to boost appearance of the good performance. we don't need to be more confident about it. >> translator: the fact is that china has always been open, transparent and responsible on informing the world health organization and international community. >> reporter: china's health officials also heavily stress the recovery rate. pointing out that of the 82,000 there are affected it. health officials began releasing data on asymptomatic cases. a new symptom and those

even the head of infectious disease at the chinese university of hong kong called the new numbers "quiterange." john? >> sean: thank you for that report. china restricted travel inside of wuhan. couldn't travel to our aroma wuhan if you lived in china, not the rest of the world. remember, while it was spreading in china, multiple news outlets reporting in february, there was a video, actually, showing people in china being forcibly dragged from their homes and also quarantined. we haven't been able to independently verify that video, now in light of bret baier's, and all of his exclusive reporting, we need answers if what is being reported by other people in fact is true. i want to know if that video is accurate. what did washington do -- what can they now do to hold them accountable? what can they do to protect themselves from future pandemics? here to explain that, a guy who knows how to deal with tough times. former new york city's mayor, rudy giuliani. mr. mayor? >> i tried to bring peace between cuomo and the president. he goes out again. i need, i need. i tried. why don't you ask p