the world health authority meets later today to decide whether the outbreak is an international publicstarts a 24—hour tour of the uk to launch a new survey looking at the problems faced by many children underfive. we

and it is a kind of useful rehearsal for the bigger pandemics, of course, that the world health authoritieshere. do you think it is one that we are ready for? to some extent, but i am not a medical expert and i am not a china expert, but whenever these viruses erupt, i find them a very useful metaphor to remind us that in this sort of global economy, things move very quickly. and the issue is the degree to which governments can mediate and how, and in this case obviously, it is checking people coming into the country. maybe it is too late in some cases because i didn't realise it started a month ago, actually. i thought china had been quite quick this time. and this issue of how you manage something that erupts in one place and becomes global within days, applied to the financial crash in 2008, is part of the explanation about brexit, which i know we are coming onto later, about whether you can turn inwards away from global phenomenon or whether there are other ways in which you can mediate. to some extent here, it is obvious what you do, but if there is something on a bigger scale, it will

i was very interested about the world health authority, saying there is no global crisis yet, but hase sympathy for it to. there must be sympathy for those stranded who are planning to be with their loved ones, and suddenly find they are somewhere... they are stranded. i've been very to psy—tu rvy. they are stranded. i've been very topsy—turvy. the independent here is looking at the british angle saying that the country is braced for the spread of coronavirus. what are we doing here? professor here, paul gossard, the medical director of public health england said it was early days but admitted it was highly likely that we would have cases of the new strain here. they are talking about 2000 passengers who arrived in the uk from wuhan who could be carrying the disease and infect people here, so while we haven't yet had any cases —— wuhan, it's very likely that from what the paper is saying, that we will get some. so they are looking with the airlines to look at these 2000 passengers that have come in from wuhan, and he think interestingly, the authorities have been criticised for not sc

the world health authority meets later today to decide whether the outbreak is an international public health emergency. the duchess of cambridge starts a 24—hour tour of the uk to launch a new survey looking at the problems faced by many children underfive. we will hear from ozzy osbourne as he announces he has parkinson's. britain's pet industry is set to top 2 billion pounds. with one in four households owning a dog and one in five homes also home to a cat, spending is set to rise 25% in just 5 years. we'll be speaking to the boss of britain's biggest pet store chain just after 7:00. saved by the bell, down to ten men. arsenal hit back twice at chelsea. hector bellerin with a sensational equaliser. today, a cloudy day with low cloud, missed, dank conditions. —— mist. back with more later in the programme. it's wednesday the 22nd of january. our top story: the number of people who have died from a new mystery virus has now reached nine. more than 400 others are infected in china. health officials will today consider declaring coronavirus a global health emergency. here in the uk, the

brian thomas thanks so much for joining us today well as that world health organization gets underway authorities in china have said that 7800 people have now been affected most of them though are in china now the number killed there his hit 170 in a growing number of countries are now evacuee. waiting their nationals. getting back home that is the priority for foreign nationals and will han and their governments more than $200.00 americans have returned on a chartered plane but not without undergoing extensive health screening all passengers had already been screened twice before they left china they were monitored throughout the flight and in anchorage the passengers were screened twice more and were approved to continue on to california the world health organization has called an urgent meeting for thursday to discuss whether the outbreak now constitutes an international emergency as the number of infections is rising but the whole world needs to be on alert and the whole world needs to take action and be ready for for any case to come either from the original the center or from from other off

the world's top court orders myanmar to take steps. health authoritiesround the world are scrambling to contain an outbreak of coronavirus. the chinese government says 18 people have died. more than 600 people have the disease. the world health organization acknowledged the respiratory illness is an emergency in china. they said it is too early to declare it a global concern. chinese officials are working to contain its spread. transport has been shut down. four other cities are under lockdown. officials were worried transmission rates could increase as millions traveled to celebrate the lunar new year. in a moment we will go to china. first, more on the international response. the airport in rome, they are taking no chances. people being monitored with heat scanners just flew in from wuhan, the center of the outbreak. they left before the city was put in lockdown. scenes like this have played out around the world. of sydney airport, many those flying in from wuhan war facemasks. there were no reports of illness. plane,re we got on the australian governm

i'm wondering at what point do world health authorities seize on this, and demand more from china? >> it should have been long ago. yesterday when the world health orgization refused to go forward with a declaration worldwide i think that is certainly a mistake. neil: they might change that. a category 3 warning to travelers be careful. but this is also the lunar new year, all of that. a busy time for asian travelers, what do you think happens? >> yeah. the golden period what they call this two weeks long holiday starts tomorrow. so every day means lives, neil and we know that china's not telling the truth. w.h.o. news mow that. so just that fact alone means that they should have declared this emergency a long time ago and deferring it to today, that is just a mistake. neil: so, when we get data that comes in, obviously there is, i guess up to a week incubation period you're coming from china under these points, you might not exhibit any of the signs but a few days after you get here or anywhere outside of china, then you do. then it's too late? >> we don't know the incubation for t

virus that's killed dozens of people and infected thousands is getting more contagious health authorities around the world of racing to prevent a pandemic after the corona virus strain which originated in central china spread to other countries china's health minister says the virus can now spread between people before symptoms show which can take up to 14 days at least 56 people have died in the chinese mainland and more than 2000 others are infected but the mayor of one han which was the epicenter of the outbreak says he expects another 1000 new patients in the city at least 48 cases have now been reported in 10 other countries along with the territories of hong kong macau and taiwan also the world health the head of the world health organization is now heading to beijing to meet chinese of far as he's got hydro ports to us from china's capital. yet more measures to curb the spread of the coronavirus outbreak everyone entering the beijing subway system is checked for symptoms and subway cars are disinfected every hour still concerned about infection somehow doubt any way they try i am really afraid that

infections are the the faster you can spring into action and get that information out to the world and public health authorities the better chance you have of stopping it from spreading right now we haven't seen this have the type of spread that we saw with sars we know for example that health care workers have not been infected in china and health care workers are sort of the canaries in the coal mine they're the sentinel people who get infected when something is transmissible so it doesn't appear that this will pose a risk to the everyday people in there is a very strong link to that seafood market which has since been closed and been clean so hopefully this will be contained and there is a lot of good news in this when you compare it to what happened with with sars so i don't think that panic is warranted at this time. along calls media's reporting i see what a parent case is there but there's been no official confirmation that anyone has been infected with the coronavirus it comes as people are preparing to celebrate the chinese new year separately the government has cancelled some of it so the concerns abo

world witnessing the start of a global epidemic this is inside story. hello and welcome to the program i'm. trying is reporting people with coronavirus outside the epicenter of the outbreak have now died this is health authorities fear around the world the infection rate could increase during what's usually china's busiest travel period of the year hundreds of millions of chinese are preparing to celebrate the lunar new year although beijing has canceled all 'd 'd public celebrations and has a death toll rises more countries are taking their own precautions scott hi there has me.

than one month for china to identify the virus and share its genetic sequence with health authorities around the worldthe e epidemic w was alsaa catat for change i in china's medidicl syststem. health officiaials used to reporting infectious diseases fillining in carts by hand befoe sending them to the office. china has heavily invested in a modern disease surveillance system in which cases can be reported in real time. while beijing is priced abroad authorities have come under fire atat home for the apparent lackf medical personnel and supplies. the government has been quick to silence its critics online. t them toent using boast public opinion. international expert saying there is no guarantee the country has underreported the scale of the epidemic. >> some 6000 people are being kept on board and italian cruise ship as tessa carried out onto tiny -- chinese passengers.. the couple reportedly came down with a fever and are suffering from breathing difficulties. and visitited marseille barcelona before ducking north ng north of rome on thursday. brussels has overwhelmingly voted back the terms of brit

killed dozens of people and for infected thousands fears it is getting more contagious health authorities around the world all racing to prevent a pandemic after the corona virus strain which originated in central china spread to other countries china's health ministry saying the virus can spread between people before symptoms show which can take up to 14 days at least 56 people have died in the chinese mainland world in 2000 others are infected but the mayor of 100 which is the epicenter of the outbreak says he expects and on the 1000 new patients in the city they've also been 50 cases reported in 10 other countries this and this is along with the territories of hong kong macau and taiwan the head of the world health organization is now heading to beijing to meet with chinese authorities that al-jazeera scott hyder reports to us now from the chinese capital. yet more measures to curb the spread of the corona virus outbreak everyone entering the beijing subway system is checked for symptoms and subway cars are disinfected every hour still concerned about infection somehow doubt anyway have a try i am real

light of the urgency of the situation, and rightly so, we are working with the chinese authorities, the world healthrganisation, public health england, to look at what is going on and to ensure we are doing our utmost to stop the virus coming to the uk. and becoming a widespread problem. the home secretary, priti patel. families affected by the grenfell tower disaster have welcomed the resignation of an expert member of the enquiry panel appointed by boris johnson last month. the engineer, benita mehra, stood down after being linked to the charitable arm of the company which supplied the tower block's cladding. campaigners had been threatening to boycott the new phase of the inquiry, which begins this week. 72 people died in the fire injune 2017. abi smitton reports. engineer benita mehra was only appointed to the grenfell inquiry panel last month. since then, victims' families have raised concerns about her former role as president of the women's engineering society. it received funding from the charitable arm of arconic, the company that supplied the cladding to grenfell tower. her resignation com

health is the top priority. translation: after the outbreak in wuhan, authorities immediately inform the world health organizationountries, regions, and organisations about the epidemic. china has been keeping close touch about them and has been releasing information to the public. we will work along with others to handle the epidemic. in early the chinese government was criticised for covering up the extent of the sars crisis, a virus that went on to kill 700 people, mostly in asia. the virus is expected to spread further as tens of millions of chinese people travel for the lunar new year holiday. the bbc‘s steve mcdonell is outside beijing's main train station which is already busy, but will get even busier over the next few days. australia is the latest country to join others in testing people coming off flights especially from wuhan. there is a case of someone in brisbane who has been placed in isolation. they are not sure yet if he has the coronavirus, but scientists have joined those in the uk saying that although there are hundreds of people who have been infected, they think in reality it could be thousan

health care systems more than $8000.00 cases at the time with a 10 percent mortality rate so about $700.00 cases dying in different locations around the world so. we the national public health authorities globally are all preparing the health care systems to to face these issues you mentioned that sars outbreak and what has been learned from that what do we know now about effectively containing this type of virus. well 1st of all we know that it is very important to detect infectious cases early as possible that needs awareness and immediate action from the whole health care systems in those countries where these cases come potentially be detected and at this stage these are all the countries in the world we have not seen transmission outside of imported cases from c.t. in. other countries outside of china and we i'm sorry we haven't seen transmission in countries outside of china but only exports of cases from the. but it is likely that you also see cases in europe in the coming week as people are traveling away from ok we'll have to leave it there posse penton head of the european center for disease prevention and control in stockholm thank you for joining us here and. thank you let'

light of the urgency of the situation, and rightly so, we are working with the chinese authorities, the world healthization, public health england, to look at what is going on and to ensure that we are doing our utmost to stop the virus from coming to the united kingdom. and obviously becoming a widespread problem. chinese health officials revealed more about the virus which has killed over 50 people, spreading to humans from animals. it's contagious during incubation, with no symptoms. that incubation can last up to two weeks. as a result, all wildlife sales are being banned. but there is evidence the illness has already spread abroad. in france, three passengers from china are known to have been infected. in hong kong, with five cases, as a precaution the authorities even closed disneyland. every part of daily life affected by the fear of a virus which knows no borders. angus crawford, bbc news. authorities in hong kong have declared an emergency because of the spread of the virus. 0ur correspondent rupert wingfield—hayes is there. the statitics and predictions for the coming days are quite fright

infections are the faster you can spring into action and get that information out to the world and public health authorities the better chance you have of stopping it from spreading. this all sounds pretty frightening a people right to be concerned to be worried about this or is there some good news in amongst all of this fear. this is definitely something that people should be concerned about especially public health authorities but there's no reason for panic right now we haven't seen this have been type of spread that we saw with sars we know for example that health care workers have not been infected in china and health care workers are sort of the canaries in the coal mine they're the sentinel people who get infected when something is transmissible so it doesn't appear that this will pose a risk to the everyday people and there is a very strong link to that seafood market which has since been closed and clean so hopefully this will be contained and there is a lot of good news in this when you compare it to what happened with with sars so i don't think that panic is warranted at this time. thanks dana b

the world's top court orders me and not to take urgent steps to protect what he did was. health authorities around the world are scrambling to contain an al break of coronavirus chinese government says 18 people have died since the virus 1st hand or than $600.00 people now confirmed to have the disease the world health organization acknowledged that the respiratory illness is an emergency in china but said it's too early to declare it a global concern chinese officials are working to contain its for it and one honda city of 11000000 transport has been shut down for other major cities are under lockdown. health officials are worried transmission rates could increase as millions travel to celebrate the lunar new year with start saturday on a moment we'll go to china and see how people of color think the 1st has more on the international response. but few maci know where ported road they're taking no chances for good reason the people being monitored with heat scanners have just flown in from will hand the center of the outbreak. they left before the chinese city was put in lockdown but scenes

world witnessing the start of a global epidemic this is inside story. hello and welcome to the program. china's reporting people's coronavirus outside the epicenter of the outbreak have now died this is health authorities fear around the world the infection rate could increase during what's usually china's busiest travel period of the year hundreds of millions of chinese are preparing to celebrate the lunar new year although beijing has canceled all 'd public celebrations and as the death toll rises more countries are taking their own precautions scott hi there has more from beijing. rushing to catch the last trains before the lunar new year many of these passengers at the beijing west railway station i thinking of the coronavirus did you know i don't think this virus has been properly controlled i just came back to china i read a lot of news i'm too ned i'm not very satisfied with how the government prevented him contro the disease i'm very afraid of getting infected i am really afraid of those people were relieved and left but i do hope the situation will harden can be improved soon. and those inside the city of will hon are becoming more frustrated because medical supplies are running short and hosp

what is happening around the world amongst the various public health authorities, the world health organizationhis all together and containing? firstly, local health officials are open mouthed with what the chinese are doing. because nobody would recommend that you quarantine ten chinese cities, including wuhan, which is the 42nd biggest city in the world, 11 million people. most people would never of heard of it before last week. what the chinese are doing is simply extraordinary. pretty tough and the people who live in those cities. so that it is the first thing. the chinese has been extraordinary. there is talk of them building a hospital over the next week for 1000 patients. this so that it the first thing. the second thing, the chinese have been sharing from a very early stage the genetic material of this virus, they have been sharing information as much as a covered up sars, they are being incredibly open. that is helpful. there are teams in the uk, there are teams all over the world who are looking at this virus. there are teams working on a vaccine and that could come, potentially, with

world health organization will consider today whether to consider a world public health emergency as it did fora world public health emergency as it did for a bowl and swine flu. so far health authoritiesfor us and explained how people in china are reacting to the outbreak. the lunar new year in china means that there are millions of people on the move. they are crisscrossing this country and also travelling abroad. i can tell you attitudes here over the last 48 hours towards this virus have completely changed. two days ago, speaking to travellers, you could barely find somebody who was all that worried about the situation. now you have people here queueing up to buy facemasks, they are cancelling their trips. in some cases they have had their trips cancelled for them, for example china's neighbour north korea has cancelled all tour groups coming in for the lunar new year. scientists are recommending that nobody travels to wuhan, this is the city where this outbreak started. they also say people shouldn't leave that city, thatis people shouldn't leave that city, that is a city of 11 million people and they're suggesting during the spring festival, the most important festival in this co

that the disease chris fred right now the world health organization is meeting in geneva to decide whether to declare a global public health emergency authorities in china meanwhile are battling to contain the virus ahead of the lunar new year holiday the world's largest annual human migration of it. it's possibly the worst time of the year to try to stop the spread of the virus in china. hundreds of millions of people are crisscrossing the country this week to celebrate the lunar new year with family. coming from abroad these passages are traveling to beijing from seattle where the 1st u.s. case was confirmed on tuesday i think what i can do is to wear a mask wash my hands and stay away from the problem. since it's outbreak in the city of the deadly virus has jumped a number of international borders prompting large scale screening measures at airports and railway stations. containing the virus is an absolute priority as quickly as possible because they are fears that the virus could mutate. the evidence shows that the disease is currently transmitted through the respondent retract and there is the possibility of a viral mutation. qualify in an

world witnessing the start of a global epidemic this is inside story. hello and welcome to the program i'm. trying is reporting people with coronavirus outside the epicenter of the outbreak have now died this as health authorities fear around the world the infection rate could increase during what's usually china's busiest travel period of the year hundreds of millions of.

that's killed thousands of people infected thousands getting more contagious possibly health authorities around the world are racing to prevent a pandemic after the corona virus strain which originates in central china spread to other countries china's health minister says the virus can spread between people before symptoms actually show which can take up to 14 days at least 56 people have died in the chinese mainland and more than 2000 of those infected but the mayor of the han the epicenter of the outbreak says he expects another 1000 new patients in the city at least 50 cases have also been reported in 10 other countries along with hong kong macau and taiwan and then the head of the world health organization is now heading to beijing to meet with chinese authorities that scott hina reports from china's capital. yet more measures to curb the spread of the corona virus outbreak everyone entering the beijing subway system is checked for symptoms and subway cars are disinfected. every hour still concerned about infection somehow doubt anyway they try i'm really afraid that the virus might infect me or my

health is the top priority. translation: after the outbreak in wuhan, authorities immediately informed the world health organizationina has been keeping in close touch with them and has been releasing information to the public. we will work along with others to handle the epidemic and safeguard the safety of health globally. in the early 20005, the chinese government was criticised for initially covering up the extent of the sars crisis — a virus which went on to kill more than 700 people, mostly in asia. rich preston, bbc news. our correspondent sent this update from beijing on how people are responding to the concern. the most dramatic moves are being taken in wuhan, the city where the sickness cluster broke out. scientists are saying anyone with an elevated temperature should not leave, the city's government has ordered that all local tour groups should not be allowed to go, and not be allowed to leave the city. cars as they drive away are being randomly pulled over with passengers checked for their temperature. they are having to take these more drastic measures to stop these more drastic measures to stop the s

australia are also implementing enhanced screening measures authorities there say they are monitoring a possible case of the virus. the world health organization will meet on wednesday to decide if the outbreak should be declared an international public health emergency. that out to a climate emergency in australia where authorities are still battling some of the worst wildfires in living memory while the blazes have torched more than 100000 square kilometers of land and killed nearly 30 people scientists now say the country's landscape is being permanently damaged and along with it the buyer diversity it's so famous for. the australian bush fires have been devastating to wildlife an exact figure is all but impossible to come by but the estimated tally is 1000000000 animals killed among them australia's beloved kangaroos no one knows just how many of died or got lost but many of the little ones are on their own without their mother's pouch to keep them warm their lives. at risk. this situation has moved a group of volunteers seamstresses half a world away to take action. here in quetta in southern poland these women are sewing 50

world. around. us public health authorities are focusing their attention on central china and that's why the chinese government has essentially quarantine. people. but the situation is somewhat somewhat fluid and that could change but right now we're primarily at a problem where the change it's really it's all china now. it's all surrounding world worried about this for the moment we just say. you know you don't need to change your activities. of this crisis it's taking into china we don't yet know the incubation period of the virus and even with that someone is infectious will with someone is infectious without symptoms when asymptomatic how long will it take to figure those things out all that data is kind of a you know and i mean we are still very early in this outbreak so we don't know you know what is required. to actually have symptoms. that symptoms. the fish is the virus spread the net there it is very widely from virus to fires so a virus like measles they just have to be in the same room of the person probably get infected you know i think that is the case with this virus against i said. i

world health organization says the new coronavirus. and china is not yet a global health emergency the decision came after chinese authorities moved to lock down 3 cities on thursday in cancelled chinese new year events in the capital beijing. dozens of world leaders have paid tribute to victims and survive.

world wherever they may be. the prime minister speaking this morning. the health authoritieshe spread of a new pneumonia—like virus, as millions of people prepare to travel for chinese new year. the wuhan health commission has confirmed a third person has died after contracting coronavirus, and china has just confirmed 2i7 cases in total of the virus. now south korea has also confirmed it's first case of the disease. a 35—year—old chinese woman has been isolated by the authorities after she had travelled from wuhan to incheon airport on sunday. and, there are fears the virus might spread to hong kong too. you go to train stations now there are these kind of pop—up screening centres. we have seen officials boarding a planes when they arrive from wuhan in full medical kit, checking everybody‘s temperature before they lead them into the terminal. even though it doesn't seem like that many people, they are not taking any chances. what they are worried about is this memory of sars. there was an initial cover—up in 2002 when that outbreak happened, leading to more than 700 deaths,

well to the director general of e world health organization is headed to china pport local authorities following an announcement made by a p chinese health official on sunday ople infected with the virus are contagious before they have y symptoms they can spread the disease 4 days before they become sick. justuarantining those sick people is nota sufficient strategy the centers for disease control and prevention virus as officials urged the department health and human serviceso declare it public health emergency that will spring up to $85 million at'smmediately available it's already been appropriated. so that cdc can do everything it can to preventhe spread the are more than 40 confirmed cases across 13 places outside china. the quick spreading virus has sickened more than 2000 people in china. i'm david daniel reporting. >>china says the kron a virus has now lled 80 people and sickened over 2700 if the chinese government sending more than 1200 workers to the city of lille hon where the virus iginated to y and contain the spread of the virus. authorities there are in the process of sh

world's leading centers of jewish life new york our correspondent visits the orthodox jewish community of that. class a new strain of flu a virus that's killing people in china and threatening to spread health authorities are trying to contain the outbreak as millions of chinese embark on travel ahead of the new not new year holiday the virus has also been detected outside of china the world health organization is holding an emergency meeting in geneva. on the thought she might have their company. the 2 of this is world economic forum is underway in davos switzerland political and business leaders from around the world are gathered for the 40 a meeting it's called theme is sustainability european commission present there is a lot on the line has delivered a special address laying out the use environmental priorities while also touching on concerns over fully economic growth in the block. the forum comes as ongoing inequality and climate change fuel global skepticism over traditional capitalism. the european green deal is our new growth strategy. but novelty. and the difference to our fossil fuel. based model is that we will foster growth that is not extracting resources but that gives back to the plane

information from them in in a rapid way and that is what we are encouraging the iranian authorities to agree to the world healthorganization says hundreds of thousands of people are killed by fake meds and every year in africa readers are missing in togo's capital alone made to sign an agreement to crack down on the trade but it's big business on the ground in west africa alone the trade is worth $200000000000.00 with counterfeit drugs coming from china india and nigeria nicholas hock reports from dakar in senegal. it started with an itch and turned into a rash it was then factors are decided to get some medicine but to save money she bought pills from a man at a market after taking them she found she couldn't walk she started vomiting and even lost her teeth she ended up in hospital in intensive care. the doctor told me i was going to die i had to tell them the truth i couldn't afford to buy drugs in the pharmacy so i bought them on the street. to the pills from a market like this one cameras are not welcome here ours is concealed. we're soon approached this mountain has us he buys and sells medicine then show

measures taken and i understand there will be a videoconference between the mainland authorities and the world healthation. hong kong will continue to receive the latest information and our experts will continue to advise us on the necessary measures to be taken. this requires community efforts and we are appealing to the people of hong kong that it is better to plan and be cautious in order that we could prevent the spread of these diseases. haslinda: has anything been learned from the sars outbreak that can be implemented to ensure there is nothing dangerous? chief exec. lam: we have learned a great deal from the sars incident. we have put in place contingency plans in the hospital authority. we have provided more isolation facilities. we have planned contingency measures for isolation facilities. we have stopped up all these needed equipment and materials. i hope very much what we have learned in the past could help us overcome this public health challenge. haslinda: before we let you go, what you hope would be the carrie lam legacy? this is my 40th year in the public service. this has been a life

. >>> global health authorities are increasing screening measures following the virus in china. the worldh organization is considering branding the out bre outbreak of global concern >> believing easing tensions will help pick up growth and will stay neutral because of china's high level of debt beijing's trade dispute, he hopes phase two will solve issues on the economy including black listing of chinese companies but it is up to the trump administration to make the first move >> we'll not only see the global gdp growth is going down more important is global trade global trade really went down almost to zero right now that means not only the gdp growth but all the different streams of growth around the world is not growing anymore >>> capital spending, you have to look at what is in that number a lot of people are hiring that is capital spending but that might not go into the number you import. you look at jobs the job market could not be better >> it is definitely the case, that's the case everywhere in the world. there is a tremendous amount of money looking for a return we see the mon