coronavirus as the chinese virus secretary of state my pump a of calls it and called it yesterday the wu han virus of course the chinese are not really happy about this and there's many people here many observers experts and just average people americans who say like that's a wrong it is a coronavirus doesn't matter where it comes from and beads dangerous why dangerous because of course asian americans are looked funny here in their polling on the streets and that is not a very comfortable position for them to be in if the president of the united states is now branding the problem the united states with has with this virus as the chinese. virus it was not uncivil that's what it is irresponsible but we know that not everyone in the united states sees this virus as the serious threat and a new poll shows that the political divide between democrats and republicans is amplifying that. reverend so most of the democrats most of the americans who call themselves democrats or say they would vote democratic party they are absolutely appalled of the performance and failure of prudent management of thi

everyone in beijing saw the peaches on social media of the empty stores in wu han the situation in the epicenter of the epidemic with tame of the thousands of people infected is on everyone's mind. but the situation here is nowhere near as severe as woo han. nevertheless the city is in lockdown. i'm a genius lee my translator in beijing subway. the temperature is checked as she enters the station all the entrances and now a quick with the imaging system. if your temperature is above the threshold of 37.3 degrees you kept behind this barrier before being sent to hospital. in every train a guard ensures that everyone is wearing a mask. there are many people to check. the problem is there's a shortage of slots. mislay and a going to try and find some. young iraqi. man the man i call for out of stock. i know you go down there. and the cut out. the only mask he has left cost $45.00 he's happy to recommend. contraband my. hands are. desperate they will say yes to the tramp for sure you will sell them. $100.00 will be all the harder maybe on their home. and he will. take it up. to g. money un

they handled combating the virus for their contract trade ever their contact tracing efforts are wu han style measures necessary to contain the disease i think that there are a number of different examples there. the situation in south korea for example is very interesting because they seem to have been able to be very successful using a testing in tracing based methods but i think it's important to remember that this might be in part due to the. sort of pressure they felt a few years ago when they had a big outbreak of the mers coronavirus so in some ways they may be way ahead of the curve and that may explain their success in their containment strategy steve from your perspective do you believe that quarantines of this type will become the new normal. well we are seeing it be much more widely adopted in many different countries including some of the extemporized democracies in europe and in north america but just to go back to your earlier question i think we should bear in mind edged taiwan which has not been mentioned has also adopted atash and trade system and that works very effec

wuhan's wu han's train station wuhan's train station once empty is now busy with people with places tothink this is the result of the hard work of all chinese people who came together as one and defeated the epidemic. for us, the news about lifting the doctor and is the biggest recognition for us staying at home for more than two months. —— lockdown. carrying medical supplies and electronics to europe, this train, thanks in buses back on, resident advised against unnecessary travel and those over 65 told to avoid taking public transport all together. people are allowed to enter wuhan by restrictions on those wishing to leave. we issued until april eight. transitioning people from hubei who travelled out of the problems faced discrimination. i hope that they do not treat them as a virus. the 11 million people have faced harsh restrictions and intu bate people have faced harsh restrictions and intubate more than 50,000 people have been infected, more than 3000 have died, but the partial reopening of wuhan is a turning point stop translation: china's land reported only imported cases. thr

wu han's train station, once an empty hub, is now busy with people with places to be.back to life. translation: i think this is the result of the hard work of all chinese people who came together as one and defeated the epidemic. for us, the news about lifting the lockdown is like the biggest recognition for us staying at home for more than two months. wuhan, a major engine of the chinese economy, got its freight train service back up and running. it's carrying medical supplies and electronics to europe. the city's banks opened earlier this week for business and buses are back on the roads. but residents are still being advised against unnecessary travel, and those over 65 told to avoid taking public transport altogether. people are allowed to enter wuhan, but restrictions on those wishing to leave will not be lifted until april 8th. translation: it has been a long time since we last saw wuhan. people from hubei who travelled out of the province faced some discrimination. i hope people will not treat hubei people as a virus. the city in hubei province was placed under

people are aware that there we re people are aware that there were issues in getting resources into wu han'ssources into wuhan's various hospitals. australia's high court will hear cardinal george pell‘s final appeal against his conviction for abusing two choir boys in 1996 while he was archbishop of melbourne. he is currently serving a six—yearjail term. pell‘s lawyers are hoping to convince the high court thejury made a mistake, and his conviction should be quashed. this is george pell‘s last chance to overturn his conviction for child sexual abuse offences. he failed to challenge the verdict back in august in victoria's court of appeal, and now sevenjudges here in australia's high court will decide his fate. put simply, if the conviction is upheld, it means he will stay in prison and serve the rest of his sentence. but if the judges decide that they will overturn the conviction, it means that he is going to walk free. that essentially, he is going to be acquitted. thejudges could also send the case back to victoria's court of appeal for review. george pell is currently serving a six year

the country too you'll be pleased to hear out of the 47 new reported cases seems none were found in wu han and china says they were all people who are returning from being abroad elsewhere in china covert 1000 related restrictions have already been lifted or at least relaxed case in point the city of nanjing residents there are no longer required to wear face masks supermarkets have started reopening again and schools are expected to resume in a few weeks' time. as the rest of the world shuts down at sporting events you know the lympics perspire a year in japan look at this something's going to head this energy back on the streets a marathon happening in southwest china run instead of the temperatures taken to make sure they're ok but it marked the 1st event of its kind small steps since the outbreak in the country china expert joseph chain explained to us why he thinks beijing has been successful here in dealing with the coronavirus. the chinese authorities certainly have demonstrated tremendous mobilization. for. oh. the region has been a boat on stand in medical services medical personn

stave off infection taiwan acted even earlier in late december and began screening arrivals from the wu han epicenter before beijing admitted the scale of the crisis. singapore relies on vigorous containment with each new case being rapidly investigated to trace any other possible infections then quickly informing the rest of its citizens to see if they are also what risk and this shot contact tracing. our us. so far the majority of secondary transmissions from their initial conditions so in some ways this is. singapore strategy transparency to in south korea accompanied by wholesale testing including the pioneering use of drive through test centers now adopted worldwide that i believe the sampling by way of trying through and also epidemiological investigations using g.p.s. information would become an exemplary case worldwide such efforts are helping us to attain effective disease control goals while keeping an open society and harnessing technology in the fight such as an alert system on smartphones telling you when confirmed cases are nearby a mobile app that all new arrivals must downlo

new cases and deaths being reported there the government is allowing some companies to reopen in wu han the epicenter of the outbreak in the u.s. the number of infections has increased with more than a 1000 confirmed cases the national guard has been sent to a new york city suburb where a cluster of cases was found and a british government health minister has been infected she's 19 doris she's put herself into quarantine she attended an event hosted by the prime minister boris johnson just last week. al jazeera as lawrence lee joins us live from london so lawrence 19 doris if you'll significant yes extraordinary development really isn't it it was announced last night's though she's been. placing and apparently is getting over the worst of it now she started to feel ill she said when she went really properly ill on saturday in her constituency north of london. and so by that stage she was clearly carrying the virus in the days previous to that when for example she was in parliament voting in the lobbies in very tightly packed spaces with hundreds of other members of parliament on the 1st

to pass on this information, so people are aware that there were issues in getting resources into wu han'srious hospitals. now some breaking news to you, related to the coronavirus, we are getting use that wednesday night's premier league match between manchester city and arsenal has been postponed stopping it as a precautionary measure following the announcement on tuesday that the owner of the greek side has contracted covid—19. 13 days ago, they played arsenal in the europa league and the greek club's owner met with several arsenal squad members and also with several members of staff. following medical advice, both clu bs following medical advice, both clubs have agreed to postpone their fixture, so that they is, will keep you updated if we get any more. that something different, it is a wonder plant but seagrass has been disappearing from written's coast. —— britain's coast. now, britain's biggest ever project to restore the is planting over a million seeds of the welsh coast. evolving with every ebb and flow, britain's coast is a place of natural, timeless beauty. but beneath the wave

military were in wu han in october last year along with athletes from 100 other nations to take part in the world military games the theory has now been widely circulated by state aligned media china's new position. on the origins of the corona virus outbreak appears to contradict its own assessment from january to season and from what we can see now the origin is the wild animals sold in the seafood market with the number of new cases on the decline in who bay province beijing appears to have taken control of the outbreak but it also wants to make sure the world doesn't blame china for one of the worst health crises in a decade enter schapelle al-jazeera let's look at some other news now in iraq's president has condemned retaliatory airstrikes conducted by the u.s. iraq 6 people were killed but the head of the u.s. military command central command has defended the strikes as targeting iranian backed fighters adding that the threat from iran is still high well the u.s. says the strikes were in response to a rocket attack that killed 3 soldiers on wednesday 2 americans and a briton di

because statistically significant it is the highest single day increase across the world i mean even wu han in china at its worst didn't get anywhere close to this a daily increase in the number of deaths so you can see how it's concerning possible the reasons for it well it has a an elderly population and the elderly seem to be a particularly susceptible demographic for this virus and the majority of the new deaths that happened up in long body of in the northern province where it has been the epicenter so you know you can see there are reasons for it but the italian experience given that that's the potential for an eye for what's happening in the rest of europe is going to be really concerning for governments all across the rest of europe and here in the u.k. controversy continues over the government's handling of the corona virus outbreak yeah pressure in fact we just had it announced in the last hour that boris johnson and or a senior minister will start giving daily news conferences from tomorrow from monday that clearly that's been announced by number 10 downing street that's clearly

trump himself calling the coronavirus the chinese virus and with american politicians calling it the wu han virus which is very much infuriation china and china in turn as you mention many chinese diplomats taking to twitter in particular to blame the u.s. military for perhaps bringing covert 19 to china at the end of last year so we did see at some point really it seems like the u.s. and china had hit rock bottom in terms of the diplomatic relationship so according to the trump administration it was president xi who sought out this phone call and he was calling on trying to help improve ties between the 2 countries president xi jinping also said that many chinese companies were doing what they can to help the u.s. by sending medical supplies that are much needed and also interestingly president xi jinping cold on president trump to help to protect chinese citizens and students who are in the u.s. and potentially facing backlash or ill treatment because of anger over the outbreak south africa's reported its 1st 2 deaths from the corona virus outbreak and also was the highest total of confir

. >> and the wu han wuhan province laboratory there, there is speculation about the laboratory, it wascularly well in the power averages, and the virus might have escaped from thatas laboratory. but remember we have much better healthcare here in a population with better shape. we had tragically one death but we have not had dozens or hundreds that they found in other countries. i'm quite confident were in better shape. you have to look at who's in risks, the average ages, 59 for people getting ill and people at real risk are in their 70s and 80s, meal, hypertension, diabetes, respiratory conditions, this is not the disease i need to worry about my kids or middle-aged individuals. those at risk i was to go to see your doctor and make sure your diabetes is under control that you have as much as i do is under control and you're in good shape. but the most interesting tip is this, you are not going to know whether you have the flu or corona because similar symptoms. the flu ort to have you think it is the flu, call your, healthcare provider and ask about antiviral drugs like tamiflu for e

as david was saying the olympics are still going ahead and so are the boxing qualifiers moved from wu han in china to jordan it was a historic day for olympic hosts japan on monday media center it was the 1st female boxer from her country to qualify for the games should be joined by a teammate to kimi also through is india's mary kom the 6 time world champion and 2012 bronze medalist beating irish magni of the philippines by unanimous decision. zambia's women have qualified for the olympic football tournament for the 1st time in the history baby travers' cameroon 21 in lusaka on tuesday going through an away golds zambia are 57 world ranking places below cameroon who do get another chance in the intercontinental in the big play off against chile. we spoke to a sports journalist. who say exam was showing the strength in depth of football in africa but teams needed more support to beat the rest of the wound you know when you look at the qualifiers. next to the beat goals because i can say that the boy because you know you'd expect that nigeria and south africa should be there with the other

military were in wu han in october last year along with athletes from 100 other nations to take part in the world military games the theory has now been widely circulated by state aligned media china's new position on the origins of the corona virus outbreak appears to contradict its own assessment from january to see it and i canna from what we can see now the origin is the wild animals sold in the seafood market with the number of new cases on the decline in who bay province beijing appears to have taken control of the outbreak but it also wants to make sure the world doesn't blame china for one of the worst health crises in a decade and al-jazeera. coming out then sports and he will tell us about how the 1st 3 races of the formula one season after reading light. for. the shocking treatment of disabled people in eastern european state run caverns in these cages who cannot have access to a toilet or water and the bureaucratic indifference to their plight she has his hands and his fates tied to the beds 5 years after 1st highlighting such abuses people in power returns with a 2 part

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sharing site tick-tock has become a favorite for those in isolation including an american teacher in wu han megan munro has provided daily updates from the chinese city at the center of the outbreak including the day she found her apartment building padlocked others are coming up with creative ways of passing time letting family and friends know they're ok that they're following the advice of doctors who are refusing to be panicked by the new disease. saudi oil giant aramco is facing a wave of criticism after photos of a migrant worker dressed up as a hand sanitizer dispenser or shared widely online on social media people call the display classis racist or even a form of slavery and the statement around co condemned what it described as abusive behavior and said the company took strict measures to prevent it from happening again after 2 months standoff iran has agreed to send the black boxes from a downed passenger jet to ukraine that iran's delegation at the international civil aviation organization says other countries have also been invited to read the data the crimean passenger plane wa

they handled combating the virus for their contract trade ever their contact tracing efforts are wu han style measures necessary to contain the disease i think that there are a number of different examples there. the situation in south korea for example is very interesting because they seem to have been able to be very successful using a testing in tracing based methods but i think it's important to remember that this might be in part due to the. sort of pressure they felt a few years ago when they had a big outbreak of the mers coronavirus so in some ways they may be way ahead of the curve and that may explain their success in their containment strategy steve from your perspective do you believe that quarantines of this type will become the new normal well we are seeing it be much more widely adopted in many different countries including some of the extemporized democracies in europe and in north america but just to go back to your earlier question i think we should bear in mind edged taiwan which has not been mentioned has also adopted atash and trade system and that works very effect

military were in wu han in october last year along with athletes from 100 other nations to take part in the world military games the theory has now been widely circulated by state aligned media china's new position on the origins of the corona virus outbreak appears to contradict its own assessment from january and i canna from what we can see now the origin is the wild animals sold in the seafood market with the number of new cases on the decline in who bay province beijing appears to have taken control of the outbreak but it also wants to make sure the world doesn't blame china for one of the worst health crises in a decade and al-jazeera. well the eiffel tower is now set to be closed indefinitely because of the virus but france's local elections they're still going ahead on sunday health minister says the process will be no more dangerous than a trip to the supermarket but reports from paris. the coronavirus was clearly on focus minds in paris as an yes bizarre campaign in the city to become mayor the former french health minister is the candidate for french president emanuel mycr

military were in wu han in october last year along with athletes from 100 other nations to take part in the world military games the theory has now been widely circulated by state aligned media china's new position on the origin. as of the corona virus outbreak appears to contradict its own assessment from january. and i canna from what we can see now the origin is the wild animals sold in the seafood market here with the number of new cases on the decline in who bay province beijing appears to have taken control of the outbreak but it also wants to make sure the world doesn't blame china for one of the worst health crises in a decade and or chapell al-jazeera. there is other news around the world to tell you about iraq 1st of all where the president has condemned retaliatory airstrikes conducted by the united states iraq so 6 people were killed but the head of the u.s. military's central command has defended the strikes targeting iranian backed fighters adding the threat from terrorism is still high. the u.s. strikes were in response to a rocket attack that killed 3 soldiers on. it

military were in wu han in october last year along with athletes from 100 other nations to take part in the world military games the theory has now been widely circulated by state aligned media china's new position on the origins of the corona virus outbreak appears to contradict its own assessment from january and i canna from what we can see now the origin is the wild animals sold in the seafood market with the number of new cases on the decline in who bay province beijing appears to have taken control of the outbreak but it also wants to make sure the world doesn't blame china for one of the worst health crises in a decade and or chapell al-jazeera. so head and sport. first major of the season is postponed like many other competitions faces precedented upheaval. it's a tough time for the afghan security forces taliban attacks have increased suffering heavy casualties and the prospect of a withdrawal of u.s. forces hangs over them yet young men are still joining up some for reasons for others is the only way to get a job despite the risks. and bomb disposal engineer in helmand prov

corona virus continues to affect global sporting events we'll hear the price of a football team from wu han stuck in europe after being barred from returning to their families of the same to obey corona virus outbreak. turkey has announced a full scale military operation against the syrian government dubbed operation spring shield it follows the killing of 34 turkish soldiers in hadley province on thursday and the expiry of a deadline by turkey's president for syrian troops to pull back from the rebel held province on sunday turkish jets shot down 2 syrian army warplanes that were carrying out a combat mission in the rebel held area of reports now from the turkey syria border . turkish and syrian fighter jets faced off in an encounter in the skies above. and that with 2 syrian warplanes. the confrontation marked u.s. collation in the conflict between turkey and syria. turkey's defense minister warns the turkish troops will retaliate against it if the. also announced operation spring shilled and your campaign aimed at pushing syrian government troops out of the so-called buffer zone near the

wu han's train station, once an empty hub, is now busy with people with places to be.nese people who came together as one and defeated the epidemic. for us, the news about lifting the lockdown is like the biggest recognition for us staying at home for more than two months. wuhan, a major engine of the chinese economy, got its freight train service back up and running. it's carrying medical supplies and electronics to europe. the city's banks opened earlier this week for business and buses are back on the roads. but residents are still being advised against unnecessary travel, and those over 65 told to avoid taking public transport altogether. people are allowed to enter wuhan, but restrictions on those wishing to leave will not be lifted until april 8th. translation: it has been a long time since we last saw wuhan. people from hubei who travelled out of the province faced some discrimination. i hope people will not treat hubei people as a virus. the city in hubei province was placed under lockdown back injanuary. its 11 million people have faced some of the harshest re

han,virus has waned in wu hydroxychloroquine, there is very helpful treatment, but aren't you obligated to report that, after all of the hysteria and alarm? host: your opinion. c-span is not telling people not to travel or leave their homes. those calls are being made by the state and federal governments. we are letting all of you let your state and federal government, and local government officials what they think about what they are doing to respond to respond to the coronavirus. jeff, in wyoming, what do you think about this aid package? i called my congresswoman and spoke to her representative yesterday to congratulate her on the comments that she made on how important it was to treat the coronavirus outbreak, because the entire economy was dependent on how successful we were treating that , and the other comment i made was that i want to see an opt out provision in this checkwriting scheme that the government is imposing on all of us. i do not want money from the federal government. resourceshave the even though i am not a high wage earner to care for myself and my family. i spoke