operated diamond princess's the japanese port of yokohama several people on board are ill and one man who left the ship in hong kong has tested positive for corona virus we'll get the latest from yokohama. hong kong reports of deaths from corona virus the 2nd fatality outside mainland china and thousands of health care workers walked off the job demanding that the government close the border with china also coming up which way they use technology issues delay the results of the democrats i want caucuses so no one yet knows which leading presidential hopefuls have won the support of the state's democrats. hello i'm terry martin good to have you with us as the number of corona virus cases continues to mount countries are taking drastic actions to prevent its spread japan has quarantined a cruise ship carrying almost 4000 people over fears of a corona virus outbreak on board the diamond princess is now anchored in yokohama bay a former passenger tested positive for the corona virus after disembarking in hong kong days earlier a medical team. has boarded the ship and is checking passenger

operated diamond princess is anchored off the japanese ports of yokohama several people on board and one man who left the ship in hong kong has tested positive for corona virus the latest from hama. hong kong reports a death from corona virus the 2nd fatality outside made in china and thousands of health care workers are. demanding that the government close the border with china . also coming up which way did they vote technology issues delay the results of the democrats' iowa caucuses so no one yet knows which believing presidential hopefuls have the support of the state's democrats. suiting up to beat cancer on the world cancer day we meet one woman who uses the exercise in the great outdoors to help defeat her breast cancer. hello i'm terry marchin thanks for joining us as the number of coronavirus cases continues to mount countries are taking. asked take actions to prevent its spread japan has quarantined a cruise ship carrying almost 4000 people over fears of a corona virus outbreak on board the diamond princess is now anchored in yokohama of a former passenger tested positive f

this wednesday there has been a lot of activity down here on the yokohama waterfront as you mentioned it is the end of this 14 days of quarantine for hundreds of people it is finally over there has been a steady stream of coaches of buses of taxis in some cases coming in here to the port area taking people away taking them to various transport hubs to yokohama station and other stations around here to continue their journey many of them people being allowed to return home these are people who have gone through the quarantine have been declared to be negative there's been no trace of the coronavirus found so they have now been allowed to leave but they have. a lot of the japanese citizens priority is being given to some of the elderly more elderly passengers they've been allowed to go home but with the caution that they should monitor their health for the next few days at least to make sure there are no signs of fever meanwhile for many people of other nationality. who are leaving their countries have said they don't want to them to come home just yet australia the united states the u.

let take you to live pictures from yokohama injapan.e leaving the ship but likely heading forfurther leaving the ship but likely heading for further quarantine. they've been quarantined on board for more than two weeks as those on board grappled with the biggest outbreak of the virus outside mainland china. we'rejoined from hong kong by our correspondent, nick beake. this has become a real cluster outside mainland china? it certainly has, the biggest cluster outside mainland china and we have been watching this in slow motion as it were, the fate of this ship. the people on board time has passed extremely slowly. they have been there since the third of february. some respite it seems. we have seen february. some respite it seems. we have seen pictures of the buses lined up, waiting to ta ke the buses lined up, waiting to take people away and it demonstrates how different countries have been dealing with this crisis in different ways. already many americans have left but other citizens from other countries have not been able to leave. it

rupert wingfield—hayes reports from yokohama.board the diamond princess, they are getting very close to the end. for those out strolling on the sun deck today, there are less than 2a hours to go until the quarantine is supposed to end. but the ambulances parked next to the ship tell a different story. all day, they've been removing more passengers infected with the coronavirus. 88 new cases today alone. this afternoon, the news that britain's david and wendy abel are among them. in this video posted this morning, they spoke of their growing anxiety. and now, especially, every single time there is a knock on the door, your stomach flips. yeah, you just don't know whether they're going to come and say, ok, let's go, and you're going to be taken off to a medical centre. hours later, that is exactly what happened. for the britons still on board tonight, there is better news. the quarantine will officially end, and the 2,000 or more passengers still on board who have tested negative will be allowed to start leaving the ship. they can

they boarded two planes in yokohama to take them to air force bases in california and florida.a patta is in yokohama. >> reporter: the situation on board the diamond princess deteriorated this weekend with a surge in infections, prompting the u.s. government to evacuate its citizens. the ship has been quarantined for over ten days here in yokohama, but that has now ended for many of the nearly 400 americans on board. earlier buses arrived at the japanese port to ferry them to chartered planes waiting at haneda airport in tokyo. with their bags packed, they were desperate to go home. but that could still take some time, although they will be on u.s. soil by monday, they will be quarantined for a further two weeks. anyone showing symptoms of the virus was not allowed on the flight. in hubei province, china, the epicenter of the epidemic, over 15 million people have been in lockdown for over three weeks. megan monroe, a trainee teacher from california is still in the provincial capital of wuhan, confined to her apartment. she chose not to leave. >> i decided that i would be safer

is standing by live on more on the 2nd death their 1st go to rob mcbride who is at the port and yokohama so there are some people that are leaving but there is a vast majority are not leaving that vessel rob. that's right it is a very mixed picture here the finally we are seeing the start of this disembarkation process after this very controversial period of quarantine is the end of the 14 days set as the quarantine period and as you mentioned several 100 people by the end of today wednesday due to have left the vessel we've been seeing a lot of activity down here on the yokohama waterfront a steady procession of taxis buses sometimes larger and more organized convoys of several coaches with police escorts in some cases leaving the port area going to various transport hubs these are people who have been given a clean bill of health they have had been tested for the coronavirus the test to come back negative they have been told by the japanese authorities they are cleared to leave here and go home if they are japanese citizens that is what they are doing but they've been told by the autho

operated diamond princess is anchored off the japanese port of yokohama several people on board are ill and one man who left the ship in hong kong has tested positive for the virus will get the latest from yokohama also coming up on kong reporting a death from corona virus the 2nd thing tallaght outside of mainland china and thousands of health care workers walked off the job demanding that the government close the border with china and which way did they vote on technology issues delaying the results of the democrats' iowa caucuses so no one yet knows which of the leading presidential hopefuls have won the support of the state's democrat. and it took the fox what's will allow it but on world cancer day we find out how we just made from human hair are providing great therapy for pakistani women who have lost their own hair through cancer. i'm sorry kelly welcome to the program as the number of coronavirus cases continues to mount a countries are taking drastic action to prevent its spread japan has quarantine a cruise ship carrying almost 4000 people over fee. there's a big corona virus

defending its handling of the coronavirus outbreak on the diamond princess cruise ship cruise ship yokohama vessels been in corinth seen since early this month and in that time the number of confirmed cases on board has continued to rise it's now at more than 600 and they have been deaths 2 elderly passengers they died after being taken to hospital. near truth you can think of as we've said before the government's measures to prevent the spread of infection on the cruise ship were appropriate the government has been holding briefings with the embassies of countries in japan and with the foreign press we will continue to explain our muses carefully to those in japan and outside through the embassies in china has now changed how it reports cases of the virus and that has led to a significant drop in the number of new infections there were 394 on wednesday and that's down from nearly 1700 just the day before but in south korea there's even a spike of 31 new cases and that brings the total number there to $82.00 our correspondent rob mcbride is at the japanese port of yokohama and as he reports

japan has reported 79 more cases of coronavirus some border quarantines cruise ship in yokohama there are now over 600 infections reported on the vessel hundreds of passengers have been allowed to leave after they were declared healthy and questions are being braised about just how effective the quarantine has been in the 1st place by reports now from yokohama. this was the day all of the passengers and crew on the diamond princess have been waiting for the start of disembarkation after 14 days of quarantine people who have tested negative for the coronavirus were allowed to leave yokohama support in a stream of vehicles through wednesday some sharing their experiences on social media continuing journeys that they had expected to complete weeks ago the spread of infection through the ship during the quarantine sickening hundreds more people has raise serious concerns here and internationally. that's been made worse by an infectious diseases expert taking to social media to describe his visit belowdecks i never had fear of getting infection myself for him or her south clever because i

cnn's matt rivers is in yokohama. you've got a lot of uninfected people jammed on a ship with a lot of infected people. it seems like a recipe for contagion. but what are the authorities saying out their theory here in terms of handling this? >> yeah, michael, i mean logic -- just kind of laymans logic would think if you've got potentially infected people on a boat, get people off the boat and get them away from each other. but what authorities are saying in these kind of situations what the best protocol is to keep everyone onboard that ship who may have been exposed to someone who had that virus to shelter in place. they're saying it's not being spread through the ventilation system and the best thing to do is to keep those people quarantined on that ship for around the next two weeks or so, and that's the day to day life for people on that ship. but in terms of that other ship you talked about stranded at sea, the reason why it's stranded at sea is because the japanese and other countries here, they don't want a re

board the diamond princess, it's thought there are around 80 britons, with the ship quarantined in yokohama. all the passengers have been confined to their cabins for the next fortnight. here, a british national who tested

who have died as past 2000, and the biggest concentratioe of cases outs china, well, that is in yokohaman japan, and that o this ship, the diamond princess. it has been quarantined for more than two weeks, and 600 passenrs and crew have been tested positiv one in six of those on the ship when the aga those who tested negative are now being able to leave. laura becker was there to watch that play out. la one by one, they were fitted on buses, what appears to be plastic sheets to keep the passengs in the bus driver separate, but they were taken to central yokohama, where many, we are told, got onto o trainsr other buses to use public transport to get me. even though these passengers have tested negative for coronavirus, it could spark a global threat. so many cases where peoe have been getting this virus, showing no symptoms whatsoever, or they have been testing negative for several weeks and tn finally testing positive. ros: the passengers are from more than 50 countries, and as they head home, tre are concer it may create a new wave of global infections. there are many questions about ho

that's right a lot of activity down here at the dockside in yokohama a lot of the media have been fact been moved back from the key side in bygone days we've been allowed to be up close to the ship now we held back while there's an awful lot of activity along the quay side as the start of the end of the quarantine that everybody onboard the ship has been looking forward to for 14 days now but many people will have to remain on the ship in the coming days while this is a gradual process we're expecting several 100 people in the 1st batch to be released today wednesday number of coaches have been seen standing by moving around these approaches which is expected to be taking people mainly japanese citizens we understand priority being given to elderly citizens and of course people who have tested negative for this coronavirus it's assume taking them to places like yokohama rail station where they can continue their journeys go round david's with families and so on but we are being told very little by the old dorothy's here about just what's going to happen where these people are going to

board the cruise ship the diamond princess it's been held in quarantine in the japanese port of yokohama for 2 weeks still the virus spread among those on board during that time on wednesday hundreds of passengers began leaving the ship to be returned to their home countries. what went wrong on board the diamond princess passengers who tested negative to the corona virus are finally being allowed to leave now questions are being asked about how the floating quarantine facility became an incubator for disease. but obviously the situation on the ground changed and clearly there's been more transmission than expected on the ship and i think the authorities in japan are adjusting to that reality now when the cruise ship 1st arrived in yokohama 10 passengers tested positive to the virus to reach later more than 500 had been infected it'll be very important to study this particular event and see what the issues have been that have led to transmission to to the to the people who've been on that ship other health experts say the ship has been a failed experiment in containment and want the air f

everywhere could have virus and everybody was not careful about it when the ship 1st arrived in yokohama 10 passengers tested positive for the virus 2 weeks later. more than 500 have now been infected japan has defended its response. with the urgency of the current situation japan has taken full measures to ensure prevention of the spread of infection taking into consideration human rights and humanitarian needs cooperating with the relevant nations and taking appropriate measures. to come. someone board have described it as a floating prison one british couple shared their experience via social media. we're doing ok we conditioning is still getting us down we've turned off the humidifier leaving the door open but we've closed that now it's so damn cold outside. shortly after they announced they tested positive to corona virus and would be moved to a hospital shortly. thousands still remain on the diamond princess for those evacuated the journeys far from. base to face up to 2 weeks quarantine in their home countries. all right and we can talk and now a q a viral infection and vaccine ex

the diamond princess fenced off at the dockside in yokohama but for some at least a way out after more than a week of uncertainty buses pull up next to the ship ready to pick up some 300 americans who have chosen to squat quarantine here for quarantine back home. carry this is there are about to step into the big wide world so i have my mask on and. can't go on. cheryl mull skin the husband paula from syracuse in new york state after being cooped up on the ship for 12 days they've agreed to be flown back to the u.s. where they'll spend another 14 days in isolation they shot this cell phone video of their own evacuation in this case at least a good natured event. thank you. and then your presence. and then there on the road leaving behind them at least 40 americans who have contracted the virus those patients will remain in japan for treatment. and the last leg of the evacuation government chartered jumbo jets ready to fly to california and texas. and eventful holiday is drawing to a close. if there were exhausted in the morning and that's if you can't be pretty miserable worries me. a

our correspondent rupert wingfield—hayes reports from yokohama.u can see the diamond princess cruise ship. there are about 1000 people left on board but those overwhelming majority of those are crew, almost all passengers have 110w are crew, almost all passengers have now left. the americans left way back last sunday night. the australians left on wednesday. there has been some criticism of the british government for the length of time it has taken to get the british passengers off the ship, but i can tell you about one and a half hours ago, at1:30am tell you about one and a half hours ago, at 1:30am local time, that operation finally got under way. they've had to wait longer than almost anyone else to get off the diamond princess, but tonight, finally, after 17 days of isolation, the british passengers were loaded onto buses and began their long journey home. on board one of these buses, elaine spencer and her husband. before they left their cabin, they recorded this thank you message. thank you to the government for deciding to bring us home. we

as chattel and paula moleskin both the diamond princess in yokohama and the 92nd academy awards have made cinema history as the south korean film parasite became the 1st non english language film to win the oscar for best picture it was a night of triumph for the man behind it. there's no doubting parasite director boehm to know how he's now a national hero in south korea the celebrations in hollywood where felt all the way to the top in soho president spoke of his pride to parasite success is kicking off his cabinet meeting with a round of applause. few in the country were expecting one or sky less alone 4 students and on site university without no matter watched enraptured with the ceremony unfold this is the moment when the best picture award was announced. by its hopes the successful south korea's film industry. i've always liked korean movies korean film history is being written at this moment it's very meaningful i think there will be more improvements in the future it's very i'm lost for words it's such an honor. parasite shows the often painful divide between rich and poor in

they will be met at the dock in yokohama japan by americans from the centers for disease control. they will be evaluated once again to see if they're healthy and sent back on a state sponsored plane back to california, where they will probably be treated to yet another quarantine, maybe two weeks. >> a long time before they can sleep in their own beds. >> some of the passengers on board who are americans, no thanks, we're five days out from being done with this quarantine. we don't want to go back to the u.s. to sit in quarantine for two weeks. >> matt bradley thank you. >>> in the next half hour, we'll talk to one of the passengers still under quarantine on the diamond princess cruise ship. >>> he was once considering a run for the white house, and now he's a convicted fellonmeon, hog michael avenatti could spend in prison. >>> republicans not so secret plan, will it help or backfire. . so you can bring your vision to life and save in more ways than one. for small prices, you can build big dreams, spend less, get way more. shop everything home at wayfair.com i need all the breaks

rupert wingfield—hayes, bbc news, in yokohama.ssengers on board another cruise liner, the ms westerdam, have finally been allowed to disembark in cambodia. the ship had been refused permission to dock at five ports across asia due to fears that the coronavirus could be on board. passengers were met at the quayside by cambodia's prime minister hun sen after thailand, japan and taiwan turned the ship away. we have a special section devoted to the coronavirus outbreak on our website. you can find the latest details on the spread of the disease, the efforts being taken to contain it, as well as the best medical advice on what to do to protect yourself against it. just log on to bbc.com/news. in afghanistan, a seven—day truce agreed by the us and the taliban is expected to take effect very soon. the us defence secretary mark esper says it should lead to a fall in violence — and could lead to more far—reaching peace talks, as well as a staggered withdrawal of american troops. the deal was announced at a security conference in munich — a

is going to be alone i'm times taking process and that was reporter julian rial joining us from yokohama in japan now many people around the world they are concerned about the spread of the corona virus despite its relatively low mortality rate but you shouldn't panic if you start feeling ill because some symptoms are similar to those of the common cold or flu most common viruses affect the upper respiratory track with a runny nose snore throat and sneezing the flu can cause and for the rest of former president jacob zuma he failed to appear at a hearing of a corruption charges which he denies zim is lawyer said that the former president was overseas seeking medical treatment zuma resigned in 20 team after almost a decade in office. it's the u.s. senate has heard closing arguments in the impeachment trial of president donald trump and democrats argue that trump abused his power by pressuring ukraine to investigate a political rival this republican said the trump did nothing illegal the republican controlled senate is expected to acquit trump on wednesday mr. its technical glitches have d

and a journalist to julian rial is in yokohama bay and following developments there he told us a little earlier why the japanese government felt it necessary to put down princess in quarantine take a listen you can see yokohama behind me that's about 3 or 4 kilometers distant where i am i mean a residential district over looking the ports but the japanese authorities as i just want to keep this out they have had 20 cases confirmed in japan so far but they're very concerned that if 3700 people got on the boat potentially all of the might be carrying this disease then they could have a bigger problem will move hands but it looks like we're going to have to go through the entire book from stem to stern very very carefully and check every individual on that and not want to take a couple of days and of course often than we have to wait for the results of these tests to come through to be confirmed and of course the boat then has to be cleaned to say from stem to stern it's going to be alone i'm kind of thinking process and that was julian rial reporting for me for us from yokohama and chip p

rupert wingfield—hayes, bbc news, yokohama. let's have some breaking news now.ing news now. people have been killed eight people have been killed in separate shooting incidents in the german town of hanau. it is 25 kilometres east of frankfurt. our correspondent joins us online now from berlin. according to german media, shots were first fired in a shisha are in town and that is where it seems the first people we re where it seems the first people were killed. after that eyewitnesses say that one or more gunmen escape the scene in a dark vehicle and drove to another shisha bar in another pa rt another shisha bar in another part of town where gunmen started shooting people inside. as you say police have now confirmed that eight people in total have been killed in both shooting incidents. it is thought that more people could possibly be injured. the initial reports from police have five people being injured but it is unclear if they are included in the number of fatalities or not. so far police are yet to confirm if they have made any arrests but we have seen phot

stem to stern is going to be alone i'm painstaking process and that was journalist julian rial in yokohama a quick check of some other stories making news around the world record in iran has sentenced a man to death for spying for the cia a court spokesperson said that the iranian man was paid to send information about the country's nuclear program to the u.s. spy agency in another case to charity workers received a long jail sentences on similar charges. kenya's former autocratic president a daniel arap moyet has died at the age of 95. if he will kenya for 24 years until 2002 becoming the country's longest standing leader he ran the country as a one party state in which corruption and human rights abuses became widespread. and accord and south africa has issued a warrant for the arrest of former president jacob zuma he failed to appear at a hearing over corruption charges which he denies his lawyer said that the former president was overseas seeking medical treatment zuma resigned in 2018 after almost a decade in office. the u.s. senate has heard closing arguments in the impeachment trial

for ten days now, the giant diamond princess has been tied up at yokohama, its 3,700 passengers shutcabins, allowed out to exercise only once every two days. today they finally got some good news — no new infections for the last 2a hours. and this afternoon, this bus began taking some of the most elderly and frail passengers off the boat, to be quarantined elsewhere. the japanese authorities are now finally allowing some people from the diamond princess to disembark. those over the age of 80 and with underlying health conditions are being given the choice to be quarantined elsewhere. but there are still many questions about how the japanese government has handled the outbreak on board this ship, not the least of which is why have they still not tested everyone on board. from their cabin, phil and gay courterfrom florida tell me they are in good spirits. but they say they are extremely frustrated the japanese government is taking so long to test everyone. we absolutely should have been tested. the test results could have been back. the people who tested immediately and were clear shou

the ship has been quarantined for over ten days here in yokohama. that has now ended for many of the nearly 400 americans on board. earlier buses arrived at the japanese port to ferry them to chartered planes waiting at haeda airport in tokyo. with their bags packed, they were desperate to go home. but that could still take some time. although they will be on u.s. soil by monday, they will be quarantined for a further two weeks. anyone showing symptoms of the virus was not allowed on the flight. in hubei province, china, the epicenter of the epidemic, over 50 million people have been in lockdown for over three weeks. megan munroe, a training teacher from california is still in the provincial capital of wuhan confined to her apartment. she chose not to leave. >> i decided that i would be safer locked in my own apartment than being on a plane with 200 people. >> reporter: on the diamond princess some u.s. citizens have also decided to stay put, but won't be allowed to return to the u.s. until early march. americans infected on board the ship will rema

rupert wingfield—hayes, bbc news in yokohama. supported the banned islamic state terror group has admitted plotting to blow herself up in an attack on st paul's cathedral. safiyya shaikh — a 36—year—old muslim convert from hayes in west london — pleaded guilty to preparing an act of terrorism, by asking an undercover police officer to supply bombs. extra police have been deployed across germany to protect mosques, railway stations, airports and other sensitive sites, after nine people were shot dead on wednesday. many of those killed were kurdish immigrants. the country's home minister says the threat from far—right extremists remains very high, as gavin lee reports. outside the arena shisha bar this morning, the raw heartache and grief of families visiting the site where they lost their loved ones. six people died at this bar. six families devastated as they try to understand what happened here. 35—year—old mercedes kierpacz had gone out that night for a pizza with friends when she was shot dead. herfather filip tells me his wor

we completed the cruise and arrived in yokohama.ctually arrived 12 hours early because it had taken so long to disembark from the prior port, okinawa. we had arrived in okinawa on the 1st. we were quarantined then but didn't know we were quarantined. the ship didn't inform us of that. they told us that the japanese government, because we arrived back in japan, had to reprocess us and was taking quite a long time. it took us -- we were supposed to get off of the ship at 1:30. we didn't get off until after 6:00. we didn't see that port but we didn't know why. they took our temperatures but it was a quick process. on the 3rd, in the evening, they let us know that someone had coronavirus on the ship. >> right. we're looking at some of the pictures and see some passengers on the decks coming off of the cabin. are you able to get outside at all? or are you confined completely indoors? >> we have a balcony. we are able to go out on to our balcony. >> all right. you can get a little fresh air there. we feel your pain. you've got so many day

there on a cruise liner docter of yokohama injapan.re nearly 4000 people on board the diamond princess, and despite strict quarantine conditions, the number of cases continues to rise. more than 350 people have the illness and more than two—thirds of those on board have not even been tested. 0n sunday, canada and hong kong joined the united states in making arrangements to pick up their citizens from the liner and bring them home. meanwhile, and bring them home. meanwhile, a passenger who been on board another cruise ship, now docked in cambodia, has tested positive for the virus. the westerda m positive for the virus. the westerdam had been barred from several asian ports before passengers were allowed off. now an 83—year—old american woman has tested positive after arriving by air in malaysia. backin arriving by air in malaysia. back in china, the world health 0rganization back in china, the world health organization is conducting an investigation into the outbreak. and while another drop in new cases will be welcomed, is insisting i

were journalists julian riyal is in yokohama bay and following developments for us he told us earlier why the japanese government felt that it's necessary to put the diamond princes in quarantine. you can see oklahoma behind me that's about 3 or 4 kilometers distant where i am i mean a residential district overlooking the olds but the japanese authorities i just want to keep this out they have had 20 cases confirmed in japan so far i'm but they're very concerned that if 3700 people got off the boat potentially all of the might be carrying this disease and then they could have a bigger problem will need hands but it looks like we're going to have to go through the entire book from stem to stern very very carefully and check every individual in there and that might cite a couple of dummies and of course often done we have to wait for the results of these tests to come through to be confirmed and of course the boat and has to be clean to say from stem to stern it's going to be alone i'm kind staking process and that was julian ryall reporting there from yokohama bay in japan all right fr

rupert wingfield—hayes is in yokohama now. rupert, why have the americans made this decision? it's very clear from a statement put out by the us government that they do not, oi’ the us government that they do not, or at least they are very concerned, that the quarantine going on on board the diamond princess behind me on the last 12 days is perhaps not working, and the virus is still spreading around the ship. they think their citizens are in danger, and that is why they have triggered this evacuation, which is happening now as we speak. there are buses that have pulled up, you can't quite see them but they are beside the ship, processing the 380 us passengers to be put on those buses, taken to an airport in tokyo sometime tonight where two planes are due to land in the next hour or so. they will be put aboard those planes and flown to california to a military base in california where they will be processed, checked to see whether they have the coronavirus and then quarantined if they test positive. there are obviously more than 2000 other passengers stuck on this ship in quar

report snow on the passengers and crew so stuck on board that cruise ship in the japanese port of yokohama. the owners of this luxury cruise ship describe it as a home away from home and for those aboard there's now no choice about 3700 people on the diamond princess are being quarantined for at least 2 weeks after japan's yokohama port that's after more than 60 tested positive for corona virus we are instructed to stay in our own cabin. you know that people from the insurer haven't been allowed there. they may have had a chance to interact although they've been instructed to stay a metre apart from each other so it's hard to read. the mood of the other passengers without a contact with them i see you know some people are very worried on the internet and social media. japan is already dealing with cases of the virus and has imposed new border controls to stop it spreading it turned away another cruise ship that had sailed from china. the world health organization says there's no need for alarm there's over 3700 people in crew and this is after extensive searching for cases and testing and

the bbc‘s laura bickerjoins me now from yokohama in japan.ese laura, firstly, we understand these british people are due to be flown home, but we are hearing reports of a possible delay to that. any more information? yes, the foreign office has said that that plane will be delayed for several hours. so it will be quite a long wait for the british passengers on board. others within the last few minutes have been allowed to leave. i saw one little girl in a purple jacket who was so filled with glee as she pulled her suitcase behind her. remember, they have been stuck in their cabins for 14 been stuck in their cabins for 1a days, only allowed out for a couple of minutes each day. it has been both frustrating and an anxious wait for many of them. citizens from the eu will be flown home today. those from the uk will have to spend a further 1a days in quarantine once they have flown home. we know that four britons are currently in hospital, but over 600 people have tested positive for this virus. and as one chapter of coronavirus comes to an end, i

rupert wingfield hayes reports from yokohama.d prince55 has been tied up at yokohama. its 3,700 pa55enger5 shut in their cabin is allowed out to exercise only once every two days. today they finally got some good news. no new infection5 for the last 2a hours. and, this afternoon, this bus began taking some of the most elderly and frail pa55enger5 off the boat to be quarantined elsewhere. the japanese authorities are now finally allowing some people from the diamond prince55 to disembark. tho5e over the age of 80 and with underlying health conditions are being given the choice to be quarantined elsewhere. there are still many questions about how the japanese government has handled the outbreak on board this ship, not the least of which is why have they still not tested everyone on board? from their cabin, phil and gail from florida tell me they are in good spirits. they say they are extremely frustrated the japanese government is taking so long to test everyone. we absolutely should have been tested. the test results could have be

because it was put under quarantine and we could go so i was there is feisal may is at the sport at yokohama following this part of the story for us why what's the latest. well we're hearing that no. incidence of infection among us injures on the crew members on board of the ship just a few hours ago when the health ministry announced that more 60 more people have been infected it wasn't actually shocked so many people here because the experts have been warning of the possibility of more infections on this confined place. aim of this of the current teen off. the diamond princess for 14 days was to prevent the virus from spreading but the experts say that in such environment the virus could spit. injures and crew members especially the crew members who have to stay in places and who have to stay even double bedrooms so. many of the infections now which here involve. might be might be on the crew members that are around 1000 crewmembers on board of the ship and if this numbers prove to be among the crew members then we may hear of more and more numbers during the coming days we have seen sever

cruise ship as the fight to contain the coronavirus continues the diamond princess which is docked in yokohama has become the biggest single cluster of infections outside china with more than 450 people unwell meanwhile in the epicenter of the outbreak more than 70000 people have been confirmed to have the virus in china with nearly 1800 deaths among them the people's daily newspaper reports that the high ranking director of the one hospital has died from the virus well the lockdown of chinese cities is continuing in one of the country's most important political gatherings of the year may just be the next casualty officials are considering canceling an annual parliamentary session which draws officials from around the country to beijing sarah clarke has the latest from hong kong. millions of chinese are returning to work some companies have reopened their factories as they try to get back to business as usual after being shot for weeks i mean solicitor you 50 percent of our employees have returned to work bringing our production capacity to 50 percent we predict all of our workers will be back

has to deal with. >> matt rivers there in yokohama for us. >>> as we mentioned earlier, u.s. health officials are scrutinizing a cruise ship that docked on friday near new york city. cnn's pablo sandoval with our report. >> reporter: well, it was initially 27 passengers onboard this cruise ship that caught the attention of health officials who boarded it not long after it docked early friday morning. all except four were medically cleared. that family sent to a hospital will be tested for coronavirus. royal caribbean cruises they did not exhibit any coronavirus symptoms and only one tested positive for influenza during the cruise itself. so it certainly looks promising here but it would have to wait until those test results were released they could definitively say they were not exposed to the virus itself. royal caribbean implementing a series of stricter boarding protocols and they include guests holding a passport from hong kong or china denied access to their ships at least for now. also anyone traveling from mainland china will also be denied access. and finally there wo

let's take a look at what's going on in yokohama, japan. it's blurry and hard to see, but the evacuation of the ship has begun. it's not everybody on that cruise ship. but it is more than 400 americans who are being evacuated on to buses that will take them into quarantine. i'm trying to just sort of get -- we're depending on other people's camera on this thing. the buses have lined up and there are people getting off the bus. getting off the ship. you can see the feet sort of in the middle of the screen at the bottom. those are people getting off the cruise ship and being loaded on to buses that will move them away. our janis mackey frayer on the ground keeping track of what is going on. >>> still ahead, how the past is coming back to aunt michael bloomberg's presidential bid. what exactly is red lining and why did he claim getting rid of it triggered the great recession? i'll break that down for you next. >> we will not defeat donald trump with a candidate who instead of holding the crooks on wall street accountable, blame the end of raci

14 days of quarantine people who have tested negative for the corona virus were allowed to leave yokohama support in a stream of vehicles through wednesday some sharing their experiences on social media continuing journeys that they had expected to complete weeks ago the spread of infection through the ship during the quarantine sickening hundreds more people has raise serious concerns here and internationally that's been made worse by an infectious diseases expert taking to social media to describe his visit to belowdecks i never had a fear of getting infection myself for evil or south clever because i know how to protect myself packed inside princes diamond ever thought scared i was so scared of getting caught between 19 because there was no way to tell where the pharisees no green zone no red zone everywhere could have virus and everybody was not careful about it there was no single professional infection control person in the shape. the japanese government insists it's happy with the way the quarantine has been handled. it's going. since february 5 we've taken action to prevent infect