Are still seeing this outbreak around the clock. Deeply concerned by the alarming levels of spread severity and by the amount of mean levels. We have that for a man to be our system and that. Can be. Used as a pandemic. Under me is an old award to use lightly. Carelessly. Italy meanwhile has announced just under 30000000000. 00 of spending to fight the coronavirus the outbreak there is the largest outside china and more than 10000. 00 people have been britains finance minister has pledged more than 30000000000 dollars of measures to support the countrys economy from damage caused by the virus. In well an uptake in the number of cases recorded in south korea has dashed hopes that the country had its large outbreak under control just under 100 employees of a call center and some members of their families were diagnosed with the disease in the capital so. The hundreds of millions of people are in some form of isolation due to the outbreak the World Health Organization says that its important for those in isolation to try and keep up their daily routines and to stay connected with the outside world by social via social media or video chatting many of the stories coming out of isolation are more hopeful than youd imagine. Now reports. A small town in northern italy with 11000 residents number was on lockdown like the rest of the country its mayor under self quarantine after testing positive for corona virus proved a great joy to me and he can get up to it and get after 3 days of high temperatures and simply taking some feeble remedies i no longer have symptoms today im well and i have been well for 6 days so far and im working for my town as its mayor. The mayor says hell stay in isolation for 14 days his wife and son isolated elsewhere in the house. And we need a child to milan for fashion week and when i arrived in barcelona i started noticing symptoms neil munro also tested positive for corona virus and was placed in quarantine in barcelona he passes the time by responding to questions on social media to reassure the public but. Im a young person and im healthy so the symptoms im having are like a normal cold like a flu i had a little bit of fever headache general discomfort but anyone would have thought it was just a cold. Corona virus affects people in different ways and most who test positive wont require medical attention denmarks 1st patient was shocked by his diagnosis his wife showed symptoms he did not he tested positive she did not after 6 days in self quarantine he says the symptoms were gone and he didnt need any medicine i dont want to be the one that makes other people sick so that was my greatest concern and i think that is the greatest concern for everybody is that we dont we dont want this thing to spread more than possible so i preferred to stay home a week or 2 more or even longer if i could prevent anybody from getting this. Older people and those with chronic medical conditions can die from it that is clear isolation is intended to protect them from germs younger healthier people so easily spread with them the biggest gripe is probably boredom. The video sharing site ticktock has become a favorite for those in isolation including an American Teacher in will hon 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 theyre ok that theyre following the advice of doctors or refusing to be panicked by the new disease internship. Dr eric toner is a senior scholar at the Johns Hopkins center for Health Security he welcomes the w h os move to the find the virus as a pandemic i think. Any ambiguity about that there were Global Situation this disease is spreading around the world it will continue to spread around the world every country will be affected and so i think this clears up any confusion that. I think theyre saying to all governments you really need to get ready you really no kidding need to implement a measure is to slow the spread in your d own country and so some countries have. Been denying that their country the risk or same they have no cases when thats probably not that not actually true so i think the issue is saying to them really you have to get ready pandemic literally names all people and but commonly and Public Health we talked about a pandemic meeting Infectious Disease that spreading person a person on multiple con so thats been the case for several weeks so this disease seems to have. 6 or 7 day doubling time that means twice as many cases each week so the most people are sick have a mild illness much like influenza and theyre not going to come to the attention Public Health authorities its not until you get hundreds of cases that theres any chance that a country would recognize they have cases as probably not until there are thousands of cases they were really become quite obvious. Its take a look at some of the days of the news and former hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein has been sentenced to 23 years in prison for rape and Sexual Assault weinstein was convicted of the offenses by a new york court last month the allegations have sparked a global need to movement and more than 100. 00 women have now accused the 67 year old of Sexual Misconduct accusations they can back several decades weinstein has consistently denied any wrongdoing and his lawyer says he will appeal atika lane joins us live now from washington d. C. So hes been sentenced to 23 years in prison a lot more than what his lawyer wanted i think she wanted about 5 so how much of a victory is this for his accusers. His accusers have been taking to social media saying that they are crying enjoy that they didnt think this day would come and thanking the Justice System for ending this long journey for them or at least putting another chapter and lets keep in mind who Harvey Weinstein was he was mr hollywood he made or break careers he was known to the general public he wasnt just a movie producer he was a persona and we now know the great links he went to to make sure that his abuse was never made public he would threaten people who he had assaulted say he had people who could attack their parents or them personally he hired intelligence agencies to befriend these people. Excuse me and so we know you went to Great Lengths but it didnt stop the new yorker and the New York Times from publishing the expose which then we saw hollywood actresses come out and say ok if youve been harassed if youve been assaulted retreat me to it swept the social media landscape and it created a movement this was all after the election of donald trump where we saw the largest protest in the history of the country protests really around the world the womens march so it really built on that momentum so now Harvey Weinstein sentenced 23 years he had the judge was looking at a between 5 years and 29 years obviously went to the larger the longer sentence and for his part weinstein gave what was seen as a rambling speech in the courtroom saying that he was totally confused by the charges that he thought it was consensual and he went on to say thousands of men are losing their due process ive worried about this country take a step back he had due process he had really expensive lawyers he was charged with crimes he was convicted and now it looks like its 67 years old and not in the best of health Harvey Weinstein faces a real possibility that hes going to die behind bars or you mention is that we were just watching pictures of him in court you know throughout the trial of me cant even walk and they did and he has that other Health Interventions that play a part in his appeal oh what do you mean do we know what the lawyer plans to appeal on. You know we dont necessarily know what theyre going to appeal and its not usually on humanitarian grounds thats the what they usually do for the sentencing judge theyll be looking at any irregularities in the case theyll be looking at the background of the jurors to see if anyone didnt disclose something if the judge ruled on any of the motions that they didnt like will try to appeal this you know the chances of him coming out on appeal are pretty slim those dont usually work i think weinstein was fairly surprised that the judge sent him to jail as soon as he was found guilty people in the courtroom said he really didnt think that he was going to be have to go to jail until after he was sentenced so what we saw then is he had a heart condition he had to go to a hospital but then he was sent to the infirmary or Rikers Island so were still trying to figure out exactly where hes going to serve his time but it probably wont be a maximum security prison but again he is going to be spending at least 23 years in prison at 67 that makes his fate all but certain that he will die behind bars particular pain with the latest on that case from washington d. C. Thank you a 15 year old palestinian boy has been killed when Israeli Forces fired the tear gas and rubber coated bullets at protesters in the occupied west bank the demonstrators had been camping overnight on a mountain near the city of nablus they were trying to fend off illegal Israeli Settlers who want to seize the land in the area more than 100 people have been treated for their injuries and abraham is in her my left she says the settlers have been trying to occupy the area for several decades. Palestinians are saying that they want to defend this area from an attempt by Israeli Settlers to take its is an elevated area one of the highest in the nablus governor is and it is has been a pattern by settlers to take a piece of land say on it bring a car run live a family 2 families and then later turn it into a settlement of course all settlements are closed to the illegal under International Law and being a mountain or a hilltop is expected to be one of the reasons why settlers want that specific area. And many palestinians say that theyve been eyeing it since the eightys they remember clashes that happened actually in the same mountains so for boston eons its a way to defend the land as weve seen it has been very. Came at a high price number of palestinian is in a Critical Condition and cellphones are rallying through turned to the area to try and defend former libyan Intelligence Officer at the bar said on the get out he was found guilty of mass murder in 2001 for his involvement in the bombing of pan am flight 103 over the town of lockerbie in scotland all 259 people on board the flight from london to new york died as well as 11 people on the ground now a scottish review commission has referred the case to the high court that the reports. Abdel baset l. Mcgraw his family have long pushed to prove his innocence now 8 years after his death and more than 30 years after the lockerbie tragedy i got a chance the Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission has decided the conviction can be referred to the high court for appeal for the 3rd time we had identified 6 graves for referring the case to the appeal court and the commission has gone on to deliver a damning indictment of the process and they believe that a miscarriage of justice may have occurred by reason of an unreasonable verdict and the grounds of nondisclosure pan am flight 103 was blown up over the scottish town of lockerbie in december 1908 it was on route from london to new york and most of the 270 victims were american the us relatives were satisfied when in 2001 former libyan Intelligence Officer abdul basset tell the girl he was jailed for life for the attack he always said he was innocent and some scottish victims families have campaigned for years to clear him and find out who was involved on wednesday jim swire whose daughter was killed gave a written reaction read out by his lawyer for me this case is about 2 families mine and abdel baset behind their name are seen to lie the needs of 25 of the families in applying for a further appeal 31 years after the event itself we need the truth. He 1st appeal his conviction in 2002 but this was refused by scotlands high court the next year as the west started to rebuild trade ties with libya then leader Moammar Gadhafi accepted his countrys responsibility for the bombing he paid compensation to the victims families but all along some believe there was stronger evidence iran was behind the bombing months after 290. 00 died when a u. S. Warship brought down an iranian passenger plane. In 2009 al mcgraw he dropped his appeal and was allowed to fly home on compassionate grounds he had terminal cancer he died in 2012 mcgraw his family have always described to us the 271st lockerbie victim they say his last words were about fighting for justice now that fight has been given a new lease of life nadine barber al jazeera. After a series of delays afghanistans president the county has issued a decree to release 1500 taliban prisoners inmates will start being freed on saturday in return the taliban will hand over a 1000 afghan troops last month the u. S. Signed a deal with the taliban they met securing peace in the country the armed group promised to begin talks with the Afghan Government but the taliban says it wont start negotiations until 5000. 00 prisoners are freed the Afghan Government says a further 3500. 00 will only be released if conditions are met. In the Afghan Capital kabul and explains how the prisoner swap will happen the taliban have been saying that they wanted all 5000 prisoners to be released before any negotiations start now it seems through the decree that was issued by president you will have a 1st batch of a 1500. 00 that will be really starting saturday 100. 00 per day and after that one talks start then you will have 500. 00 others released every 2 weeks we havent heard back from the taliban should as well a lot of negotiations going on actually for me to accept issue. 3 well see what the taliban have to say but they seem to indicate that they will respect their part of the. Release their 1000 prisoners as also guaranteed by the agreement its not clear at this point if they do it did one go or also do it in a staggered way but well have to wait to see their response to this degree. Separatists in cameroon have launched a series of deadly attacks over the past week its the latest escalation in a 2 year battle between armed groups from the English Speaking amazonia region and Government Forces they want to break away from the rest of cameroon which is largely french speaking in an exclusive interview aljazeera is Nicholas Hogg spokesman leader of the un bazillion the fence force who are claiming responsibility for the latest attacks. The moment just before sundays attack. Prison guards from the womens jail where armed separatists are locked up are marching the governor takes to the podium praising camerons government and then this. Panic as an improvised explosive device detonate one soldier is killed instantaneously scores are injured mostly members of the Security Forces armed separatists from the English Speaking region claimed responsibility for the attack they want to break away from cameroon to create their own country amazonia there are more than 20 armed separatists groups active in the English Speaking regions of cameroon at the moment rarely do they make public declarations very they can get detected by cameroonian Security Forces the leader of one of these groups the members only in Defense Force has agreed to talk to us. First about cho lucas admits his armed group is behind the killings of hundreds of cameroon little gers we have a right existence with our right to. Live and come. To me tague. Human rights watch accuses camera Intervention Brigade operating in the English Speaking regions of killing civilians and burning their homes there were people who were burned alive and many of them with women and children so. I killed so its i think is the brutality in the manner in which it happened it seems like the we have been it was deliberate it is not just like casualties of. The force is trained in managed by former Israeli Naval forces officers stationed inside the presidency the government deny any wrongdoing. Which started off as a Peaceful Movement against the government insisting on having french teachers in schools in the English Speaking regions has turned into a violent separatist. More than a 1000000 are displaced and thousands have been killed with many others caught in a spiral of violence because hawke. Australias highest court is hearing a final appeal from the scray state Roman Catholic cardinal over his sex abuse conviction the 78 year old former archbishop of melbourne george pell is serving a 6 year jail sentence for molesting 2 choir boys in the 1990 s. Reports. The final step in a long Court Process thats been followed closely across the world george pell the most prominent catholic figure to be convicted of child abuse wasnt in court to hear his final bid for freedom but some of his supporters and opponents were. Running high and opinions divided and here. In georgetown the Catholic Church on hope approach the acquittal the fact an acquittal of a man of innocent man in late 2818 poll was found guilty of sexually abusing 2 quiet boys in the 19 ninetys he served one year of a 6 year prison term and has continued to maintain his innocence. Lost in appeal last year to or the turn his conviction over the next for arguing to the high court that that ruling was unreasonable his team is focused its argument on the credibility of a witness and the timing of the offending lawyer lisa flynn who represents Abuse Victims is concerned that if the High Court Overturns his conviction it might stop other Abuse Victims speaking out. Many survivors and victims. Really people could come forward. And that. Despite being a convicted sex offender george pell is still a cardinal but so far the pope has declined comment until all avenues of appeal are exhausted that moment may not be far away now gauge aljazeera camera. The current virus may be the biggest Global Health emergency right now but then the fever rumi remains a serious issue in many countries the diseases spread by mosquitoes and sri lanka has seen a significant increase in infections with more than 100000 cases last year authorities there are now fighting mosquitoes with mosquitoes as well fernandez reports from. Health officials like edge of mother anger on the prowl part of a larger effort to fight against a viral disease spread by mosquitoes hes part of a team releasing a different type of mosquito to fight its spread in. The eightys egypt carries the day. Which is infecting mostly lankans every year. The head of the National Control unit says expanding cities have led to an increase in breeding sites it is a. Burden for. System. So we need to know. This problem says it a primitive agrees his 14 year old daughter was treated in hospital after she got sick with last year. She couldnt go to school for months she was told not by her sons but she was too meek to do that anyways. Distributing boxes containing specially bred mosquito eggs produced with the assistance of the world musky to program. The eggs from the eightys egypt are infected with bacteria a bacteria found in 60 percent of insects but not the mosquito and. The scent. Proliferation. Is in the region so there. Will be more but i want to be writers. These mosquito eggs are produced by the World Mosquito Programme using sri lankan mosquitoes the eggs are then sent back to be packed into capsules which are then distributed with tomasky 2 boxes filled with water to allow them to have. The 2 trial areas in the capital colombo are divided into grids and a box containing a capsule with the eggs is hung up in every 50. 00 to 75. 00 metres section. This process will be repeated by teams for 12. 00 to 20. 00 weeks with tests monitoring the newly emerging musky to population reaching mosquito against mosquitoes is how the project aims to combat the virus and some skeptics including scientists and people in these areas say that this will increase the number of mosquitoes with those behind the project insist that those carrying the bacteria will help reduce the transmission of the virus so there will be an increase in the mosquito population while we release mosquitoes but once we start releasing them the mosquito population comes back to normal so its a minor inconvenience for a time but the mosquito population is saying dr mongomery insists this is not a gentle modified organism but one that uses natural processes 1st tried in australia in 2011 to hold back year method is now being used in 12 countries which have reported reductions in the number of infections sri lankan Health Authorities see they will monitor the results over the next 5 years we hope it she was the same success here. 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Used as a pandemic the World Health Organization declares the corona Virus Outbreak a pandemic citing concerns over its spread and severity governments across the world commit billions to shore up their economies as the Financial Impact of the virus grows