Social media giants to counter what it calls and the info desk. And there is an on easy come home in the indian capital delhi after 3 days of sectarian violence reached 32. 00 dead but will that last. Im sunni so much going to thank you for joining us governments are ramping up their moves to contain the corona virus says that spreads globally japan is one of those governments the Prime Minister shinzo ave has called for all Public Schools to close from next monday until the end of the spring break in april and this as new infections of the virus outside of china are outnumbering those in china we have a map that looks at the severity of the epidemic in these affected nations and of the deeper the blue here on the map but the larger the number of reported cases as you can see china still has the highest number of reported cases at 78000. All together 50 countries are territories have confirmed cases of the virus and the total stands at more than 82000. 00. Has again seen its biggest one day jump and infections and saudi arabia has stopped travel to religious pilgrimage sites due to fears of the virus in europe italys outbreak has worsened wilder mania denmark and its tony are the latest countries to confirm cases and australia is taking emergency measures to stop the disease from spreading and Numerous International flights have been cut back or cancelled heres a closer look now at how countries around the world are fighting to ward off a pandemic. Streets deserted as infection set in italy several new cases across europe more deaths reported in south korea and many global events from sporting matches to conferences canceled. Around the world preparations are ramping up as fears of the virus turning into a pandemic grow. Australia has kicked off emergency measures wall that. Is yet to declare. The night of the corona virus and its move towards a pandemic. We believe that the risk of a Global Pandemic is very much upon us and as a result as a government we need to take the steps necessary to prepare for such pandemic. As the number of cases in the middle east arise travel to holy sites in saudi arabia has been halted months in advance of the annual hajj pilgrimage. For Even North Korea yet to report a single case is taking preventative measures closing its borders and postponing the new school term. The viruses at the center and move on in China Remains the west hit most of the reported deaths and cases are in the city and the surrounding who bay province but this chinas infection rate slow the virus is now spreading faster elsewhere more and more countries are reporting cases and upping the efforts to contain outbreaks we can speak now to c. N. N. Maya hes a spokesman for the World Health Organization and he joins us from geneva christiane good to have you here on new this outbreak has now is now global it is affected nearly every continent 82000 cases where does your organization the w h o put its focus in tackling this outbreak. And focuses the one is of course in china the source of the outbreak as we know. Here as the report also said we have actually good news that means we have declining cases and we have less the 2nd time in a row now less cases inside china. The flip side of that coin is exactly the other side that we have now more cases outside of china and we have inside china which is our 2nd priority look at it and we have been calling the World Health Organization has been calling upon the countries of the world since weeks to vamp up their response and to prepare for exactly that scenario and preparing means a lot preparing means getting your Health System ready getting your Health Care Workers ready and protect them because these are the 1st would normally have to feed yield any sick patient or any big patient with symptoms so we we need countries of the world need to protect their Health Care Workers thats step one the 2nd is preparing for protecting the vulnerable population thats the patients with underlying conditions or the elderly the weak and of course it is a lot of information and helping those countries who are not as strong in responding to this outbreak chris and i want to ask you about that flipside because this is extremely worrying i mean why are we seeing this spread in infections to places where there doesnt appear to be a direct link to the epicenter in china. Point which we still have to understand more so most and the vast majority of all infections come from symptomatic people and from those. Who we can trace back the link but it seems all we still have to understand more about possibly asymptomatic people have been transporting the virus. And then have been showing up in countries or infecting others without a direct link yet back to the origins of these tests and is looking into history of travelers of infection history is ongoing because we need to understand how these infections are possible. If there is a link or if theres no link and if theres no link where these infections come from ok we are seeing people the people transmission of course were seeing deaths from these cases should this be declared a pandemic i mean what would that provider organization. So the World Health Organization has already rang the highest alert that is possible in our system that is declination of a Public Health emergency as international understand this is a mechanism which was declared already a month ago. And then make would mean that the outbreak has reached levels where its in multiple countries outside of the origin not containable or Widespread Community transmission so we believe we havent seen this if you have seen many countries in it better virus that is for sure but most of these countries still have a good grip on these individual outbreaks they contain the people they contain. They did treat the patients take they trace their contacts and trace all the people who have possibly been infected on the way they quarantined people or instruct them to self monitor for a while so as long as this is under control this is good news but theres a very high potential as the colleague also just mentioned of this reaching pandemic levels and once it reaches we will certainly talking in those terms. But lets not make this mistake here the effort of response is not limited or related to whether we call it a pandemic or not or whether the world comes as a pandemic or not the efforts a country can do the efforts the individual can do the efforts every Health System can do are there yet and will be all right well have to leave it there chris and then my a spokesman for the World Health Organization thank you for joining us. Well here in germany the government is taking measures to contain an outbreak of the virus thats after a sudden rise in infections this week and a warning from industry of a severe impact on the economy 10 new cases have been reported since tuesday a couple is being treated at a hospital in dissolute orf and at school and schools and kindergartens in their town and been closed while officials try to trace a chain of infection and the government has Just Announced interior and Health Officials will head up a joint Emergency Task force to deal with what they say is an inevitable epidemic this site you name it shows that we are taking this outbreak of the corona virus seriously and we are reacting to a new situation that Germany Europe and the whole world are confronting this is the beginning of a coronavirus epidemic in germany i said this yesterday very deliberately in order to prepare ourselves for this new scenario the new developments. For. And kate brady is with us shes been taking a look at how germany is coping with the coronavirus we heard that theyre setting up a federal crisis unit here in germany what measures will be taken as i say were not at this point expecting to see any large scale measures the kind of which weve seen in parts of italy for example where entire small towns or villages have been quarantined and closed off but there were some new measures announced today during the press conference for example deportations of rejected Asylum Seekers back to east of they where they originally of arrived those will be temporarily halted and people returning from countries most affected by the corona virus have been asked to contact local authorities when they return back to germany or just a rifle here on the travel so thats countries like china south korea japan iran and italy but the main aim right now is sue slow down the spread of the virus here in germany and to really break down the chain of infection thats the main aim of this Crisis Commission and so one of the main measures that the governments are relying on people to be active in as well is self quarantine so if you know that you have been near someone who is who has been affected by corona virus to quarantine yourself at home for the 2 week incubation period so at the moment the German Government is very much taking each day as it comes as the Health Minister said again today we know very little about the virus right now and were learning more and more every day we know already know more now than we did 4 weeks ago and so the governments of the Health Ministry in this Commission Plan to then adapt the measures as they see fit as the virus develops spreads even all also doesnt know where you think germans are about this virus germs are concerned this is something new as i mentioned we still dont know everything about it and of course theres still no vaccine at the moment but so far people seem to be acts in quite responsibly theyve been approaching local help. If theyre showing symptoms and at the same time it does seem as well the taking of all the recommendations. By the Health Ministry as well very simple measures like making sure that youre not coughing and sneezing into your hands and also making sure that there is a washed extremely thorough really. Brady with us thank you so much while the w. H. O. Is also calling on social Media Companies to help stem misinformation about the coronavirus Health Officials are calling it an info demick fake news about the corona virus is making it difficult for people to keep themselves properly informed. As the corona virus spreads around the world theres another outbreak going viral misinformation online from scammers angling for a quick buck to shadowy actors so when chaos manipulators lie in wait here a website with wild exaggerations of the number of dead and infected false hype from a notorious american white supremacist and another Conspiracy Theory and the right wing Washington Times linking the coronavirus to chinas bio Warfare Program a rumor rejected by Public Health scientists. Online peddlers are looking to profit from public panic selling products with unproven claims influenza that is now circling the go so youre saying that silver solution would be effective well lets say it hasnt been tested on this strain of the corona virus but its been tested on other strain of the corona virus and has been able to eliminate it within 12 hours another site advice is people to ward off the corona virus by drinking chlorine dioxide a form of industrial bleach the u. S. Food and Drug Administration says is dangerous. Public Health Experts warn such false claims can cause the virus just spread further and faster distracting people from proven prevention techniques. The World Health Organization is fighting back putting pressure on social media giants to place reliable sources about the coronavirus higher in search results. And the w. H. O. Has launched its own Public Information task force. There are several measures you care about to protect yourself and others from getting the new coronavirus the appropriate use of math their top Counter Measure to dissent from ation is simply putting the truth out there with soap and water or alcohol for more on the story. Social media team is with us hes been looking into this story for us hi peter this is extremely worrying and dangerous i mean why would people want to willfully spread misinformation well there are number of reasons obviously we saw some of the reported ones like still cold greed so basically trying to make a quick buck off of you know other peoples fears. More worryingly i think is that theyre using the misinformation to really as a political weapon so its to destabilize governments its to sow distrust in authorities at a time when a lot of people are really counting on officials to tell them how to how to go about this situation how to handle deal with a crisis. In the u. S. For instance weve seen the religious right really mobilized to you know race doubts and call into question the effectiveness of science weve seen right wing populist jump on this to really stoke anti immigrant sentiments spoke to a number of people from several Asian Countries whove described you know racist attacks physically and verbally. And just last week u. S. Intelligence warned that basically an army of trolls linked to russia had created thousands of fake accounts that are spreading. These wild allegations like this cia created the virus in order to you know wage war on the chinese economy all of these things you know effectively call into question or raise doubts about whether or not we can trust our governments a lot of reasons for misinformation none of them are good ok with that see event misinformation out there what can people do to find out what information is reliable right i mean the good news is that steam especially Health Ministries really stepping up theyve done a pretty good job at providing providing easy to understand guidelines so definitely check out your local or your Health Ministries home page a lot of them have also taken a social media to accurately 5 back against misinformation debunking myths but also use your common sense if you see some of the numbers that we saw in that report right there hundreds of thousands of deaths well checked other outlets check other major news sources are they reporting similar figures if not well its probably not true ok and we seem to w. H. O. Else on that report to set up this Public Information task force do you think thats going to be effective well i think its awfully a step in the right direction but i think the problem is also much bigger then the w. H. O. One is a problem that they cant really contain and that is the fact that it remains too easy to abuse the social media platform to weaponize information they still facebook and twitter still rely to a to great extent on their users really policing and lacking misinformation as long as that policy continues this threat is going to persist and its definitely not helping in situations like this rank it as hes here when. Thank you so much for joining us here in studio. And you can find reliable information about the spread of the corona virus on our website dot com lets check in now and some other stories making news around the world Syrian Rebels say they have recaptured a strategic town in northwestern profits comes as the syrian army is pushing to gain control over the last large rebel held feature a syrian Human Rights Group says Government Troops have seized full control of southern in the adjoining Hama Province in the last 3 days and the u. S. 5 people have been killed in a shooting at a brewery in milwaukee according to Police Reports the gunman subsequently took his own life has been identified as a 51 year old employee of the brewery. And heavy rains have triggered severe flooding in western and northern colombia Officials Say at least 8 people are dead and 12 are missing after mudslides left a trail of devastation major roads are blocked hampering rescue efforts. Youre watching news still to come actress helen mirren talks showbiz gregson and what it means to be honored with a Lifetime Achievement award at the Portland International film festival. But 1st the death toll from religious riots in the indian capital delhi has risen to 32. 00 police say sporadic violence has continued in the aftermath of grass that left North Western parts of the city badly scarred the clashes broke out early this week between thousands protesting for and against a new citizenship law right police in paramilitaries have been deployed in the affected area. Lets bring in. Wolf from delhi for more on the story behind the misha what is the situation like in delhi today. Well its already the situation continues to be tens there arent the shocking visuals of running dry its that he was seeing coming out of the location on monday and tuesday so it has been carmel yesterday the police took out a massive flag marches through the ego do you assure people that there is Police Presses but once again in the evening we heard reports of targeted violence against muslims the death toll has risen over the last day and reports say that it could be much higher Going Forward there is a lot of feel in muslims not only living in the neighborhood but in other parts of delhi as well as that are rumors flying around of more trying to attack muslim neighborhoods but it is also heartening to see that there are other neighborhoods where hindus and muslims are taking out these marches to be able to say that they will stand against such violence and they are also save spaces and and and and shelter being offered to muslims who are trying to flee from their neighborhoods which is also happening so this situation will have to continue being monitored closely the riots are not quite over yet what caused these riots i mean what led to this outbreak of violence weve seen politicians are accused of sparking their rights with inflammatory speeches is that true. Well definitely some of the 1st attacks have not been documented so were not exactly clear what was the 1st ping that provoked the riots but one piece of information that has been coming out is that there was a d. J. People edition of the j. P. Nido who had come out in front of police threatened to tighten protesters against the citizenship and all saying that of the police doesnt kill them he will take matters into his own hands now a deadly hot of the Delhi High Court has called for the police to take action against other put it to behave teach me good me because this is not new and hate speech has been spiking from the winning b. G. P. And this has also cause going to cause a concern because this is now it looks like moving to a new instance of the wires but of course once again the opposition is calling for the home minister to step down thats a lot of criticism of the region feet but the party itself has not taken action against these leaders even though the Delhi High Court has called for such action to be taken right into these new mission jacks were reporting from delhi to michigan to talk to you. Now many would say it was her oscar winning performance in the 2007 film the queen that proved helen mirren is acting royalty but shes no one film wonder she has half a century of powerful portrayals on screen and on stage this year aaron is being presented with the berlin International Film festivals on the wary golden bear award for Lifetime Achievement. Helen mirren has made a career out of playing strong women often standing up to men. Who shout shows you truly believe. Thank you. But its a lot more relaxed in real life so whats the secret behind her stellar career. I was very lucky. And that was the truth to me but. My. Honesty is beyond time and. To anyone at any time. One of the early roles was in the london gangster flick the long good friday but she was no ordinary gangsters mall. This was the early ninetys when Strong Female roles was still a rarity for many fans a career high was her majestic performance in the queen she won an oscar for her portrayal of elizabeth the 2nd dealing with public anger at the royal familys response to the death of princess diana. Despite the quintessential englishness of many of her roles views herself as a european at heart a love to europe and i it was the best thing to me absolutely the best thing that we were a part of europe as opposed to sort of a weird sort of appendage to america you know and never felt comfortable with myself. And i will continue to be a european. You know its a geographical thing its a cultural thing its interesting. And thats why shes especially happy to be receiving the golden bear at this years palynology its a great on. Coming especially coming from berlin you know this is a very substantial. Town mazing history of german film obviously but also the. Audience is notorious or famous lets say for its critical eye but no criticism right now just a celebration of a stellar career that has spanned more than half a century with unique person on this planet. In Wednesdays Champions League games Manchester City shocked around the dread to one in the 1st leg of their last 16 match up. Gabriel the leader after a mix up in the city defense but the english club hit back gabriele his suit and they completed their comeback 5 minutes later the man of the match kevin brown scored from the penalty. Spot and adding to rails problems said here ramos was shown a red card and he will now miss the 2nd leg in manchester. His team has been years in the making now david back comes into a miami will finally play their 1st u. S. Major League Soccer match this weekend away at los angeles f. C. Back home as the teams co owner after a stellar career on the pitch for many major clubs and Englands National team is coming to grips with a new set of challenges. That hes one of the most recognizable faces in World FootballDavid Beckham is a brand and himself but in a career that sent him millions on and off the pitch his biggest challenge may be still to come 7 years after agreeing to launch a new major League Soccer team into miami is finally a reality. I must admit over the 7 years there was moments where i doubted where this was going to happen without a doubt been the hardest. Thing to get up and running you know it was it was a real challenge but it was one that i knew there was going to happen eventually so i knew that my stubbornness would get me that. Hes needed to be stubborn since peckham signed on to the project there have been numerous teething problems this was the vision for the stadium until red tape put those plans on hold the team will play 50 kilometers outside miami for the time being. Well he spent 5 years at l. A. Galaxy and at the time was m. L. S. Now hes hoping some of the sports other top names will follow his path to the u. S. I mean every team in the world would want a messy or an hour ago in. That game so if we have the opportunity to bring big name players from europe into this into this city into our city then we will do that. Back in the spotlight again off but for once it wont be his footballing skills that determine whether this project is a success. Coming up next on news asia pans 1st disabled lawmakers in parliament but does their success herald a change in japanese attitudes towards disabled people and the river island fighting Climate Change and manmade threats to its survival. 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