After Turkey Threatens to let them cross into europe our reporter visits them in no mans land. Im rebecca riches welcome to the program the corona virus has claimed its 1st victim in the United States where a patient in his fiftys died in Washington State elsewhere the numbers of infections in south korea continue to rise and australia has recorded its 1st fatality from the disease our report begins in fronts. This hospital in paris is the site of a mini outbreak the corona virus transmitted by a patient who was not initially considered infected. Special at 1st there was no reason to isolate the patient because he didnt come from any of the risk areas when we realized he was infected we identified all the staff who had had contact with him. At least 3 hospital employees and now infected with the virus the french minister of health has called on the public to keep their distance from one another not to shake hands and to refrain from the traditional french kiss on the cheek. But he delivers the number of infections is also increasing in iran officially around 600. 00 people there are infected and more than 40 have died but many fear that the number of unreported cases could be much higher understandably iranians are being cautious like at this bizarre. Because of our business has dropped to 2 or 3 percent of the usual people are buying from us in. South korea is also in a state of emergency and theres been a sharp rise in cases within one day more than 800 new infections were reported the military is now disinfecting train stations and Public Places in socalled corona drive ins motorists can be tested using a quick procedure without even getting out of their car they receive the results via s. M. S. Within 2 days. Lets go now to pay to hotels he is just an vaccine expert at the Battle College of medicine and joins me now from Houston Texas professor heard has thanks for joining me weve now seen the 1st death from corona virus in the u. S. What measures have been put in place to stop the spread there. Well the big worry in the United States is and before we knew the origin of it and that it was in the visual abrupt back from china or an infected area but now for the 1st time weve got 4 cases where we dont know the origin and we suspect were seeing the beginnings of Community Transmission in the northwestern part of the country Northern California oregon Washington State we dont know for sure about this particular death but we think weve been predicting that this virus will gain a foothold in the u. S. And and this is how it it may be starting and other measures being put in place to try and stop that spread. There certainly are theres been a lot of effort to in the areas that are affected to start doing active surveillance that is for instance in Northern California where weve had a few cases where theres been potential contacts to. Do expanded testing in those areas so thats going on then isolating in will start we suspect may possibly be infected that thats happening but a big priority right now is to see if we can protect our Health Care Workers one of the concerns that we have and im sure its true in europe as well if you start seeing. Widespread infection among Health Care Workers and serious illness then the whole thing starts to break down very quickly so im thinking certain that all spittles and clinics are personal protective measures and also are rising our clinical algorithms because our or our or how we decide who were going to test because business this is usual was only if they came from the effected area but now that you have transmission theres a lot of complexities to work oh absolutely i mean south korea is another critical point europe has seen a huge increase in cases over the past few days would you say the virus is already out of control. I dont like used the term out of control because its not that our Public Health authorities are out of control its just i think where what where our moving towards is is going from epidemic in multiple areas to eventually were going to reach the point i think where well be able to call this a pandemic the World Health Organization is not using the term. At this point but but thats where were heading and were going to be really mindful about how to manage this and the my concerns are that its the case fatality rate is pretty high its 2 percent and thats about 10 times higher than seasonal flu and 1st we thought well thats only because were seeing the serious cases not the non serious cases but the World Health Organization has come out last week and said no they think that 2 percent numbers real and its also highly transmissible a multi 1000000000 i want to tell we dont have much time left but i thought sorry to interrupt you there but i just want to i know its a 1000000. 00 question but can we expect in fact same for this virus. Well were developing a vaccine and theres about 5 or 6 other candidates and were all moving quickly into clinical testing i think that will happen in the next few weeks but the problem is this despite what the empty vaccine lobby says that we dont adequately test vaccines for safety the opposite is true no the most thoroughly tested pharmaceuticals we have for safety its going to take months to show that these vaccines are both safe and effective i doubt very much that will have the vaccine in time for this epidemic unfortunately professor pape a hotez viral a just and vaccine expert from the bio college of medicine joining us from houston thanks very much for the update thanks very much. Now to some of the other stories making headlines around the world former u. S. Vice President Joe Biden has won a strong victory in the South Carolina democratic primary election thanks in part to support from black voters his wind comes at a crucial moment just days before several states well its almost super tuesday. With most votes counted the anticorruption Opposition Party looks set to win slovakias general election clinching nearly 25 percent of the vote the poll was dominated by public anger over the 28. 00 tain murder of a journalist who was leading a high level corruption probe in the country. The u. S. And the taliban have signed a deal and ending 2 decades of conflict in afghanistan it calls for the u. S. To gradually withdraw its troops while the taliban promises not to allow the country to be used as a base for terror attacks. Migrants in turkey have rushed to borders with the European Union after ankara said it would no longer hold them back but greece and bulgaria have boosted security at their front is leaving thousands in no mans land between the 2 sides. Our correspondent nearly 100. 00 is covering the story on the ground she filed this report from the turkish border. And the sign at the greek borders says well come on but thats just not the case its the 2nd day of people heading here hundreds now wait to be allowed to cross but sometimes a little bit of a chaotic makeshift camp has sprung up open to the elements people try to stay warm lighting fires and dense smoke drifts through the air sometimes its tear gas fired by the greek police. This is one of the major crossing points between taki and e. U. Member greece its been heavily guarded in the past few years but as soon as turkish authorities announced they would no longer stop refugees from trying to cross into europe hundreds of people started arriving here and they easily passed this border fence on the turkish side at the same time Greek Border Police beefed up security and the border of their remains closed so this is the situation now hundreds of people many with children and just a few belongings stuck in the no mans land between the 2 countries. Feared us and his family set a little further away 5 years ago he fled from the syrian city of homs to turkey its here where he met his wife and its here where their daughter was born now they are on the road again with us just then. We heard on the news that the borders to europe are being i have been in the. Head of immediately by taxi from is mansour here. Is we have done share of the matter that were in now were waiting for the image to actually open the border. Their biggest. They paid 400. 00 for the trip thats around 60 euros. A lot of money for this family at least they brought some supplies water bread with she says. Many have nothing at all the desperation is most visible when a few local volunteers arrive to distribute food not to be thought of there isnt enough for everyone. In the world cup the government is still in the can manage is right pull the whole world must see this if you ask me this is a shame for the entire planet these people have been left to stay outside in the cold. Most of those waiting here came with the firm belief that the border was indeed open and that the tax the europeans opposed had moved in their favor at the realisation that this is not true makes it all the more bitter i dont see as well end user for little purposes they should not use refugees like this is inhumane. Perhaps abuse or not we know that this is all a game nobody knows what the result we just want someone to tell us what will happen. Knowing whats in store this is what everybody here once feared us who even here watches the news from syria. And the many others who now say they want to stay until the border is opened. Even though they sense that is unlikely to happen. The prestigious golden and silver bears have been handed out of the burden on a Film Festival iranian filmmaker mohammad resolute was one of the top prize the golden bear for his film there is no evil. Go to brush film goes to la how microsoft. Thank the iranian authorities have forbidden russell off to travel to berlin so his daughter who also starred in the film accepted the award. Thanks obviously im very very overwhelmed and happy but the support and at the same time im very sad because this is for a filmmaker who couldnt be here tonight and i think i can say on behalf of everybody. On the team that this is for him. The film deals with the Death Penalty of this and how people can hold on to their innocence living under a repressive regime. Germanys powell a bear won best actress for her role in dena a modern retelling of the ancient myth of the water nymph set in present day berlin. Thank you so much and so on that. Actor went to any you know in the italian film had no way inspired by the true life story of painter antonio lee god way a revolutionary figure in modern art who was considered insane during his lifetime. Well you did you got it was the but i mean at the i would like to dedicate this to everyone whos been marginalized or misunderstood or cast out. The jury prize went to the u. S. Film Never Rarely Sometimes Always directed by the hitmen about a teenager seeking an abortion without her parents knowledge. While i was researching this film i spent a tremendous amount of time inside planned parenthood and i want to thank them for their Incredible Service to our country and protecting the lives and rights of all people with uteruses. Helena humphrey and scott roxboro down at the red carpet as the festival came to an end there was a considerable number of female directors and Strong Female protagonists in movies now the festival director said that they wanted to promote some lesser known projects the c. M. They seemed to stay faithful to that there were maybe fewer stars though we did still have Johnny Depp Helen Mirren how about a hike on the red carpet but the focus this year was less on hollywood glitz than on phenomenal global sort of. As the awards wrapped up the winners admired their paris before heading off to celebrate. Youre watching data really news up next sports life will have more News Headlines at the top of the now and dont forget you can always stay up to date on our web site at state of the dot com im rebecca races in the end for me its good night mariana evan stengel beef up with you next thanks very much for watching. What secrets lie behind. Discover new adventures in 360 degree. 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