After several days of declining figures the number of new corona virus infections in china has risen again only 2000 more people were reportedly effect infected on sunday the virus has now claimed 1770 lives on chinas mainland forcing some cities to tighten controls even further south than a city with more than 2500 cases of the virus has gone into a complete lockdown it comes as the u. S. Is getting back to waiting hundreds of people from the diamond princess cruise ship and japan 14 of those evacuated or put in containment on the flight to the United States after they were confirmed to have the virus and hong kong or spend reports of panic buying and one instance Armed Robbery stole hundreds of toilet paper rolls starr clark joins us now from hong kong so sara days 14 cases that i mentioned 14 u. S. Citizens that reported to have coronavirus what else can you tell us about that. Yes an extraordinary and unfortunate situation for those passengers on board that chartered aircraft the u
The 1st time in recent history chinas considering a delay to its annual congress the earths biggest political meeting as the country grapples with new cases and more tests because of the corona Virus Outbreak the numbers are choose to take a look at this tracker this is from Johns Hopkins university right the red circle showed the extent of the outbreak and china alone nearly 2000 more infections reported on sunday bringing the total number to the mainland to over 71000 right there more than 1770 people have died so far globally chinas military is sending hundreds of doctors and nurses to war han that is the epicenter of this outbreak well it Health Organization is sending its own team of experts to beijing and 2 provinces japan has confirmed 99. 00 further infections on board that quarantine ship in yokohama port and thats taken the total number of cases. To 500 in that country hundreds of american passengers have been flown back home 14 among them are confirmed to have the virus but
That we do another 2 we quarantine as though we hadnt done one already just was not acceptable to us and in fact the new smell that they put 14 infected people on the flight with everyone else has just confirmed to us that they werent really providing a safe method of transportation back to the United States everyone is directed to remain in their cabins the exception is for those who have indoor and inside cabins and just window cabins they are provided an opportunity to go on deck there are protocols to keep them apart i dont know how well they are succeeding i dont know but in terms of that we have remained in our cabin now for 2 weeks and have not crossed the threshold no ones come inside and we do go out on our balcony but if there are other people in surrounding balconies we tend to come right back inside so the main thing isolation that are men suspected of the virus is the 1st time in recent history china is considering a delay to its annual congress biggest political meeting t
A cease fire in syrias last rebel held stronghold. And australia is bushfire emergency high temperatures are forecast to return with people warned to be ready to evacuate. Hello there are growing claims that a missile strike possibly accidental was the cause of the ukrainian jet crash in iran on wednesday all 176 passengers and crew were killed moments after taking off from tehran donald trump said he thought the plane might have been brought down by mistake while canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau confirmed hes seen intelligence that backs the claim it was hit by iranian air defenses but we have intelligence from multiple sources including our allies and our own intelligence. The evidence indicates that the plane was shot down by on a rainy and surface to air missile. This may well have been unintentional. This new information reinforces the need for a thorough investigation into this matter. Canada is working with its allies to ensure that a thorough incredible investigation is c
Officials warn residents to be ready to evacuate. And in sport the Olympic Committee is banning protests at the 2020 tokyo games the i. O. C. Warned that political statements like this one not be tolerated and happily break the rules will be punished. There are growing claims that a missile strike possibly accidental was the cause of the ukrainian jet crash in iran on wednesday all 176. 00 passengers and crew were killed moments after taking off from tehran u. S. Intelligence officials have already indicated they believe the plane was most likely brought down accidentally by iranian ed defenses and the canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau confirmed he has seen intelligence which backs up the claim we have intelligence from multiple sources including our allies and our own intelligence. The evidence indicates that the plane was shot down by an iranian surface to air missile this may well have been unintentional. This new information reinforces the need for a thorough investigation int