China is celebrating the Lunar New Year holiday but the festive spirit is being dampened by drastic measures to prevent the spread of the virus that has reportedly killed up to 41 people, and infected almost 1300. The first cases in europe have been confirmed in francem and australia has also confirmed its first case. Fergus walsh reports. Ten days from now, on this waste ground in wuhan will be a brand new hospital. The extraordinary pace of building a sign of how seriously china is taking the threat from the new coronavirus. The prefabricated building will have 1000 beds. It is urgently needed because hospitals in wuhan are overwhelmed with potential cases. The symptoms include cough, fever and breathing problems. A dozen cities have now been quarantined, affecting more than 30 million people. As you see, nobody here, it is absolutely empty. This should be the busiest time of year for travel and for hotels, but this one in wuhan is deserted. In downing street, borisjohnson hosted a r
The first cases in europe have been confirmed in france. Fergus walsh reports. Ten days from now, on this waste ground in wuhan will be a brand new hospital. The extraordinary pace of building a sign of how seriously china is taking the threat from the new coronavirus. The prefabricated building will have 1000 beds. It is urgently needed because hospitals in wuhan are overwhelmed with potential cases. The symptoms include cough, fever and breathing problems. A dozen cities have now been quarantined, affecting more than 30 million people. As you see, nobody here, it is absolutely empty. This should be the busiest time of year for travel and for hotels, but this one in wuhan is deserted. In downing street, borisjohnson hosted a reception to mark chinese new year. The governments Emergency Cobra Committee also met to discuss the risk to the uk, which is considered low. We think that theres a fair chance we may get some cases over time. Of course, this depends on whether this continues for
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Britains foreign secretary dominic raab has described americas refusal to extradite a woman charged with causing a british teenagers death as a denial ofjustice. Harry dunn died after his motorbike collided with a car being driven on the wrong side of the road by Anne Sacoolas last august. Duncan kennedys report contains some flash photography. It was last august that harry dunn died here, and today the scene were still framed by the caring tributes of those who love them. An American Woman has been charged with causing his death by dangerous driving. She had left this nearby american intelligence base moments before the collision but two weeks later left britain, claiming diplomatic immunity. Now the United States has refused to send her back, something harrys mum says it is difficult to accept. Gives us more determination to carry on. It is just another hurdle, we have come across lots of things is the 4th of october and we will get over this one eventually. This is a setback, not th
Welcome to bbc news. The Lunar New Year holiday has begun in china but it is dampened by drastic measures to prevent the spread of the new virus which has reportedly killed up to 41 people and infected over 800 more. Cases are confirmed across asia and the United States and as of the last few hours, in france, too. Ten days from now, on this waste ground in wuhan will be a brand new hospital. The extraordinary pace of building a sign of how seriously china is taking the threat from the new coronavirus. The prefabricated building will have 1000 beds. It is urgently needed because hospitals in wuhan are overwhelmed with potential cases. The symptoms include cough, fever and breathing problems. A dozen cities have now been quarantined, affecting more than 30 million people. As you see, nobody here, it is absolutely empty. This should be the busiest time of year for travel and for hotels, but this one in wuhan is deserted. In downing street, borisjohnson hosted a reception to mark chinese