President state of the nation address. Side a 1st for antarctica temperatures hit a record high adding to growing fears about global warming. Below for the 2nd day in a row the number of corona virus cases has surged in the chinese province at the hearts of the outbreak officials in who base a nearly 5000 new infections were confirmed on thursday the rest of china reported fewer than 300 new cases and who has also had 116 more deaths on thursday well new cases had surged by almost 15000 on wednesday after doctors and who changed the method of testing for the illness. Lets bring in katrina from beijing for an update on specifically what the government to you now about the number of new cases that seems to have jumped once again katrina thats why its so this week the government has said that theyre really saying this is a pivotal week in fighting the outbreak seem to be changing things up a little bit so as you mentioned theres been a change in the how theyre diagnosing these cases of th
A 1st for antarctica temperatures hit a record high adding to growing fears about global warming. Hello for the 2nd day in a row the number of corona virus cases has surged in the chinese province of the heart of the outbreak officials at who base a nearly 5000 new infections were confirmed on thursday the rest of china reported fewer than 300 new cases who also had 160 more deaths new cases had surged by almost 15000 the previous day after doctors and change the method of testing for the illness katrina use in beijing and she says another surge in case numbers doesnt necessarily mean the outbreak is getting significantly worse. This week the government has said that theyre really saying this is a pivotal week in fighting the outbreak they seem to be changing things up a little bit so as you mentioned theres been a change in the how theyre diagnosing these cases of the new coronavirus all curve of 19 doctors no longer have to rely on one single type of test they can now use things like
A pivotal week in fighting the outbreak may seem to be changing things up a little bit so as you mentioned theres been a change in the how theyre diagnosing these cases of the new coronavirus all curve of 19 doctors no longer have to rely on one single type of test they can now use things like chest x. Rays and c. T. Scans to be able to confirm that people who do have suspected cases other symptoms that they do have the coronavirus so were seeing this huge jump 15000 on wednesday 5000 in the last 24 hours because many of those people in the suspected cases lift list has now have now been moved to this confirmed cases list and theyre also giving doctors a bit more flexibility in trying for different treatments it seems one hospital and is reporting that they are asking patients who have recovered from the corona virus to come back and actually donate blood some doctors there are saying that their blood has a certain type of antibody which will be which seems to be effective in treating
The u. S. Senate passes a new law curbing the president s power to attack iran. For the 2nd day in a row the number of coronavirus cases has surged in the chinese province at the hospital officials in her base say nearly 5000 new people were confirmed to have the virus on thursday and the total number of people infected across the country has now risen 264000 while theres still not a kill one hospital is saying that there are signs blood transfusions from people whove recovered from the virus could be an effective treatment the World Health Organization is saying the mortality rate of the virus is still at about 2 percent and that is less fatal than the sars epidemic of 17 years ago. We can go live that adrian brown our correspondent in hong kong so a raft of new figures coming out on the daily basis adrian how much confidence in the people of china have as to the transparency in the validity of these numbers coming from their government. Well i think certainly while the aljazeera team
Visit friends so i dont think id ever go back there to live where i live there again i dont know so im not sure. Witness whose death matters. Made. Us kills a top iranian commander in an airstrike marking a major escalation in tensions between toronto and washington and tremors across World Markets and oil prices surging. Also on the show south africas Credit Rating teeters on the brink of junk status amid economic turmoil and expensive bailouts for failing state terms. And germany is set to introduce new immigration rules substract skilled workers to fill widening gaps in the labor force. This is the business im joined now the milan in berlin welcome what a difference a day makes fresh from yesterdays 1st day optimism as the markets were open for a new trading year they too is looking much bleaker news of a u. S. Airstrike killed a top iranian general ratcheting up geopolitical tension in the region struck fears across trading floors worries over iranian retaliation and further instab