done, is to ban travel eight southern african countries, even korean nationals that are coming in from that country will have to quarantine in a government facility for ten days. they re also suspending the visa system. and we saw something very similar in australia, as well. in fact, it was a very sudden decision in australia to introduce quarantine for those who were coming in from certain countries. some landing in australia, and then realizing that they had to undergo a quarantine they weren t prepared for. so certainly, this is a very fast-moving situation for all countries now, trying to give their borders a chance, trying to give their citizens some protection. but of course, the worry is, is that this may already be more widespread than is believed at this point. australia saying that it has found and confirmed two cases of this new variant and other countries are also undergoing testing to find out if they have
the door was only open for a few seconds, and then i had hand sanitizer and the whole nine yards, doing our best to stay safe here. you could see every single plastic covered chair down the loophole way is a room with down the hallway is a room with someone quarantining. there are hundreds of it guests in the regal airport hotel. on the fifth floor, many of the people in the adjacent rooms to the two positive cases, once they complete either their 14 or 21-day quarantine will will have to do an additional 14 days of isolation at a government facility at penny bay. why is doing this? they have one of the strictest quarantine procedures in the world. even if you are fully vaccinated, the minimum that you re going to quarantine in hong kong is 14 days. i came from taiwan. most people have a 21-day quarantine. some countries are blocked altogether because of different, you know, outbreaks in those countries. certainly we can expect to see hong kong authorities tightening their rules as t
to rebuild their lives, to have a future. whereas in afghanistan, everything has fallen away. their hopes and their dreams crumbled. and i hope that i will be able to help them, to be able to dream and rebuild their lives. the family s journey has onlyjust begun they are still being held in a covid i9 quarantine facility and will likely face a long wait to have their asylum claims processed. but it s a journey they ll now take together. president biden has accused china of blocking an investigation by the us into the cause of the coronavirus. a 3 month investigation by american intelligence agencies failed to agree on whether the virus stemmed from exposure to an infected animal or an incident in a laboratory in the chinese city of wuhan. meanwhile china has consistently rejected claims that the virus originated from an incident at a government
at a young age, he is 77 now but was 2a at the time. but we re still at the early stages, there still some time to go when it could ultimately be rejected. 0ur correspondent nomia iqbal in washington. to other news now, and a us intelligence report has concluded that covid i9 was not developed as a biological weapon by china. but scientists involved in the three month long investigation failed to agree on whether it was more likely that the virus stemmed from human exposure to an infected animal, or a laboratory accident. china has consistently rejected suggestions that the disease originated at a government facility and has made the counter claim that it might have escaped from a lab in the united states. let s speak to thomas wright, author of the book, aftershocks: pandemic politics and the end of the old international 0rder. he joins us from washington. thank you very much for being on the programme. this three
kennedy, the brother of presidentjohn f kennedy, should be released from prison. sirhan sirhan has served more than 50 years injail for the killing in 1968. the recommendation does not mean sirhan will be freed automatically it would have to be approved by the governor of california. president biden has accused china of blocking an investigation by the us into the cause of the coronavirus. a 3 month investigation by american intelligence agencies failed to agree on whether the virus stemmed from exposure to an infected animal or an incident in a laboratory in the chinese city of wuhan. meanwhile, china has consistently rejected claims that the virus originated from an incident at a government facility, and has even suggested that it might have escaped from a lab in the us. one of the world s most successful footballers cristiano ronaldo has agreed new terms to return to his old club, manchester united.