Across japan there have been more than 2,600 cases excluding 712 from the diamond princess cruise ship. 82 people have died including 11 from the ship. The head of the World Health Organization says the coronavirus pandemic is set to cross some grim milestones as it takes a growing toll across the globe. The number of deaths has more than doubled in the past week. In the next few days, we will reach one million confirmed cases and 50,000 deaths. He says he is concerned about the rapid escalation of infection. There are already more than 800,000 confirmed cases and over 40,500 deaths globally. Hes also calling on governments to ensure Vulnerable People have food and other necessities as more countries issue lockdowns. Meanwhile, china has begun releasing the number of people who have tested positive but show no symptoms. However it has not disclosed how many of these socalled silent carriers have been confirmed since the start of the outbreak. During the news conference, w. H. O. Offici
Israeli dignitaries and members of the public are now viewing the coffin of former Prime Minister ariel sharon in jerusalem. Tomorrow sharon will be buried in a military funeral on his farm in southern israel. For more lets go to nick who is live in jerusalem. Explain where you are right now. Yeah, this is the equivalent of the u. S. Capital. Basically we are outside the knessetet the israely parliament. We didnt hear a lot of people. We talked about how polarizing sharon was. Let me just show you the crowds right here. Hundreds and thousands of people have come out and now that work is over. There is a lot of people coming out here. And i talked to a lot of them. Talked to israelys and americans who say they want to say their goodbyes. You can see his coffin surrounded by the military officers that he led, that he inspired for so many people, morgan. And you get a sense of how sober this feeling is here. While he was so polarizing and so controversial so many people were directed by h