A british man who was quarantined on the diamond princess cruise ship injapan has died from coronavirus. He is one of six people who were onboard, to have died from the virus. Here a 20th patient has tested positive for coronavirus and they are the first to catch the illness within the uk. Public Health England said the latest case was a resident in surrey. The respiratory disease, which causes pneumonia like symptoms, has infected almost 84,000 people in more than 50 countries. And although the vast majority of cases remain in china, the virus is now spreading faster the country. The World Health Organisation says most, if not all countries, the virus is now spreading faster outside the country. The World Health Organisation says most, if not all countries, should expect outbreaks. In a moment, well look at the effect of coronavirus on the Global Economy. First our health editor, hugh pym, has this report. Its the first british fatality from the coronavirus. The man had been a tourist
Hello, and welcome to bbc news. The World Health Organization has raised the global threat level from coronavirus to very high the highest possible level of alert. Theyre planning to send a mission to iran next week. Officials there say 3a people have died but Health Sources have told the bbc the actual figure is more than 200. In south korea, where 16 people have died, there have been a thousand new cases in the past 48 hours, bringing the total number of infections to 2300. Heres the who director general. The continued increase in the number of cases and the number of affected countries over the last few days are clearly of concern. Our epidemiologist have been monitoring this development continuously. And we have no increased our assessment of the risk of spread and the risk of impact of covid19 to spread and the risk of impact of covid 19 to very high, at global level. Heres the bbc persians kasra naji about the spread of coronavirus in iran, and how people are coping. We are getti
The World Health Organization has raised the global threat level from coronavirus to very high the highest possible level of alert. Theyre planning to send a mission to iran next week. Officials there say 3a people have died, but Health Sources have told the bbc the actual figure is more than 200. In south korea, where 16 people have died, there have been 1000 new cases in the past 48 hours, bringing the total number of infections to 2,300. Rich preston has this update. The number of countries reporting new incidents of covid 19 continues to rise. New zealand, lithuania, and belarus are among the latest to confirm their first cases. The World Health Organization has upgraded the global risk of the virus. It calls for all countries to educate their populations, to expand surveillance, to find, isolate, and care for every case, to trace every contact, and to take an all of government and all of society approach. Iran is now the biggest cause for concern, with more than 200 people reporte
Hello and welcome to bbc news. The World Health Organization has raised the global threat level from coronavirus to very high, the highest possible level of alert. Theyre planning to send a mission to iran next week. Officials there say 3a people have died, but Health Sources have told the bbc the actual figure is more than 200. South korea has seen a sharp rise in the number of people contracting coronavirus. Nearly 3,000 people have now been infected. 17 people have died. Rich preston has this update. The number of countries reporting new incidents of covid 19 continues to rise. New zealand, lithuania and iceland are amongst the latest to confirm their first cases. The World Health Organization has upgraded the global risk of the virus to its highest possible level. It calls for all countries to educate their populations, to expand surveillance, to find, isolate and care for every case, to trace every contact and to take an all of government and all of society approach. At least 210
Hello and welcome to world news today. Theres a Strong Police presence on the streets of the iranian capital tehran. It follows a second day of protests after the government admitted shooting down a ukrainian airliner, killing more than 170 people on board. Police have been out in force to deter people from taking part in more Anti Government protests. Demonstrators have gathered at universities across iran, calling for senior officials to go. Some protesters were even seen tearing down down a poster of Qasem Soleimani hes the Senior Iranian commander killed by the us nine days ago, whose funeral was attended by hundreds of thousands of iranians. And in another development tehran has summoned the british envoy, rob macaire, after accusing him of attending an illegal rally. He was also briefly detained on saturday. Our Diplomatic Correspondent James Landale has the latest. Outside the British Embassy in tehran today, an angry demonstration. Men burning flags, crying, death to the uk. An