region, tanzania and people who may have traveled interna internationally, anybody with a positive ebola diagnosis did not leave the country. they had travelers being screened at certain airports, that didn t play out. uganda did not export ebola to the rest of the world. a big moment and proved that they can handle these problems, health emergencies in a way that gets the approval of the international health community. larry, thank you. it s an age old question. are there other forms of life on other planets? nasa says it has spotted a potentially earth-sized planet with light. there are lots of caveat. yes. it s just the right distance from a star that liquid water might exist. it might want to be habitable there may have similar positions
faces, you realize that they are dealing with kids, kids, kids, kids. you have heard the story, that they are young. but when you see them, you realize that it is a disaster. reporter: south african police say they are spending maximum resource to investigate the circumstances of the deaths. they are taking samples from the bodies for toxicology reports and we should know more. we expect a statement from provincial authorities and likely the police, isa, later today. do keep us posted. laye lar larry madoa for us. officials say four people were killed after the three-story structure collapsed and local hospitals have treated more than 300 injured patients from the event. now investigations are underway to find out what may have caused the collapse. no cause has been reported so far. still to come right here on the show.
they should not invade. the russians say this is hysteria and saying they have no plans to invade. very tense situation here. if you speak to the soldiers there on the ground, they certainly say they don t want this to escalate any further, guys. the tension there is real. fred pleitgen, we re so glad you re there for us. thank you so much. a potentially dire situation unfolding in ethiopia. the country s prime minister says he will personally lead troops on the front lines against advancing rebel fighters. the latest escalation of a year long conflict now has the u.s. positioning special operations troops near ethiopia. if the situation deteriorates, it could destabilize the impoverished region and trigger a huge humanitarian crisis. cnn s larry madoa has the story from nairobi, kenya. all right, larry, how did we get to this point and what happens going forward? reporter: so, paula, we got here because the war that began last november in the north of the country in tigray has s
feldman came out of that saying he thinks there is some progress, but it risks being overtaken by the military escalation here and that is a real problem because the only way to find a negotiated political cease-fire here is if all sides are willing to talk. that will still doesn t exist so it is a problematic situation here. and the last time, paula, that an african leader went to the front lines to battle against rebels, he ended up dying. that was back in april, the president of chad. we re not how strongly the prime minister of ethiopia is committed to going to the front lines to battle against these rebels who threaten to overthrow his government. larry, thank you for that excellent reporting on a potentially dire situation. to germany now, it has reported its highest single day surge in covid infections as it battles a fourth wave of infection. 67,000 new coronavirus cases in one day, that is almost 50% higher than the previous 24-hour period. germany has one of the lowest va