tonight with the context, joel rubin who served in the obama administration as assistant to the secretary of state and the international trade economist rebecca harding. the world health organization says it s concerned about the risk to life in china caused by the surge in covid infections there and it s called on beijing to provide more accurate data about infection rates. official statistics there recorded just five new covid deaths in 24 hours for the whole of the country on tuesday. the eu is now recommending mandatory pre departure testing for travellers from china. france, spain and italy have already said they will introduce restrictions joining the us, uk, india and japan who require pre departure tests. the good news is that the who is not seeing
busier than usual. dr tedros called on beijing to provide more data and to urgently step up its vaccination programme. in order to make a comprehensive risk assessment of the situation on the ground, who needs more information on the severity, hospital admissions, and requirements for icu support. who is supporting china to focus its efforts on vaccinating people at the highest risk across the country. members of the scottish parliament have been debating plans to make it easier to change gender legally. the scottish government says the legislation will ensure dignity for trans people. but critics say it s a threat to women and girls. the bbc s scotland editorjames cook has been following events. yeah, i came out as trans when i was 18. and i was really lucky, all of my friends and family were so supportive. it was a really positive experience for me.
and pledged continued support for ukraine. the world health organization says it s concerned over the evolving covid situation in china. the who s chief, dr tedros adanom gabreysus, told a news conference in geneva that the number of severe cases was on the rise. it comes as china reversed its zero covid policy and stopped most testing and tracing. hospitals, pharmacies and crematoriums in the country all say they are busier than usual. dr tedros called on beijing to provide more data and to urgently step up its vaccination programme. in order to make a comprehensive risk assessment of the situation on the ground, who needs more detailed information on the severity, hospital admissions and requirements for icu support. who is supporting china to focus its efforts on vaccinating people under highest risk
the world health organization says it s concerned over the evolving covid situation in china. the who s chief, dr tedros adanom gabreysus, told a news conference in geneva that the number of severe cases was on the rise. it comes as china reversed its zero covid policy and stopped most testing and tracing. hospitals, pharmacies and crematoriums in the country all say they are busier than usual. dr tedros called on beijing to provide more data and to urgently step up its vaccination programme. in order to make a comprehensive risk assessment of the situation on the ground, who needs more detailed information on the severity, hospital admissions, and requirements for icu support. who is supporting china to focus its efforts on vaccinating people at the highest risk across the country. the founder of the collapsed cryptocurrency exchange, ftx, is in custody of the fbi,
your thoughts, thank you forjoining us, ivo daalder. that brings us to the end of this hour of news dave, but do stay with bbc news. newsday. hello there. the week s rain so far has resulted in several flood warnings being issued, and there s more rain to come. just an idea of what we ve had in the past 2a hours, the moors in the southwest, 75, which is three inches of rain. and as the rest of the week progresses, the rainfall continued to pile up. so, with another low pressure rolling in, we could see another 30 110 millimetres in places. by the end of the week, an excess of 80 90 may well have fallen across the north east of scotland. now, this is the next area of low pressure coming in with its strong winds pushing rain across many parts