Hello to you. The chinese authorities are taking drastic action to try to stop the spread of the new coronavirus. Theyve imposed a travel shutdown on several cities, including wuhan, where the virus was first discovered. 25 people have been killed by the virus in china, thats up from 18 in the past few hours. But the World Health Organization has said it is not yet a Global Health emergency. John sudworth reports from beijing. This is the moment a city of 11 Million People was effectively shut off. Pa ramilita ry police guarding the station, as all departing trains are cancelled. In the hospitals, medical staff in full bodysuits are treating hundreds of infected patients. While images on social media appear to show a system struggling to cope. Empty shelves in the shops and scuffles over food. We spoke to one british man now stuck inside wuhan. Its a very surreal feeling. You know, knowing especially that if you go outside, there is potential to catch such a deadly virus. And when you
The World Health Organization says we could be heading towards a Tipping Point in the coronavirus outbreak. Its warned countries to act quickly as new clusters of cases are confirmed outside china. The organisations head says the worlds opportunity to contain it is narrowing. Although the window of opportunity is narrowing to contain the outbreak, we still have a chance to contain it. But while doing that, we have to prepare at the same time for any eventualities because this outbreak could go any direction. It could even be messy. Its in our hands now. If we do well within the narrow window of opportunity, we can reverse or avert any serious crisis. In south korea, there are a hundred new cases of the virus and the countrys second death has been confirmed. Meanwhile, british passengers whove been quarantined onboard the diamond princess cruise ship off japan for over two weeks have finally been allowed to disembark. Around 35 britons whove tested negative for the virus are now flying
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