through physical goods. but it seems perhaps they are trying to stop any thought of the import of cases and they want to be seen to be doing everything that is possible, given the demands on the population at the moment or some part of the population. moment or some part of the population- moment or some part of the oulation. ., ,, ., ., ,, ., population. thank you for talking to us. thank you for talking to us. health officials say they are investigating a spike in cases of hepatitis in children in the uk. 74 infections have been registered since the start of the year. doctors say they can t rule out a link with covid 19 cases. let s speak to our global health correspondent, naomi grimely. what is hepatitis? hepatitis is an umbrella term in this case for information of the liver and normally you might expect to find certain viruses behind those cases. but actually in these particular cases, and you mentioned they have
this what do you think of what is going on there? it. we are coming to the crunch going on there? it. we are coming to the crunch point. going on there? it. we are coming to the crunch point. it going on there? it. we are coming to the crunch point. it has going on there? it. we are coming to the crunch point. it has been i going on there? it. we are coming to the crunch point. it has been a i to the crunch point. it has been a question for many people over the last few months about whether chinese government could really contain covid, given that the omicron variant being so transmissible, and now we are at the sharp end and it is getting increasingly difficult to balance economic and social costs of lockdown is against their chances of hospitals being overwhelmed and high numbers of deaths. i think it they are being tested to the limit, given that shanghai is such an important part of the economy and link to the outside world so it is well connected and more difficult to hide
else to support ukraine? is nato going to take any action? that s the question that has not been answered yet, the sort of thing president zelensky will now be looking for. on monday the austrian chancellor karl nehammer became the first european leader to meet presidnet putin since russia launched its invasion of ukraine. let s talk to his foreign minister alexander schallenberg. why did he want to go to moscow? the war in ukraine affects us directly. it is about our security. the border of ukraine is closer to the westernmost part of austria and it is not a big country and we don t want to reproach ourselves not having tried everything to have left stones unturned. his party is
occupied by russian forces and the impact, the number of people who lost their lives, this isjust impact, the number of people who lost their lives, this is just one part of it, the scale of this is far larger. and you can see the devastation that has been left behind here. devastation that has been left behind here. , ., ., behind here. indeed. let s move now to the east. behind here. indeed. let s move now to the east, attention behind here. indeed. let s move now to the east, attention focused - behind here. indeed. let s move now to the east, attention focused a i to the east, attention focused a course on mariupol with hopes of ukrainian forces being able to hold out getting slimmer and slimmer. that s right. we are led to believe that the battle for mariupol which has been raging for around six weeks orso has been raging for around six weeks or so now, the intelligences that thatis or so now, the intelligences that that is perhaps nearing its end and nearing its end in fav
has been surrounded, its civilian population have been largely cut off. what russia is hoping, if it can take mariupol fully, it will give it that vital land corridor between russia and annexed crimea, but also military analysts say it would free up russian troops from that battle to be able to move further east and take part in the next phase of this russian offensive, where they are really going to focus on the dom bess region. and that is why you ve heard president zelensky say repeatedly that ukraine needs more military assistance, because he believes that what we have seen so far during the first six and a half weeks of this war is really only the beginning. he believes the next phase could be even more devastating. let’s believes the next phase could be even more devastating. let s come back to those even more devastating. let s come back to those comments even more devastating. let s come back to those comments on - even more devastating. let s come i back to those comment