W. D yes it is on its way to bring you more conservation. How do we make signals greener how can we protect habitats we can make a difference the ideas into a series of global 3. This is mary mallon you might know her better as typhoid mary quite possibly the worlds most famous super spreader melon was an asymptomatic typhoid carrier worked as a cook for a wealthy families in new york and the early 20th century she in fact that at least 53 others most of them people she prepare the meals for eventually after triggering multiple outbreaks she was tracked down and forcibly quarantined by authorities until her death 3 decades later. Comes forward to the present a new pandemic and a novel virus what have we learned about super spreaders. Welcome to the w. s covert 19 special im joined now the milan thanks for joining us we start in south korea where a few incidences saw individuals spread the disease to hundreds and even thousands socalled super spreading events guarded the preventive meas
Front covering over japan. The region has borne the brunt of the damage. People in the affected areas are trying to recover what they can between downpours. One resident says all the furniture and appliances on the ground floor of his house were damaged by flooding. Translator i want the rain to stop. I hope it stops as soon as possible. Volunteers are working with residents to clear out mud. Only people within the prefecture are allowed to help as a precaution against the coronavirus. People at evacuation shelters are also trying to maintain social distancing. More than 6,000 houses have been flooded or damaged across 19 prefectures. Officials are still trying to get a full picture of the destruction. People across the krunt are donating food, bottled water and other necessities to h help tho in hardhit areaeas. Prime minister abe shinzo say police, firefighters and selfdefense force personnel have rescued more than 2,300 people. Translator i want officicia to do all they can to save
Fukuoka, and hiroshima prefectures overnight raising river waters nearly to the point of overthrowing. It also means a strong possibility of landslides. Already hard hit areas wont see any relief soon as the search continues for more than a dozen missing people. 72 others have died. This weather expert says the rain that hit kumamoto e earlie thisis month poured in like a river and spread overr an area s wide as 500 kilometers and carried more than 500,000 tons of water vapor per second. Transnslator the amazon, th Worlds Largest river, carries about 200,000 tons of water per second. A rough estimate of twice that amount was flowing into the region. The situation has not changed much, so we can still expect a substantial amount of vapor to flow in. In the aftermath of the intense rain, communities are also pulling together to help those in need. Officials say more than 14,000 homes and other buildings have been damaged. Chinese media say heavy rainfall along the yanghtze has left 140 p
Kyushu has suffered the brunt of the damage. A car was believed to be carrying a family when it was swept away by this river. Police are searching for the passengers. Cars lie overturned on local roads. Water reached the second floor of some homes, causing widespread damage. Translator water came up to about 20 cenentimeters on the second floor. Flooding also hit fields and greenhouses. One farmer says his 60 greenhouses were affected and the timing couldnt have been worse. Translator it was just before the harvest. The whole area around here was completely destroyed. The amount of damage may be around 93,000. The destruction also touched areas outside kyushu. In kyoto, a powerful mudslide plowed into three cars near an interchange. Officials say two drivers suffered minor injuries. In gifu, houses were engulfed or hid by landslides. Officials say about 2,300 people in two cities there remain unreachable. In total, more than 4,700 houses were flooded across 22 prefectures. Officials ar
So im justice delighted to have her join just delighted to have her join the department. So its a great announcement to make to you all today. And then i, again, i will go through the covid19 update as the next. The agenda item and i am prepared to take any questions. Clerk thank you, dr. Colfax. Commissioners, before you might have any questions. Number one, can i ask everyone except actually everyone to mute themselves except for dr. Colfax right now. I see a lot of microphones on and were hearing someone typing. So everyone would please mute yourselves. And then the Public Comment line, any Public Comment for the directors report . Lets give it one second. Im going to share the Public Comment line info real quickly. Okay. There are no questions from the public. Im going to put this line up quickly for that in case number is watching. Commissioners, if you have any questions for dr. Colfax on the directors report, please raise your hand. Commissioner chow this is dr. Chow. I cant rai