Im melissa chan welcome to news asia thank you for joining us as coburn 1000 cases climbed around the world once again we take a closer look at the government that has most successfully tackled the pandemic in asia taiwan just 7 people have died of the corona virus there with a total of 570 cases ever recorded as of this tuesday some people have pointed out its island geography as one explanation but take one look at the u. K. And that should dispel any myth about an island advantage in fact taiwan was especially vulnerable in the early days of the pandemic with hundreds of flights going to china every week making its success in the fight against cove it all the more remarkable. Massive. Joyful faces this year taiwans private rate was more than a showcase for the islands liberties but also its achievement in containing coronavirus it seems to relate to many others around well as do severing from the outbreak but here has never been any kind of lock down people have gone through more th
Sweden is used to getting attention. The country has avoided for more restrictions relying instead on a culture of consensus and common sense. But now it too is battling a huge rise in cases. The syrians we see an increasing number of cases in 20 of 21 regions so its absolutely serious what we also see as a consequence is more people being hospitalized we see more cases in intensive care units and more deaths at the file. The swedish Prime Minister stephan lawful and has certainly been taking it seriously hes just ended a period of self isolation off to fears hed been exposed to the virus. Health officials are now urging swedes to stay at home as much as possible half of the countrys regions have put local restrictions in place these included vising people to stop using public transport and to stick clear of indoor spaces such as shops and museums. But unlike other countries there are no fines for violating these recommendations. As previous cases continue to say hospital admissions ri
Imo as a chant welcome to news asia thank you for joining us as coburn 1000 cases climbed around the world once again we take a closer look at the government that has most successfully tackled the pandemic in asia taiwan just 7 people have died of the corona virus there with a total of 570 cases ever recorded as of this tuesday some people have pointed out its island geography as one explanation but take one look at the u. K. And that should dispel any myth about an island advantage in fact taiwan was especially vulnerable in the early days of the pandemic with hundreds of flights going to china every week making its success in the fight against cove it all the more remarkable. Massive. Joyful faces this year taiwans private or a close more than a showcase for the islands liberties but also is achievement in containing coronavirus it seems surreal to many others around the world to severing from the outbreak but here has never been any kind of lock down people have gone through more th
For sure and looking at the temperatures to the 20s, 30 easy and 40s again this morning and so bundle up. We have a freeze warning in effect for the north bay Interior Valleys until 9 00 a. M. The areas highlighted in purple under that is a freeze warning due to the temperatures down to freezing and even subfreezing in this area. So frost and freezing conditions, do what you can to protect your pets, livestock, pipes, plants and hopefully, those without shelter, experiencing the cold and frigid conditions and were looking at the temperatures again. Could see recordbreaking lows this morning. And this is the coldest temperatures we have seen since last march and april. Its been a long time before the cold snap for us. You can see across the rest of the region in the 30s and 40s for concord and oakland, liver more. San francisco, san jose and santa rosa to subfreezing and well talk more about some changes ahead. Details on that in just a moent. Now, lets check in with. Anafor the latest
More than 50 u. S. Senators appealed for the release of political activists and journalists facing dangerous conditions in egypt presents. To the youth sports news the Los Angeles Dodgers are on their way to baseballs world series after completing a superb come from behind victory over the Atlanta Braves. So the number of people around the world to have contracted coronavirus has exceeded 40000000 a quarter of those are still active cases iran has reported its highest ever daily death toll at least 337 people have died of covert 900 over the past 24 hours and it brings the total number of fatalities up to more than 30000 and more than 10000000 cases have been reported across latin America Brazil argentina and colombia among the top. 10 worst hit countries in the world and other nations across europe including potent and italy are imposing more restrictions to tackle the new wave who factions wales is going into a nationwide lockdown for 2 weeks that starts on friday it is one of the wo