mounting evidence from china of a steep rise in covid cases, with many millions thought to be affected. we catch up with the ukrainian couple who married at an army checkpoint early in the war what are their hopes for the future? hello and welcome to bbc news. plunging temperatures, blizzards and icy winds are gripping much of the united states and canada, with more than 250 million people facing life threatening conditions. 19 people have been killed so far. the us state of montana registered a record breaking low of minus 45 celsius. the storm extends from quebec to texas. sancha berg reports. a blinding snowstorm in buffalo. this is what zero visibility looks like. no planes could land or take off. this northern part of new york state has been hit hard by the bomb cyclone in an enormous winter storm. further south, there have been floods. ~ . ., . floods. we have had ice, flooding, snow, floods. we have had ice, flooding, snow. freezing floods. we have had ice, floodin
restrictions two weeks ago. the who has said that hospitals seem to be filling up and there s been long queues outside pharmacies as covid treatments are in short supply. but if you believe the authorities the outbreak is under control with officials reporting a few thousand cases daily and very few deaths. rebecca chung wilkins is the asia government correspondent, bloomberg news based in hong kong. shejoins us now from london. thank you for your time today. what are you hearing about what is going on on the ground in china? tt certainly does look like we are seeing an extraordinary surge in cases. but as you say there is a disparity between how the official government figures are calculating this, and to put it into proportion, one city in southern chinese province have gone down, reported 250,000 cases a day, shandong saying it is 400,000 cases a day. but official figures today, wednesday,