Think otherwise and thats often puts journalists and Public Health at risk. Behind the mask of coronavirus censorship spreads journalists around the world have come under attack for reporting on the pandemic it started in china where citizen journalists dared to deviate from the official narrative. Images of overstretched hospitals in which the virus is right in front of me chinas criminal prosecutors are behind me im not afraid of death do you think im afraid if you come in this party of china or polish gold i dont know. Chang she should wear disappeared in february and was only seen again by friends in September Fung been another reporter remains missing he had released secret videos of coronavirus victims. She. Reporters without borders has documented coronavirus coverage restrictions in nearly half of all u. N. Member states those who are jailed are at risk of infection. Al jazeera journalist mohammad more near died in july from coronavirus after being arrested in egypt as did repo
Travel restrictions feeling a little blow to the tourism industry. Im melissa chan welcome to news asia thank you for joining us exactly one week before possibly the most consequential u. S. Election secretary of state mike pompei own defense secretary mark esper has flown to india to meet with their counterparts its almost as if theyre running against the clock rolling out as much of their age policy in case their boss President Donald Trump loses the election india has signed a military agreement with the u. S. To share sensitive satellite information and the 2 will participate in naval exercises next month those are war games along with australia and japan all members of the quad a partnership of india pacific democracies. Joining us is korea mohan of the German Marshall Fund for more agreement pump ale and esper are in india but this is as much about china isnt it absolutely so this meeting comes in the backdrop of chinese aggression at indias border region which shows no signs of
Count against the club from istanbul. Hello im terry martin good to have you with as the number of confirmed coronavirus cases worldwide has passed 48000000 with well over a 1000000 deaths the u. S. Brazil and india are reporting the highest numbers europe is also facing a surge in coded 19 infections with record daily highs in many countries let me give you a quick overview of how the situation has developed on march 1st of this year Health Departments across europe registered 401 new cases keep in mind testing was not as widespread as now so actual numbers could have been much higher but you can see a clear trend of rising daily infections peaking at the end of april. Getting it may at by by then most of europe was in lockdown and you can see the effect of that here with the new infections dropping to a low point in mid july but since then the numbers have been creeping up again with new cases rising steadily since august on friday more than 137000 daily cases were registered across
Plus the Champions League group stage gets underway on tuesday evening and put to sleep the leaders like city post turkish champion sebastian shakier the german side will be keen to make home advantage count against the club from istanbul. Im sorry kelly walked into the program at the number of confirmed corona virus cases worldwide has passed 40000000 with well over 1000000 deaths the u. S. Brazil and india are reporting the highest numbers europe also facing a surge in cope with 19 infections with record daily highs in many countries heres a look at how the situation has evolved here on march 1st this year Health Departments across europe registered for hug. And one new cases testing of course was limited so actual numbers could have been much higher but you can see a clear trend of rising infections here in the spring peaking at the end of april early may by then most of europe was in lockdown and you can see the impact of that with new infections dropping to a low point in made jul
Harsh measures experienced earlier in the year. Theyre going to have you know its like the 1st time its catastrophic we would just have to try and survive weve had some state aid and that something its better than nothing but well see. But belgian Officials Say the measures are absolutely necessary the countrys Health Minister says the Health System could soon be overwhelmed by infections and warned of a coming through nami of cases many doctors share his concerns. The sky is more or less blue but we can see a huge wave is about to arrive its inevitable authorities hope the drastic set of measures will have a quick impact they say theyll review the results in 2 weeks time. And for more lets bring in our very own they are mattis who is joining us from brussels they are why has belgium been hit so hard. Well sarah a big issue here is of course the book mortality rate the 3rd highest in the world but to explain that you need to understand the broad criteria that belgium uses to get to the