Theyll ban most foreigners from entry, starting on thursday. The island started restricting travel from Mainland China back in january and life there has been relatively unaffected. But residents who recently traveled abroad and foreign visitors have tested positive for the virus. Ten new cases were reported on tuesday hitting double digits for the first time. Officials say diplomats and foreign nationals with resident permits will still be allowed entry. But they will be required to selfquarantine for two weeks. Malaysia has taken a similar measure, but its also prohibiting its nationals from traveling abroad. Thats causing headaches for the many malaysians who work in neighboring singapore. On wednesday there was no rush hour traffic along the causeway connecting the two countries. More than 300,000 people a day normally cross it. Elsewhere, the Australian Government is also stepping up restrictions. Good morning, everyone. We are upgrading the travel ban on australians to level four
other efforts include consistently rehashing old conspiracy theories, primarily that the virus started in a lab. not this one. this one. home of the u.s. army s biological laboratory. though there is no evidence the virus originated here that has not stopped the chinese from trying to push their version of a lab leak theory. translator: the u.s. should invite w.h.o. experts to investigate ft. detrick. reporter: and people are getting the message, true or not. one conspiracy article picked up shin juan july 30th alleged the virus leaked from fort detrick to europe and viewed mere then 25 million times on the chinese site weibo. a media reporter appeared to show several satellite images of the u.s. biological labs suggesting the virus despite having first been detected in
detected a pulse signal in the south indian ocean. chinese-run agency, shenhua, says this morning, the ship detected the signal coming in, which is standard on the plane s black boxes. nbc news has been unable to independently verify this information, so far there is no confirmation the pulse is linked to the missing plane. also claims to show white floating objects spotted by military aircraft in the search area. again, nbc news has not been able to verify these photos. the australian government just released a statement that reads in part, quote, the characteristics are consistent with the black box. however, there is no confirmation at this stage that the signals and the objects are related to the missing aircraft. the search, of course, going now into its fifth week, growing more urgent by the minute. the batteries on the pingers inside the plane s black boxes could die any day. meaning it could take years to find the wreckage. joining me now from perth, australia, nbc
their threats against the united states and it s allies. translator: north korea is developing nuclear weapons in both quality and quantity. we will mercilessly punish the united states and it s lies. north korean leaders have threatened to attack targets in the u.s., south korea and japan. security analysts believe their forces have completed preparations for the launches of an immediate range and short range ballistic missiles. top diplomats say the work with chinese leaders to try to rein in the north koreans. john kerry made his first visit to japan as secretary of state. translator: we agreed that north korea should stop its provocative actions immediately and that we will show a firm stance on the denuclearization of the korean peninsula. we will never allow north korea to possess nuclear arms. we, japan, the united states and the other countries that i have met with in the last two days are committed to make that goal of denuke clarization a reality. kerry
north korea is a nation in mourning and much of the world is wondering right now what happens next. you re watching continuing coverage of the death of kim jong-il. the state run news agency says the 69-year-old died of a heart attack this weekend since coming to power in 1994 kim increased his country s nuclear might and isolation. his repressive rule also saw massive famines that killed hundreds of thousands of his own people. in a sign of the tensions over his dealt, south korea has put its military forces on emergency alert and convened an emergency cabinet meeting, and pyongyang is urging an increase in its own military capability. kim jong-il apparently died on saturday, but his death was not reported until monday morning on state-run tv. take a look at how north koreans the man known as their dear leader died. the news anchor visibly emotional saying he died of physical and mental over work. take a look at how north koreans reacted to that report. [ sobbing ] we hav