Landslides is likely. They are urging people in the area to get to an emergency shel shelter or seek safety in a building with a Strong Foundation if it is too dangerous to travel. If residents cant leave their homes, theyre advised to stay on higher floors on the opposite side of any nearby slopes. Heavy rain started over the weekendnd, causing deeadly floog and mudslidedes. Authorities in Kumamoto Prefecture say 44 people have been confirmed dead. Ten others are missing. 14 of those were found at a nursing home near the kyuma river. Water was flowing out of storm drains. Several rescue requests have been received from residents. In the city of minamisatsuma, police say a man in his 60s is missing after leaving his house toto deliver newspapers. Another viewer in fukuoka prefecture took this video of what he says is a rice field, which was flooded by an overflowing irrigation channel. This one shows the water level on a river in nagasaki prefecture almost reaching the danger zone for
As a result of the coronavirus pandemic, putting the country technically into recession. The World Health Organisation says up to a quarter of a billion people in africa could catch coronavirus this year. But says the outbreak is likely to be less deadly than in europe and the us cafes a nd restau ra nts have begun reopening in many parts of australia, but with limits on the number of customers allowed in. And calls for nhs workers in the uk whove treated coronavirus patients to get the same Mental Health support as soldiers returning from war. It would be like having, you know, 15, 20 patients who are really on the edge who are going to die in the next few hours if you dont do anything every 12 hours. That is how bad it is. Good morning and welcome to bbc news. Im Annita Mcveigh with the latest developments on the coronavirus outbreak in the uk and around the world. Here, unions representing teachers and school staff will meet the governments top scientific advisors today, as they dem
And. China says the coronavirus pandemic is exposing shortcomings in the Global Health system the comments from the Foreign Ministry come as many other countries are dealing with a growing number of cases china though is reporting just 13 new infections malaysias borders are now shut its had 2 deaths and 673 cases more than half of those are being traced back to a religious gathering in kuala lumpur attendees of carried the virus back to 7 other countries the United States has announced a one trillion dollar stimulus package to ease the economic fallout and to try to prevent a recession a strain has imposed a global do not travel order a ban on indoor gatherings of more than 100 people and japans deputy Prime Minister has questioned the feasibility of the summer olympics going ahead it follows the decision to put back the euro 2020 football tournament by a year or so chinas Foreign Ministry is calling on the International Community to work together. We need to enhance Global Public Hea
Officials one of its. Responsible to home. Countries across Southeast Asia racing to track hundreds of people who may have been infected with the coronavirus during an event in malaysia that countrys shut its borders to all travelers after registering 2 deaths and 790 cases maybe 2 thirds of those are linked to a religious gathering of 16000 people in the capital straightly and being told not to leave the country its declared a human biosecurity emergency giving the government the power to seal off cities and impose curfews the United States has announced a one trillion dollar plan in a bid to try to lessen the economic fallout but that doesnt seem to have calm Financial Markets and its only patients are being moved to a new Treatment Center in rome more than 30000 italians are infected the death toll has now passed 2500 lets go 1st to kuala lumpur about 0 Florence Louis you can tell us more about the shutdown there how is it going help people behaving. Well its relatively quiet on the
Contain it. Welcome to the program malaysia is racing to track down potential coronavirus carriers confirmed cases spiked to 673. 00 nearly 2 thirds of those are linked to a mass gathering of muslims have late last month now thousands of attendees still havent been tested across the globe restrictions are becoming more severe as the number of infections worldwide approaches 200000 australias Prime Minister is calling on citizens to avoid any International Travel and theres now a ban on indoor gatherings of more than 100. 00 people in the United States the trumpet ministration has announced a one trillion dollars stimulus package in a bid to lessen the economic fallout but oil prices have dropped to their lowest level since 2003 with wall street due to open very soon. In italy coronavirus patients are being moved to a new Treatment Center in rome more than 2500 people have died there and more than 30000 are infected and spains Prime Minister has been delivering updates on the situation