Environment or find out why hundreds of activists have been killed in the last year. Some countries and cities in asia praise for effectively tackling the coronavirus pandemic and now raising the alarm over new infections after being virus free for months vietnam says its making preparations for a major wave of infections thousands of cases have been before today in the central city of dunn non where a strict slow down is now in place meanwhile hong kongs leader carry now says its Hospital System could face collapse as it deals with a shop rise in cases i spoke to our correspondent scott hydra who has more on the situation in vietnam and hong kong. So you look at the last 3 months there what wasnt one case of locally transmitted coded positive case so obviously when we saw what happened over the weekend and then last weekend there was there was infection rate thats why the the government took the step of evacuating most tourists there about 80000 tourists were evacuated from demand bec
And a controversial social media bill passed in turkey a sponsor concerns about freedom of expression the in the end thank you for joining us yet now is the most populous country in the world not to have recorded a single coronavirus related deaths and after being virus free for months it says its now making preparations for a major wave of infections dozens of cases have been reported in the central city of don where a strict small town is now in place infections have also been reported in its 2 largest cities the capital one noisy and hoshi main city it means government says the entire country is now at risk of infection mean why hong kongs leader kerry says its Hospital System could face collapse as it deals with a shop rise in cases and i spoke to our correspondent scott haidar who is in bangkok with the latest on both. Hong kong and look at the last 3 months there what wasnt one case of locally transmitted coded positive case so obviously when we saw what happened over the weekend
And the hunt for the missing billions in one of germanys biggest foreign scandals. Im joining the with the sports including south a Major League Baseball fan now the Miami Marlins have the Upcoming Games despite as the team battles occurring to find southbank. Countries and cities in asia praise for effectively tackling the pandemic are now raising the alarm over new infections vietnams Prime Minister says every city and province is at risk of an outbreak after being virus free for months hong kongs leaders also warning the city is on the verge of a large scale outbreak and that the Hospital System there is at risk of collapsing. Meanwhile in india a new report says more than half of the people in mumbai slums have had coronavirus about 40 percent of the citys population lives in shanties in the u. K. A report by m. P. s criticizes the government for sending thousands of patients into care homes without testing them britain has imposed a 2 require 900 for people coming from spain as it
And security patrols in the philippines as the country rolls out tough measures to enforce coronavirus restrictions. The United States is struggling to contain a rising wave of coronavirus with cases of infections and deaths soaring more than 77000 infections were reported in the latest daily tally another bleak record high when resources in many areas are stretched to the limit and hospitals are in danger of being overrun with patients debate is raging of the mass and whether they should be made compulsory us President Donald Trump has weighed in on the issue ruling out making them compulsory at a national level. Would you consider what you consider a National Mandate that people need to wear a mask i want people to have a certain freedom and i dont believe in that no and i dont agree with the statement that if everybody were a mask everything it just appears a doctor felt she said dont wear a mask or Surgeon General terrific guy said dont wear a mask everybody was saying dont worry m
Scales back on the number of pilgrims it allowed to perform the hodge this year due to the pandemic. In a move limiting the scope of the conflict in the u. A. E. Backed separatists in southern yemen said there are abandoning demands for self rule. It out it states has announced the withdrawal of up to 12000. 00 troops from germany nearly half will be repositioned to other locations in europe including italy poland and the baltics that follows an earlier decision by donald trump to cut troops blaming germany for failing to spend enough in defense its a move that Officials Say will cost billions of dollars and take years to complete. As anyone can see the repositioning of our forces in europe constitutes a major strategic and positive shift wholly in line with the n. D. S. And consistent with other adjustments to the United States just months the United States has made within nato in previous times these changes will achieve the Core Principles of enhancing u. S. And nato deterrence of r