In the race to become the democratic president ial nomination. 3 countries outside china are now imposing new restrictions on tens of thousands of people to try to contain the coronavirus south koreas president has raised the alert level to its highest and deserves to officials to take unprecedented powerful measures another increase in cases brings its nationwide total to more than 605. 00 people have died. Well you know youre going to be we have vividly witnessed how dangerous it is to have mass meetings in an enclosed indoor space in terms of the spread of a contagious disease i urge everyone to restrain themselves from group of vents are active it is not only in indoor places but also outdoor places which can harm others and then theres this really 50000. 00 people there are under lockdown in the north of the country to have died more than a 100 people have been affected and this is europes worst affected Country Schools and Cultural Centers have been shot in parts of iran at least 8 people have died there and 43. 00 cases of infection are in iran the cases seem to be largely linked to the holy city of qom we can talk to our correspondent now she is in the capital tehran though so what more do we know then about this occurrence of a coronavirus in iran. Well according to Health Ministry officials they have just updated the figures as you mentioned to 8 deaths so far and the confirmed cases are up to 43. 00 we know that the break richard aided in the holy city of all which is about 120 kilometers south of the capital tehran now what caused this concern was that there was a number of cases reported in that city and theres a lot of travel back and forth between the whole the city of rome from various other parts of the country has one of the holiest shrines in iran and its home to about a 1000000 about a 1000000 people but theres a lot of other visitors that pass through that city because of the holy site that it holds the Health Officials have warned visitors to stay away for the time being but they have stopped short of actually corn tin the entire city but we know that president sandra honey met with the Supreme National Security Council of the country on saturday where they decided to give the authorities to the Health Ministry to do as they see fit to try and control the spread of this disease we also know that in the capital tehran the pharmacies have now stopped selling protective gear such as masks because Health Officials are now handing those out to residents free of charge at various metro and bus stations across the city the number of schools and universities have also been closed for the remainder of the week we also just heard from the dean of Tehran University that the dormitory housing nearly 2000 students at Tehran University will also be emptied out they are trying to contain the situation for now the Health Officials are saying that there is no cause for concern and urging all residents across the country to exercise caution or i dont thank you for the. 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The south korea has lots of complaint with israel after a plane load of South Koreans was refused entry 12 israeli passengers though they were allowed to get off the Korean Airlines flight when it arrived in television but 130 other passengers were turned back israel is now banning south korean and japanese visitors the move follows the discovery of coronavirus among a group of south korean tourists who visited israel last week and 50000 people in northern italy have been told to stay at home as the government there tries to contain the virus the emergency measures follow to destine around 100 infections that torah gazin be reports life inc you dont youre in northern italy is now happening behind closed doors the towns mayor has told the 15000 residents to stay at home to prevent the spread of the coronavirus rosica valley is one of the few people venturing out she owns a pharmacy and the man has told her to keep it open to the poll would appoint manny were all afraid but were crossing our fingers o. B. O. Rate if someone doesnt feel well they should react early because people can be cured if they come to hospital in a desperate situation its much more difficult to cure them. 2 people have died of corona virus in northern italy and with dozens infected its europes worst hit country and as many experts are saying we will probably see many more cases of infection over the next days as will now are more afraid of the virus and will likely ask more for a check by medical stuff whereas up to 2 or 3 days ago the virus was perceived as something very far from italy Prime Minister does that picante has announced a ban on people entering or leaving zones designated coronavirus hotspots but hes ruled out suspending the European Union schenkkan agreement and says the Free Movement of people and goods across italys borders will continue to be able greece talk. At the moment there are absolutely no conditions for an initiative of this kind not to mention the devastating impact it would have on our economy and paradoxically i want to reverse the question why would we want to make italy an outcast there are no conditions for it to come to this nor do we want to do it. Could only a is one of a dozen towns in northern italy thats in lockdown italian say theyre frightened and have no idea when life will return to normal Victoria Gate and be al jazeera japans Health Minister has apologized after a cruise ship passenger tested positive for the corona virus after she was allowed to go home the elderly woman is in hospital after being stuck on board the diamond princess thats the ship which was quarantined for 2 weeks at the port of yokohama 23. 00 passengers were eventually allowed to get off without being tested for the virus around 80 percent of the 770. 00 infection cases in japan were on that ship and the government is facing increasing criticism about its response with the tokyo lympics jews in july. And we have already mentioned the situation in iran with the occurrence of coronavirus well irans neighbor iraq has already said that quarantine areas which are aimed at stopping the spread their office hundreds of thousands of a rainy and visitors coming to holy sites in iraq could spread the disease. These quarantine wards in baghdad are part of iraqs frontline against the covert 19 strain of corona virus many of the rooms and corridors a sterilized and sealed a nurse recorded these pictures from aljazeera recently iraqis arriving from china have been tested here even though they werent showing any symptoms medical staff say no one was carrying the virus. Who gropes from the stuff from the doctors. For the killing of the hospital. Gropes this. About this why else. Do you think it was once a bullet. Every month thousands of religious travelers visit shia holy sites in iraq including the shrine of him hussein in the Western Province of caballe and the shrine of him in the job they also spend much needed money in nearby hotels and restaurants many of from neighboring iran which is reported infections and deaths linked to corona virus the governor of najaf province says he wants visitors to stop coming. In and i do not have the right to prevent anyone from coming in but we have asked the Health Ministry and they have asked people not to come from around or to travel there. But planes from iran some carrying iraqi passengers are still landing fairport. Yes people are afraid there are rumors most iraqis are Wearing Masks and even after landing here they kept their masks on. One popular shia holy site is the shrine of him im quoting here in baghdad one of iraqs most crowded cities iraq says that its opening up quarantine areas at various crossing points along its border with iraq its also halted flights between iraq and iran for the forseeable future but there is another issue iraq and iran do about 12000000000. 00 worth of trade every year and a lot of that comes across the border with the borders limited or even closed iraqs economy itself. Iraqs doctors now have to wait to see if their defense against the virus is Strong Enough rob matheson back down. Now at least 9 people have died in turkeys Eastern Province a van this is the province that borders iran and theres been a earthquake magnitude 5. 7 they can see people anxiously going through the rubble of houses that have collapsed because people are thought to still be trapped dozens of people have been injured on the rain in the side as well but a correspondent whos in has her eye in southern to tell us more about that so were seeing very gradually that death toll rather sadly is going up. Indeed with 37 injured and 9 of them in Critical Condition and i think its going to take the authorities some time to be able to travel through all those areas villages and districts on the border with iran to establish the size and the magnitude of the damage that was left behind by the 4 points 4th point 7 magnitude earthquake the governor of 109. Province said a while ago that hes confident that most of the areas now there doesnt seem to be any more cases of people trapped under the rubble but we have to wait and see. Exactly and as you know martine turkey and iran are some of the most seismically active countries in the world because of the fault lines that cross both areas and each time one of the one of the blocks steps past the other this is where the earthquakes occur last month for example in and malasia 41 people were killed and more than a 1500 people were injured in an earthquake that rattled the 2 provinces in the eastern part of the country in 2011 for example in the same province or van more than 500 people were killed when a 7 point one earthquake struck the province which is on the border with iran. Thank you very much for that. Still to come here at aljazeera cultivating innovative ways to beat the israelis see only oil is being used like never before. Also coming out theyve tried twice before with a reconciliation plan in south korea this time. Hello again well begin our forecast in northeastern parts of asia where the conditions gerri not looking too bad across much of japan during the course of money few showers coming in across the sea of japan but i think is going to be on chooses this area of low pressure develops across the yellow sea amuse across the Korean Peninsula begin to see some really heavy rain developing so lets move the forecast on 24 hours and so if a south korea some torrential rain is likely here much of north Korea Germany missing the rain and then that system moving across the sea of Japan Bringing some very heavy rain into the western side of japan further south where the conditions not looking too bad across much of taiwan over taipei may pick up your share i think for hong kong we should be looking at drawing fine weather highs of 23 into south asia and across more eastern parts of india we are seeing some showers to vittie at the moment the showers across northern parts tend to die away delhi should be looking for a dry bright day and across the shoreline here where has been very wet in recent days were looking at dry weather conditions continuing that way on through tuesday but those eastern areas of india through into bangladesh are looking pretty wet at the moment now as we head through into the show here largely fine picture temperatures have recovered back up at 34 degrees which just a few days ago they were languishing that near 20 degree celsius. Frank assessments. The one good thing about these bush bars is it really wiping out the politics of Climate Change informed opinion of the economy i think is actually whats keeping damo truck afloat right now critical debate sequel on posters going to be told what the law is all d about Assad Government is astonishingly patronize a indepth analysis of the days headlines this is the beginning of a new iraq of a new conscious and aware use of the struggle against an ethnic sectarian kota inside story on aljazeera. All right its time for sake of the top stories here about 0 south koreas president has raised its alert level to the highest ever another spike in coronavirus cases an injury in. Local governments to help contain the outbreak across the country 603 people have been infected 5 people have died in iran schools and Cultural Centers have been shot as the number of cases that grows at least 8 people have died 43 people have been infected the cases seem to be lower she linked to the muslim holy city of qom. At least 9 people have died in turkeys van province in a magnitude 5. 7 earthquake quick shot which shook eastern turkey as well as North Western iran several people are believed to be trapped under the rubble. And one person has been killed 4 others have been injured in girls or after the israeli army opened fire on a group of palestinians the army says the man was trying to plant an explosive near the girls or israel fence in an area used by palestinian wheat farmers the others were shot at when they tried to recover the body which was later taken away by an israeli bulldozer. Bernie sanders is based it is front runner position in the democratic race to choose a contender to run against donald trump with a decisive win in the nevada caucuses this was the 1st contest with a racially diverse electorate is rivals are now looking to the South Carolina primary to keep their chances Alive Program those reports now from las vegas. We have now won the battle clark is. A resounding victory for Bernie Sanders as he sealed his position as front runner and moved a step closer to winning the democratic nomination with you george. A multigenerational multi ridge Racial Coalition ringback which is going up not only win in nevada its going to sweep this country. The vermont senator set up a strong and Sophisticated Organization in nevada winning strong support from white and latino voters with his calls for universal Health Care Student Debt Forgiveness and a Green New Deal to defeat Global Warming the victory came through the efforts of a small army of enthusiastic mostly young volunteers. Many of them gathered in downtown las vegas to celebrate as the results came in by sanders was so confident of victory here in nevada that he skipped this r. T. And spent the day instead holding rallies in texas now thats one of the big delegate rich state that holds its primary on super tuesday march 3rd sanders now has a boost of momentum going into super tuesday joe biden came in 2nd in nevada and is hoping to do better in South Carolina next week losing centrist candidates like pete would a judge warned sanders is to lift wings to defeat President Donald Trump in november senator sanders believes in an inflexible ideological revolution that leaves out most democrats not to mention most americans earlier Nevada Democratic voters gathered in schools libraries and casinos to stand for their candidates at 0 a Vista High School outside las vegas caucus goers argue sometimes passionately to win over other voters. But in the end the night and nevada belong to Bernie Sanders robert oulds al jazeera las vegas. The polls are open in the german city state election which has been seen as im a. Test for mainstream political passes hamburgers been a stronghold for the social democrats for a decade but now theyre under threat from their former Coalition Partners the greens germanys largest ports is vulnerable to rising sea levels so Climate Change is an important factor for many of you voters. South sudans rival militias are making another attempt to the unity government after 6 years of civil war in which more than 400000 people have died former rebel leader rear becomes Vice President for a 3rd time he and president salva kiir insist they wont go back to war this time ever more than reports from juba. In a scene similar to that witnessed in april 26th after a peace deal signed a year earlier Opposition Leader rick machar is once again sworn in as the countrys 1st Vice President. And so began a new transitional period for south sudan after more than 5 years of war i went to a sure you we will work collectively to long suffering. 3 other Vice President s were also sworn in a 5th is yet to be appointed it comes as part of a revitalized version of a 2015 peace deal ending the war which started in 2015. The deal brings together several opposition groups it also gives all sides shares in the government cabinet and the Legislative Assembly the your little word. Long. And difficult but we are. Finally here. But swearing in Vice President s is only the beginning of the new government has many challenges ahead before elections are due to be held in 3 years time as part of the deal to end the war south sudanese are suffering from high inflation as a result of the years of conflict with hundreds of thousands unable to afford basic goods corruption is also a concern and with the humanitarian effect of the conflict many are hoping for improvement during the transitional period. A quarter of the countrys 12000000 people have been displaced as a result of fighting and more than have rely on food aid with 1200000 of that being children who cannot respect complete trust different parties but there is an element of a basic trust. In each of the you know. Representatives in the government needs to have a lot of hope is spent on the new government after years of conflict people morgan aljazeera juba. The votes being counted in target his president ial election after 15 years in by president for nothing day is likely to secure a full term thereby extending his familys health a century long grip on power of a dangerous reports are from the capital loamy. 2 generations of women to have to choose a president. One is excited to vote for the 1st time. I am now 20 years old and happy 6 inside my right to know every one guest is charles the other who supported him in every election in the past 15 years is back again this year. By coming out to vote every time thats my way of trying to change institutions that dont do this as long as i live. Opposition leader. Cast his ballot in the capitol the former journalists and rights activist challenged president ford at the polls for more than a decade hes not happy with the run up to this election you have. A list of for. Everyone to. Reach. Oh. And a government. Has not as i mean as a magnet. On the complaints is a possibility of fraud and denying access to Opposition Party agents the opposition hasnt been able to form a united front boosting the reelection chances of a 4th term for president ford. He voted in people around 420 kilometers away from the capital confident of extending his 50 and 53 years of his Family Status to. The president succeeded his late father. For 38 years after seizing power in a cool. Voting which is wanted to buy local and International Observers pass to peacefully in most parts of the country its a few hours since voting started in this polling station but the crowd has thinned out their Action Commission says thats because more votes like this have been open to speed up the process but some talk of state away unsure if their vote will make any difference. Counting the votes is expected to take longer this time less than 48 hours before the. Election commission announced a change to the counting process. The commission cited what it called credible information the process of transmitting results from outside the capital had been targeted by i guess something the opposition is skeptical about but it recent. Loamy. Police are now geria have 5 Water Cannons on the 1st anniversary of the beginning of the antigovernment protest Movement Demonstrators in the capital loud cheers continue to demand a complete overhaul of the ruling elite and then to corruption in the armys withdrawal from politics unprecedented demonstrations started a year ago was eventually forced the longtime president hu to flicker to resign. Police in kazakhstan of arrested dozens of opposition supporters in the latest crackdown on antigovernment demonstrations. Protests is rallied on saturday in the capital new cell tran and in the largest city al martin that followed similar protests on friday which led to the postponement of the launch of a new has issued party anger at the author a tear in leadership corruption arbitrary detentions and restrictions on government critics has grown. A Memorial Service is being held in New South Wales in australia for 25. 00 people who were killed in the bushfires tributes who also paid the 3 americans who died when their father fighting plane crashed thousands of homes were destroyed as well as 100000 square kilometers of land as some of the fires burned out of control for months. It is a great land a great land beset with right tragedy recently devastation that can be so in across the landscape and on the faces of people who live work and holiday in this land across the cell walls. The push for season of 1920 will be remembered as one of the most challenging in our history. Floods in southern peru have killed at least 3 people cars in the city of park swept away in the deluge after heavy rain others were trapped in their vehicles and struggled to get to safety the victims include a father and son in his car was flipped over by the floodwaters. Theyve been living under a blockade for 13 years more than 50 percent of people there are on the employed and that number is even higher among young graduates os a new program is trying to change all that from within the Stephanie Deca now reports. The cold wet weather is the perfect stage for yasuda mohammeds project all of residue discarded in the process of making all of oil is being turned into something useful will love. The idea because of the continuous electricity and Energy Crisis here in gaza especially when it comes to homes and chicken farms this motivated us this project is part of 31 innovative ideas funded by the International Committee of the red cross and red crescent these blocks burn easily and are now being used to heat chicken farms here in the gaza strip as it did for me in the clinton. This saves the farm a 60 percent on heating costs to keep the chickens warm its also secure as he doesnt have to fear shortages of electricity which is controlled by israel a lot of farms lost due to the power cuts in the winter now this is the final product its basically compressed all of pumice and they dont and anything else to it now is highly flammable and its a simple idea but one that provides a much needed source of alternative energy here and of course a boost to the income of the producers. They tell us they now make around 14. 00 each a day setting to the private sector and they have plans to expand their business there are similar ambitions here at sad. House shes a biologist and is making stevia a sweetener derived from plants native to south america its an idea she started looking into a few years ago as her family has a history of diabetes and she wanted to help rather than live to fall. The 4th cause of death is diabetes around 60000. 00 people are diabetic also around 78 percent suffer from obesity so the idea is to create a safe alternative for sugar and other industrial sweetness. She says this green house is just the beginning and wants to come up with more nature based solutions. They dont need to humanitarian efforts they just need an opportunity people came with innovative ideas need from from their from their environment and this account of a humanitarian action that can be seen and areas like the places where conflict impacting the lives of people over hope of gazas population is unemployed and when it comes to university educated adults the jobless rate is over 70 percent israel and egypts blockade of gaza isnt just physical it has an enormous impact on Mental Health too this project highlights just a few of gazas Innovative Minds there are so many others here in simple need of an opportunity to show what theyre capable of Stephanie Decker aljazeera in the Southern Gaza strip. Targets to take a look at the top stories here of aljazeera south koreas president is raise the alert level to the highest after another spike in corona virus cases in. Local governments to help contain the outbreak across the country 600000 people are infected 5 people have died in this really an area with 50000 people is currently cases have dropped to almost 100 people have died and that has become europes worst affected country. And in the wrong schools and cultural senses its been shut since the number of cases there grows at least 8 people have died and 43 people are infected the cases and largely linked to the holy city of qom also jabari has more from the capital tehran the outbreak richard aided in the holy city of on which is about 120 kilometers south of the capital tehran now what caused this concern was that there was a number of cases reported in that city and there is a lot of travel back and forth between the holy city of from various other parts of the country has one of the holiest shrines in iran and its home to about a 1000000 in about a 1000000 people but theres a lot of other visitors that pass through that city because of the holy site that it holds. At least 9 people have died in turkeys van province in a magnitude 5. 7 earthquake which shook eastern turkey as well as North Western iraq several people are thought to be trapped under rubble one person has been killed 4 others have been injured in girls after the israeli army opened fire on a group of palestinians the Israeli Army Says the man was trying to planted explosives near the girls israel fence in an area used by palestinian wheat farmers the others were shocked when they tried to recover the body which was later taken away by an israeli. U. S. Senator Bernie Sanders has claimed a decisive victory in the Nevada Democratic caucuses hes more than doubled his lead over his closest rival in recounting cementing his place as the front runner for the democratic president ial nomination right up to date coming up next here it is there its inside story. Is the wild Health Organization mishandling the well dried response to the corona virus as the u. N. Agency warns that the window to contain the outbreak at the narrowing house should the w. H. O. Stop the spread is inside story. Of and welcome to the program i missed a now more and more country is our reporting cases of the coronavirus the world Health Organization is worried that some of the new infections appears to have no direct link to china where the outbreak was 1st reported in december new deaths have now been reported in iran and italy and south korea the number of infections more than doubled on saturday