three million brexit coins go into circulation on friday to commemorate the day britain leaves the european union. and foreign correspondence based in london gave us their take on china s handling of the coronavirus outbreak in dateline in half an hour. the president of china has said his country is facing a grave situation after the number of cases of coronavirus rose sharply to nearly 2000. chinese officials say the virus is infectious in its incubation period, before symptoms show, making it harder to contain. chinese state media say 56 people have now died. chinese president xijinping held a special goverment meeting on the lunar new year public holiday, where he warned where he warned that the spread of the virus is accelerating. a nationwide ban on the sale of wildlife has been imposed. it s believed the outbreak stemmed from the illegal sale of animals at a wuhan fish market. elsewhere, the us has announced that staff at its wuhan consulate will be evacuated on a spe
flames, killing five people including his 13 year old daughter. tributes to kobe bryant have been pouring in from around the world. we will bring you all the latest from oui’ correspondence. will bring you all the latest from our correspondence. also tonight. china reveals the coronavirus, which has claimed 56 lives, is infectious before symptoms show, making it harder to contain. a cabinet minister signals the high speed rail link hs2 will be given the green light, despite spiralling costs. the dangers of smart motorways which operate without a hard shoulder. the government is set to act after dozens of deaths in five years. and on the eve of national holocaust memorial day, we hear from the germans who helped save their fellowjewish citizens. translation: we didn t see this as heroic. we saw it simply as a way of helping someone, no matter how or why they had got into trouble. good evening. one of basketball‘s all time great players, kobe bryant, has died in a helicopte
officials in beijing have warned that the new virus that has killed 56 people in china and spread to several other countries is infectious in its incubation period. the president of china has said his country is facing a grave situation after the number of cases of coronavirus rose sharply, to more than 2,000. meanwhile here, the department of health says that it has carried out 52 tests for coronavirus and all have come back negative. the government says it is monitoring the situation closely and will continue to work with the world health organization and international community. well, within the past hour canadian officials have been briefing the press about the first case of coronavirus. the province of ontario have informed us that they have a case of coronavirus. the patient had recently returned from wuhan in china and is in isolation. the laboratory is expected to complete testing within the next 2a hours. this represents the first case of coronavirus in canada. we
the dangers of smart motorways which operate without a hard shoulder. ministers are set to act after dozens of deaths in five years. another chance! he has done it ain! liverpool stunned as league one minnows shrewsbury fight back to earn a replay in the fa cup fourth round. that and rest of the day s sport in half an hour. the government has said it is looking at all options to help britons leave areas of china, where the coronavirus has killed 56 people and infected at least 2,000 more. the united states is flying its consular staff out of wuhan, where the virus first emerged. china has stepped up travel restrictions and banned the sale of wildlife, as it attempts to control the spread of the disease. 0ur correspondent rupert wingfield hayes has sent this report. 0n the outskirts of wuhan, the race is on to beat the coronavirus. every bulldozer and excavator that can be found is being used to clear land for a 1,000 bed isolation hospital. it must be finished in two weeks. t