just two weeks after the most severe covid restrictions were lifted, cases are reported to be surging, but authorities have only acknowledged seven deaths. what is going on? let s cross to hong kong now speak with ben cowling, chair professor of epidemiology at the school of public health at the university of hong kong. great to get you on the programme, part professor. from a public health standpoint, help reliable is that you can t covid deaths the way that chinese authorities are doing? there is a debate around the world about how we count covid deaths because in some places if someone gets covid and gets hit by a bus the next day it is mild but is considered a death because it is within 28 days of testing positive. in china, they have gone to the other extreme and only count the covid death if they test positive and die of respiratory failure, so not something else
of a vote in which she s running for a parliament and says she is encouraged by the rising political awareness of the people of myanmar. and audits of apple s largest supplier in china found a long list of workplace violations i including failure to adequately pay for overtime hours and the lack of true union representation, foxconn says it will bring itself into compliance within the next 16 months. much more ahead on cnn. world business today starts right now. good morning to you out there from cnn london, i m nina dos santos. an audit outlines failures at foxconn. so will factory reform there s signal a change for the industry? labor laws are also in the spotlight in spain today. austerity protests turned violent. and a story that s the talk of the town here in corruption-conscious hong kong, billionaire brothers have been arrested into a probe in alleged bribery. just an hour into trading here in europe, and look at the turn of events here, after spending a