Available almost immediately as president is pressing regulators to fast track potential treatments. Traumatized by war now terrified of the virus well look at efforts to prevent an outbreak in the camps of Northern Syria. Also ahead 4 men are executed for a gang rape and murder that shocked india. Has now killed more people in italy than anywhere else its death toll more than 3400 surpassed that reported by china where the virus 1st emerged iran spain and germany chad more than 15000 cases worldwide according to Johns Hopkins university more than 242700 people have contracted the illness while over 85000. 00 of them have recovered a total deaths are approaching 10000. 00 the u. S. Death toll is now at 200. 00 President Donald Trump says hes pushing regulators to fast track rhinovirus treatments including an antimalaria drug but his own officials later talked that down more on that in a moment 1st lets begin in italy paul brennan has our report. Its. The head of the World Health Organi
Qureshi talks to aljazeera. Across south korea the birth rate is plummeting. As families move to the cities rural towns are losing their residents and their schools. Power and then. Changing it in those in the. Mean time i think. But some communities are trying new ways to keep their classrooms open you want it all not at all ya know all the all have seen one no one east meets the grandmother is finally fulfilling their dreams for an education while helping save koreas school. Its the start of a new school day but 65 year old part killing soon is not your typical 2nd grader. Were this time. That out had their one and. Canada was. Yeah one big bad im going home again you know. Shes one of 3 grandmothers and rolled in the 2nd grade at bangor in Primary School nestled in the picture rest farmlands near the city appealing chang. But this is a school in crisis at its peak there were close to 700 students here today there are only 22. The grandmas share a classroom with just 28 year olds the
Out in malaysia a travel ban and border closures are just one hour away. Also 2 bomb explosions outside a Government Office in Southern Thailand as a coronavirus meeting was taking place. And a 2nd attempt to end months of uncertainty in iraq a former Regional Governor is named as Prime Minister designate. And im peter scimitar the limburg chief hold emergency talks about 2020 and footballs European Championships have been called off by you way for as the impact of corona virus continues to be felt. Good to have you with us on the news a doctor working at the epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic in italy has a warning for fortys elsewhere act now italys the hardest hit country in europe with 2158 deaths related to the virus makeshift hospitals are being set up to deal with the spread of the disease and doctors said a ton of says the virus has put health care under unprecedented stress. But as you know what is really shocking something weve not been able to forecast and which brought u
Infections that nears 14 found. And israels president to ask the Opposition Leader betty guns to form the next government to end a year of political style. So then its italy has recorded the 25 percent increase in coronavirus deaths its largest single day uptick 368 people died on sunday putting the total past 1800 thats nearly a week after a nationwide lockdown was declared on 16000000 people restricting travel and banning public gatherings italy is the worst affected country outside china journalist julie unlikeness explains the strain on the Health System in northern italy. Biggest emergency is still quite contained to the north of italy the region lombardy especially. And its slowly spreading south thanks to the emergency measures that the government has put forth but lamberti is there for me every day ask for help because their hospitals are overcrowded they have been moving some of their patients to sow than hospitals because they do not have any more beds for people with coronav
To aljazeera. Hello and welcome to rewind. Back in 2014 liberia was locked in a desperate struggle to control an epidemic of the ebola virus journalist Sorious Samura is from neighboring sierra leone and in a remarkable documentary he followed liberias poorly paid and in the quips Health Workers they risked their lives to treat the infected and recover the bodies of the dead and were talking with sorious in a while 1st here is his powerful film liberia living with ebola. Ebola is named after a river a force of nature it flows through countries and it feeds like we had droney. The outbreak in west africa claimed its 1st victim in a small village in cells on guinea. Fish and 0 was a 2 year old boy but how he caught the disease is still a mystery for more and asked the disease for it no one knew what it was in march the warhead its all going to zip shown or w. H. O. Announced that the disease was ebola but by then it had already infected almost 100 people. Food and was on its way to neigh