South koreas announced emergency measures to try to contain a growing coronavirus outbreak there 156 confirmed cases make it now the worst affected country outside china within the past 24 hours one persons died theres been a surge of 52 new cases most of them linked to a church in the Southern City of daraa give you the citys mayor has urged millions to stay home and wear face masks meanwhile in the capital seoul Mass Gatherings and rallies have been banned and in japan the last of the passengers deemed healthy on board a korean teen ship are now being allowed to go home theyve been more than 500. 00 cases of infections on the vessel and theres been criticism about whether quarantine measures have actually been effective meanwhile in china a 118 more deaths were reported on thursday along with over 1100 new infections well go live to asia and brown in hong kong about the developments on the mainland in a while 1st so heres rob mcbride with the latest from south korea. This all happene