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Coronavirus disease named Covid-19

CRONAVIRUS NAME CHANGED:

We have a new name for the coronavirus the World Health Organization has officially called it Covid 19 Co for Corona viper virus diva disease and 19 because of it started last year the name there, of course.

RATE OF DEATH:

Isn't the most pressing concern on Monday in China it suffered its highest number of deaths in one day a hundred and three people died just in Hubei Province alone the overall death the toll in China is now over a thousand and more than 40 thousand people have been infected.Worldwide if there's any encouraging news when it comes in the form of this chart from the Chinese authorities show that the rate of new infections have started to fall twenty percent day-to-day in the last 48 hours nonetheless the World Health The organization remains concerned about it spreading particularly in developing countries.here's the latest update from the who's director-general if this the virus makes it to a weaker health system it will create havoc, to be honest, a theCovid 19 the virus is more powerful in creating political economic and social upheaval than any terrorist attack well as you'd imagine China continues to take a range of measures to try,And control this virus let me show you some of the most recent pictures this is in Wuhan the city,

Where the virus was first, detected and these trucks are firing disinfectant all over the streets we also have these pictures from inside one medical the facility we know thousands of patients requiring treatment in Wuhan alone and these pictures are also from Wuhan in a different Hospital where they believe it or not.

These are medics wearing full gear as you can see along with patients all of whom are dancing together to try and boost morale and we also have better news from these pictures the people were seeing getting into this particular ambulance of people.We're told have been released from the hospital because they've recovered from the virus well health officials in China is also warning there's a particular problem in rural areas the doctors there don't have enough equipment and they want these village doctors to be given face masks and medical supplies to ensure the doctors themselves don't become infected.Now they may have to be patient on this the front gave the pressures we know are being exerted on Chinese supply chains on that issue.Here Steven McDonald Beijing there's a crucial shortage of beds and equipment people have been sleeping in gymnasiums and the like affair sick they're sort of setting up these the kind of crude temporary hospitals to act as isolation wards,And so yeah it is a pretty dire the situation inside whom a province but right across China I mean it's funny if you had seen detail like out the window behind me.

TERRITORY OF BEIJING:

There's nobody out on the streets in Beijing either people do not want to leave their homes and in a funny way it's the way the government would like it to be because by not having people gathering by having so many people in this city working from home or having staggered working arrangements,So they're not all piling into the underground train system at the same time does seem to have slowed the spread of this virus now I know many hundreds of foreign nationals have chosen to leave the epicenter of the outbreak Wuhan Hubei province but some have chosen to stay.We've been hearing from Doug Perez, he's a science and math the teacher from the US but he's staying on alongside his Chinese girlfriend and his dog going out doing basic stuff its kind of like a game of Tetris you really do have to stay six feet away from people,So when you walk outside you're careful you're cognizant of everything you do everyone you interact with you have to wear gloves masks etc.And we mostly rely on deliveries for groceries we've stocked up we could hold out for a couple of months still we need fresh fruits and vegetables sometimes we do have to make a grocery run and that and of itself poses tremendous risks well in recent days,Chinese authorities have been increasingly critical criticized for their handling of the crisis in particular that's been driven by the death of the doctor who in December warned that a possible virus was emerging and that information was suppressed by the authorities and his death caused widespread public anger.Well China's now sacked several senior officials over their handling of this coronavirus outbreak let's hear more on that from Stephen MacDonald again somebody had to take the fall because there's been a lot of especially in terms of dealing with the early fallout of this emergency in the city of Wuhan in the province of Hebei,So the Communist Party general secretary and also the director of those provinces local health Commission they've both been sacked but I think we don't expect it to end there now The Chinese government is well aware of how closely its actions are being watched around the world on that issue.Here's Imogen Fuchs at the WH o's headquarters in Geneva there always is some politics in these issues China's very sensitive about criticism that it may not have told the truth at the beginning that it may not be handling the Covid 19 virus well Taiwan is asking as it always does when global health matters to come up to be treated as its own entity its own individual country which of course, it is not recognized as such by the UN bodies.