Coronavirus: New global outbreaks emerge - BBC News

Let's move on to the other main

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of the day: Fears are growing that it will not be possible to stop the

global

spread of the

coronavirus

and health experts have warned that the chances of containing it are diminishing as cases appear in more countries, most of them infections are still in China. But there are a number of major clusters elsewhere. Around 77,000 people have been infected. In China, where the virus

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d last year, there have been almost 2,600 deaths. South Korea, which has the highest number of confirmed cases outside of China, has more than eight hundred and thirty cases. eight people have died so far Iran says it has 61 cases of the virus and all twelve of those infected have died and in Europe Italy is the most affected more than 220 people have tested positive for

coronavirus

and there are six deaths reported eleven towns have been put on lockdown quarantine to try to contain the virus in a moment we will bring you the latest of our correspondence in China and South Korea, but first Mark Lowe and reports from Italy from the city of Catania, which is southeast of Milan, try to stop a virus that they cannot see struggling to contain the invisible behind barriers more than 50,000 people are in quarantine as cases rise and so do deaths Italy has the worst coronavirus outbreak in Europe, the third highest in the world after China and South Korea, we are following our instructions. says to block roads and ask people inside not to leave their homes unless absolutely necessary.

Well, this is the exclusion zone. Now on the road to the cordon, you are the center of the outbreak and you can see that it stops all the cars trying to enter here and everyone. Those who try to leave depend on where they have me, they have authorization if they can pass and the Carabinieri and the military are deciding whether or not to expand this exclusion zone in an attempt to control the spread of the coronavirus for some old people. mundane methods of sending supplies to an isolated town Teno delivering masks to her sister trapped inside she is grateful they have gone there they sent us photos of a pharmacy in colonial serving anxious queues down there and the man who filmed them told us of the growing feeling of fear we feel a little abandoned the

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we receive comes through WhatsApp or Facebook there are many false rumors about a drama mild panic oh people panicked yes people are panicking some convince themselves that it will happen others They are worried and may not sleep in nearby Milan, the cathedral that has resisted 500 years is closed, schools and universities are closed and in supermarkets panic is spreading faster than the virus and is also difficult to contain Mark Lowe on BBC News fear in northern Italy has driven thousands to Daegu In a frenzy of panic buying, they queued for hours, even running to the end of the lane in the hope of getting a mask, but some had to leave empty handed.

This is the first time we left the house in three days and I couldn't buy more masks anywhere else. There is an eerie silence. Only a few vendors have decided to open. I've been working in this market for 40 years, but I've never seen anything like this. Most residents have decided to stay home as officials race to find those. I have been infected, there are no travel restrictions for now while driving through the most affected areas, the local government sends alerts detailing virus hotspots to avoid each message has detailed notes of nearby confirmed cases, meanwhile doctors in the front line fight in medical centers. these images to show us the kind of precautions they are taking while treating hundreds of wheezing patients portugal in north korea claim to have new cases of corona virus after they closed their border with China in January, the 380 foreigners in the country have been Quarantine experts fear an outbreak in this secretive state where millions of people are malnourished could be catastrophic.

Back at the safe there is a sense of urgency. Officials say the next few days will be crucial if they want to prevent this outbreak from becoming an epidemic. Laura Baker BBC News Daegu China is doing everything it can to contain the virus. This is an infection control team in training, but there are still questions about its early response and silencing of doctors who tried to raise the alarm. Public anger has not disappeared here. He films while the doctors treat his mother but can't save her Then he films while a funeral car arrives The government thinks we're stupid They say it's a natural disaster He tells me but it's actually caused by humans If they had warned us in time He asks if he would die many people.

This is the World Health Organization, although it praised the actions China has taken. China has deployed probably the most ambitious and I would say agile and aggressive disease containment effort in history. What extent? Do you think cover-up and censorship played a role in allowing this virus to accelerate at the rate it did? I don't know, frankly, I didn't watch it to be completely honest, but what worries me most is the rest of the world learned the lesson of speed once China realized the danger. That speed, the rapid quarantining of cities and shutting down the economy, appears to have worked and is now being held up as a model for the world as the virus took hold. got out of control in Hebei province, it spread in smaller but significant areas to all provinces in China.

This is the picture of a disaster and it forced the government to act and this is what happened. The official figures show that in Bahia, although the numbers are still high, they are stabilizing and, for the rest of China, even better news is the numbers that have remained low thanks to those containment measures and, if we look further closely, they have been falling for more than a week. China has been so effective that the World Health Service organization says it is now safe to restart the economy, good news for this farm with blocked roads, of course, having reduced sales.

Wei Hong kun tells me that if China's control of information helped start the crisis, its control over its people could help solve it. but how many other countries could really replicate this john sud worthy of BBC News Beijing here in the UK? Although more than six and a half thousand people have been tested for the virus so far, only 13 have tested positive, including the four cases. aboard the Diamond Princess cruise ship in Japan have now returned home. Our medical correspondent Fergus Walsh explains how people can better protect themselves from coronavirus. The new crown virus spreads through airborne droplets when infected people cough, so if there are only a few of them. feet from them, you could inhale the virus if you touch an infected surface and then rub your eyes or mouth, which can also transmit it.

This is why washing your hands regularly is important, none of us have immunity to this virus so if there is a major outbreak. Any of us could become infected but it is worth emphasizing that it causes only a mild respiratory illness in four out of five people that will improve without any medical treatment. Symptoms begin with fever and dry cough. The older the age, the greater the risk of complications such as difficulty breathing. and Monia tone, especially for those with underlying health problems such as heart and lung disease and diabetes, but the biggest viral threat today is the seasonal flu, which causes thousands of deaths in the UK each year if we go small. limited

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here we could see the same type of quarantine restrictions that have been tried in other countries, school closures are possible, as is the postponement of sports matches and other public events, anything where large groups of people congregate, but if cases appear everywhere in the country, then it will not be possible to close the communities; instead, the focus will be on getting people to self-isolate.

The longer we can keep this virus at bay the better because with the warmer weather there is a chance that cases will start to decrease. I was focused. There, our medical correspondent, and continuing with this story it's been a pretty turbulent day in the

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financial markets that fell today as concerns grew about the impact of the coronavirus with me in the studio is our economics editor, Faisal Islam, so What are the markets doing? on sharp falls around the world in the US. The Dow Jones Industrial Average has just closed with a drop of more than a thousand points, just over three percent, which was followed by the closing in the European markets of between three and a four per cent drop in the UK, the steepest daily drop in four and a half years with airlines such as Just as uz jet and Ryanair lose large fractions of their value, so do travel companies such as tui and Carnival, which operates cruises and mining companies with large exposure to China, lose tens of billions in the UK stock market and also in the European stock markets, and then what we have seen today from the other reporters is that the groups and quite extensive groups in Italy and South Korea have stoked those fears again, it's a health story primarily, but if the health story stays out of control then you have a real economic impact, well that's pretty much it again ISIL is there, you can always configure it. he