A 1st for antarctica temperatures hit a record high adding to growing fears about global warming. Hello for the 2nd day in a row the number of corona virus cases has surged in the chinese province of the heart of the outbreak officials at who base a nearly 5000 new infections were confirmed on thursday the rest of china reported fewer than 300 new cases who also had 160 more deaths new cases had surged by almost 15000 the previous day after doctors and change the method of testing for the illness katrina use in beijing and she says another surge in case numbers doesnt necessarily mean the outbreak is getting significantly worse. This week the government has said that theyre really saying this is a pivotal week in fighting the outbreak they seem to be changing things up a little bit so as you mentioned theres been a change in the how theyre diagnosing these cases of the new coronavirus all curve of 19 doctors no longer have to rely on one single type of test they can now use things like
Search for their relatives. The u. S. Senate passes a new law curbing the president s power to attack iran. The 2nd day in a row the number of coronavirus cases has surged in the chinese province at the heart of the outbreak officials in who say almost 5000 new infections were confirmed on thursday the rest of china reported fewer than 300 new cases bringing the countrys total to more than 55000 while there still isnt a cure one hospital says there are signs that blood transfusions from people whove recovered from the virus could be an effective treatment the World Health Organization says the mortality rate of the virus is at around 2 percent which is less fatal than the sols epidemic of 17 years ago all right lets go live now to hong kong our correspondent there brown adrian so we are in danger of losing ourselves in a focus to to states how much confidence do the people of china have in the numbers that are being given out on a daily basis by the chinese government. I think it depen
Simple and digging for the truth families of mexicos drug war victims accuse the government of failing them in the say for their relatives. Coming up in sports 2 giants of african football play form of the continents major titles away from home soil as the super cup kicks off in qatar. Thank you very much for joining us the Chinese Government has confirmed that 6 healthcare workers have died from corona virus more than 1700 others have been infected most of them in a province c. F. The center of the outbreak this raises concerns about the shortage of medical resources. The National Health commission is very concerned about this with issue technical guidelines for the prevention and control. Corona virus infections within medical institutions and weve given a special notice of virus controls to key areas and the fever departments of key hospitals through these documents we have opposed to special requirements on hudson the personal protection of medical workers now there are nearly 6500
Continent of snow and ice. In 1911, the norwegian Roald Amundsen became the first person ever to reach the south pole, the last region of earth that was still unexplored and uninhabited by humans. In 1959, 12 nations signed the antarctic treaty, pledging to use the region only for peaceful purposes, and particularly for scientific research. Today, there are around 80 research stations in the antarctic, used by 4000 scientisists from all over the world. We wanted to know what its like to spend months in the cold and ice, and so we headed there, starting at the airport close to the russian Polar Research station, novolazarevskaya. Reporter approaching antarctica from the air. On board thihis aircraft are scientists from m ten differet countries. Theyll be spending the polar summer doing their research here. This y year, the team from belas is especially large. Aleksey belarus has very big program for science. Biologists, cosmologists, and geophysicists. Now, were building our station. Re
About a Controversial Court case. Coming up in sports. African football play for one of the major time away from home soil as the caps super cup kicks off in qatar. Is stepping up its war on the corona virus as the number of deaths rises to nearly 4000 nearly 1400 president xi jinping is vowing to boost virus prevention measures and to fix problems exposed by the crisis in. The National Health commission is very concerned about this with issue technical guidelines for the prevention and control of corona virus infections within medical institutions and weve given a special notice on virus control for key areas and the fever departments of the hospitals through these 2. Commits we have imposed special requirements on hearts in the personal protection of medical workers hundreds more military medics have started work in hospitals in will hand the epicenter of the epidemic but theres growing concern about the availability of medical supplies as the number of infections rises or most all o