After several days of declining figures the number of new corona virus infections in china has risen again only 2000 more people were reportedly effect infected on sunday the virus has now claimed 1770 lives on chinas mainland forcing some cities to tighten controls even further south than a city with more than 2500 cases of the virus has gone into a complete lockdown it comes as the u. S. Is getting back to waiting hundreds of people from the diamond princess cruise ship and japan 14 of those evacuated or put in containment on the flight to the United States after they were confirmed to have the virus and hong kong or spend reports of panic buying and one instance Armed Robbery stole hundreds of toilet paper rolls starr clark joins us now from hong kong so sara days 14 cases that i mentioned 14 u. S. Citizens that reported to have coronavirus what else can you tell us about that. Yes an extraordinary and unfortunate situation for those passengers on board that chartered aircraft the u. S. Had sent these aircraft to rescue the more than 300. 00 of the american citizens on board the diamond princess which is the the ship the cruise liner which was quarantined in york to hama in japan now those passengers who were infected prior to departure they will remain in yokohama in quarantine but as you just mentioned 14 passengers on departure on that aircraft have confirmed now tested positive to the crown of fire so they are infected shortly before boarding but clearly the u. S. State department of those of the medical offices onboard said this that particular passengers who were found to be infected before departure were found to be fit for flying another were put on us in isolation on board that aircraft in a selfcontained area on the airplane and now at least one of those flights as you mentioned has now landed at the Travis Air Force base in california and all those passengers have gone returned on that flight and they will now be put under strict isolation a 14 day quarantine period and those other passages who start show symptoms or develop those symptoms or also can fuck confirmed to be positive with the crown of ours infection or they will seek further isolation but certainly an extraordinary situation the u. S. Has already confirmed 15 cases in the u. S. Of the crime of virus infection and so clearly with these 14 new passages and with confirmation of what put testing positive that will nearly double the cases in the u. S. So there is a schedule session of the Chinese Parliament coming soon but we understand that its already going to be delayed postponed cancel what do we know about this. Well this is huge news and this is just developing and reportedly theres meant to be a meeting on february 24th to decide whether or not they will go ahead with that postponement now that this is chinas biggest annual political gathering which is held in beijing another 2 sessions which will be held in march 1 was on march 3rd and the other and much 5th but one source is suggesting that the risk of proceeding is simply too high and that simply until i can time the virus and know this they contain the actual virus although the spread of this virus within china or the risk is too high to go ahead but this and other obviously there are strict district contain rules across china a 14 days in a number of those provinces but the since young county has now confirmed it will extend that quarantine time to 21 days so those 3000 required the delegates the deputies who are needed to be attend that this particular political gathering in beijing a lot of those will be simply too hard for them to get to beijing as a result and its not just the deputies in the delicates were talking about a number of stuff theyre required to rid of here would minister at this particular session suggestions of up to 8000 people are required to be there now in other news the World Health Organization has also confirmed its going to send its delegation of experts to beijing sichuan and the quandong province theyve also confirmed that one drug which theyve been trying as now proved effective now as you mentioned earlier the cases in china certainly the number of infections it continues to rise about the number of deaths of fatalities the corona virus infections that has certainly thats for there are less deaths reported on sunday another by province it continues to be in lockdown about 16000000 people who remain in their homes and also in hong kong is a situation here where were seeing quite extraordinary panic buying its hard to buy rice its also hard to buy toilet paper theres been a lot of rumors of a lack of supply and overnight we had 2 burglars who basically stole a number of toss hundreds of toilet rolls from a supermarket as a result that this is this is unfortunate but extraordinary situation that the police have now arrested 2 of those particular cases the panic buying here in hong kong of a key are essential supplies that people think are running ouch ok sorry clark with the latest from Hong Kong Sara thank you. And chinas government is working to limit the Economic Impact of the virus attacks and senators are being rolled out to help encourage companies to return to work millions of workers have been off the job for weeks now as the government tries to limit the spread of the virus. 50 percent of our employees have returned to work bringing our Production Capacity to 50 percent we predict all of our workers will be back on their post by the end of february and a Production Capacity will return to normal the governments also ruled out some measures to help enterprises and ensure their normal operation so were encouraged and feel confident. At least 5 people have been killed by a car bomb in a turkish controlled town in syria 5 others were injured when it detonated in the town of tel aviv near the Turkish Border dozens of civilians have been killed there by a number of car bombs since turkish back forces drove out the kurdish wife e. G. Fighters in october turkish state media have blamed the attack on why peachey syrian state media is reporting that Government Forces have recaptured parts of aleppo province which was once controlled by rebels president Bashar Al Assads forces have made significant gains over the past several days seizing strategic empires highway which links aleppo with the with major syrian cities turkey which backs a section of the opposition is trying to stop those advances by rebels who have abandoned areas and aleppo and it live now see turkeys increased involvement is the only way to regain ground or borrow reports on turkeys border with syria. These are fighting for the National Liberation front a Rebel Alliance backed by turkey outgunned and outnumbered the fighters secret behind in you directed at the Bank Merchant on the other side Government Troops are stepping up their campaign. Thought more about the 100 services we are consolidating our defense lines setting up small flexible command centers where most of the factions are coordinating their operations and are in is to drag Government Forces into our own areas fighting has surged over the last few days president Bashar Al Assads forces have regained control of many areas in and. There its bands infuriated turkey which accuses of violating the terms of a cease fire agreement turkey signed with russia and iran 2 years ago unka has sent more troops into it and expanded its military outposts despite that damascus in. Its campaign wont stop turkeys growing involvement in the syrian conflict is welcomed by the rebels who see it as an opportunity for a cold. We are still fighting to prevent assads army and the militias backing him from destroying our villages and evicting civilians the morale of our fight is high and we are all determined to defeat assad the rebels have been weakened by internal fighting and divisions the National Liberation front is one among many operating in rebel held territory but hey at the us. Is the most powerful its an alliance of many groups with a strong presence in it live the rebels have no hope of defeating assads troops who are making more gains and determined to take over the last area held by the opposition now their last chance is that turkey increases its military presence in syria stops the government offensive and imposes a ceasefire but such agreement would be decided by 3 key powers russia turkey and iran. The tie on turkeys border with syria gunshots were heard in tear gas fired during the latest antigovernment demonstrations in iraq or testers fought with Police Use Smoke Bombs to disperse crowds in baghdad on sunday or testers say their tents were set on fire by Security Forces im fatter day around 550 iraqis have been killed during months of protests against corruption and employment and lack of government services. And the Supreme Court has ruled that women and the army must be given the same Career Opportunities as men and means female officers can now apply for Permanent Commissions which opens up command roles its not yet clear the open will be able to take part in active combat and court Indian Government argued that many male soldiers would not accept female superiors just said it was an insult to question the ability and achievements of women and the army was a problem has more from new delhi. Where at the Supreme Court when a female officers celebrating the judges decision the courts told the government that female officers should have whats called Permanent Commission that is they should be allowed to say for the same duration as they may encounter. In Defense Forces finally come. Ecstatic about the decision its a wonderful decision its a decision thats come up and it tells everybody that. Everyone there. Are no different and the women are no different so its about equality for the Supreme Court also said that the government needs to change its mindset and thats because Permanent Commission was posited by the Delhi High Court in 2010 but challenge by the government which cited physiological features and societal norms as reasons why women couldnt have equality in the. Now the Supreme Court said that the governments grounds for denying Permanent Commission and for denying command positions disturbing and need to be changed they cannot be accepted female officers hope that this paves the way for them to come on positions in all branches of the indian army. And he has rejected an offer by the un chief to mediate the kashmir dispute delhi says its a bilateral issue. General intending to terrorists made the offer during a visit to pakistan as im about as pressure on n. D. After it withdrew kashmir as autonomy last year. And im deeply concerned about the increase in tensions that we have witnessed last year i have repeatedly stressed the importance of exercising maximum restraint and taking steps to deescalate bill smily thirdly invertible why rectory thing my offer to exist size my good offices should both sides us diplomacy and dialogue remain the only tools that get into peace and stability. Still ahead on aljazeera feeling forgotten the appeal for help for afghan refugees and pakistan. Also we take a look at markets painting a different vision of the future. Of. How i welcome to look at the International Full costs of showers across Southeast Asia the heaviest of the n. T. Malaysia maybe into indonesia as well but we will see some showers just cropping up around the philippines over the next couple days the northeasterly winds driving some showers there into lose on central parts of the country to central and southern parts of vietnam also seeing some rather lively showers from time to time and even down into the southern areas that thailand for a time will see some very wet weather dried day here as we go on through wednesday the wetter weather will be across borneo and indonesia into poppy new guinea a few showers to cross the fall north of australia but the major area of heavy rain still over towards at least the side of the country to see this little clutch of storms here into New South Wales thats all sinking a little further south was away some showers that will sydney as we go on through tuesday 30 celsius in the full costs the heaviest rain will be into the far south of New South Wales just pushing into victoria that eastern side of toria in particular and some very windy weather there across tasmania over the next day or 2 the shallowest tend to ease a little further ways with as we go through wednesday the still there nevertheless a slushy fog in try for new zealand. 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And the Supreme Court has all the women in the army must be given the same Career Opportunities as men and means female officers can now apply for Permanent Commissions which opens up command roles but its not yet clear from it will be able to take part in active combat it. A Taliban Attack on an afghan army as to kill 5 soldiers at happened in the northeast city of can do 3 soldiers were also killed in that attack Afghan DefenseOfficials Say they responded with air strikes on the taliban positions and they killed many of their fighters General Motors is pulling out of Australia New Zealand and thailand as part of its years long Global Restructuring across all 3 countries the company employs almost 2 and a half 1000 people the company is expected to wind down operations in all 3 countries by next year and there are plans to make similar changes in japan russia and europe General Motors says its focusing on more lucrative markets in north america and china regrettably despite the tireless work of many good people the Business Case could not meet jims investment thresholds. Factors working against further investment holden included the highly fragmented domestic markets for the raw and drop product. The economics of supporting the brand. And obviously getting to an appropriate level over to them our investment from armless lets talk to automotive analyst lauren fix who joins me from buffalo new york via skype lauren thank you so much so what are your issues specifically in Australia New Zealand thailand are they are they are similar issues i mean is it just that theyre not making enough money but broader than that why is that. Well obviously youre talking about a brand such as holden youve watched their numbers drop from 12 percent over the last 10 years dropped on a 9 percent market share so youre not selling the vehicle its because consumers dont want that product specifically or not unfortunately it means that they have to shut down plants in this case theyre literally stopping producing the name holden which is a pretty historic name in australia both shutting down plants means jobs but if youve got to save money for a company that just went through 40 days of a shutdown with the u. A. W. Among other issues theyve got to look at where theyre making money and where theyre not and cut their losses so as i also said theyre looking to do similar things and at other places as well japan russia and europe what what what is g. M. Going through right now theyre looking at a Global Restructuring so when theyre looking at where we making money were we not making money where we have market share recently they sold off opel to p. S. A. And p. S. A. Actually made a very Great Success out of it but in the case of General Motors it just wasnt selling under the name and that styling so theyre going to have specialty cars in those markets depending upon what that market needs whether its trucks cars or worse or performance you know such as the new corvette but i think its going to be better for them to cut back and better get a new grip on those countries before trying to you know jus