West african nation for more than 50 years. Thousands of people are being screened in towns and cities locked down in several countries as the world races to contain the corona Virus Outbreak thats killed more than 2300. 00 People Health officials are now worried that they cant trace the origins of hotspots appearing around the globe the infection rate is slowing down in Mainland China where the outbreak began more than 76000. 00 cases have been reported but numbers a surging elsewhere at least 5 people have died in iran which now has a total of 28. 00 cases some pharmacies theyre running out of mosques and Hand Sanitizer in europe a dozen northern italian towns are effectively in lockdown after 2 people died and at least 58 were infected many of whom who had no direct link to china and south korea has recorded an 8 fold jump in cases in just 4 days with 433 infections most of them linked to a church and a hospital at least 3 people have died bribe reports from the city of daegu. The streets of daegu are eerily quiet fear of the disease means most people here are heeding warnings not to venture out those who do are careful about where they go and whom they meet. For more money as long as we were a mask and washing hands properly we can get through this i think i hate wearing a mask but now i have to wear it all the time its hard to go out and i avoid cafes business in this normally bustling city of 2 and a half 1000000 has been brought to a virtual standstill 102 hope tonight i opened my shop today just in case there might be some customers but theres been none so ill soon close up and go home nearly half of the infections are linked to a church in this building which is locked up and deserted Church Members have been told to quarantine themselves while medical teams are quickly testing them for the corona virus in daegu in the neighboring county of chung though more Testing Centers have been set up and hospital wards designated to treat the flurry of new cases who counted you know you and im worried its like the whole city is in lockdown and people are afraid of coming here a large number of the new cases have been at a hospital in chango that could be linked to the outbreak here in daegu the infection has spread rapidly among patients and staff prompting the authorities to lock it down. The government says the situation is still manageable and that while new cases are being detected across south korea they seem to be people with links to this part of the country rather than from new clusters and. Further investigation is needed and many of the cases confirmed today are links back to the cluster is it a hopeful sign for south korea as it races to contain the spread but not much comfort for the people in daegu wondering how bad this outbreak will get. Bride aljazeera daegu south korea in northern italy public gatherings including sunday masses and football matches have been suspended while schools and shops have been shut athelstan for. The Lombardy Region of northern italy is in lockdown as mark cases of the covert 19 coronavirus are confirmed could dunya is effectively a ghost town after at least 3 people there tested positive for the virus the sudden spread has led local authorities to take swift action urging businesses schools and churches in several towns to close their doors several train stations are closed and tens of thousands of italians have been told to stay home as a precaution if. There is a higher level of panic now where in a mosque is the right thing to do but i think there is too much paranoia plays now and if you treat is going too far thats an attack if you dont know there is a lot of panic the situation maris us or we can do is wait and see what happens. Doctors suspect a hospital near cafe have helped spread the virus and theyre trying to limit the outbreak. We are working to identify the people who came into direct contact with those who are confirmed to have the virus these tests weve done so far appear to show 3 more cases of the coronavirus the corona virus has spread to 8 countries in europe including germany france and the u. K. Catherine stansell. In iran 2 cities have been put on lockdown and authorities have ordered trains and buses to be cleaned daily beggars in toronto with more on how iranians are reacting to the outbreak. The government has been announcing some measures to deal with this fire us now we know that all cultural events concerts including Film Screenings have been canceled from tomorrow in the cities of iraq the schools are closed for a week the religious schools in calm where the Health Ministry thinks that this virus started from again closed tomorrow now on state t. V. Theyve been showing videos on how to wear the face masks properly and how people can wash their hands properly and now iraq has also suspended flights between the 2 countries iran has closed its land borders between the 2 countries and thats only. Only open for a week after they have been closed for 4 months because of the insecurity in the protests that were taking pace in iraq iran doesnt think it was safe for the pilgrims to travel but now again those borders are closed we know that kuwait are suspended flights between the 2 countries now there is concern out on the streets of that ron we saw people Wearing Masks we saw people question the governments account and also asking how many people actually affected they dont really trust the government and partly due to when that ukrainian airliner was shut down the government spent 3 days deny again people are suspicious but yes the schools are closed the cemeteries are closed concerts Film Screenings everything has been closed now to stop large numbers of people congregating. South sudans rival leaders have formed a unity government declaring an end to a civil war that killed more than 400000 people. Former rebel leader react machar has been sworn in as president salva kids deputy its the 3rd time theyre attempting to form a coalition the worlds youngest nation collapsed into conflict in 2000. 2 years after winning independence from sudan millions of people have been displaced by the fighting the president insists that peace is here to stay. We. Solemnly swear that we will Work Together to preserve the lives of our people. Their unity it will be our responsibility to restore. People. Want to believe. That it probably was also done have a morgan is in juba and says there are still issues to sort out lets remember 1st of all that this Transitional Government has been sworn in just under an hour ago has been formed after 9 months of delay so people are looking up to the government to see what kind of change they can bring and weve seen this in the newly sworn in vice for Vice President offered to me direct my charge and the countrys president salva kiir holding several meetings over the past 2 days both saying clearly that they are still a lot of outstanding issues the most prominent being the issues of security arrangements but they said that after the swearing in and after the formation of the Transitional Government and appointment of cabinet ministers and they will tackle those issues so people on the street and countrywide are looking to the government to solve the issue of the economy facing higher inflation as a result of the years of conflict in the country theres also the issue of the humanitarian crisis more than the countries called 1000000 population are in need of food aid to survive so these are the things rather the challenges that this Transitional Government will have to tackle in the coming 2 years before they go on to elections. Voting is underway in the Democratic Caucus a poll that will play a key role in deciding who will take on u. S. President donald trump in novembers election lets take a look at the candidates. Veteran senator Bernie Sanders is still being seen as the front runner leading the last 5 opinion polls in the state he lost to Hillary Clinton 4 years ago hes taken a lead ahead of Barack Obamas former Vice President joe biden who finished poorly in the 1st 2 states to vote as did senator Elizabeth Warren who still expected to pick up some more votes now the race has moved into a state with a more diverse electorate also hoping to make gains in a state with more minority voters but a judge who took the win in iowa caucus and came 2nd in New Hampshire but minnesota senator Amy Klobuchar will be challenging him for some of the same voters she managed 3rd place in the last poll in New Hampshire rounding up the pack is the billionaire businessman tom style but he failed to get enough support to qualify to take part in the nevada t. V. Debate and notable by his absence is another billionaire Mike Bloomberg despite outspending the other candidates hes not taking part in the nevada caucus but is focusing on other states for next month rob reynolds is in clark county and explains how the caucusing works. Well. Weve been observing the process here in this High School Cafeteria and its really quite fascinating let me just step out of the way and show you some of the the the different precincts have caucused in small groups they make an initial choice for their their top choice and now theyre in whats called the reconciliation phase which means that theyre trying to convince one another if their candidates were considered viable and there were others who were not considered viable theyre now trying to get those people who are in the nonviable camp over to join them. Overall its looking like a good day for senator Bernie Sanders he was in early polling considered to be the front runner nothing that weve seen here today is contra indicating that fact Bernie Sanders has been doing very well at this location and were hearing also about exit polling and entrance polling that indicates that that is the case right across the state especially here in the most populous area clark county which is home to las vegas interesting that there was a dispute between the Bernie Sanders camp and a powerful union the call an area Workers Union who have workers in all the big hotels in las vegas and there was the leaders of the union were not in favor of sanders but now it appears that the caucuses where most of those Union Workers were caucusing and looks like sanders has one big there so now its a race for 2nd place and that will be important Going Forward into the next round of big. Major voting in this on super tuesday when states like california texas massachusetts delegate rich states when they vote in early march whoever is coming in 2nd here after Bernie Sanders will be the one to watch. Youre watching al jazeera live from london still to come the doctors still caring for it lives victims in a hospital they have to keep secret its attacking. Ryanair boss michael and mary is accused of racism suggesting would be played by miss a more likely to be. Hello again welcome back to International Weather forecast well we are watching the gulf of carpentaria very closely right now thats up here towards northern part of our strong and notice all the clouds that is a cycle in the making potential its going to be esther when it does evolve into a cycle own we do expect to see possibly a landfall with the storm as of the strengthens here on monday as it makes its way slowly down here towards the South Southwest we do expect to see a lot of winds a lot of rain across much of the gulf copper terry as well after makes landfall on monday the storm system is expected to make its way a little bit more towards the west its going to be weakening but its still going to reducing a lot of rain across much of the Northern Territory here in australia slowly making its way over here towards the west now it could potentially go into the indian ocean and redevelop were going to be watching this very very closely as we go towards the end of the week well down here across the south though hobart over the next few days temperatures are on a little bit of a rollercoaster ride 24 degrees here and sunday as we go towards tuesday its plenty of sun in the forecast getting quite warm 27 really dropping here on wednesday at 17 and coming back up to about 19 degrees as we go towards mid week here in japan though the big storm system is making its way out into tokyo things are looking better with the temperature of 16. In 2009 a torture victim of the brutal argentine bedelia regime confronted his interrogator tortured. Has justice now been served for the atrocious crimes committed decades earlier i do youre telling me an investigation into the dark history of argentina why didnt they kill me in the end rewind interrogating him. On aljazeera. A reminder of the top stories here on aljazeera towns and cities have been locked down in south korea iran and italy as the spread of the corona virus continues nearly 78000 diagnoses have been now made globally. A unity government being formed in south sudan in a move thats hopeful and heres a fighting former rebel leader react the charge has been sworn in as 1st Vice President to head of state sell the care. And caucuses to choose the democratic nominee for the u. S. Presidency are underway in the state of nevada but he saw this is leading the polls followed by joe biden but a judge that is a bit worn and a make over charge. Just hours after polls closed in togos Election Security forces briefly surrounded the house of an opposition candidate. Joe is one of 6 challengers to president farai nothing but he who is widely expected to top the poll trip said they surrounded the property in the capitol for the politicians own safety nothing could secure his 4th time in office extending his half century will address reports from. 2 generations of women to have to choose a president. One is excited to vote for the 1st time. I am now 20 years old and happy to exercise my right to vote. The other voted in every election in the past 15 years is back again this year. By coming out to vote every time thats my way of trying to change institutions that dont work i will do this for as long as i live and if. Opposition leader. Cast his ballot in the capitol the former journalist and rights activist challenged president. Of the polls for more than a decade hes not happy with the run up to this election. For. Anyone to. Reach. The. Recovery meant. I was not. On the complaint is a possibility of fraud and denying access to Opposition Party agents the opposition hasnt been able to form a united front boosting the reelection chances of a 4th term for president forming as. He voted in people around 430 kilometers away from the capital. Of extending his 15 years and 53 years of his Family Status to. The president succeeded his late father. For 38 years after seizing power in a cool. Voting which is monitored by local and International Observers pass to peacefully in most parts of the country its a few hours since voting started in this polling station but the crowd has thinned out the Election Commission says thats because more poorly. To speed up the process but some talk of straight away unsure if their vote will make any difference. Counting the votes is expected to take longer this start less than 48 hours before the. Election commission announced a change to the counting process that could we should cited what it called credible information the process of transmitting results electronically from outside the capital had been targeted by hackers something the opposition is skeptical about. Aljazeera lummi iranian conservatives appear to be on course to win a majority in parliamentary elections the interior Ministry Says candidates affiliated to the revolutionary guards are leading in the capital tehran predictions indicate reformists have been beaten taking only 17 seats in the 290 Strong Parliament the conservatives are expected to take more than half of the seats fridays vote has been criticized as being stacked in favor of those loyal to Supreme LeaderAyatollah Ali Khamenei around 100. 00 protesters have been arrested in kazakstan during a crackdown on antigovernment demonstrations protesters gathered in the capital. And the countrys largest city almaty that angry about districts in stifling dissent and stopping the creation of Political PartiesOpposition Group leaders was arrested before the demonstrations could take place. Rad lots of although. On friday one day before the protest they detained my husband they detained him illegally and didnt explain why he was being arrested didnt have any order or notification they literally rounded him up and took him away until 5 am his supporters were starting in front of the Police Station and want given any information on him. The 1st day of a weeklong reduction of violence between the taliban and the u. S. Forces in afghanistan appears to be holding but that comes as its revealed that more than a 100000. 00 civilians have been killed or injured in the past decade reports. An unusual come in wardak province southwest of the Afghan Capital wha