The flu with most of all since the outbreak of infections in europe and germany the situation has worsened considerably. Besides the point. Also coming up at the Berlin Film Festival alewife time Achievement Award goes to a woman known as the queen of british cinema. Its helen mirren we did all the act is triple an author and me a teddy now she can add a gold that at least thats coming up on the day. When to our viewers watching on p. B. S. In the United States and all around the world welcome but we begin the day with new cases of the coronavirus that have doctors puzzled in california and here in germany the 1st cases have been reported of people who became infected but not by any known. The means of Trans Mission now that is an unsettling new mystery as the world prepares for more corona Virus Outbreaks germany and california are now reporting as we said the 1st cases of the coronavirus that have no obvious means of transmission today the World Health Organization said that efforts to stop the virus have never been as important as they are now this is what we know tonight new infections outside china now outnumber those inside this map it shows the severity of the epidemic around the world the deeper the blue the higher the number of reported cases china which is you know ground 0 of the 1st outbreak is still well out in front with more than 78000 recorded infections is followed by south korea iran and italy all together 50 countries and territories now have confirmed cases the overall global total is now and more than 82000 in a moment will go to the w. H. O. Coronavirus headquarters in geneva and ill ask about these new cases of mysterious infections but 1st here is more on the virus that is showing no signs of slowing. The south korean city of daegu has been hit by these virus containment measures are in full swing the streets there are being fumigated and medical stuff and collecting samples from people in selfimposed quarantine south korea has the most number of diagnoses coronavirus cases outside china and its desperate to stop those numbers from rising mosques are in short supply with huge lines of places selling them. I only have 5 or 6 masks left at home but i think the current Virus Outbreak will last till the end of much theres never enough masks and i will certainly need more. You know. Across the korean strike japan too is getting serious about stopping the virus in its. Schools will be closed from next week that means almost 13000000 students will be staying at home. A Graduation Ceremony is coming up soon so its quite a hectic time of year but most important thing is preventing infections so theres not much else we can do. In the middle east and the outbreak in iran is intensifying inside need by saudi arabia is not taking any chances either the kingdom of pilgrims from entering the country and visiting the holy sites in mecca and medina. Theres an increased presence of this disease in several countries including those near saudi arabia increases the risks so protecting pilgrims and the 2 holy mosques and god forbid the sacred sites from the arrival of this disease is very important. The decision will affect muslims wide millions by the annual pilgrimage to mecca during the holy month of ramadan which begins in 4 wakes. And for more now we want to go to Margaret Harris of the World Health Organization she is working with the w h os Coronavirus Team in Geneva Switzerland good evening to you margaret weve got these new reports here in germany and in the u. S. State of california the 1st reported cases with no obvious sources of transmission of the virus in other words we dont know how these patients caught the virus what more do you know about that tonight so when you have a report saying that it has no idea where it came from quite often you find really deep investigation when this happens quite often weeks later you do find the link so this stage is too early to say ok we dont know because theres more to find out so its not a reason to be alarmed that you would say that this is a a new turn in the coronavirus saga. No i mean obviously we always like to know where the infection came from so we can follow the link follow the courses help contain it but usually we do find sort of longer and deeper conversations generally or sometimes i do investigate some of the people around generally you do find the links let me ask you the Jerusalem Post is reporting that israeli scientists will have a Coronavirus Vaccine available in just 90 days in the newspaper citing a government minister in that article can you confirm that tonight we have heard lots of different reports what we do know is that there are least 4 very good potential backs in canda thats the problem because you need to do extensive testing on human volunteers that tell the people who say yes i willing to have it tested on me to see if its safe and you need to do that for at least 6 months so even if this promising science and there are some very promising sites around the world that testing needs to be done to make sure its safe to use on everyone but mother isnt it its troubling though and worrisome isnt it when you have a Government Ministry in this case israel telling the public that in the span of 3 months a vaccine is going to be ready for the public because that just cant be possible right. Well i havent seen the reports and you know you might remember the ministry may have said they can that that scene is good the science is good so sometimes the process is new is misunderstood so until ive actually seen. The the detail of that i couldnt give you an opinion either way but you know we know that countries are attacking this virus with different approaches in the United States for example the Vice President is now heading americas Coronavirus Program are you concerned about a politician with no medical training being in charge of a program like this again these are decisions that Different Countries make but it is important that this Political Engagement in every country because it is the leadership that makes a decision to get on it truly ready 14 so the important thing is to understand that this is going to come to your community and make the decisions you need to make about whos going to look after the sick whos going to bring in the extra Health Care Workers theres going to look after the health get workers make sure theyve got supplies have you got your largess ready all these things so that the questions that need to be almost in the answers need to be found today not tomorrow or writes the w. H. S. Marketeers joining us tonight from Geneva Switzerland with the latest on the battle against the coronavirus market as always we appreciate your insights thank you thank you when chances are you are watching the day online perhaps on demand or streaming it on social media social media is the same place where misinformation about the virus is spreading to the World Health Organization is calling on social media giants to do more to stop what is being called an inflow demick fake news about coded 19 is dangerous because it can prevent people from getting the facts that they need to protect themselves. As the corona virus spreads around the world theres another outbreak going viral misinformation online from scammers angling for a quick buck to shadowy actors so when chaos manipulators lie in wait. Here a website with wild exaggerations of the number of dead and infected false hype from a notorious american white supremacist and another Conspiracy Theory and the right wing Washington Times linking the corona virus to chinas bio Warfare Program a rumor rejected by Public Health scientists. Online peddlers are looking to profit from public panic selling products with unproven claims this influenza that is now circling the go youre saying that silver solution would be effective well lets say it hasnt been tested on this strain of the corona virus but its been tested on other strains of the corona virus and has been able to eliminate it within 12 hours another site advises people to ward off the corona virus by drinking chlorine dioxide a form of industrial bleach the u. S. Food and Drug Administration says is dangerous. Public Health Experts warn such false claims can cause the virus to spread further and faster distracting people from proven prevention techniques. The World Health Organization is fighting back putting pressure on social media giants to place reliable sources about the coronavirus higher in search results. And the w. H. O. Has launched its own Public Information task force. There are several measures you can adopt to protect yourself and others from getting the new coronavirus the appropriate use of math their top Counter Measure to descend permission is simply put in the truth out there with soap and water or alcohol based hand putting the truth of other things. Im joined here by my colleague alex forrest why do you know we just saw. Televangelist there jim baker so in part guards he knows that its not going to heal people from the coronavirus you why would anyone want to spread misinformation about this virus well thats an example to make a quick buck a bit of money printing even a preacher but i think what you know is more worrying in this in this case is the fact that its being used as a political weapon so not just misinformation but this information in so many guises spread across the world to worry people create fear and no trust in governments in authorities particularly healthful thora cheese so for example we had Health Officials in the u. S. Just this week saying theres been a huge number of russian trolls that have suddenly emerged over social media sites and they have been promoting some rather disturbing stories such as for example for the us they were the ones behind the coronavirus because they want to wage economic war on china that it was in fact the cia because they want they wanted to create a biological weapon or even on the other hand that it was china that created this for the same reason so all these different guises all these different posts out there none of none of them factually correct but still out there over social media and the internet to think today about facebook new facebook refuses to turn into political ads away even if theyre full of law is so im wondering what are social Media Companies doing now to control the spread of laws about the yeah and i think theyre very aware that this has become an info demick and that they have to do something so just last week they met with the World Health Organization facebooks head coaches instead it can finally when they try to come up with a strategy and theres no doubt that they have now been trying to promote factual content on the front of of their site so for example i was on facebook today and this came up. I typed in corona virus at the very top of the post it was asking if i was looking for information and it was linking to the German Federal ministry of health and even you know it would be the same and would have a country over him were obviously live in but if you just scrolling on facebook you might get a message like this suddenly popping up help prevent the spread of corona virus with some information about what you can do it on twitter its similar google its him if you put in the search the 1st thing it often pops up his information from the World Health Organization and also all these sites particular Facebook Page using more Fact Checkers at the moment that all looks and sounds good but we have to remind people unfortunately that once something is put on social media once its on the internet its there forever it is and of course these posts end up skipping top form so you may decide to facebook take it down but it appears interest to whatever it is and then the whole process starts again somebody could take a screen grab they can then share some private messaging such as well Facebook Messenger and remember these social media sites rely on people like you all made to flag out the posts that aunt official posts they then decide whether they should be taken down on them and so it goes on and on and on just like the virus at least for the moment i would force why hes always ill its the report. It was one week ago when a far right extremist with a gun killed 9 people from germanys immigrant community in the telling of one l. He also shot dead his mother before killing himself today german lawmakers were briefed on the investigation in a special session of the Parliamentary Home Affairs committee it cheerier minister horse does a whole for calling the killings the latest in a bloody trio of 4 right terrorists. In an open letter to germanys chancellor representatives of germanys immigrant communities called on politicians to do more against right wing extremism and racism they stress the lack of ministers with an immigrant background in the German Government they say a fundamental debate about racism needs to take place in German Society that. This could have happened to my brother my family my friends it could have happened to hundreds thousands or millions of immigrants or racialized individuals the message was very clear there is no safe place anymore in germany ought. To be Home Affairs Committee met thursday with National Security chiefs to discuss the hanau attack this is specter the attacker appears to have acted alone. The committee discussed possible stricter gun ownership laws the alleged attacker held a legal permit for his weapons. Who did he turn to was there anything unusual the authorities knew but. In cases like this do we not have to make sure that the gun permit is withdrawn if there will be reasonable doubts about high stable black person is. There was cross Party Agreement that German Society needs to do more to tackle racism. You Security Risk for the population is extremely high and theres a lot of uncertainty and there are simply people in this country who are afraid and this country this state the federal government needs to react decisively to not germanys immigrant communities are clear about one thing words alone will not be enough. I would join me now the big table is Patrick Symmes working as a member of the German Parliament and hes a member of the committee on internal affairs the committee that had that special meeting today its good to have you back on the show so what can you share with us from that meeting so after all its quite clear that this is something that is a racist try him its not just an ill person of course he is somebody who is doing such a crime must be mentally ill but he is a racist but he planned it he planned where he wanted to shoot people with a background so this is a racist crime and our minister of home affairs pointed out the very clear was there a sense of alarm in the meeting. Over the countries in syria minister so youre saying that this is the latest in a bloody line of extremist crime in what was what were you what was the mood like in the media yes of course we are shocked we were shocked when we when we saw this crime and were still trying to find out that connection to other people did the planet of the crime alone or maybe he had a connection or access to a network maybe in the internet so well look in to the background what kind of gun. He used to use this one gun thats called a cheska with this type of gun also in the. Killing so were trying to look at all direction to find out whats behind this investigators they say that the gunman was part of a radicalized far right Community Online i mean you told me last week that fighting radicalization online is probably one of the hardest things to do right now as its true its not like in former times that people meet each other they use the same platforms they go in the same shot groups so we have to get more access to the spaces where they are and then find connections and schemes where we can see a little bit early on when people drift away to to the extreme parts what about the criticism is just as borg that police and Security Forces in germany that they havent taken the far right extremism threat seriously was that discussed in todays meeting yes it was discussed and i think we have to get more policemen to to fight against right wing crimes and of course we looked in the islamistic. Sector or we looked in the in the left sector we looked in and many other fields but but we also have to look more in the really right extreme extremists pod and ill be doing that can you foresee that that this issue or this topic is going to be a major issue in the election next year of the National Election i think it will be because we have a mood in the country that one party of our parties in the parliament if he is pushing it was words and after words that come ac