For survival. Below chinas foreign minister has accused some countries of causing panic over the corona Virus Outbreak yang made the comments in the german capital as a big drop in the number of new infections was reported by Health Officials inside china there were just over 2600 recorded on friday a little over half the previous day the death toll has now passed 1500. Some countries have stepped up measures including quarantine measures which are reasonable and understandable but some countries have overreacted which is triggered unnecessary panic Farge Adrian Brown is in hong kong and he says if accurate the figures from Chinas Health Commission Show a positive development. This information these statistics are coming from Chinas Health commission and you always have to be careful i think with Chinese Government statistics i spent 5 years covering china and i was always very skeptical of figures you got from the government especially concerning you know its g. D. P. And i think you
Recorded a day or like summer. Chinese Health Authorities have confirmed almost 5000 new coronavirus cases and hoop a province that is the epicenter of the outbreak also announced 116 more deaths in the region on thursday there are now nearly 52000 people and the province with the virus new cases surged by almost 15000 on wednesday after doctors and who they changed the method of testing for the illness joins us live from beijing with the latest so theres been this huge number increases in the in the number of cases training but the government is trying to form some sort of new treatment tell us about that. Thats right so the government with this new these new increases we had another 4000 cases announced in the last 24 for hours and then theyre trying to tell the public look this is all because of the change in diagnosis it wasnt the fact that there was a jump in these figures this is the people who are suspected cases those suspected cases and now being move over to these confirmed c
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
President attorney general bill bar says trump squeeze on making his job impossible. Coming up in sports 2 joints of african Football Players one of the continents major titles away from home soil supercoach kicks off in qatar. Thank you for joining as the Chinese Government has confirmed that 6 healthcare workers have died from corona virus more than 7500 others have been infected most of them in a province the epicenter of the outbreak this increases concerns about a shortage of medical resources. Which it was 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 documents we have imposed special requirements on hudson the personal protection of medical workers. Meanwhile 218 people on board a cruise. In japan have been in. A ship in japan h
English premier league holders month to cities say they will appeal after being banned from the Champions League for 2 seasons for breaching new wafers financial rules. Story this hour the u. S. Is saying its reached a reduction of violence agreement with the taliban which could lead to the withdrawal of american troops from afghanistan a Senior Administration official told reporters the week long pact is very specific covers all Afghan Forces and if successful could lead to a more permanent deal it follows a protracted negotiations in doha that and the meeting between the u. S. Secretary of state might pay 0 and the afghan president carney at the Munich Security Conference where al jazeera is jonah hall is also in munich and explains what more we know about the meant. We dont have a formal announcement date or indeed a time when this 7 day period would come into effect we understand the details are very specific it is to apply nationwide across afghanistan to. Roadside bombs suicide b