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  • it looked, quite frankly, scary.

  • Suddenly, in just one day, more than 15,000 newly confirmed cases of novel Corona virus or covered 19 and 254 deaths even the World Health Organization seemed taken by surprise.

  • But it was, we were told, a change in diagnosis.

  • Doctors and who Bay Province can now confirm a case with lung imaging rather than having to wait days for lab results.

  • This alos clinicians to move on, report cases more quickly and not having to wait for lab confirmation, ensuring that people get to clinical care more quickly.

  • Onda also allows public health responses in terms of contact tracing and other important public health measures to be initiated.

  • Whatever the true scale.

  • And many have said, it's far larger than the official figures show, they are battling to contain it here at its heart.

  • And Wu Han and who Bay Province More soldiers have Bean sent in crisis is unabated way are well prepared to work in the place with the harshest conditions, we can surely win the battle.

  • This picture, widely shared on social media, shows one apartment block and who Bay Province being sealed off while today wartime measures barring residents from leaving their apartments without permission were introduced in the number who.

  • Bay District Theo International toll remains low.

  • 447 reports from 24 other countries and two deaths.

  • Nearly half of those confirmed cases are from the Diamond Princess doctor off Yokohama, now officially the biggest cluster of covered 19 outside China.

  • Interesting for scientists, a nightmare for the passengers and crew They are still in quarantine today in the world.

  • The Brits evacuated from Wu Han were finally set free after 14 days heading home or to the pub.

  • Well, the weather is absolutely magnificent.

  • Some good fresh air and very, very, very happy that obviously all 83 of us have tested negative for the virus.

  • Nine cases have been confirmed in England, the most recent a woman who contracted the virus in China.

  • She arrived at Lewisham Hospital in south London in an uber taxi, contrary to official advice to stay at home and bring 111 if you feel ill in the case in London yesterday, this person reported her infection very quickly on DSO.

  • In that particular case, she was isolated very fast and so the risk to the public from that particular imported case is very low.

  • So the key thing is how many contacts does that initial case and contacts of the initial case, how many contacts of those individuals have nevertheless, to hospital staff members are now on self isolation and Uber said, without a hint of irony, that out of an abundance of caution, they temporarily suspended the driver's account.

  • Masks have become the potent symbol of this epidemic, despite the fact they often little or no protection against the virus.

  • But today the British Dental Association warned of a chronic shortage.

  • 50% of masks are made in China were here In our practice, I probably go through at least 20 master day.

  • Some Dent is working in a chess practice s seeing over 30 35 patients a day, and you're changing the mask every time.

  • And now dentists have warned that they may have to down drills if they can't find more supplies.

  • Retirement on reporting Now The Chinese artist and dissident Ai Wei Wei has had his share of clashes with the authorities in his home country over the years.

  • His work has often highlighted the lack of openness in China on the impact that has had on ordinary people.

  • I went to meet him in his studio in Berlin, where he told me that modern China is partly a creation of the West.

  • Like today.

  • They sought the Western keep feeding it for past 30 years.

  • You know, the best partner is so fine a dictator toe work for you because you produce anything you cannot produce on you.

  • You can sacrifice all those rice and you just have to closer I and receive all those whose from aboard.

  • So we in the West have fed this giant baby.

  • I don't want fed.

  • It's a part off the West designed with crazy.

  • It's China.

  • But now you're getting too big.

  • We've created a monster.

  • Yes, off course is that it's not something going.

  • You can get rid off.

  • It is not possible.

  • There was an assumption in the West that is, China becomes richer.

  • It would become more open and more liberal.

  • That is clearly wrong, isn't it?

  • I think that kind of sinking it's only come from the people desperately want business from China Communist Party.

  • Is it just, Ah, one big Mafia family?

  • You know It's no ideology.

  • But what?

  • China is much dangers because it's so flexible, so practical and moves like a water.

  • And it's on my water.

  • Also, like the Barrys, you know, it changes its own 100 cover various 11 say mutates.

  • Yeah, yeah, the Corona virus.

  • This is the perhaps the biggest challenge for China, you know, in its for modern China, perhaps since in 1949 ID sync up the Corona crisis or virus crashes as only reflects certain deep problem with China.

  • You know, if you talk about that tall as a few 100 people like a one chat, I hate to the ground, but the the our squeak it created.

  • I'm huge 100 times more than the political.

  • Yes, because people make people make clear again about how impossible to control a situation like this.

  • There's no transparency under no trust in that society.

  • You know, the trust were often we're not talking about is the most important value.

  • Are the England's society under China?

  • Nah, very steps.

  • Richard, how do you think the Corona virus might change?

  • Chinese society is not very clear.

  • Is not, you know, even people can feel very disappointed said.

  • But you shouldn't forget this constituency happened not just first time in a 2003 sauce, which many, many apartments behaved exactly the same.

  • First, hide the information on the narrow, really lead.

  • Any foreign people are independent research to be involved.

  • And also before that, it was on a date you have Earth speak under that 5000 students is a piece.

  • It's cute today.

  • They don't give out the names, you know, under a 1989 there's a This time is going on.

  • Who knows how many people that China taken this very calmly.

  • You know, they're not nervous.

  • They're not know, although there's been an economic impact felt already.

  • You know the stock markets in Shanghai and shake down OK, You think it's short term stuff this short term, there no air abysses or come back, you know it come get back for a reason.

  • They know who who need them.

  • On dhe.

  • They also very carefully calculating situation.

  • Do you think the West can survive in its competition with China as it is at the moment?

  • Can it even win the argument against Charlie?

  • I think they already lost the argument against China they never really know China.

  • And they always leave under their own assumptions about China.

  • But the West can survive, cannot survive on Lee because their own internal problem, you know their so called democracy or their own situation.

  • You're relating.

  • Toe frayed of personal freedom, our human rights.

  • So finally, just where do you see yourself fitting in?

  • You've left China.

  • Obviously.

  • Don't find the Chinese.

  • Don't fit in here.

  • You might not fit into Britain.

  • Where do you know I'm a misfit?

  • You understand the words, Misfit.

  • I was born us a misfit, so I don't know.

  • You know, I'm gonna disappear.

  • So?

  • So nobody cares.

  • So I will wait.

  • Thank you very much.

  • Thank you.

  • This matter?

  • Over.

  • You get the original work.

  • It's like a van Gogh media portrait, right?

it looked, quite frankly, scary.

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