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  • a conference centre converted to an enormous makeshift hospital.

  • Particle hands response to the flood of new infections Chinese state television broadcast footage of recently completed hospitals, with multitudes of doctors taking care of a few patients but secretly recorded videos from hospitals paint a very different picture body bags containing the dead lying close to patients even in waiting areas.

  • This citizen journalist visited four hospitals in Wuhan.

  • People are not being informed about the real situation.

  • State TV doesn't go where it hurts, but I think this needs to be seen.

  • Journalist found more body bags outside one hospital.

  • Inside, he saw dying patients together.

  • In one room, he posted his videos online.

  • Officials had him arrested, then released him after a public outcry.

  • But in China, his online videos have Beene deleted.

  • Your Now a cruise ship carrying people who may be infected by the deadly Corona virus has returned to Hong Kong after being denied entry to Taiwan.

  • Health officials say that 30 members of the crew are showing symptoms.

  • The world dream has returned to Hong Kong, though it remains unclear whether passengers will be allowed to disembark.

  • Corona virus symptoms can take two weeks to surface, meaning suspected carriers must remain in quarantine for a least that long prevents further transmission.

  • Health officials have begun testing the passengers and crew on board, with confirmed cases already being sent to hospitals.

  • The ship's arrival Caymus Hong Kong health workers began 1/3 day of strikes in the city.

  • They want a meeting with Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam to discuss officially closing the border with mainland China, a move they believe would halt the spread of the Corona virus that has infiltrated Hong Kong on already killed one man way.

  • Urge her Thio.

  • Solve this situation by coming out Thio rich us and talk to us.

  • The World Health Organization has declared the virus a global emergency but not a pandemic.

  • In other words, it might be spreading, but don't panic.

  • Currently, we are not in a pandemic.

  • We are at the face where it's an epidemic with melty people folk for side, and we will try to distinguish the transmission in each of these foresight.

  • China was praised this week by the W H O for its reaction to the outbreak, with the virus relatively well contained.

  • Until now, its arrival in Hong Kong represents a new challenge.

  • This government must now also prove it is equal to the task of dealing with it.

  • And for more we go to Charlotte Chelsom, Pilar correspondent in Hong Kong, who is at the harbor there.

  • And Charlotte, we'd like to ask you what is happening with the passengers on board that quarantined cruise ship because we heard that there was a man taken from the Hong Kong cruise liner into the ambulance after a Corona virus check.

  • Well, this is clearly going to be a very anxious wait for the passengers onboard this cruise liners.

  • They're facing an additional extra night now quarantined here in this cruise ship.

  • Now, what they don't know at this stage is exactly how long they will be there.

  • Authorities have not said how many more nights they could be facing here.

  • A quarantine on this ship.

  • What we do know is that several of the crew members were displaying symptoms.

  • They have now been taken off the ship and are being tested for that new Corona virus.

  • We also know that on board this ship on a previous trip, there was three people from mainland China who were then diagnosed with the new Corona virus.

  • And it is that which is causing so much for concern for people on board this ship.

  • Every now and then we hear announcements.

  • Ed's telling people to thanking people for their patients, saying it's not clear when they'll be allowed to disembark.

  • That testing is being carried out every now and then people coming onto the balconies just behind me.

  • Just have a look around just to see what's going on, looking at the press pack below reporting as this situation unfolds.

  • So what is the mood there?

  • Given all of that, Charlotte and and how much of a risk is Hong Kong really facing from the Corona virus?

  • Well, everybody here has very painful memories of the size virus back in 2003 which almost 300 people lost their lives in a in a densely populated city like Hong Kong with such close ties to mainland China, this is an area where this virus could spread very quickly.

  • And, of course, everybody knows that it could take up to two weeks before people display symptoms that is causing a great deal of warrior here.

  • That is exactly why Carrie Lam encouraged people today to stay at home, to not go out unless necessary to wear face masks.

  • A cz well.

  • People that we've spoken to say, though, that they ideally want all of the borders with mainland China now to be close.

  • It's for that reason that medical staff are on strike at the moment, demanding just that, saying Hong Kong needs to take a CZ many preventative measures as possible to stop the spread off this virus.

  • Carrie Lam announcing today further measures, She said anybody traveling from mainland China will now be quarantined for 14 days as of February 8th in an attempt to try and stop the spread of this virus.

  • Charlotte Kelson pill in Hong Kong Thank you, Charlotte.

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