Name: Global National: Feb. 26, 2020 | Coronavirus concerns growing as countries assess preparedness
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on this Wednesday night, the world prepares as the cove in 19 virus spreads.

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I think there's pretty good agreement that we're heading towards a pandemic.

Plus, what do the warnings this could disrupt Our lives really mean?

I'll speak with an infectious disease specialist.

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A new report on how the province needs to adapt global National With Donna freezing Good evening and thanks for joining us.

We begin with what could be a tipping point in the spread of Cove in 19.

The World Health Organization now says there are more new cases of the Corona virus outside China than inside that country.

There are cases in every continent except Antarctica.

Now, with attention shifting from Asia to Europe, countries there are struggling to come up with a unified response.

And with so many unknowns, there's confusion about whether to travel and what to avoid.

Here's what we know about where the virus is spreading outside Asia right now, the biggest outbreaks are in Italy and Iran, and from there the infection is spreading kind of like a web across the world.

People who had bean in Italy are now linked to cases in Algeria, Austria, Croatia, Germany, Greece, Spain, Switzerland and Brazil.

And people who had been in Iran are being linked to new cases in back rain.

Canada has recorded a second case in someone who traveled from Iran, and it's the 12th confirmed case here.

At least 46 countries and territories have detected the virus, and dozens of passengers who were let off the Diamond Princess cruise ship in Japan have now developed symptoms, and 1/4 person has died.

Now another cruise ship has run into trouble is well, 6100 people are on board the memorabilia.

It's been turned away from Jamaica and the Cayman Islands because a crew member has flu like symptoms and is now in isolation on board.

The cruise ship company says it's just a case of the flu.

The ship is on route to its next port of call in Cozumel, Mexico, and in Italy, more than 400 people have tested positive for the virus.

That's the biggest outbreak outside Asia.

Crystal Demand Singh has our top story tonight.

Chemists in Milan are mixing up batches of hand sanitizer.

Customers concerned about the new Corona virus bought up all of the available stock.

Italy is the center of a European outbreak.

Red zones in the north are being patrolled by members of the military and police.

Anyone trying to sneak in or out could be jailed for three months.

This discount shoe and woman is stuck in Milan.

Waiting classes were suspended all techniques of this week, and that's basically all we've heard so far.

Iran is another location of particular concern.

It's believed there are farm or cove in 19 cases there than Iranian officials are reporting.

A special investigative team from the World Health Organization will arrive there this weekend.

Similar teams were deployed to China and one is working in Italy.

We take the virus and the situation very seriously.

At the same time, we should also remember that four out off five patients have mild symptoms undercover.

The fact that cove it 19 can be mild in some could be obscuring the true number of infected individuals.

Michael Guard um, says it's likely there are many more people out there with the virus.

And I think that you know, the academics that people like me who are out there looking at the epidemiology, I think there's pretty good agreement that we're heading towards a pandemic.

Slowing The spread is critical, but responses air different in each country.

In London, for example, the energy company Chevron told people toe work from home until test results come back for a worker with flu like symptoms, the UK has 13 cases.

South Korea has more than 1000 cases, but buses are still rolling after being disinfected in unease.

E times, this driver says it gives him a bit of comfort.

Crystal demands ING GLOBAL NEWS London Preparing for a virus that snooty humans and that experts still don't fully understand isn't simple.

Canada does have a plan on how to handle pandemics.

Tonight, Michael Immature takes a look at the mechanisms that are in place to tackle an outbreak.

Mike Well, Donna, as Cove in 19 has evolved into a wider global outbreak.

So too, has the federal government's approach to it.

While the health minister says the current risk in Canada is low, patty Hi Do is acknowledging that could change globally.

There's a higher likelihood that will see an outbreak in Canada.

High do doesn't want Canadians to panic, but she says it could be prudent for people to be prepared just in case.

It's really about first of all, making sure that you do have enough supplies if someone in your family becomes ill.

If you yourself become ill, that you have what you need to survive, you know for a week or so without having without going out.

Hi Do says Canada's national microbiology Lab in Winnipeg has a more robust test for the Corona virus than us, so in some ways were better prepared for a possible outbreak.

And, she added, There's a federally coordinated pandemic plan that's been in place since 2009.

There are a lot of similarities to how we would manage this compared to H one N one.

Dr Susie Hoda says some of the lessons learned from that outbreak and SARS were to ensure proper screening and proper protection for health care workers.

Then there's the plan for people in the community from things as simple as frequent hand washing to amore extreme step of suggesting people avoid mass gatherings.

Sometimes schools and other areas where people are congregating quite a bit can get closed.

So we modify the way that we interact with each other.

So we reduce that risk of people exposing each other.

Canada isn't there Yet into further calm fears on Terry Owes, chief medical officer says, we have a distinct advantage compared to past outbreaks.

We have the experience of what China has worked through, and we have our epidemiologists and our experts in formulas what they learned, what they know, what we do with this virus.

Doctors say sharing information internationally can help mitigate a global pandemic.

Adding 10 years ago that level of coordination and collaboration didn't exist.

Donna Okay, Michael Couture in Ottawa, Thanks in the U.

President Trump just addressed the American response to the virus.

He's blamed the media for making it look as bad as possible today.

He said he doesn't think the spread of the virus is inevitable, even though that's what officials from the American Centers for Disease Control said yesterday there are 60 confirmed cases in the U.

Now that number is likely higher, though, because few people have been tested and many test kits were found to be faulty.

Jackson Prospero has been listening to the president Jackson.

Well, Donna, the president spent most of his press conference repeatedly downplaying the threat of Corona virus, suggesting it's very much the same as the flu, even though it's mortality rate is much, much higher.

Trump, in fact, expressed his own shock at learning about mortality rate of the regular flu.

He bragged that the US is better prepared than any country.

He said all cases of Corona virus in the U.

That does not jive with what his own experts have been saying in recent days.

They've proclaimed that is practically inevitable, that Corona virus will arrive in larger scale and community transmission here in the U.

He also said that a vaccine will be here soon.

His own experts have said it's a year to 18 months away.

Bottom line, Donna, he's taking issue with the idea that spread here is inevitable.

Take a listen to what he said a short time ago.

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