countries around the world are making
contingency plans for a full-blown
pandemic caused by coronavirus at stock
markets fall cases are spreading further
and further from the original outbreak
in China sports events are at a
standstill in many areas of Asia one
case has now been reported in Brazil the
first in South America and in the last
few hours Greece has joined the grim
list of 39 countries with patients
suffering from covert 19 will several
other European nations including Austria
Croatia and Switzerland had also
announced cases all appear to be linked
to this growing outbreak we're seeing in
northern Italy around the city of Milan
so let's take you straight there we can
go live to our correspondent Bethany
Bell who is in Milan for us just bring
us up-to-date with the situation where
you are Bethany well within the last
hour the authorities have said that the
number of cases of coronavirus here in
Italy has risen to 374 and there are now
12 confirmed deaths because of the virus
what we understand is that those who
have died were elderly or who had also
had underlying health conditions and
doctors say that the elderly and people
like that are particularly vulnerable to
this as they would be in cases of
influenza and they've also reported that
four children have also been infected
with the virus and the first time that
we understand children have been
involved in that meanwhile there are a
number of towns just south of Milan
affecting 50 thousand people that are
still under lockdown in quarantine
that's where the outbreak is believed to
have begun but the authorities are still
trying to find out what happened there
the Italian Prime Minister just have a
conte has suggested that now that the
hospital in the region may not have
adhered to the right protocols in
handling the first cases Bethenny what
is the atmosphere like in northern Italy
how are people responding to all of this
it's subdued it's uncertain people here
in Milan of course going about their
work although people's children are not
able to go to school because many of the
schools in this region have been closed
the universities have been closed but
tourists don't have very much to do here
at the moment because many of the
museum's have been shut even the
cathedral behind me the Duomo one of
Milan's top tourist attractions has been
closed but people are just wondering how
long this is going to last for thanks
for updating us from Milan more let's
look in more detail how different
countries are grappling with the
coronavirus epidemic the Japanese Prime
Minister Shinzo Abe a has called for
sports fixtures and other events to be
suspended over the next two weeks
there's worry about the Tokyo Olympics
those officials are considering scaling
down the torch relay due to concerns
over the outbreak real concern about
what is happening in Iran the Iranian
president those saying no city will be
quarantined Hassan rouhani heading back
at US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo
over his recent statement that Tehran
may have been concealing vital details
about the outbreak in Iran we are seeing
a reported 44 new cases for more deaths
in the past 24 hours more on Iran coming
up in a few minutes on the program but
let's to show you as well the Canary
Islands hugely popular destination for
many Europeans chasing the winter Sun
for cases of the corona virus have now
been linked to a hotel this hotel in
Tenerife where hundreds of tourists had
been ordered to stay in their rooms an
Italian doctor who is a guest at the
hotel tested positive for the virus on
Monday the BBC's Fiona Trott is there
from what I understand from people
inside the hotel basically you have
teams of about two or three medical
staff going from room to room carrying
out assessments look at the size of this
hotel they're about a thousand guests
and staff here they are knocking on
doors checking their temperature and
giving them face masks and the advice so
far is to stay in their room some people
I've spoken to have not left their room
for 24 hours now they're frustrated
there
rest and they're tired they've just
woken up they want to have something to
eat something to drink but of course
they can't go down to the restaurant
they're being told that food will be
delivered to their door and of course
that we've heard from the health
minister of Spain haven't we just
appealing for people to be patient
because this is going to be a long
process and good news though we have
heard as well haven't we overnight from
the president of the Canary Islands they
are hopeful that some people here maybe
a hundred or so guests may be able to
leave in the coming hours they say
because they would have arrived after
that the infected people had already
left the hotel we can actually talk now
- Holly Mitford who is on holiday with
his dad Pete and sister Rosie in
Tenerife good to see you you're looking
well how long have you been stuck in
your room for just over 24 hours now we
we were first told at about I suppose
9:30 10 o'clock yesterday to head to our
rooms and what exactly have you been
told well very little really and
whenever you whenever we say the words
coronavirus the c-word so to speak they
sort of clam up and they just say
nothing to think of the other please get
back to your room they they have used
the word quarantine in an in a second
note that they gave to us yesterday but
they the first thing that happen was
they delivered a note throughout all of
our doors except for ours it seems we
didn't get one early early on yesterday
morning saying that the hotel was a
medical lockdown and all the gates had
been been locked and there were
policemen every door so nobody was
coming in or out and you don't know how
long this will go on forward I'd given
you no idea I know they've not really
given us any idea I think deliberately
so you know they don't they don't want
to get people's hopes up understandably
they don't want to cause a panic or a
riot or anything so everybody's coming
everybody's being very calm just
standing the reception asking and
they're saying we don't know we'll let
you know as soon as we can
there's going to be although we do at
least know that there are going to be
two more sets of doctor's visits today
to establish our temperatures again
we're supposed to be self recording but
it's a bit chaotic as to whether they
actually check up on that but
there is there's going to be doctors
coming round later today you seem very
relaxed are you or underneath it all are
you also a little bit worried well
there's obviously there's also obviously
a simmering worry there you know we're
going to be stuck here for two weeks and
then potentially another two weeks in
quarantine if an if and when we get back
you know so we're concerned but I mean
what can you do there's no there's no
use in panicking and and there's been no
sign of anybody actually getting ill so
it seems as though whoever had it is now
out you know it was I think just the
doctor and his wife so and now that
they're gone it seems like everybody's
okay so if it continues to be that and
then we're hearing whispers that they
might think about letting us go sooner
than two weeks but it's very difficult
to secondly it's it's all remote at the
moment and no idea is what will happen
once you do return home Holly well
precisely you know there was there's
this quarantine facility in the world
some people are sent to when they come
back so I don't know if we're going
there I don't know but then again some
people coming back I've just been told
the self quarantine so it's difficult to
say at the moment we've not heard
anything from any British
representatives or any any government
anything really so we're just just
waited to hear Holly thanks for taking
the time to talk to us good luck over
the next few days you're very welcome
thank