let's take you to China now where new
figures show the number of people killed
by the virus
the coronavirus jumped by 97 on Sunday
the highest number of casualties in a
day it brings the total number of people
affected in China to more than 40,000
and 908 deaths
thousands of people are under medical
observation there is a much smaller
number of cases in other countries
around the globe 27 other countries and
territories are now affected by the
corona virus let's take you to Shanghai
and join the BBC's Robin Brandt who is
there Robin give us a sense of what it
was like in Shanghai today and another
Chinese cities weather people went back
to work or stayed at home well here in
Shanghai the commercial capital usually
home to 24 million people it was
supposed to be the first day back but I
have to say it was a trickle the banks
remain closed most of the shops remain
closed there's a small number of people
out there but there are clearly a lot of
anxieties amongst people living here in
Shanghai and the numbers of those coming
back is almost certainly going to be
staggered as well so I mean the center
of the city is service sector heavy so
there has been a lot of working from
home directives that have gone out from
the companies both private and public on
the outskirts of the city it's more
production heavy in particular in the
automobile industry we understand that
VW and its Chinese partner they intended
to get back to work today but on the
whole it's been a trickle and we have
also seen at the same time tougher
restrictions come into place in terms of
getting into compounds lanes where
people live and also buildings we're
seeing temperature checks they're very
frequent and need to produce
identification as well there are
restrictions on people who don't live in
places going into those places so it's a
problem to have guests as well so on the
whole the first day back is pretty much
a trickle and clearly it's going to be
staggered over a longer period of time
because when it comes to these massive
cities like Shanghai what the
authorities are really really worried
about is that return exodus of millions
and millions of people after this
extended Lunar New Year break and the
potential that brings for more spread of
the figures robbing of those who are
contracting
virus and also deaths - are we starting
to see any reliable trends well I mean I
think the key word and your question
there's reliable I mean the caveat here
is that we have to take it face value
these official figures from the Chinese
government we don't have any others a
constant anecdotal evidence emanating
from Wuhan the epicentre city and the
province around it people being turned
away for treatment people going home
whole Suede's of families being infected
there are they being counted in terms of
the government figures look the death
toll keeps increasing and also the
number of people confirmed to be
infected but it would appear perhaps a
glimmer of hope that the trend in terms
of cases of people infected outside of
who Bay in particular may well have
peaked but the caveat here is that we
have to take them at face value the WHI
warning yesterday they still believe
china is in the middle of a very intense
outbreak Robin thanks for joining us
from Shanghai