ringing hello, dr xie. hey. how are you? in a rare officially approved interview with dr xie jiang, as well as in videos provided to us, the bbc has been given unique access to a man on the front line of a war, one he says is being won. i came to wuhan one month ago. patients were pouring into the hospital like a tide. and we cannot — we do not have enough beds available for everyone. i think things are holding up better right now. wuhan shows what the virus can do to a health system. the thousands of extra beds have begun to make a difference, but there are still major challenges. i'm not satisfactory with the mortality. i still thing the mortality is really too high. for patients with severe symptoms, it is even — the mortality is even higher than sars. that's the thing we should address right now. this is dr xie dealing with one of those severe cases. with the virus attacking the lungs, no city in the world, he says, would have enough specialist ventilators to keep thousands of such patients alive. even doctors have d

ringing hello, dr xie. hey. how are you? in a rare officially approved interview with dr xie jiang, as well as in videos provided to us, the bbc has been given unique access to a man on the front line of a war, one he says is being won. i came to wuhan one month ago. patients were pouring into the hospital like a tide. and we cannot — we do not have enough beds available for everyone. i think things are holding up better right now. wuhan shows what the virus can do to a health system. the thousands of extra beds have begun to make a difference, but there are still major challenges. i'm not satisfactory with the mortality. i still thing the mortality is really too high. for patients with severe symptoms, it is even — the mortality is even higher than sars. that's the thing we should address right now. this is dr xie dealing with one of those severe cases. with the virus attacking the lungs, no city in the world, he says, would have enough specialist ventilators to keep thousands of such patients alive. even doctors have d

xie xie ni. but at a time of year all about new beginnings, there's also, perhaps, a glimmer of good news. official figures show the rate of increase in infections may be slowing. john sudworth, bbc news, beijing. let's get some of the day's other news. azerbaijan's governing party says it believes it has won a snap parliamentary election which was called to speed up the reforms of president ilham aliyev. opponents accuse him of trying to consolidate his grip on power. the united nations secretary general, antonio guterres, has told african leaders that it's time to remove sudan from the list of state sponsors of terrorism. addressing the annual african union summit in addis ababa, mr guterres said the un would drum up international support that would enable the country to overcome its challenges. heavily—armed police and soldiers in el salvador have forced their way into parliament, demanding the approval of a $109 million loan to better equip them. they entered the building as president nayib

ringing hello, dr xie. hey. how are you? in an officially approved interview with dr xie jiang, as well as videos provided to us, the bbc has been given rare access to a man on the front line of a war, which, he says is being won. i came to wuhan one month ago. patients were pouring to the hospital like a tide. we cannot — we do not have enough beds available for everyone. i think things are holding up better right now. wuhan shows what the virus can do to a health system. the thousands of extra beds have begun to make a difference, but there are still major challenges. i'm not satisfactory with the mortality. i still thing the mortality is really too high. for patients with severe symptoms, the mortality is even higher than sars. that's the thing we should address right now. this is dr xie dealing with one of those severe cases among thousands in wuhan. no city in the world, he says, would have enough specialist equipment to cope. even doctors have died, including li wenliang, one of the first to try to warn about the dan

ringing hello, dr xie. hey. how are you? in a rare officially—approved interview with dr xie jiang, as well as in videos provided to us, the bbc has been given unique access to a man on the front line of a war, one he says is being won. i came to wuhan one month ago. patients were pouring to the hospital like a tide. and we cannot — we do not have enough beds available for everyone. i think things are holding up better right now. wuhan shows what the virus can do to a health system. the thousands of extra beds have begun to make a difference, but there are still major challenges. i'm not satisfactory with the mortality. i still thing the mortality is really too high. for patients with severe symptoms, the mortality is even higher than sars. that's the thing we should address right now. this is dr xie dealing with one of those severe cases, among thousands in wuhan. with the virus attacking the lungs, no city in the world, he says, would have enough specialist ventilators to cope. even doctors have died, including li wenl

hello, dr xie. hey. in an officially approved interview with drxiejiang... as well as videos provided to us, the bbc has been given rare access to a man on the front line of a war. which, he says is being won. i came to wuhan one month ago. patients were pouring to the hospital like a tide. we do not have enough beds available for everyone. i think things are holding up better right now. wuhan shows what the virus can do to a health system. the thousands of extra beds have begun to make a difference, but there are still major challenges. i'm not satisfied with the mortality, i still thing the mortality is really too high. for patients with severe symptoms, the mortality is even higher than sars. that's the thing we should address right now. this is dr xie dealing with one of those severe cases among thousands in wuhan. no city in the world, he says, would have enough specialist equipment to cope. even doctors have died, including li wenliang, one of the first to try to warn about the dangers of the virus, only to be silenced by the police. i was very sad whe

this is dr xie jiang dealing with should address right now. this is dr xiejiang dealing with one of those cases. with the virus attacking the lungs, no city in the world he says would have enough specialist ventilators to keep thousands of such patients alive. even doctors have died, including this man, one of the first to try to warn about the dangers of the virus, only to be silenced by the police. the dangers of the virus, only to be silenced by the policelj the dangers of the virus, only to be silenced by the police. i was very sad when i heard this kind of news. it was really a big blow for us, for the whole medical staff. do you think china should learn lessons as a result of his death? absolutely. information disclosure is really important. i lost five patients in one night, can you imagine that? i should warn the rest of the world that you guys should take care. don't neglect this disease. at the end of another night shift, this time dr xie jiang at the end of another night shift, this time dr xiejiang things a patriotic song. he belie

as president trump already clearly told mr xie, we will not interfere. and to use that as a bargain to get better trading deals, which i think is very shortsighted, is not an internal problem. hong kong reflects the western ideology and the west should not or cannot just lose those important values. but interestingly, one particular issue, the americans have made a stand, and that is the question of huawei, an extremely successful telecoms firm in china which is at the forefront of developing sg communications technology, the americans have decided they want nothing to do with it, yet in the united kingdom the government has just made a decision, in a limited form, to allow huawei to be one of the developers of 56 technology here in the uk. as somebody with a very strong opinions about the relations between the west and china, what do you think of the uk's decision?” think the uk's decision is shortsighted. i think the uk should examine the conditions, huawei is not a normal company. it is a state run military type of a company, which can have a potent

at the end of another night shift, this time dr xie jiang things a patriotic song. he believes china will win this fight but it is when the rest of the world may have onlyjust begun. saudi arabia has stopped foreign pilgrims from entering the country, to visit holy sites, to slow the spread of coronavirus. the government has stopped issuing visas to travellers visiting medina and mecca, two of the holiest sites in islam, which attract millions of visitors every year. they've also barred visitors from countries where the new coronavirus has spread. so far, saudi arabia has no confirmed cases of the disease. joining us now from salford is rashid mogradia, the founder & ceo of ‘the council of british hajjis', and secretariat to ‘the all—party parliamentary group on hajj & umrah', that's the two kinds of pilgrimage made to saudi arabia. thank you forjoining us. just confirmation that there are a no reported cases in the country? yes, we are glad that the saudi authorities have taken the steps that they have to protect notjust pilgrims that are currently in saudi a