Another plane carrying Canadians out of the heart of the new Corona virus outbreak has taken off from China.

Canada's foreign affairs minister says The second chartered plane has left wound.

It is on route for CFB Trenton with a refueling stop in Vancouver, passengers will join hundreds of other evacuees already under quarantine.

Meanwhile, the cases keep multiplying onboard the Diamond Princess cruise ship.

More than 2500 passengers remain under quarantine in the port of Yokohama, Japan.

The ship's owner says 66 more people are now confirmed toe have the virus, including one more Canadian that nearly doubles the total number of cases 2 136 the vast majority of the cases that are still in China.

Officials there say there were 108 deaths in the past day.

That's the highest in a single day, and it brings the overall death toll to over 1000.

That means this new Corona virus has killed more people than SARS, and the outbreak is still spreading.

Chinese media is reporting there are now more than 43,000 cases worldwide, most of them in China.

thes pictures of mass disinfection of emerged from Hu Bei province.

That's where the outbreak began, and it's where most illnesses and deaths are occurring.

This video was released by state media.

It's not clear what is being sprayed or what impact it might have.

Crews are reportedly targeting cities across who Bay Province and will spray disinfectant twice a day.

We'll have more on the efforts to contain the outbreak in China in just a moment, but first to the latest on those Canadians stranded on cruise ships.

Michael Couture has tonight's top story.

An eighth Canadian who is on this cruise ship has contracted the new Corona virus, Global Affairs.

Canada says the person is now in the Yokohama Hospital, while 254 other Canadians on board that boat remain in quarantine.

Well, um, I'm a little frustrated, including Greg Eriks, who says he's lucky to have this balcony view even though it's of the port.

And he's just happy to write out the quarantine on the ship.

The Canadian government going to send a plane and take us all home and still go through this in Trenton.

Well, we'd be on Canadian soil that would be nice, but I bet they don't feed us as well on passengers.

Would miss displays like this group of people on jet skis put on a water show to break up the day a welcome distraction with life on board, a challenge for people like Canadian Roger Maniscalco and his wife.

His medication is out as of this evening, and so we we put in our order when the courting first happened.

We haven't heard anything.

I'm getting a hold of anybody is very challenging.

Hundreds of Canadians air stranded on two ships in Asia and the foreign affairs minister is watching the situation closely.

I spoke yesterday again with the group's CEO of All in America to make sure that we're offering all assistance Thio Canadians on board.

We're also speaking with the Japanese authorities to make sure that every Canadians receive all the medical attention that they need.

Meantime, the second Canadian Charter to repatriate people stuck in Wuhan, China is on its way back to CFB Trenton in Ontario, with 185 people on board.

Health officials say they will be staying separate from the first batch of evacuees.

We're trying to make sure that their quarantine period would start when they land with just have continued.

We don't have to reset the clock, so you make sure the two groups are not coming.

Lee, to that end there already designated times for evacuees on the base to enjoy outdoor air several times a day late today, Candace, chief public health officer, reiterated calls for Canadians to self isolate for 14 days if they're returning from the Hu Bei province of China.

Dr.

Teresa Tam says about 70 to 80 travelers make that trip on a daily basis, and she feels it's a prudent step as this outbreak evolves.

Donna Okay, Mike look a Turin Ottawa Thanks.

The United Kingdom is taking aggressive new steps to try to stop the spread of the virus within its borders.

There are now just eight confirmed cases in the U.

K.

Yet public health officials today declared the virus and imminent threat crystal demand.

Singh explains what that means and why officials say it's necessary.

The virus has hit this medical center in Brighton, England, where a staffer is the second British health care worker to contract the illness.

The British government now has the power to quarantine people believed to be at risk of spreading the virus by force if necessary, it designated to isolation facilities Ah Hospital near Liverpool and a conference centre northwest of London.

Officials say that while the virus poses an imminent threat to public health, the risk of contracting it inside the UK is moderate and they want to keep it that way.

The detection off the small number of cases could be the spark that becomes a bigger fire, but for no, it's only a spark.

But that spark is enough for British Airways to cancel all flights to Beijing and Shanghai until April.

In an effort to calm nerves in the Chinese capital, President Xi Jinping made a show visiting clinics in a mask.

He also spent time outside meeting with residents.

Let's not shake hands in this special period, he said.

You should always remain confident we will be able to contain this epidemic.

Eventually.

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O, for its part, has deployed a team of experts in communicable diseases led by Canadian Dr Bruce Aylward.

When asked if Chinese officials air sharing all of the information they have, the W.

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Is director general pivoted away from politics.

That's how we should see the threat as one humanity against a virus which we don't know very well.

Dr.

Bruce Aylward Sze team is now on the ground in Beijing and more will be joining.

It's all in an effort to gain insight into this virus.

Now the Canadian doctor is a bit of a rock star in the world of epidemiology.

Most notably, he led the W.

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O s response at the height of the Ebola outbreak in West Africa.

Donna!

All right, Crystal Go, Mansingh in London.

Thanks.