Coronavirus: is the UK prepared? Plus new facial recognition powers for London police, and the ‘fun’ side of Davos 2020

<p><a href="https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/uk-coronavirus-latest-gps-isolate-victims-a4343496.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The death toll in China rose to 25 today </a>and cities surrounding Wuhan – where the disease was first reported - have been locked down. Effectively 33 million people are now in quarantine.&nbsp;Chinese New Year brings concerns across Europe that the disease could travel further.&nbsp;The Evening Standard’s health editor Ross Lydall advises on what will happen if Coronavirus is found in the UK.</p><br><p><strong>London’s Facial Recognition: </strong></p><p>It has been announced today that facial recognition cameras are to be used across London by the Met police to help catch and solve crimes faster using databases of criminal images. Does this effect the public’s right to privacy? The Leader spoke to Martin Bentham on <a href=" https://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/met-police-facial-recognition-cameras-london-key-suspects-a4343501.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">his exclusive report </a>for the Evening Standard.</p><br><p><strong>The ‘fun’ side of Davos 2020:</strong></p><p><a href="https://www.standard.co.uk/topic/world-economic-forum" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The World Economic Forum</a> in Davos has wrapped for the year, with Donald Trump and Greta Thunberg dominating the headlines at the start of the week. But what else happened? Evening Standard columnist Anne McElvoy has been attending the forum – and the parties. She joins The Leader podcast to reveal what the world’s leaders get up to when they’re not discussing global economics.</p><br><p><br></p><p><strong>TRANSCRIPT:</strong></p><p>David Marsland&nbsp;0:00&nbsp;&nbsp;</p><p>You can subscribe to The Leader through your podcast provider and please do share us with your friends so everyone can get the Evening Standard's news analysis and commentary every day at 4pm. Now, from the Evening Standard in London, this is The Leader.</p><br><p>Hi, I'm David Marsland - How do you stop a