health organization, it is a problem for the world. and it's a particularly serious problem if it is the leader of the organisation that provides the majority of funding to our system. let us look forward then, if we may. doctor tedros, your boss, said that the message to the world — all governments — had to be "test, test, test". the truth is, some governments — and i'm thinking south korea and germany — have conducted mass testing which appears to have been very important to putting a lid on the curve of infections. they have had success. other countries, including the united kingdom, have not tested in the same way and their curve has not yet come down in the same way. are you ready to call out countries like the uk for a fundamental failure? the world health organization is enabled to call out countries and criticise them. it's not how it works. what the world health organization does is it identifies approaches that look as though they have been successful. the approach that is most useful in dealing with this disease is t

health organization the world health organization needs to be held accountable now the world health organization and beijing officials have released a timeline providing step by step information about how the pandemic was dealt with from december onward showing coordination and cooperation between chinese officials and international bodies they say this narrative of a chinese cover up with which the world health organization is allegedly complicit simply doesn't add up that's going to hold for joseph chang hong kong based political science is with us live morning to be good in the middle of this global pandemic huge problems everywhere in the middle of it donald trump's now gunning for the w.h.o. whether or not it's a good time or not to do it does he have a point. well he has of only the sense that his position effects controversies at 3 levels in the 1st level you have some kind of you do not go competition chinese leaders are claiming that the successful comeback of the epidemic has well demonstrated the superiority of the systems in china this is of course the 9th by certain wes

consideration of cutting funding to the world health organization. decision to cut funding right now in the midst of the covid-19 outbreak in so many countries around the world, it did take me by surprise. it does not mean the president does not have legitimate criticism of the world health organization, particularly its chineseess to take claims at face value, which cost enormous damage economically around the world and enormous in many countries around the world. decision to cut funding at this moment when so many countries rely on the world health organization, that did take me by surprise. was about shifting china policy. do you think the decision was largely about china and not about the health organization? >> the world health organization, like many international organizations, had a large in -- political component. the organization discovered that governed by member states. it relies on them to provide funding for it. because not -- because it does not have real authority to gather information dependably, it relies -- on that information. man

health organization they cuse the world health organization of parroting claims made by china in january that there was no human to human transmission of corona virus in contrast to some of the statements coming out of who have province goes on to call for structural reforms of the world health organization that the united states seeks to refocus it in terms of its core mission to focus on preparedness and once again the white house pointing a finger but again with its regard to the funding it really is a bit confusing what law the white house is referring to in order to say that it has this power to stop funding even permanently because we know that there was an attempt to already cut funding in the coming fiscal fiscal year by about 50 percent of the previous year something that congress was already questioning and was expected to undo in terms of that request so the white house can put in all kinds of proposals but ultimately it is the u.s. congress that decides how american money is spent not the president a white house correspondent kimberly live in washington many thanks indeed to

now, the public health community sees the world health organization as its focal point. we've all worked as either members of the world health organization or as part of networks of the world health organization, and for the public health community, there's absolutely no question — the world health organization is our lead organisation. we don't have a problem with its credibility. if there are political leaders who have problems with the world health organization, that's for them to sort out. remember, the who is governed by 194 member states as they're called, and the who personnel operate under that government structure. that is the bureaucratic sort of process behind the who. i just want to get down to brass tacks. there is a strong feeling in some quarters that the who colluded in a cover—up of the beginnings of the outbreak of covid—19 in china. is that the case? oh, absolutely not. i would like to say it a second time — absolutely not. if you are so sure, explain to me why we now have evidence that the chinese authorities covered up for weeks knowledge tha

health organization while donald trump accuses the world health organization of mishandling the coronavirus pandemic of covering up the way it's spread from china . is widespread condemnation of the u.s. president's move with many countries voicing their support for the w.h.o. . a spike in curb it 19 related deaths in sweden 170 people die in 24 hours sparking criticism of the government's soft approach. south korea's governing party is projected to win a parliamentary election that required masks gloves and hand sanitizer. there's been strong condemnation of u.s. president donald trump's announcement that he and the u.s. funding for the world health organization in the middle of a pandemic the u.s. centers for disease control has been leading the american effort against covert 19 and has praised its relationship with the w.h.o. . t.d.c. and jones had a long history of working together in multiple outbreaks throughout the world as we continue to do in this one and so we've had a very productive public health relationship we continue to have. the european union says there's no justification

know because what we are doing is exactly what the world health organization is saying what the world health organization said is do not leave prematurely. measures that have been taken to prevent contact 1st is precisely where we are today we are not lifting the measures that keep 47000000 spaniards in their homes precisely because we are taking the advice that we getting from the world health organization very very seriously or it's been announced the prime minister pedro sanchez will ask parliament next week to extend emergency measures until may 11th are you confident that this will happen well again we don't take bets i don't think this is the time for taking bets off or speculating what we have always told our citizens. and this has been consistent is that we will be guided by the recumbent patients we get from the health experts 1st is precisely what we are doing what we have seen up until now is that by following their advice we've been able to manage the pandemic that we have entered into a face of stablish sation we have seen the number of infected people decrease dramatical

health organization the world health organization needs to be held accountable now the world health organization and beijing officials have released a timeline providing step by step information about how the pandemic was dealt with from december onward showing coordination and cooperation between chinese officials and international bodies they say this narrative of a chinese cover up with which the world health organization is allegedly complicit simply doesn't add up. they will health organization hasn't responded to his ations . likens the white house's approach to that of the mafia. it's a complete failure failure but there is one good think about it i think that it is that the wall this watching. i think the military sense of millions hundreds of millions of people will be told to discuss that and they will understand what is behind the u.s. foreign policy how the u.s. is conducting actually the foreign policy you know. there is no criticism of the ministration to take so it is replying. to the criticism business coming from the u.s. citizen from all parts of the world by this

health organization the world health organization needs to be held accountable now the world health organization and beijing officials have released a timeline providing step by step information about how the pandemic was dealt with from december onward showing coordination and cooperation between chinese officials and international bodies they say this narrative of a chinese cover up with which the world health organization is allegedly complicit simply doesn't add up. the show hasn't responded to traumas like his ations but political analyst underhill chick likens the white house's approach now to that of the mafia. it's a complete failure failure but there is one good think about it i think that it is that the wall this watching. i think the military stance of millions hundreds of millions of people will be told to discuss that and they will understand what is behind the u.s. foreign policy how the u.s. is conducting actually the foreign policy you know. there is no criticism of the ministration take so it is replying. to the criticism that this coming from the u.s. citizen from

know because what we are doing is exactly what the world health organization is saying what the world health organization said is do not leave prematurely. measures that have been taken to prevent contact this is precisely where we are today we are not lifting the measures that keep 47000000 spaniards in their homes precisely because we are taking the advice that we're getting from the world health organization very very seriously or it's been announced the prime minister pedro sanchez will ask parliament next week to extend emergency measures until may 11th are you confident that this will happen well again we don't take bets i don't think this is the time for taking bets or for speculating what we have always told our citizens. and this has been consistent is that we will be guided by the recumbent patients we get from the health experts 1st is precisely what we are doing what we have seen up until now is that by following their advice we've been able to manage the pandemic that we have entered into a face of stablish sation we have seen the number of infected people decrease dramat

turning to the world health organization. i want to spend a few minutes telling the american people more about the problems we are trying to work our way through it. the w.h.o. is a regulator and an advisory role and a health emergency and humanitarian aid operation on top of that. after the first sars outbreak in 2003, the united states led the reform of the w.h.o. to govern on how they report on public health threats. major reform effort in 2003. those rules are called international health regulations went into effect in 2007 and sent clear expectations for how every country must disclose data to protect global health. article 6 of the article said it shall notify the world health organization of all events which macon statute a public health emergency of international concern within its territory. and two of those same rules that countries must notify the world health organization of any unusual or public health events such as sars or anything that causes covid-19. those rules say how countries when to notify the w.h.o. we

know because what we are doing is exactly what the world health organization is saying what the world health organization said is do not leave prematurely. measures that have been taken to prevent contact 1st is precisely where we are today we are not lifting the measures that keep 47000000 spaniards in their homes precisely because we are taking the advice that we're getting from the world health organization very very seriously or it's been announced the prime minister pedro sanchez will ask parliament next week to extend emergency measures until may 11th are you confident that this will happen well again we don't take bets i don't think this is the time for taking bets off or speculating what we have always told our citizens. and this has been consistent is that we will be guided by the recumbent patients we get from the health experts 1st is precisely what we are doing what we have seen up until now is that by following their advice we've been able to manage the pandemic that we have entered into a face of stablish sation we have seen the number of infected people decrease dramati

health organization the world health organization needs to be held accountable now the world health organization and beijing officials have released a timeline providing step by step information about how the pandemic was dealt with from december onward showing coordination and cooperation between chinese officials and international bodies they say this narrative of a chinese cover up with which the world health organization is allegedly complicit simply doesn't add up. well the average joe hasn't responded to trump's latest like his ations political analyst andre vulture exposed to us and likens the white o's his approach to that of the mafia. it's a complete failure failure about the there is one good think about it i think that it is that the wall this watching. i think millions tens of millions hundreds of millions of people will be told to discuss that and they will understand what is behind the u.s. foreign policy how the u.s. is conducting actually the foreign policy you know. there is no criticism from the ministration can take so it is replying. to the criticisms as it's co

health organization not blessed world health organization and let me take the opportunity to praise the incredible work that its director general dr ted drewes has been performing with a very steady hand at the very difficult moment for the global community but we will have a time and a moment to talk about how to strengthen the world health organization for now we should not get distracted what we should do is fight depend demick strongly so that we can restart the engines of our economy and then go back to strengthening also the capacity of the international community to respond to them mix like this one this will not be the last one so we need to be better prepared for the next one and i think the world health organization will be an important part of that when you speak about being better prepared going forward and fighting the pandemic strongly we must talk about the role of health care workers because the number of health care workers who've been infected with cold 19 in spain is higher than in any other country in the world what is being done right now by the government to be

the world health organization is no different in that respect. they have to execute on the mission they are designed to achieve. we are saying here we are. it has not accomplished what it was intended to deliver. >> mr. secretary, you said staffers have tested positive. will they get the hydroxychloroquine treatment? i don't know the answer to that. we will deliver the best medical care. >> can you give us an update on the numbers on the coronavirus cases we are seeing in iran? if there are any updates on helping them. sec. pompeo: with respect to our citizens in iran, the first day we knew that the virus struck, the people of iran, we offer humanitarian assistance. they chose not to take that. the road should know there are no sanctions that prevent humanitarian assistance, pharmaceuticals from going to iran. we offered american assistance. i don't have any better data. >> are you allowing exports of medical supplies at the time? sec. pompeo: we are making sure that we have what we need for the american people. i will let the vice president talk

health organization but then again the world health organization is the international body that coordinates all global health and is in charge of coordinating international efforts on the pandemic but of course it's the same world who health organization the president trump has condemned in the white house briefing room and said he's going to cut funding from so very hard for the u.s. to take a prominent role in event like this if it is headed by the world health organization al jazeera has reached out to the u.s. to the u.s. mission to the united nations in geneva where that world health organization is based we got this email back a short time ago from a spokes person in geneva it says they'll be no u.s. official participation in the event we were informed of the event last week and we look forward to learning more about this initiative as soon as possible so holding e-mail from a spokes person but i don't thing that stops the fact that there is a glaring absence at this event. james obviously as we've covered in the past donald trump very critical of the way that the w.h.o. has been hand

trump about world health organization. dr. tedros adhanom and china, but they don't say anything, what president trump said yesterday was say out loud what everyone is thinking, that is important w.h.o. helped china spread this disease, china and world health organization have politicized this disease, president trump was calling them out, that was the right thing for the leader to do. lou: and dr. tedros has been accused of covering up for china. let's look at the put up this full screen on what he has done and world health organization has done under his leadership and response wuhan virus. there it is. he praised china for their transparency. their pranc -- parroted china'ss there was no human-to-human transmission. he warned against use of word china virus, because he said somehow it was stigmatizing to attach china to the virus, that they have transmitted arounds world. and by the way, the world health organization going ahead and exceeding to chinese wishes to exclude taiwan from the world health organization. the li

we start with the world health organization. it is a u.n. agency, based with an annual budget of over 2.5 billion dollars. america is the largest donor, pledging $400 million annually. it is in arrears on its contributions. the second largest contributor is bill and melinda gates. trump e.s money is suspended because the who has worsened the outbreak with mismanagement andr has c up chinese mistakes. bill gates argues trump costs move is dangerous and adds if the work stops, no other organization can replace it. they don't agree, but it doesn't necessarily cancel each other out. some of the statements have raised a few eyebrows. in january, he said there was no evidence covid-19 could be transmitted from human to human, but it was already happening. in january, it declared a public heal emergency. countries then introduce them all the same. they said theyould not wear -- we did not need to wear face masks, then weeks later it said it was reviewing that advice. critics say the who is being too soft o china for political reasons. the who says

know because what we are doing is exactly what the world health organization is saying what the world health organization said is do not leave prematurely. measures that have been taken to prevent contact 1st is precisely where we are today we are not lifting the measures that keep 47000000 spaniards in their homes precisely because we are taking the advice that we getting from the world health organization very very seriously or it's been announced the prime minister pedro sanchez will ask parliament next week to extend emergency measures until may 11th are you confident that this will happen well again we don't take bets i don't think this is the time for taking bets or for speculating what we have always told our citizen. and this has been consistent is that we will be guided by the recumbent patients we get from the health experts 1st is precisely what we are doing what we have seen up until now is that by following their advice we've been able to manage the pandemic that we have entered into a face of stablish sation we have seen the number of infected people decrease dramaticall

president again attacks the world health organization over the coronavirus pandemic . now again i'm the star and this is al jazeera live from doha where coronavirus coverage again dominates our bullets and including a bleak forecast for nigeria from the combined effects of the pandemic and the slump and oil prices. because of the mess that we're talking about is that there's a hole you made my house we get advice from a doctor on how to stitch together your own protection from the virus. and also coming up hungry and exhausted hundreds every hinge are rescued but others starve to death in a refugee but. now donald trump says the number of new corona virus infections in the u.s. is slowing the president is making the prediction despite a record $2300.00 deaths in just 24 hours he says restrictions could be lifted and up to 30 states in just 2 weeks time but he's also struck another threatening note as mike hanna reports. these daily news briefings up a ported lead to keep the nation informed about the battle against a coronavirus but invariably the president strays off

funding to the world health organization saying it's badly mishandled the coronavirus pandemic but the u.n. says this isn't the time for a funding cut those countries shows support for the global health agency. with the world news from al-jazeera russia has reported a record rise in new covert 19 infections for the 4th day. heading 425000. and also south korea's governing party makes huge gains in what is the 1st national election to be held during the panda. is 1100 hours g.m.t. 7 am in washington where president didn't president donald trump has halted u.s. funding to the world health organization he is accusing it of mishandling the outbreak and failing in its own duties he also says the agency covered up how the virus was spreading out of china the u.s. is the biggest donor to the w.h.o. contributing nearly 15 percent of its budget we'll start with this report from mike hanna. in what has become a pattern president trying to use his podium to parade reporters if you keep talking i'll leave and you can have it out with the rest of these people if you keep talking i'm going to leave

tracking the world health organization. the imf says the current downturn could be the steepest in the century. they are urging policymakers to avoid the mistakes of the great depression, ramp up the post pandemic stimulus in what they are calling the great lockdown recession. our baseline is that the crisis, the epidemic will become to traded in the second quarter for most countries in the world. containment- measures will become to traded in the second quarter. there will be a gradual removal after that. we will see initial signs of recovery in the second half. we also have more adverse scenarios. manus: let's talk about ways you see that more pronounced. is that led by countries like china, like the united states? is it a first-in, first-out situation? how do you expect this to build in the coming months? >> china was the epicenter of the pandemic and it was hit severely in the first quarter. we have a very deep contraction for china in the first quarter. we are seeing signs of recovery. it is not business as usual. for

into the actions of the world health organization. and the potential influence of china over its decision making. unfortunately with the announcement that the u.s. is going to cut funding, now everybody is focused on that. i think the u.s. unfortunately has diverted attention from where it should be by its decision to halt funding immediately. i think the better step would have been to inform the world and other countries and the world health organization that future u.s. funding is dependent on reforms and external independent investigation of what happened here. the focus should be going forward, not necessarily on the immediate response. because while the united states and other countries have the resources to deal with their outbreaks domestically, even though here in the united states and in other countries that is straining us considerably, countries like developing countries in africa, latin america and asia, they're going to depend on the world health organization to help them in their response. and they're going to interpret

the around the world rally support for frontline workers and the world health organization the goal is to boost investments in global health and it will be a star studded event with lady gaga paul mccartney elton john and taylor swift performing from their home. the biggest since the pandemic began and for a very important calls talk about that i'm joined now by she's the germany director of global citizens the organization putting this show together is good to have you on the show talk to me i mean you've got a star studded lineup here on talk to me what are we going to see during this show . yes thanks so much for having me one well together to really be a moment for all of us to come together as a global community to honor and support those people who are currently working on the front lines of this go look pandemic against corporate 19 but also for all of us to enjoy some great entertainment was still at home practicing social distancing so you've already mentioned some of the mainstream we excited that of well you know artists have joined us but this lady got our they got our assa

the the numbers of the world health organization we need to remember the world health organization is 192. it's their organization it is only as effective as those members will let it be and it was the members who passed the budgets the defunded some of those public health capacity going into a bola so the doctors and its leadership at all levels there who are unfortunately we're out of time but we certainly appreciate your time tonight and your valuable insights an insider's look at what is going on with the w.h.o. at the moment dr jonathan quick joining us tonight from durham north carolina dr thank you thank you greg. well the united states is now the epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic earlier this month as public health officials began analyzing the numbers they discovered a disturbing trend african-americans are being disproportionately impacted by the coronavirus in some states and cities where they are a minority black americans make up the majority of deaths from the virus. correspondent stephanie moans reports on how a pandemic is revealing the inequalities of a society. t

nermeen: p professor gostin, we need to turn now to the world health organization. you advised the who d decades. president trump first accused china as well as the who for being responsible for the pandemic. could you respond to that? of course, then trump cutting funding to the who. could you respond to his decision to dodo that as well as ththe fact that you have said repeatedly that whatever the failingsgs of the who and chin, the u.s. is responsible itself for r its lack of preparedness r the pandemic? could you talk also about what the u.s. should have done differently and should do now? levels the so many re.. i i have worked with the world health organization under many director generals s for many years, and thehe current dirirer geneneral, the first african hed of the world health organization , i know w him well. he is a man of great integrity, great compassion. he cares a lot. wworking with the whwho, can sometitimes be maddening. yes, thehey can be slow, they cn be bureaucratic. but my god, what they've done for the world. they have eradicated sllllpox.

health organization the world health organization needs to be held accountable now the world health organization and beijing officials have released a timeline providing step by step information about how the pandemic was dealt with from december onward showing coordination and cooperation between chinese officials and international bodies they say this narrative of a chinese cover up with which the world health organization is allegedly complicit simply doesn't add up the show hasn't responded yet to trump said his ations put political analyst on drivel check spoke to us about it he likens the white house's approach to that of the mafia. it's a complete failure failure about there is one good think about it i think that it is that the wall this watching. i think the military stance of millions hundreds of millions of people will be told to discuss that and they will understand what is behind the u.s. foreign policy how the u.s. is conducting actually the foreign policy you know. there is no criticism of the ministration could take so it is replying. to the criticism does this comin

let's start with the world health organization. you could almost triangulate who is supporting who and the chinese alignment and the president. they diverge rather dramatically, don't they? >> that was one of the best summaries of the implication of the world health organization and the slaughter of tens of thousands of people around the world. the two days that stick out for meet, january 14, the day the chinese dell dwaition came here to shake our hands and sign a trade deal it was the same day the world health organization was denying human-to-human transmission even though taiwan told them there was evidence of that two weeks earlier. march 11 is the date when the world health organization declared a global pandemic after more than a hundred countries already had infection. you know and i know it was because china was able to exert pressure on their puppet at the w.h.o., tedros. what's puzzling to me is how the likes of the cnn and msnbcs could get in bed with that. this one of the worst cases i have seen of an international or

health organization but now we have the world health organization to add a statement from the secretary general of the united nations say this is not the time for finger pointing we're still dealing with this pandemic response and the world health organization we should point out also in its briefing saying rather vigorously that it has been working and pushing back on the criticisms that may have been too slow to respond or has not had an adequate response right and his numbers rise in the united states member of the coronavirus toss also spoke to and he felt she he's been talking about the time when americans will emerge from the woods. yeah they certainly those numbers continue to rise i've just checked them again fresh numbers we have more than 401000 infections in the united states and almost 13000 deaths the bottom line in all of this as we've been told repeatedly this week is not going to be a good week in the united states particularly when we see that hardest hit state of new york still grappling as the epicenter but we've seen other states start to pop up in louisiana is one o

what is the future of the world health organization if he gets re—elected in november? health organization if he gets re-elected in november? we will deal with the plain issue any moment, but isabel, looking at china, if this is a distancing of global leadership, by the us, will china turn round and offer a helping hand to the world health organization? it is certainly true that china has missed an opportunity to step into a vacuum vacated by the us president. it could do. i think, vacated by the us president. it could do. ithink, inevitably vacated by the us president. it could do. i think, inevitably with trump, the us country contribution is the largest but that is because they are assessed and they are assessed on the size of the country's economy, the us has the biggest economy, and china is next biggest, and then on down the road as we go. but that contribution has been exaggerated by a factor of four or five, and the other interesting thing about the world health organization, which i agree is underfunded, but 80% of its funding comes from other contributions, so

we used to know that as the number one health care organization in the world. they're not delivering, madame speaker. >> i'm not pleased, but you have to know even in the face of this pandemic earlier this see, the administration cut -- made very serious cuts to the cdc. even in light of this happening. and so, they have not -- they said in the beginning they rejected the world health organization tests, they said they were going to make their own. they made their own, they didn't work, it set us back a few weeks. the outreach that they should have been doing curtailed because of the cuts that the administration made, already knowing that the pandemic was here so that has to be a very vital force. center for disease control is the main prevention and outreach organization in our government and they work closely with the world health organization exchanging ideas, scientists, clinical knowledge and all the rest, and yet now the white house is saying we're not going to fund the world health organization that's horrible. but even worse is that they're racing world

but this is even bigger than the world health organization. this is about china's influence into these multilateral organizations. we fought destined for the entire time i was at the u.n. right now, they had a civil aviation organization. they had to head up and agricultural organization and they almost became the head of the world intellectual property organization until singapore came in and save us from that. they are on the human rights council and now we are seeing their influence in the world health organization. this is what china does. they try to leverage and get influence and what we are seeing is the world health organization once again has fallen for it. i can't believe they are going to go so far as lecture the president. if anything, we deserve to hold them accountable. we have the rights to answers and they need to be investigated, why was it when the taiwanese told the world health organization on december 31st of that they had evidence that this was human to human transition, why did it take a whole month for the world health

with a sharp rebuke from china after the us president again attacks the world health organization over the coronavirus pandemic. and they're on the start the attack and this is al jazeera live from doha with more comprehensive coverage of the pandemic including a bleak forecast for nigeria from the combined effects of coronavirus and the slump in oil prices. we kind of match that we're talking about is that there's a whole mean. we get advice from a doctor on what you can do yourself to get extra protection from the fire ants. and also coming up hungry and exhausted hundreds of bricking get our best cute but others starve to death in a refugee. now donald trump says the number of new corona virus infections in the united states is slowing the president's making the prediction despite his country marking a record 2300 deaths in 24 hours he says restrictions could be lifted and up to 30 states in 2 weeks' time but he's also struck another threatening note as mike hanna reports. these daily news briefings up a ported lead to keep the nation informed about the battle against a coronavirus

we have not heard from the world health organization, but the u.n. secretary general says now is not the time to reduce these resources to the w.h.o. he says later on is when we will do an investigation into the spread of the pandemic. francine: what can you tell us about polls? how is he doing versus joe biden? annmarie: right now president say joe bidenld is doing well when you look at what happened over the weekend, and the polls from wisconsin. he and wisconsin is able to beat bernie sanders, bernie sanders in 2016 beat the hopeful clinton, and in michigan last month, joe biden won against bernie sanders, and bernie sanders in michigan was able to beat clinton. president donald trump in the past things has been doing fairly well. people tune into them and they want to see them. francine: thank you so much, annmarie hordern with the latest on the feud between president trump the world health organization. the race to find a vaccine against coronavirus continues. lasso smithkline has joined -- glaxo smith kline has joined for trials this year. the

the global death toll from coven 1000 tops 200000 as the world health organization warns there is no evidence that having had the virus prevents reinfection. hello again i'm a star and this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up a major milestone for the country where the virus began china has not reported any new deaths for 10 straight days. growing concerns of the pandemic could set back the fight against malaria one of the world's deadliest infectious diseases. until recent northern sweden where a rare court victory for the indigenous and so many people against the swedish state has led to a series of revenge attacks or they really do. 200000 people have now died from the corona virus and the world health organization has warned that people who recover from the disease may not be immune to reinfection and says there is no evidence that people who developed antibodies were protected from getting it affect in time and without that guarantee the agency says plans by some governments to roll out so-called immunity passports could be risky chile has announced it'll be the 1st coun

the world health organization for the extent of the pandemic what exactly z. accusing the w. h. o. of and why do you think he's doing it now kimberly. well essentially he's playing the blame game and why is he doing it will this is standard donald trump protocol is he rarely excepts responsibility for any sort of mistake we have a rise a spike in deficit here in the united states from corner virus the number of cases continues to climb in the hundreds of thousands in the terms of infractions and the president's under the microscope as we pointed out with that memo now is looking for someone to blame and he's doing it in the form of blaming the world health organization take a look at this tweet the w.h.o. really blew it for some reason largely funded largely by the united states yet very china centric will be giving that a good look fortunately i rejected their advice i keep ing our borders open to china early on why did they give us such a faulty recommendation and just a little bit of fact checking there from al-jazeera the top producers in london we should point out that in fact

doctors in the world health organization ask governments to halt roll out of 5 g. i would see you know to 5 g. and the fight against misleading information is taking us a real turn the u.k. is communications regulator ofcom was even forced to intervene and punish a community radio station for broadcasting unfounded claims about the roll out of 5 g. with the government even stepping in to denounce the so-called fake news as dangerous not only point but the most thank you again for mentioning. the stories i have got about that they play a role in the spread of the disease that's just. dangerous nonsense as well but considering the government has advised the public to stay at home the internet has unsurprisingly been relied on like never before meaning separating fact from fiction especially when it comes to the link between 5 g. and current a virus is vital but there's no doubting the tenuous connection has for some people across the united kingdom to disconnect from their technology so i don't stash the r.t. london. there are also plenty of false allegations circula

health organization. i think if you take president xi of china, turned him upside down and shook him the world health organization would fallout of his pocket and that is not acceptable. china lied and a lot of people died and the director general of the world health organization helps president xi cover-up and it is not right. shannon: we have someone who is ducking into those ties between china and the who. the senate is going to try to move on an additional $250 billion in funding. house democrats have other plans. they want to add another 250 on top of that 250. they have a list of demands including $100 billion for hospitals, community health centers and other systems to increase testing and protective gear and equipping, $150 billion for state and local government and a 60% increase in food stamp benefits. a lot of people would hear that and say that sounds like the kind of stuff we need. what do you make a wish list? >> i wish i didn't have to say this. nancy pelosi is calling the shots and i think

funding of the world health organization while. donald trump accuses the w.h.o. mishandling the coronavirus behind them of covering up the way it's spread from china. the u.n. says it's not the time for funding cuts countries show support for the global health agency. sam is a and this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up the un security council edges closer to backing a cease fire in global conflicts as the world tackles the pandemic. and russia reports a record rise in new code with 19 infections for the 4th day. the world is on the brink of reaching 2000000 confirmed cases of cope with 19 and as governments continue to grapple with the growing pandemic president donald trump has halted u.s. funding to the organization leading the fight the world health organization he accuses it of mishandling the outbreak its critics say those he's trying to deflect blame for his own failings like how the reports. and what has become a pattern president used his podium to break reporters if you keep talking i'll leave and you can have it out with the rest of these peop

health organization instead it is the largest donor to the world health organization contributing about 15 percent of the monies contributed but what we see there clearly is a u.s. president who's also feeling the heat the spotlight terms of his own response in the united states you have to remember u.s. president is running for reelection in november he was running on a very strong economy that's a vast paraded as a result of fraud a virus people being forced to stay home and now there is a lot of finger pointing going on in terms of who to blame our committee thanks for everything kimberly how can washington d.c. well the death toll in the united kingdom continues to surge with almost a 1000 deaths in the past 24 hours more than 60000 people have been infected across the country including of course the prime minister johnson he remains in intensive care but his condition is said to be improving is bach. the british prime minister's personal battle with covert 19 continues with him still in intensive care for the 1st time in days though some positive news on boris johnson's condition t

funding for the world health organization. the president blaming it for opposing his restrictions on travel from china. also he said for failing to inform the world about a lack of transparency from china on the outbreak. now, there are certainly very legitimate criticisms to be had on the w.h.o. and of china and cnn has reported on them extensively. however, not so long ago the president was expressing a very different view of each. on china. here's a tweet from the president, january 24th. quote, china has been working very hard to contain the coronavirus. the united states greatly appreciates their efforts and transparency. it will all work out well, in particular on behalf of the american president i want to thank president xi. transparency. a month later here's a tweet on the w.h.o. quoting again from the president. the coronavirus is very much under control in the usa. we are in contact with everyone and all relevant countries, cdc and world health have been working hard and very smart. stock market starting to look very

i've been a long-time critic of the world health organization. they did a miserable job on ebola when we were working with them. there have been some reforms, some new leadership since then. i think they've done a better job here. but they definitely have made mistakes. but donald trump attack the world health organization is like an f student attack a b-minus student. it's not that the world health organization has not made mistakes. they have. it's that trump has made worse mistakes. and ironically, one of those horrible mistakes was saying on february 24th that the world health organization was very smart and doing a very great job. so what's happening here, lawrence, is not that donald trump has any legitimate criticisms in his eyes of the world health organization. he's just trying to deflect the blame for his failures on testing, his failures to act promptly, his failures to get the protective gear in place. he wants to put the blame someplace else. he's the president who stood in the rose guarden and said i take no responsibility for this.

the world health organization says it regrets the u.s. president's decision to cut funding to the global health body donald trump is accusing it of mishandling the covert 19 pandemic but the head of the w.h.o. says that his organization is vital for handling this crisis and its performance is open to scrutiny. w. chose performance in tackling this pandemic will be reviewed by w. just member states and the independent bodies that are employees to each will try to spot and see an accountability for that might really involving all responders this is part of the usual process put in place by our member states no doubt areas for improvement will be identified and there will be lessons for all of fires to learn but for now our focus my focus is on stopping this virus and saving lives hours after trumps decision a us federal department the centers for disease control which has been leading the fight against the corona virus there praised the w.h.o. troops move has been widely criticized the european union says there is no justification for washi

health organization the world health organization needs to be held accountable now the world health organization and beijing officials have released a timeline providing step by step information about how the pandemic was dealt with from december onward showing coordination and cooperation between chinese officials and international bodies they say this narrative of a chinese cover up with which the world health organization is allegedly complicit simply doesn't add up. it comes as the former m i 6 chief said that while the w.h.o. should take some of the blame for the pandemic the rest should fall on china so john sawers who is head of the secret intelligence service from 2009 until 2014 of knowledge the floors in the organizations response however he had it that it's only as good as its member states and that it would be more appropriate to hold the chinese government to account the w.h.o. has called on countries to avoid politicizing the virus if they want to avoid more deaths. reporters found that almost half of self employed people worry they will not have enough money to cover

and the world health organization c.d.c. and jones had a long history of working together in multiple outbreaks throughout the world as we continue to do in this one and so we've had a very productive public health relationship we continue to have but. and kimberly i mean you mentioned some of the numbers a little earlier but give us more of an overview about what the virus situation in the u.s. is right now. well this is still a country that's very much in the midst of a crisis and that crisis is exacerbated in some areas and not as serious in others but it's still a country that is grappling to deal with this and has not yet gotten ahead of the so-called curve well we've had encouraging data in terms of some flattening of the curve as it's called the peak of cases this country is still very much in the midst of combating this disease and we see it manifesting all around the country whether it's here in washington d.c. where i am where the mayor has just extended the stay at home order for another month that means schools a