that's the most the best actually. we should do the best option and if it happens to diagnose early and respond quickly and that listed as quickly as possible but we can see now through this pandemic there is a serious challenge or vulnerability even in countries who claim to have the strongest el system i think this should bring humility to all our countries and see and assess the situation carefully understand the gaps carefully and understand the importance of health put on we should not go into the cycle of panic and neglect as you all know we are now in

a phase of panic because there is this dangerous in this is a bill virus which is wrecking havoc and there is there is panic and there is concern but that should actually lead into asking questions on what to do to strings in. our system and to improve. or to use the vulnerabilities that we have so there is which is coming to our health professionals is because of we can assist them the reason why we are not detecting or preventing the outbreak easily or quickly is because of we call

a system because of serious but not ability and i don't think that is from what we have seen now nor country is immune. nor country can claim that it has a strong public old system what a strong system so we have to really be honest and our service and address this problem to provide better services start people but at the same time to protect the health professionals to. thank you very much. next question comes from brazil or an appeal to ms been to can you hear us. oh yes. yes please go ahead and get your game can you hear me ok. it seems to

me you have a lack of coordination in some countries in terms of day and election and also come after unsparing see what i mean for many years in brazil for instance is studies have been indicating that numbers may be and they're reporting that i would like to know if w. h. o. is tracking those problems and if so what can be said about the quality of data in brazil and see squatting today is chris show to formulate the right this is what could be done. under reporting data in our search countries in the ward thank you very much. thank you for the question i think you. all countries around the world have experienced. some difficulties in coordination and particularly at sub national level but typically in large

countries federated states. the and there have been issues obviously between countries especially neighboring countries and trying to work together to coordinate and align their activities in fact that's been a feature of this response is that trying to get that international alignments region alignment national alignment subnational alignment of all of the activities with all of the actors and the players involved in that sense has been a huge challenge to governments at every level i've often been asked you know one of the most important things an epidemic response and people expect me to say diagnostics or epidemiologists i usually say 3 things governance governance and governance i mean at the heart of epidemic or emergency response is the need for coherence for coordination for alignment for compromise and sometimes compromise with people whom you might never compromise in any other circumstance and

a partnership with people you might never work with and any of the other circumstance because the goal goes higher and the goal is to go beyond the differences to put aside differences and work together that is what difficult to do but in a in a true emergency that is what we all do and i think that's something that all countries have experienced at one level or another some are overcoming that more successfully than others but it is something that must be done if we're to get to the end of this epidemic in terms of numbers and i think sometimes we we say well there's a lack of numbers or a lack of transparency i think the 1st thing in all countries we need to recognise is that frontline health systems are under huge pressure and therefore reporting data isn't necessarily the 1st priority from a doctor or nurse in the from the front line. i really don't think i've done a bad job if i save my life and i haven't filled in the form. and therefore i think we have to give local systems a break we have to empower them to be able to report into the system but we

shouldn't be criticizing when they don't and it's the same at all levels of the system we need to make sure there's enough data to make a proper assessment of the situation if there are large gaps geographic gaps in the data that's a problem if there are large gaps around certain communities if there are gaps around certain vulnerable communities and that a vacuum then that's a bad thing but i think just harping on the daily numbers it's very difficult we need to look at each of the data are we gathering enough data on the clinical disease are we gathering enough data or fatality are we missing large pockets of deaths are we missing large pockets of cases is there something else we need in order to plan a better response if the answer to that is yes then you have a data problem but if it's coming down to you got it wrong yesterday by one case or you've got a wrong yesterday by 2 deaths then it becomes very pedantic it becomes very unhelpful and these become political bullets that are fire between different groups and i think we have to be very very careful. to not do that so we need to

regularly review the data we're using to drive the response at each level and if that data is either not being collected are not being sent we have to fix that problem but we don't need every single piece of data at every level to manage outbreaks in fact you need less data at higher levels you need the most data at the local level you need less to it at the national level and even less data at the international level in fact data can be your worst enemy in some cases because you can become overloaded with data and become information port your data rich information poor if you don't know what to do with that data so it's a complex issue countries need to focus on collecting the data they need and more importantly using. that data putting it to good use and using that data to drive the response with regard to cohesion a country level it is a huge test epidemics and. stress test to our system and they stress every

component of our society and governance is tested in the same way as social systems are tested as the health care system is toast and in many ways and in some ways all our systems are being filed one thing and all of them need a level of repair and renewal and we need to go about doing that as we go through this pandemic as well. and if i could just add to that so there's there's different types of data that's collected and like talked a lot about the case based data that's coming from countries but there's other types of data collection that comes through studies that comes through epidemiologic studies through clinical studies through laboratory investigations through treatment studies through looking at how many lab tests are actually done and what is the percent positive to see any logic data to anthropological data through social science data and as mike said we don't need this in every single

country at all times if there are some locations that aren't as overwhelmed as other countries if they can do a well characterize study of looking at health care worker infections for example you could look at disease disease severity we could look at infection in children these pieces of information from these well characterized and conducted studies could really help inform their response and they can it feeds into this feedback loop of helping us look at are we doing the right things how do we need to tailor this approach to each other what we learn about underlying conditions treatment options how do we prevent people from progressing to severe disease so so there are countries that could carry out these studies and they are and these studies are ongoing this is why we are constantly looking at the pre-publication papers that are that are coming to us to journals that are coming to us directly from scientists and constantly looking at the papers that are being published because

all of that in addition to us talking to clinicians and social scientists and laboratory and all of that feeds into into our guidance materials and to the advice that we're providing to to all member states. thank you very much next question is from. can you hear us. yes please go ahead. and my christians. who are. the people who are in japan the 1st earn your new. a quite stable 2 months. since. the war in iraq increased. how do you under a situation. perhaps other countries needs to why you seem to need it's

the only into you. here i think. japan. in fact we have some very excellent data in japan on their approach over the last number of months and japan has done a very very good job over months and it's taken up for an approach a very. systematic investigation of clusters tracked i think they called many of their teams the cluster busters they are these very specialized teams that have been going out and investigating clusters another only have they been able to contain those clusters but they've gained a lot of tremendously useful information on how disease that is dr michael ryan of the world health organization following on from his boss dr ted ross briefing on the latest in the coronavirus a pandemic saying that we are now in the phase of panic because there is this dangerous invisible virus which is wreaking havoc but we must strengthen health

systems he said that the no country is immune no country can claim it has a strong health system and says that while there has been a much needed slowing of coronavirus cases in major european countries there are alarming rises elsewhere and the chair is warning nations against a hasty lifting of restrictions. i know that some countries are already planning the transition out of stay at home restorations w.h.o. wants to see distractions lifted as much as anyone at the same time lifting restrictions too quickly could lead to a deadly resurgence the way down can be as dangerous as the way up if not mine is properly. dr ted ross the darts general of the world health organization it's been out can be helped that he's been listening in steam standing by in washington d.c. and can really keep those lockdowns going is the message.

yeah and i think it's interesting that for the 2nd time this week we have heard from the world health organization chief not mentioning u.s. president donald trump by name but clearly in that sound bite we just played that was the message intended at least for the leader of the united states who has continually in the face of contradictory messaging from his public health officials that people need to stay indoors has continued to cheerlead in and talk about the possibility of reopening the economy i think it's also important to note given the fact that the u.s. president this week doubled down on his lashing out against the world health organization particularly that it's to china centric that it was slow to the clare of global health emergency that the doctor tenders there has essentially spoken to each one of those criticisms but at the same time taken the moral high ground in

terms of not getting into the tit for tat as collation that we saw from the u.s. president coming from the white house it is important to know in all of this that there was a call from the chief there that the g 20 which the united states of course is a member of that they need to be stepping up their contributions in terms particularly of the personal protective equipment that is needed he said for about 30 percent of the world that they will be reliant on the w.h.o. to distribute through the world food program chains of supply chains that they will need this type of equipment because this speaks directly to the fact that the u.s. president has in fact threatened to cut u.s. funding and this is notable given the fact the u.s. is the world health organizations biggest donor contributing at least 15 percent of the budget. also kimberly the votes to talking about

10 percent of health workers are affected weld infected worldwide and said that was an alarming trend. an alarming trend that includes the united states and i think that's one of the things that he really tried to underscore as the u.s. president continues to in contrast to what is being said by u.s. governors and even city mayors that there is a shortage of personal protective equipment that is not getting out to the states. the u.s. president is saying just the opposite so we heard there again dr tut headdress speaking there directly countering the points of the u.s. president speaking from a global perspective saying that not only is there an alarming shortage but that no country is immune in terms of its public health system that there is no strong public health system and that would include the united states so again the u.s. president running for reelection trying to put a positive face on a crisis that has gripped this country as accounting for almost

a 3rd of the world's cases that things are going to turn the corner and do so rather quickly but that's not the message we got there from the head of the world health organization. or it can really be of a moment more later with. the time being thanks very much can we help it there in washington d.c. where there are signs the spread of coronavirus in new york is slowing despite the state reporting more cases than any country outside the united states the number of new hospital admissions statewide has been trending downwards the united states is fast approaching the home for a 1000000 infections and in new york mass burials are taking place as more run out of space more than 16000 people have died nationwide and that is 2nd now to it to me. all right to energy ministers from the world's largest 20 economies are holding an emergency meeting on how to protect oil markets damaged by the fallout from the coronavirus crisis their video conference follows

a record breaking deal by opec and its allies to cut production to try and boost prices and that's failed to happen so far and prices have sunk even further reducing output by $10000000.00 barrels a day is also aimed at countering the unprecedented collapse in demand caused by coronavirus letter i spoke to geoff colgan who's a professor of political science at brown university also author of true aggression when oil causes war and he says it's unrealistic to believe the opec deal will stabilize the old markets overnight. oil markets have actually fallen on news of the deal as opposed to rising as opec plus had hoped that it would happen they were looking for a boost of up to $15.00 a barrel and in fact prices are going into reverse and that's striking because i think there's really 2 things that are happening because of what's happening here one is that while the deal does contain some substantive cuts most of what's

being announced are so-called market cuts meaning that these are the kinds of things are going to happen deal or no deal these are decisions made by individual producers reacting to the change in market conditions that are you know ramping down because of lower oil prices so in some sense that this is more hype than real substance and the 2nd thing that matters for the prices is the fact that there is a can persistent overhang in supply so the expected shortfall in demand over the next 2 months is something like $25.00 to $30000000.00 barrels a day and this deal is $10.00 to $15000000.00 barrels a day so it only goes part of the way to addressing that massive demand shock work and continuing to see oversupply and that's going to drive prices likely downwards

as inventory continue to build it is significant in the sense that saudi arabia and a few of the gulf monarchies are changing their strategy to certain degree but much of what's happening here as i said is market cut this is going to happen anyway especially in the united states. yemen has announced its 1st recorded case of coronavirus in the eastern region of a 100 not a curfew has been imposed in markets and mosques ordered to close as war in yemen enters its 6th yeah many fear hospitals won't be able to cope with an outbreak or bad money as its. streets disaster to a 12 hour curfew imposed it's a moment many feared yemen's 1st reported case a call that 19 in the south is in port city of. yemeni medical officials and 100 region have tweeted that the person is in a stable condition in hospital. health care workers know how dangerous the virus is

in a country where hall of all facilities have been destroyed by 5 years of war no. where with the governor of how dramatic to inspect the patients examination and diagnosis at the feet a hospital in follow this same time has been established and ready to receive as many patients as necessary. the world health organization says it's assessing who may have been exposed to the virus and the charity save the children says there are 700 intensive care unit beds including 65 children and 520 latest for a population of about 30000000 people confirmation of the virus came at the start of a 2 week he'll have to cease fire by the saudi u.a.e. led coalition it says the poison is to help stop the spread of the corona virus. but a spokesman told al jazeera they consider the ceasefire announcement

a media and political stunt and want a comprehensive and un led deal. but we were very clear before the krona pandemic we wanted the world to stop completely and the siege to be fully lifted the siege makes human too weak to fight the pandemic we didn't say that the cease fire is rejected but we expressed doubts about the intentions of the saudis who have proved that they haven't committed themselves to date unilaterally announced truce. analysts believe the saudis and the emirate isn't looking for a face saving way out war they can't win the pause in fighting in yemen started as the united nations security council held an emergency closed door meeting by video conference un secretary general antonio terence says he wants to work towards a cease fire in all conflicts during the pandemic. many fear in a country where millions face famine and lack access to clean water it's impossible to follow simple rules to prevent the spread of infection about among the out to

sarah. to south africa and it's extended its lockdown until the end of the month the government says some gains have been made in slowing down the spread of co but 19 there is widespread concern about the impact the crisis is having on the already struggling economy and what that means for millions of jobs minimal is in johannesburg and reports on what that means for millions of jobless. the richest square mile in africa ground to a halt while the johannesburg stock exchange continues to operate not much else does so africa is 2 weeks into a lot down to contain the spread of the corona virus and while progress is being made in fighting the disease the economic impact is devastating for millions of some africans this is one of dozens of businesses in johannesburg that's had to close its doors own up to the mia says customer numbers were down by more than 90 percent even before the lockdown started he says recovery will take

a long time. so africa's central bank says the lockdown has so far led to the economy contracted by 2.6 percent and it estimates that more than 300000 jobs will be lost and $1600.00 small businesses won't survive. but economists believe that estimate is far too low and the number of unemployed will be in the millions. while. at the last. worst. financial

crisis to. consider what is going. to the next. president says while the government's priority is to save lives it also has to save the economy from collapse the unemployment insurance fund a city site $2000000000.00 for jobless people tens of millions of dollars will be spent on small business debt relief and hundreds of millions more on helping small farmers the president says ending the lockdown too soon or abruptly would risk a massive an uncontrollable resurgence of co the 19 but as millions stay home to keep safe many worry about how they will pay their bowls if their businesses will survive and just how long south africa will take to resuscitate its already ailing economy the medium alone al jazeera johannesburg or the world's 4th most populous nation is in forcing stricter social distancing after

a sudden surge in corona virus cases public transport has been reduced to half capacity and gatherings are banned in indonesia the new rules are in place for 2 weeks in the country of more than 270000000 people just to washington is in the capital jakarta and she says there is growing public concern about a lack of testing. indicate.

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countries. across the country continues to decline just 27 cases. reported cases. 50. of the french navy have been. cut short. $980.00 people have died in the united kingdom in the last 24 hours due to covert $900.00 it is the highest since the outbreak began foreign secretary dominic rob news standing in for the prime minister boris johnson is urging people to stay indoors this easter weekend as the weather warms up and rob is warming warning people to stick to the government's lockdown rules as more now from london so easter weekend now

a time when people want to be with their families extended families and friends and so on if there was ever going to be a moment of lockdown fatigue one imagines this might be it and the government of course the message as you heard it there from government rub the foreign secretary mr johnson's effective stand in his please don't breach these restrictions stay at home as much as you can come out to exercise once a day by all means but no sunbathing no picnicking in the parks and behind me this park is a pretty good example of a very disciplined distancing going on really not very crowded at all that may not be the case around the country we've heard in the last 24 hours from supporter of violence the chief scientific adviser also paul cost but the medical director of public health both pointing to a flattening of the transmission rate the rate of infections an apparent flattening over recent days also reductions in the i.c.u. admission rate just 2 weeks ago that was doubling every 3 days it's now doubling every 6 or more and they point to these 2 metrics if you like as evidence that the lockdown really is having an effect the death toll is extremely high still the

latest death toll 866 people died in the last 24 hours registered as having died in hospitals but but they say those or many of them would have contracted covered 900 before the lockdown came in in place so don't be put off by those figures they say and indeed the high death toll may continue for another couple of weeks before the lag effect kicks in but overall the message is the lockdown is working please please stick to it. a good friday service has been held in notre dame cathedral after the devastating fire in the french capital 12 months ago only 7 people attended the ceremony in paris because of the coronavirus looked up at the service was broadcast nationwide as christians around the world celebrated easter eggs while staying in france an orchestra is turning the tables by taking its music health workers and their patients 2.

if it is close because of the lock downs the border i offer is performing at hospitals and 0 people spent the musicians are also showing their support for the health care system while sticking to strict social distancing rules of course. i don't get website out 0 dot com is the address plenty of comment and analysis right that i just read on. this is not 0 these are the top stories in the world health organization says while there has been a much needed slowing down of coronavirus cases in major european countries alarming rises elsewhere the w.h.o. is warning nations against the hasty lifting of restrictions saying no country is immune the reason why we are not detecting or preventing

the outbreak easily or quickly is because of we call a system because of serious vulnerability and i don't think there is from what we have seen no no country is immune. no country can claim that it has a strong public system. well there are signs of spread of coronaviruses new york is slowing despite the state reporting more cases than any country outside the united states the number of new hospital admissions statewide has been trending downwards the us is fast approaching half a 1000000 infections and a new york mass burials are taking place as morgues run out of space more than 16000 people have died nationwide 2nd now to italy energy ministers from the world's largest 20 economies are holding an emergency meeting on how to protect oil markets damaged by the fallout from the crisis their video conference follows a record breaking deal by opec and its allies to cut production to try to raise

prices that's failed to happen so far and prices have sunk even further reducing output by $10000000.00 barrels a day it's also aimed at countering the unprecedented collapse in demand 50 crew on board the flag ship of the french navy have been diagnosed with the virus the shoulder go has cut short its mission to return to base in the mediterranean port of 2 local. $980.00 people have died in the united kingdom in the last 24 hours due to cave in $91.00 highest since the outbreak began for inspectorate dominate rob you standing in for prime minister boris johnson is people to stay indoors this easter weekend as the weather warms up rob is warning people to stick to the government's lots of rules those that lines got more news here on al-jazeera after my cuba hail to. the wedding planner i've not.

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