simple libya is that this announcement to withdraw from the kid to see is a is a strategic move to sort of unify the political opposition in bolivia anyone who is against it will more tallies under this sort of rallying cry and that's the way that this is being painted by the interim president is this rallying cry to preserve democracy in bolivia china is reacting to a visit by the u.s. undersecretary for economic affairs keith cracked by carrying out more military exercises off the coast of taiwan to protect what it sees as its territorial sovereignty has the highest level state department official to land in taiwan in decades those are the headlines on al-jazeera have more news for you after people in power i have had to say with a sense watch. russia now seems to be going off to the main economic resource which is a cool story we bring you the stories and developments to the rapidly changing the

world living presidents promise america 1st policy trigger to try war that morphed into a technological war counting the cost on al-jazeera. with around 28000000 people infected and approaching 1000000 dead the global coronavirus pandemic continues to exact a heavy toll but after the 1st appearance of cope with 19 could the world health organization and a few more expect to see in this new world in 1000 the international response a few months into the crisis a team of swiss italian filmmakers went in search of answers.

we have the 4 men system and that will be 19. 100. when the director general of the world cup oaken ice ation made this announcement on march 11th 2020 it came as little surprise to anyone by then from its origins and we had china the coronavirus had been spreading internationally for at least 2 months already infecting 118000 people and a 114 countries. as we now know tens of millions more would eventually be infected and to date at least almost a 1000000 people. of diet as things stand the covered $1000.00 pandemic is far from over. yet back in those early uncertain weeks as the world was waking to an

unprecedented threat the w.h.o. came under face attack. the agency is responsible to the united nations leading the global response to contagious disease but critics accuse the organization of failing in its mission and of reacting too slowly to the parents of the coronavirus some even claimed it had been too ready to believe what it was 1st told by the chinese government about the nature and severity of this new disease. as these criticisms grew we went to w.h.o. headquarters in geneva to find out if it senior officials could have done more sooner to allow the world. travel to be more or less. a drunk. c. and pick. a. new feature cina.

in soma each equation a moment in. itself. before the year the next. on january 5th the w.h.o. issued a reassuring press release about a mysterious new disease on the 31st of december 2019 the w.h.o. china country office was informed of cases of pneumonia of unknown etiology detected in rwanda city a total of $44.00 patients with pneumonia of unknown. based on the preliminary information from the chinese investigation team no evidence of significant human to human transmission had been reported earlier joe advise is against the application of any travel trade restrictions on china. but if all was still common geneva in taiwan an infectious disease specialist had been having sleepless nights but that was december 31st the last day of the end of the year. i saw it around

530 because i woke up really early that day just happened i couldn't sleep well. young many copies there pick up that message then the postcard to our lying group and about the very. interesting but also. there was a post about the mysterious outbreak of pneumonia in china. dr low you is the deputy director of taiwan center for disease control he says that from the outside there were 3 crucial indications that something very serious was happening in china. the growth is there or be sure announcement by the. storage to the hospitals these were reminding of the toll there is outbreak on your morning. happening in hospitalized patients so be careful

about taking those cases and the 2nd message doctors reminding each other while be careful because it could be dangerous to us though because you're for that these patients were isolated and that a certain message was about a doctor's chatting about well in my house we talk i've found so many cases of pneumonia and they seem to be associated with the food market and preliminary laboratory results there's it's probably sars. the 2003 sars epidemic which also began in china infected over 8000 people around the world and killed 73 people in taiwan one of the worst affected countries it had left the taiwanese very sensitive to the dangers posed by viruses capable of human to human transmission in order to limit any such threat the authorities knew that very strict containment and isolation measures would be necessary.

the around 630 it's still early in generally it's ok for me to post in our colleagues web chat group so i i send a message on that chat group saying well there is an important message i just saw earlier on and we need to clarify that with the chinese authorities. at the center for disease control didn't just ask beijing for more information on december 31st also raise the matter with the. news resources today indicate that at least 7 were to be called pneumonia cases were reported in china their health authorities replied to the media that the cases were believed not sars however the samples were still around during the examination and the cases have been isolated for treatment i would have greatly appreciated if you have

relevant information to share with us thank you very much however chan and his colleagues at the c.d.c. believe the w.h.o. ignored the early warnings about the virus because taiwan over which china came sovereignty is barred from full member status. check number one the house was sort of teasing beijing already will they are on top of these event if it's really a even a number to come for it starts or not. it be and are used the only investigating or not. that e-mail has since been at the center of a route between taiwan and the w.h.o. . according to taiwan the fact that patients had been placed in isolation was an intrinsic alert of a human to human transmitted disease. before say. oh man. i may said that they wanted. me scoop of with

a bit. but they won't know now. because me. and for most of the infamous i saw as the other for me. we thought well the message you we provide. in addition to requesting more information. you have to pay really careful attention to these events they they are they are. they didn't require that they were out thank you we have received. taiwan decided it couldn't afford to wait for the w.h.o. on december 31st it began implementing its own emergency containment measures their response was to prove highly effective taiwan has a population of 25000000 and sits only 93 miles from the chinese mainland to date it has had 498 case of corona virus and only 7 deaths meanwhile louis chan says the

chinese authorities kept denying the problem. press release on these numbers 31st and said well it's not it's not stars and there's no evidence of human to human transmission but we still think ahead we cannot risk the possibility that it's really sars. so after all these gusher internally at the agency. as the prime minister's office we decided to start on board. inspection of all the direct flights coming from things that day and those who do not count we had a round of 12 to write a weekly basis around. by now the residents and mohan were also becoming alarmed. at the border. talk of course. you want to reach him so much of. your.

sort of caught up in a shortage of. neurons i must try to as an italian who's lived a new hand since 2006 when all my cock took a look at it. just like a discussion. subject to. all your jobs i want your. support to have a possible cost. on january 23rd 3 weeks after the 1st news of the mysterious virus had leaked it was locked down by then over a 1000 people have been infected what happened in those crucial 3 weeks in january has yet to be fully explained its role that those 3 weeks. almost to issue a press release on a daily basis and all these press release just. sort of message number one it's

being controlled well and i think there was at least one week there were like 00 new case new all new cases needle you will you ok. so it is providing wrong reassurance to the world while these outbreaks being well controlled in one don't worry about that still number 2 they kept saying there was no evidence of human to human transmission. the taiwanese c.d.c. had already implemented containment measures but it remained in contact with china . on january 13th along with experts from hong kong and macau it sent a delegation to hand to study the virus we have a meeting with the public health law cause central provincial public affairs or so ready to discuss to ask more questions about the critical courses. as i mean to.

report that there are 41 cases of the typical morning 28 war associate with one man the full market. and 13 cases. totally no association with while and she feels like it is a point i think we need to nor about the effectiveness of a minority of the throat in case. the chairperson of the meetin who came from a low course already has said that. there is no evidence or human to human transmission 1st and now we have a lot of discussion and finally the central government of you should say that what you said was are all words that mention now we see in. the media human to human transmission cannot be included in common. shewn

they were reported average or really soon. that crucial news doesn't seem to have reached the w.h.o. . on january 14th tokenize ations director general ted rall scuppering sauce tweeted that there was no evidence of human to human transmission. looks like they just totally trust beijing. and all of these 2 weeks 1st 2 weeks in january. there were basically copycat. remember stay organized. to the members they. cannot member states. in the mean time i think they need the chinese government right to call for a write. in the beginning you basically whatever that

the. chinese government. is a professor of global health studies at sutton hole university in new jersey and an expert on the chinese health system. that is not. government giving was the national health commission in china and the return is my understanding and my research suggested that even the national health commission was and you formed this very true nature of the outbreak so there was clearly local government. by your twenty's even though by that time it was an open secret in the front line. you know there was human to human transmission i should steal you know basically stopped at the

official. snow. every day you may in the transmission. leave it was intended because you know that she is so much for the maintenon notified of aids and so on a regular basis on a call about this you know there's a. lot of us but i think that it will make you cool to do the same but. you don't want to be there. because of. yet and early january data collected by chinese hospitals late to published by the new england journal of medicine confirmed that there had been human transmission. it is proven that since mid december human to human transmission happened among people who were in close contact with each other. the 1st 6 people came from the seafood market from january 1 to january 11th but over 80 percent of the patients

had never been there. according to the same data 70 percent had never had contact with the patients therefore they have been affected by asymptomatic people. but parents out there. at the mass we. know where your dog 3 live events and cora both of these have unfair mackay aid that aim to be privy to the journey the instructor and so they seem to me ok in the context of that i'm asking of ok van going to may say train it in chris i was reading it the real use the symptomatic look at the feet and so on and on that horse known that after the door and when he 1st that sonia's then we put all his spread human ears and if you get you abuse. we're going to get it wherever he said it was it shouldn't get away with this. shit

just so much better there but. there is conservative. did you notice sharon. some would have been an employee of the senate as most of the kitchen and less intimate machine i mean clinton recently got. sort of getting more than a sheen. are going to have gotten better medical since he knew he hadn't sent. does mr a q. which you have tested or sinister bankrupt or. religious 200 presenting is something of a hero in italy having led the fight against the pandemic and benito where he is the regional scientific advisor it was thanks to his intuitions on the contagiousness of some to mattick people that the virus in the area was brought under control. but really there was shut off she actually took there the rock where temperament it took teleports you're in a moment 2000000000 children and. he said earlier. that

it was even a good shirt off of america seem to match your 2nd look at america going to be most of the decisions about who should enter this make it just sort of course you don't tell your people. but where you're going to the weapons or do you want to grab it where the meter should merit or against it descriptive of the level and 2nd of every response you know going to muscular instead be that well in the body getting it does she know. about i'm going to be sure to star michel it will be even a stone it will be more into the people that. face madness i'll be among the number one. important successful actors that one can have controlled well. i mean ip is special because. a lot of the patients are actually symptomatic with me they don't need them to do

anything so all you'd be only ask people we think turns to wear a mask you will meet a big proportion of those who can still trance meet but there was no protection of the patient to others. that can not just that because even cheesy the hour did not have to to be put that it was to my. we're going to turn though some more verse from that list in the main for them that are there and here stop what out in the schools is purcell this election was for the better than session t.v. live events. dog the chicken or you push them apart ladder oh my to measure the distance a sense of my screen no longer say i want a quest but a few days after this interview was recorded on june 5th the w h o changed its guidelines on mosques which are too general to address. in light of evolving evidence doubly advises that governments should encourage the general

public to rid of mosques where there is widespread transmission and physical distancing is difficult it's this kind of apparent inconsistency that has brought the w.h.o. criticism which the organization says is unfair. you know everything. because you're non-committal. they are already. on a c c. but what still puzzles many is why it took the w.h.o. so long to declare events in china a public health emergency of international concern this fake notice would have galvanized the international community into an earlier and arguably more effective

response but weeks after the w.h.o. was notified about the one outbreak the matter was still under discussion actually was the director general decided to. be declaring. just. its action. used basically the government chinese government provided. is working without a partner it is night and day in china and the other affected countries at the regional level and here at the headquarters to fill the gaps in our knowledge as quickly as possible why this shiny year the fake. trying to make disease reagan's fish a new country. shining. finally on january the 29th 10 truscott france sauce flew to china on an official visit.

to. start. a mission. or 2. it is. freezing you few see leave the chinese response you have to also recognize the mishandling of the you know if they could just say well you did a great job of responding to the outbreak a you know even though we're in the beginning you miss and you know that it may act and they'll call never you know i think that would howl. more credibility on his return on january 30th the w.h.o. as director general finally declared a state of international emergency. health checks were now among the measures it suggested to member states 4 weeks after taiwan had implemented the same procedures

but surprisingly the w.h.o. did not recommend any travel restrictions with china and. dozens. and i actually open. any regions for travel and trade or under. but that means that. consistency. there to guide us. crazy right then the chinese government for taking those drastic . measure like you need me to write the students back into writing. but in the meantime you were telling other countries like don't impose those travel restrictions continue except. the passengers from china. and i could organize this on a person. like you. people

i mean so know you but you see those she very little cost of that so. it would be another 2 weeks before the w.h.o. sent its own group of experts to study the situation in china initially the official program didn't even include a visit to hand the epicenter of the epidemic where there were 56000 cases of infection after pushing back the expensive venture he spent 24 hours in the city. to the surprise of many the final report continue to emphasize the w.h.s. position that contagion from asymptomatic patients was not clear and was in any case ran. the better course as. well it's going to work. so. well you know.

that's. just the way following the ex-pats return to geneva on february 24th it would be another 18 days before the agency officially declared a pandemic. you know say the situation is under me where the upon the mia. model that are slammed by a motor that will be our pool because we're out of the corners that i am going to some of the more i. type and the music works it works because like a mascot he said what in my twenty's. she said i'll made going deeper in that i want to feel them where they could be like a causal person and they got out of the process put a rope with them you have to say that only those who say that maybe there are more the norm.

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