back on the streets for a 2nd diet in several egyptian cities these pictures are from shubra just north of cairo demonstrators are calling for president abdel fattah el-sisi to step down and for an end to what they describe as his military rule. mollies former defense minister bond has been appointed as interim president by the military june to and coup leaders named colonel i seem to be his deputy the transitional government is set to rule for 18 months until elections planned for parts of sudan are bracing for more heavy rains even as the cleanup from recent flooding continues more than 120 people died and at least 100000 homes were damaged there's also an economic state of emergency for rising inflation those are the headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera after people in power states without a washing by foot. and counting the cost in aging population soaring beds and recession and japan's new prime minister to fix the economy famine policy and

uprisings as the pandemic wipes out a decade of economic growth plus pakistan's asia's best performing stock markets are 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 code 19 could the world health organization and a few more expect to see in this new world in 18 the international response a few months into the crisis a team of swiss italian filmmakers went in search of answers.

we have therefore made the us system and that could be 19 could be kind of. funding. when the director general of the world top oaken ice ation made this announcement on march 11th 2020 it came as little surprise to anyone by then from its origins and 100 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. a diet as things stand the covered 1000 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 every acting too slowly to the parents of the coronavirus some even claim to have 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 wild. reality of the flu and travel to the mother. a drunk. c.n.n. pick. a. new feature.

in soma. a moment in. the you know the in the squad. 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 advises 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 post that to our lying group and about the very. interesting but also. there was a post about. a mysterious outbreak of pneumonia in china. talk to louis 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 us or storage to the hospitals these were reminding the hospital 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 so be careful that these patients were isolated and that a certain message was about to doctors chatting about well in my hospital i've found so many cases of pneumonia and they seem to be associated with the full market and preliminary laboratory results says 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 to also raise the matter with the temperature of. the leather says the news resources today indicate that at least 7 were to be called pneumonia cases were reported in what 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 will sort of teasing beijing or in which 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. they . may said that they wanted to. know. me

scoop of. they want. me. to inform itself it was them from inside source other for me that. we thought well the method you we provide which in addition to requesting more information. you have to pay really careful attention to these events they they are there in. that you don't reply 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 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 pieces 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 question internally at the agency the. 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 the wrong 12 the right plies a weekly basis down. by now the residents and mohan were also becoming alarmed. by. the border. shock of course. you want to reach him so much and come at the back door. check.

out. some of the. shuttlecock open it up it could mean shortage of. neurons i must try to as an italian who's lived a new hand since 2006 when a woman doctor because it. just looked at the discussion of us to africa and africa sceptics to. all for top dollar at your. support i had a possible cost. on january 23rd 3 weeks after the 1st news of the mysterious virus had leaked and was knocked 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 and for all that those 3 weeks no one will hoard almost to issue a press release on a daily basis. and all these press release just indicates calling for to message

number one it's being controlled well and i think there was at least one week there were like all of the on your case new on your case needle simoni ok so it is providing wrong reassurance to the world while this outbreak is 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 because central provincial public has already to discuss to ask more questions about the can you of course is. as i mean to.

report. there are 41 cases of the typical. 28 war associated with one man in the whole market. and 13 cases. totally no association with while and she full market is a point i think we need to nor about the effectiveness of them in origin of the protein case. the chairperson of the meetin who came from low cost already has said that. there is no evidence of human to human transmission the 1st and now we have a another discussion and finally the central government officials said that what you said was are all words that mention now we think. if you want to human transmission. there

were reports it's your business. that crucial news doesn't seem to have reached the w.h.o. . on january 14th the organizations director general to draw scabrous sauce tweeted that there was no evidence of human to human transmission. looks like they just totally trust beijing. and all but all these 2 weeks 1st 2 weeks in january. they were basically the copy cat. remember stay organized. to the members. member states. in the meantime the chinese government.