this is the. u.s. president donald trump delivers an ultimatum to the world health organization trump is threatening to permanently withdraw all the u.s. from the w.h.o. unless it makes changes within the next 30 days he says the u.n. agency is quote a puppet of china also coming up with a supercycle own heads towards india and bangladesh forcing millions to flee but winds and rain are not the only threat the storm is also jeopardizing the country's coronavirus response.

it's good to have you with us u.s. president donald trump is threatening to withdraw the united states from the world health organization and to permanently end to u.s. funding of the agency in a letter to the u.n. bodies director general trump demands changes based on his criticisms within the next 30 days he accuses the organization of mishandling the global coronavirus response and he says the w.h.o. is a puppet of china beijing has described trump's comments as a smear campaign and despite this dispute both countries the u.s. and china joined with other w.h.o. member states today and voted for an end appendant review of the w.h.o. his handling of the coronavirus crisis. it's between. the w.h.o.

and china has continued into a 2nd day after the us president's public letter threatening to leave the permanently on monday very detailed long letter but basically they have to clean up their act they have to do a better job they have to be much more fair to other countries including the united states so we're not going to be involved in the other server. president trump posted the open letter on twitter stating that. if the w. does not commit to major substantial improvements within the next 30 days i will make my temporary freeze of united states funding to the world health organization permanent and reconsider our membership in the organization. china's foreign ministry criticized the u.s. president's threats. the letter tried to mislead the public in this plausible way to slander china's prevention and control

efforts and shock the u.s. has responsibility for incompetence in its own prevention and control this is futile. believe the movie. other. member states agreed to a comprehensive and independent review of the global pandemic response and ways that new job remains fully committed to trying to spot and see accountability and continuous improvement. we want accountability more than anyone the review will take place quite at the earliest appropriate moment. well for more now i'm joined by andrew goldman he is a harvard educated infectious disease specialist he's also a member of the german parliament the bundestag for the business friendly f.t.p. pardon mr olmert it's good to have you on the show let me ask you as a medical professional how what grade would you give the work of the w h

o. i would give it a c. minus to be honest because a lot of things didn't work very well as they do each show but we have to see what kind of institutional are going to see if we can help us in a global pandemic and i only see the role of the to be a show that could help the world to fight this pandemic but this. is dependent on all countries of the world and it's not a threat to the world is actually very helpful but all countries have to stay together be this show solidarity and work to reform where you say you give it a c. minus that's not a very good grade is that because the w.h.o. is underfunded is it all about money here. it's not only about money but definitely with money it could actually strengthen there are going to zation and if you look at the budget the w.h.o. it's a really very low budget it's we'd like to compare it here in germany with the great

hospital in berlin the cherry take the budget the charity is larger than the w.h.o. and the finding of countries to the show is actually only one 5th of the total budget which is in my opinion far too low and you can only get a strong organization if you are strongly funded so you can employ people and get the system running. the w.h.o. today agreed to conduct an independent review of basically itself and the things that it did during the beginning of this pandemic do you trust the w.h.o. to be able to carry out an impartial investigation into its own work. i think it is. national organization 1st of all and i trust the w.h.o. that they could actually review their handling of what can be done better but on the other side also all countries have to ask their questions how did they handle

this pandemic in their own given country was a public health system up to the problems of 19 and i would say even the information that we received last year for the g.p.m. beat was very clear cut and they said we are not prepared for a pandemic and that $900.00 x. a give us the proof that we were as a world as a global society not prepared for this endemic and now is the time not only to reform the w.h.o. but we have to review the international health regulations need urgent implementation and improvement for the future the criticism has been that the w.h.o. many times has been too lenient with china in order to keep china happy and also to keep that funding coming how do you see that as a doctor do you see the rules being bent for china. when i see is that the w.h.o. is being a puppet of many nations i would agree to that point i think it's not appropriate

that china says that taiwan cannot participate in w.h.o. i also would say it's not appropriate of the united states to say that the w.h.o. is not doing the work that's low you are not working together with him anymore i think we have to realize that health is a global issue it's for every person on this cloak and we have to understand with global health and the security of global health actually is important for every nation in this world and house of understand out infectious diseases doesn't recognize borders and we have to really get our stuff together to be stronger as single nations but house a global society to improve already this for the next endemic which could be just around the corner we do not know that yet. again. should be strengthened not be all for any kind of political power play ok and rome and infectious disease

specialist and a member of the german parliament mr owen we appreciate your time in your insights thank you they for having me. us president obama trump says that he is taking the anti malaria drug i draw on cheek laura king as protection against corona virus now despite a lack of evidence that it prevents people from contracting code 19 the drug has however been linked to potentially dangerous abnormalities in heart rhythms well the president has previously tell'd of the drug as a game changer here's more from his news conference on monday with this startling admission. but i get a lot of tremendously positive on the hydroxy and i say hey you know the expression i've used what do you have to lose ok what do you have to lose that i never take it for about a week for about a week it have every day at some point every day i take

a pill every day. at some point i'll set up what i'd like to do is i'd like to have the cure and or the vaccine and that will happen i think 1st. our talk about this i'm joined now by my colleague anthony howard he's been following this story i mean it's fatalistic almost need a listing for us president to say what do i have to lose what has been the reaction online to this and else other sports have come in great numbers to respond to this as a cell phone is with with don't trump it was a good old fashioned twitter still raging against that hash tag of hydroxy clerk when. a lot of people expressing on twitter my an outrage but it must be said that that is the default setting of twitter that's when i go to to declare their dismay and outrage and this was one of those occasions particularly in response to don't trump never thought a lot of fun being poked at the president and i'm going to start with some of those tweets this was one by nancy pelosi. and in fact he said that he was morbidly obese and therefore he should be careful this tweet saying that welcome to the good the

movement as opposed to the movement for the money to say the president's good city figure that was probably the basis of them if i had to say so and there was a lot of traffic going in that general direction. means a man and his height he weighs 234 pounds technically is obese and his last check up said he is body mass index was of a basement so she had technically correct correct has there been a medical response to the president's question what's the worst that can happen you know there's been people falling over themselves to paint a picture of what is the worst that can happen the same today there's a lot that can happen if you if you. get this wrong. heart disease high blood pressure and or white problem if you've got any of those conditions that things like it's a very bad thing to do we're going to bring up one more tweet from a doctor who took to twitter this was just a 2nd one of the many professionals saying that simply he did not believe that

a medical professional would prescribe the drug unproven in a clinical trial particularly to a heavyset 73 year old man it finishes with the burning question what became the burning question on twitter how is it possible that he was prescribed the drug it has not been tested which physician in which capacity would have prescribed this drug that tweet being one of the 150002 use the hashtag hydroxy chloroquine. pondering that same thought had the licensed doctor prescribe that drug to the leader of the free world just how did that happen for anyone else it must be said than done will trump this would be a viral moment of historic proportions for just about anyone else on the planet for the president before the 5th this is monday this isn't just another day just another one and needless to say joe biden must be watching all of this knowing that he is if you didn't already taking on a social media both in. the ethical questions too about a physician prescribing this as a prophylactic medication when it's not designated as one what's of questions there

and reporter anthony howard is always in the thank you thank you. art here's some more of the latest developments in the kobe 1000 pandemic the worldwide number of infections now stands at more than 4800000 that's according to johns hopkins university airways the national carrier of the united arab emirates made its 1st ever flight to israel delivering medical aid to help combat the virus in the palestinian territories the u.a.e. and israel have no official diplomatic ties with each other canada and the united states have agreed to extend the ban on nonessential travel between the 2 countries for another 30 days and the science journal nature says recorded global c o 2 emissions fell by a whopping 17 percent in april all because of the panda millions of people in india and bangladesh have been forced to flee as

a super cycle races towards the border between the 2 countries so i clone own phone is packing winds of 2 a category 5 hurricane it's expected to bring massive flooding and mudslides when it makes landfall on wednesday the storm is also complicating the country's response to the corona virus pandemic in the midst of a pandemic and packing winds speeds of up to 160 kilometers per hour supersonic loan company is heading for bangladesh and india. there are chances that will have him very fast and would covet 19 it's making the preparations for us the people and for the government difficult and a big challenge. that means that they are racing to evacuate millions of people while trying to maintain social distancing in eastern india villagers and families are seeking refuge away from the coast in shelters and in buildings that had been

repurposed for quarantining. the cycle own hasn't come yet but since the weather change we came here we didn't want to live in fear of the cyclon in our hometown. some belligerents are choosing to trying to defend their homes from the tidal waves and flooding might bring. home really about what piling up the sandbox to save our village from the supercycle all the villages are working here we're constructing a kind of die which can hold off the sea water. and bangladesh physical distancing isn't possible as people boarded rafts heading for safety aid workers worry about the spread of the coronavirus and about how people here will rebound from the fears decide clone the country has faced and 21 years.

their livelihood it's gets over that. cycle on whom is expected to make landfall wednesday morning. you're watching the w. news live from berlin i'll be back at the top of the hour with more world news followed by the day i hope to see you then. combating the corona pandemic. where does research stand. what are scientists learning. background information and. our corona update. from the covert 19 special next on d w.