and we don't have any of the contracts in place that during the swine flu the world health organization britain and other countries set up these sleeping contracts with the big backseat manufacturers because there's a big commercial aspect to it right there's no money in this really for the pharmaceutical industry so they have to be persuaded to ramp up their production so that they can speed up that process from a year to 18 months to hopefully yes that less than a year don has been thank you very much indeed no i have here a quick which we give our guesses scott's got the loving cup and not satin if this is an altogether why some come and some can stance is because it's to be passed on your friends but the key is it's whiskey only scotch in the quick and i think less effect of against almost viruses i'm very happy to that. a glass of scotch is known to cure all ills alex yes this has been thanks michael. it is said that the global food pandemic of a century ago received comparatively little news coverage at the time despite killing up to 50000000 people month e.-d. as it collectively it was d

britain's great sporting legacy, east london, little more than a mile from the olympic park. but what are they breathing? nearly every sports ground in london surveyed by breathe gb breached world health organizationllution. there are dangerous levels in other cities too. it is an awareness young people are growing up with. cars let out lots of pollution and like planes and stuff. when i was walking, like, once, i was breathing and then i felt like... because i was breathing normal and then something felt, like, different to the air i was breathing in. it goes into your lungs and it's so bad for you, because it can, like, destroy your lungs and your breathing. air pollution is impacting on our children's lungs, and it especially impacts on growing lungs. children where i work have a 10% reduced lung capacity as a result of air pollution, so it seems sort of counterintuitive that we are asking our kids to go outside and exercise when we know that it might be affecting them in terms of asthma, in terms of respiratory illness and also, overall, in terms of reducing their lung capacity long—term. well, last year, the government announced new plans to tackle air pollution, acknowledging that it harms c

britain. >> the number is very small, but when i visited in geneva to the world health organization, w.h.o. they stress science, we can't make forecasts until we see it's beginning to happen, the unknown quantity of all of this is still too high, what i've been surprised him is the end of this talk of the past month that everything is under control, i think president trump is done the right thing, he's been in contact with president xi jinping several times, he has made offers but it looks like the hardliner in beijing do not want u.s. scientist to come into china, i guess because they don't want to be embarrassed, if there is a chance of appending. >> , we really have to nip this in the but or these will come true. >> cdc confirming what we reported about a month ago that this virus can be spread by people who do not show symptoms. >> that is right. >> so your final word, what is your thought? where does it go. >> we don't have the scientific numbers yet. there is a calculation for how fast the virus can spread with the symptoms people in contact, if that number is really high, as high as

world health organization live there from geneva thank you for your time. in other world news what was meant to be a minor cabinet reshuffle has turned into a major shake up after britain 2nd most powerful minister resigned. was the chancellor of the exchequer and was expected to remain in his post however he stepped on a short while ago let's bring in royal challengers in london for us so this was a big surprise rory what happened. yeah as you say this with brief to the kind of softly softly cabinet reshuffle with only made lower level minister is being moved around some being booted out their jobs but yes the bombshell of the day is that the chancellor of the exchequer the u.k.'s finance minister has handed in his resignation just a month before he was due to deliver his budget there had been differences between such a job it and boris johnson although they did have a pretty good relationship mainly over over government spending the prime minister wants to kind of open the taps and have a big splurge in government spending where is such a job it is the holder of the purse strings was wanting to be a bit more cautious about this but was that the reason why he was prob

britain the palestinian and the palestinians. because a virus outbreak has now claimed its 1st victim outside of china a chinese national in the philippines on thursday the world health organization declared an international health emergency it did make a point of commending china's efforts to combat the spread of the disease this declaration is not a vote of no confidence in china on the contrary w.h.o. continues to have a confidence in china's capacity to control the outbreak now the world health organization also stressed that countries should avoid stigmatizing chinese nationals over the virus are too easy was not enough now looks at a spike in discrimination. borders on lockdown zombie like scenes of quarantine cities the world is united in trying to concoct a healing seram virus which has infected hundreds in china has now reached the united states villages have started to physically block themselves off from the capital and need cases have been confirmed around the world including germany and japan. in the contest of deadliest bugs the new coronavirus doesn't even come close to the or old familiar flu but tables turn dramatically when it comes to the ability to strike fear

council of britain called the comments racist and discriminatory those are the headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera after the inside story stay with us. is the world health organization mishandling the wild wild response to the corona virus as the un agency warns that the window to contain the outbreak at the narrowing house should the w.h.r. stop the spread is inside story. kind of and welcome to the program i missed a now more and more country is our reporting cases of the coronavirus the world health organization is worried that some of the new infections appears to have no direct link to china where the outbreak was 1st reported in december new deaths have now been reported in iran and italy and south korea the number of infections more than doubled on saturday to 433 many of them members of a religious group w.h.o. experts in china have finally now been given permission to visit the at the center of the outbreak the head of the w.h.o. is warning that the window of opportunity to contain the virus globally is narrowing although the number of goods is outside john and a lot of people is more. of the number of pigs is reason more clearly if you didn't know that you

britain diverse enough at the top levels of management? companies are taking steps — but not enough to hit government targets. the world health organizatione head of the organisation gave this warning: "invest today or pay more later". the numbers speak for themselves. the last 24 hours has seen the most cases of the virus diagnosed in a single day — with almost 25,000 now confirmed — and nearly 500 deaths. in another development, at least 10 people on board a cruise ship docked in the japanese port of yokohama have tested positive. all 3,700 passengers have been placed under a 14—day quarantine and there are fears the number of infected could rise as tests continue. the chinese authorities say they've increased efforts to control the spread of the virus, with approximately 18 million people in central and eastern china now required to stay at home. here's our beijing correspondentjohn sudworth. wuhan is a city at war with an invisible enemy. and they're trying everything they can to defeat it. state media is now full of images of a heroic struggle, the brand—new hospitals held up as proof it's one they're winning. but xiao huang is not s

the world health organization is certainly keeping an eye on the cases in france and britain and it doesn't. on a smaller scale, here in the uk, the battle is around containment. this isn't the only closure today. a school and i were away from here in southampton, st mary's independent school, has announced a cautionary read day closure after members of the school community fell ill after a visit to china. this medical centre will open this afternoon and just will be going on across the country to monitor where the virus is spreading. thank you for the update. thank you. emergency legislation designed to end the automatic release of people convicted of terrorism offences halfway through their prison sentence, will be presented to parliament today. the measures would apply to england, scotland and wales, and were drawn up after the attack at streatham, in south london earlier this month. our political correspondent iain watsonjoins us now from westminster. good morning to you, iain. the streatham incident has pushed this to the forefront of their policy, they have been talking about it for s

world health organization says there are signs the number of new cases of the coronavirus is dropping but it's still too soon to say if the outbreak has reached its peak. well the chinese ambassador to britain has been speaking out is accused some countries of overreacting in their response to the corona virus outbreak there are concerns in the u.k. and the rest of the world about that at them. some people are worried that it might have a negative effect on china's economy. in the world economy there also were reactions by individual countries panic among the public even insulting and discriminatory remarks and behavior targeting the overseas chinese community. or the coronavirus knock down in china is already believed to be having a major effect on the nation's economy and as jonah hill now reports from london's chinatown it's hitting chinese businesses all over the world. from the normally bustling streets of london strine a town on the early evening after work rush more hurried walking past half empty restaurants there's often a dip in trade following chinese new year we're told but not like there's. been a lot of poking the cans of the was a tire actually. very effective because the wis

britain's great sporting legacy, east london, little more than a mile from the olympic park. but what are they breathing? nearly every sports ground in london surveyed by breathe gb breached world health organizationng people are growing up with. cars let out lots of pollution and like planes and stuff. when i was walking, like, once, i was breathing and then i felt like... because i was breathing normal and then something felt, like, different. to the air i was breathing in. it goes into your lungs and it's so bad for you, because it can, like, destroy your lungs and your breathing. air pollution is impacting on our children's lungs, and it especially impacts on growing lungs. children where i work have a 10% reduced lung capacity as a result of air pollution, so it seems sort of counterintuitive that we are asking our kids to go outside and exercise when we know that it might be affecting them in terms of asthma, in terms of respiratory illness and also, overall, in terms of reducing their lung capacity long—term. well, last year the government announced new plans to tackle air pollution, acknowledging that it harms children and shortens lives. the government also wants to bring as many major sp

britain's great sporting legacy, east london, little more than a mile from the olympic park. but what are they breathing? nearly every sports ground in london surveyed by breathe gb breached world health organization lungs and your breathing. air pollution is impacting on our children's lungs, and it especially impacts on growing lungs. children where i work have a 10% reduced lung capacity as a result of air pollution, so it seems sort of counterintuitive that we are asking our kids to go outside and exercise when we know that it might be affecting them in terms of asthma, in terms of respiratory illness and also, overall, in terms of reducing their lung capacity long—term. well, last year the government announced new plans to tackle air pollution, acknowledging that it harms children and shortens lives. the government also wants to bring as many major sporting events to the uk as it can. in 2022, the commonwealth games will be staged in birmingham. well, the new report found dangerous levels of air pollution right alongside the main venue for those games. is the commitment to sport matched by a commitment to the environment? the government have been committing to meet world health organization l