the u.s. c.d.c. and our national institutes of health with of the w.h.o.. the w.h.o. also has very strong relationships with the bill and within the gates foundation.n terms -- bill and melinda foundation. in terms of technical support come the w.h.o. can be very helpful to those governors and municipal leaders on the front lines that are struggling today. that effort has been made by the leadership of the w.h.o. it is there to serve all member states in the midst of this pandemic that is striking all states. host: we go to don in new jersey. good morning. missed them are sent. i have a question about the , japankorean, singapore testing routine that they came up with. they seemed to come up with it so quickly. was that approved by the w.h.o. as far as the protocols of their tests, and if so, why couldn't they share that with the rest of the world? thank you. guest: the w.h.o., early in the outbreak in january it worked with the german government to develop a test that it is self-confident in. that it was safe and reliable and could be distributed on a mass scale. it went with that particular test. that test has been used by many governments around