are that christiane with the world health organization joining us tonight from geneva switzerland christiane thank you very much thank you. well russia's president vladimir putin has visited a hospital treating coronavirus patients in moscow amid growing concerns over the rising number of infections in the country food and put on protective clothing before meeting with health care workers at the hospital in the russian capital his visit came after the mayor of moscow raised concerns of the outbreak in the city could be far worse than official figures show russia has been ramping up its response as the virus spreads it already had strict quarantine policies in place for residents returning from coronavirus hotspots the city is also building a hospital especially to deal with the outbreak. what used to be just a field outside the russian capital will soon be the site of a special hospital built to fight the coronavirus construction started just over a week ago. more than 2000 people are working here around the clock it's hoped the project will be completed in a month these piles of dirt are th

are that christiane with the world health organization joining us tonight from geneva switzerland christianethank you very much thank you. stock markets around the world surged during tuesday trading thanks largely to the actions of the us federal reserve investors welcomed the fed's promise to buy up as many long term bonds as necessary to keep the u.s. economy moving europe also indeed higher in germany the dax rose a hefty a one percent on the day. young visitors have been enjoying beijing zoo for the 1st time in nearly 2 months parts of it reopened this week following its closure in january as coronavirus took hold. and his muse like that and talk of the lifting of the lock down in who hand this allowed their markets around the world to be a little more bullish. the improving situation in china and the actions of the u.s. federal reserve helped stocks across asia we gained ground on tuesday in japan where the central bank has announced its own major bond buying scheme gains across the board pushed the nikkei up 7 percent during the course of the day. meanwhile in europe the new lock down

lynn meyer he is a spokesperson at the world health organization and joins us tonight from geneva switzerland because then the w.h.o. is saying that the pandemic is exhilarating where is it spreading at the most rapid pace. so what was seeing right now while china has nearly serial cases we have iran is one of the top countries it's early and a slow to the u.s. that's catching up tools of prominent 3 countries though europe in general its is unfortunately the most spending area it's spain france germany italy all together make for a good portion of of all the of all the cases worldwide but as you look at china we can see that there is hope if we're doing the right measures to curb this outbreak and to get so bad outcome today the w.h.o. called on the world's most developed countries the g 20 to work together to stop the spread of the corona virus i want to ask you is the fear here that if we do not have this type of international cooperation is the fear that we will not be able to bring this pandemic under control. well we did it all of resources we need not only do coloration and sharing in

are that christiane with the world health organization joining us tonight from geneva switzerland christiane thank you very much. thank you flo both stock markets surged on tuesday thanks largely to the actions of the u.s. federal reserve investors welcomed the fed's promise to buy up as many long term bonds as necessary to keep the u.s. economy moving markets were also encouraged by signs that u.s. lawmakers are moving closer to a deal on a massive stimulus package the dow jones has had its best day in 90 years today surging more than 11 percent european and asian markets have also staged big rallies. young visitors have been enjoying beijing for the 1st time in nearly 2 months parts of it reopened this week following its closure in january as coronavirus took hold yelling out on his muse like that and talk of the lifting of the lock down in one hand this allowed them markets around the world to be a little more bullish the improving situation in china and the actions of the u.s. federal reserve help stocks across asia we gained ground on tuesday in japan where the central bank has announce

money all right christiane the mire with the world health organization joining us tonight from geneva switzerland christiane thank you thank you are here are more of the way these developments on the global kobe 1000 pandemic for the 2nd straight day italy has posed new figures suggesting the spread of the virus in the country is slowing down 600 in one new cases reported on monday after 651 on sunday there were 793 on saturday it leaves europe's hardest hit country u.n. secretary general antonio good terrorists has called for an immediate global cease fire that's to protect vulnerable people in conflict zones from the ravages of the virus and also syria is mobilizing its military reserves for the 1st time since the 2nd world war to help with food supplies medical support and police operations. well here in germany the country's leading public health institution the robert coffee institute says it has detected the 1st signs that the rise in corona virus cases may be leveling off and for now concerns that chance may have caught the virus those concerns have been built. tourist magnets like the bra

there while that announcement was being made by him in geneva switzerland italy announced that the death toll there from the virus has risen by almost 200 the biggest one day increased to 827 ireland and sweden today reported their 1st fatality is from the virus iran said today that a further 62 people have died bringing the death toll there to 354 worked infection rates are increasing across the world the united states is now reporting more than 8000 confirmed cases where in germany chance i'm going to marry has more in that up to 70 percent of the german population could contract the corona virus as the country reported its 3rd death from the disease the chancellor said the country must do everything possible to slow the viruses spread and to prevent the health care system from being overwhelmed she also said that she is open to scrapping the country's strict spending rules to help the government fight the spread of the virus. the german chancellor today called on people to show solidarity with the elderly and with people suffering underlying ulysses' he wore whitely to be most severel

complete lockdown which is actually where i'm calling from rome now right across the border from geneva switzerland geneva has a different situation germany has a different situation and poland has saw each country is implementing the best. so their knowledge into the experience and to the expertise pleased and they will keep these measures as best as they will see it well until most likely cases subside or the curve is spread it is going to are let's not forget that one of the most important parts right now is to curb this rise of cases normally for the attractions as such the because all of these infected people all of those who need to get care in the hospitals are the symptoms of a heavy symptoms or even need emergency care they take away space in the hospitals and which means we do not have space for so many cases not know where and europe and other people who have other all any of the other. many many diseases emergencies accidents will have trouble these days so this is why it's so important to curb that steep rise of cases to make it flatter to have the health system be able to cope with dr

. >> officials at the world health organization held a briefing in geneva, switzerland, on the worldwide response to the coronavirus. reporters asked about recovery and mortality rates, the risk to the elderly and healthcare workers, and china and italy are managing the virus. this is one hour. >> good afternoon, everyone and apologies or this delay. we're just waiting for the doctor to join us and then we will start our press briefing on covid-19. i will wait for the doctor just want to let you know we are planning to turn on have free pressfe

for more i am joined by a spokesperson from the world health organization, joining us from geneva, switzerlandwho is saying the pandemic is accelerating. where is it spreading at the most rapid pace? >> what we are e seeing nowow,a has nearlyly zero cases. iran is onone of the top countries. italy, and slowly that u.s. is catching up. these would be are prominent three countries now. europe in general is the most spreading area. spain, france, germany, italy, all together make up for a good portion of all of the cases worldwide. but, to look at china, we can see there is hope, if we are doing the right measures to curb this outbreak and to get to a better outcome. brent: today the dubya ho called -- who called on the g20 to stop the spread of the coronavirus and work together. is the fear that if we do not have international cooperation, is the fear that we would not be able to bring this pandedemic undeder contl?l? >> we need a lot of resourceses now. not only the cooperation and sharing. sharing the virus sequences and results and therapeutics develop meant and sharing results for vaccine de

he joins me from geneva, switzerland. good to see you. the united states saw new cases more than double in the last 24 hours. is this the result of more and better testing, or is the situation getting out of hand? >> most likely it is a combinatio of two, rise ofof cases and better testiting. this is very typipil for anyy country i in -- when they s stat testing more r rigorously, that they didn't find more c cases, d you have a a certain spipike ine numbmbers. of course thee t trend the n net days wilill show if thisis conts or whehether this was a a one-te spikike o of a new testing meth. brent: we have a mixed picture in the united states. the u.s. president today saying that restrictions themselves could lead to deaths. we have many states under lockdowns. how satisfied are you with the response by u.u.s. authorititieo the p pandemic? chriristian: in generaral we hae seen countrieses where mainly te testing,g,he rigorouous testingn tracing of contacts, has led to the results. south korea, the republic of kokorea singapopore, they both

discuss what's happening in at least spokesperson for the un's well which logic organization in geneva switzerland hi there i am just as we were entering it takes a lot to get excited because they're very calm people in general and when you saw this temperature spike what was your reaction what was the doubly or most reaction to this i think the initial reaction was whoa you know there should not be happening this is not normal but then you know we just scientists you know started looking for the reasons why and out why. there are 2 basic reasons so while it is the short term weather phenomenon you know that the week in and talk to go where we thought the very very warm temperatures the currents sided with the being what we call a fern wind this is a warm wind which comes down most mountain slopes so that jacked up the temperatures. that was the immediate trigger as it has been when we've seen record temperatures in the past but underlying that is obviously the long term climate change because of what we as humans are doing with our greenhouse gas emissions there are 2 satellite pictures i want so

and while that to nelson it was being made in geneva switzerland italy announced that the death toll there from the virus has risen by almost 202827 ireland in sweden reported their 1st fatalities from the virus today iran says that a further 62 people in that country have died bringing the death toll there to 354 infection rates are increasing across the world the united states is now reporting more than a 1000 confirmed cases. or here in germany chancellor angela merkel has warned that up to 70 percent of the german population could contract the coronavirus as the country reported its 3rd death from the disease the chancellor said the country must do everything possible to slow the viruses spread and to prevent the health care system from being overwhelmed she also said that she is open to scrapping her country's strict spending rules to help her government fight the spread of the virus. marigold called on people do show solidarity with the elderly and people suffering with preexisting conditions which will make them more likely to be affected more severely by the by. it's being aw

dutch held a briefing in geneva, switzerland on the worldwide response to coronavirus. reporters asked about recovery and mortality rate, the risk to the elderly and health care workers and how china and italy are managing the virus. this is one hour. >> good afternoon. we are waiting for a doctor to join us and then we will start the press briefing. , we are planning to have press conferences mondays, wednesdays, fridays. a little changed from what we had so far. we have to remain flexible. the time being, we are looking at monday, wednesday, and friday, all at the same time. let me get to the doctor for his opening marks.

dutch held a briefing in geneva, switzerland on the worldwide response to coronavirus. reporters asked about recovery and mortality rate, the risk to the elderly and health care workers and how china and italy are managing the virus. this is one hour. >> good afternoon. we are waiting for a doctor to join us and then we will start the press briefing. , we are planning to have press conferences mondays, wednesdays, fridays. a little changed from what we had so far. we have to remain flexible. the time being, we are looking at monday, wednesday, and friday, all at the same time. let me get to the doctor for his opening marks. >> thank you. i hope you have had a good weekend. good afternoon. i would like to start with a brief update. it is now three weeks since the last cases were reported. we are now in a countdown for the end of the outbreak. the security situation in the north remains fragile. previous outbreaks, we have seen flareups even after the end of the outbreak. keeping teams on the ground to respond quickly to flareups, if needed. might be ending, but our deter

. >> officials at the world health organization held a briefing in geneva, switzerland, on the worldwide response to the coronavirus. reporters asked about recovery and mortality rates, the risk to the elderly and healthcare workers, and china and italy are managing the virus. this is one hour. >> good afternoon, everyone and apologies or this delay. we're just waiting for the doctor to join us and then we will start our press briefing on covid-19. i will wait for the doctor just want to let you know we are planning to turn on have free press conferences a week -- three press conferences we, monday, wednesday and friday. obvious of which remain flexible and this can change again but for the time being we are looking into monday, wednesday and friday from the same time for your. i will turn to dr. tedros for his remarks. >> thank you. thank you, and hope you had a very good weekend, , like, say good afternoon. first of all, i would like to start with a brief update on the ebola epidemic in the drc. as you know we have two fronts. it's now three weeks since the last case was reported, and

in geneva, switzerland, the world health organization warned tuesday the united states is becoming the next epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic, with over 12% o of the world'd's 4250 documented cases -- though the true n number of iections bo in the u.s. and worldwe isis rtain toe far hier. acro africa,inance misters are demanding the international monetary fund and world bank suspend debt payments to free up $44 billion in funds to fight the pandemic. in indiaia, prime ministerer narendra modi has ordered the entire nation of 1.3 billion people to remain at home for the next three weeks. italy recorded another 743 deaths over a 24-hour period, reversing a trend that saw daily deaths decline slightly. over 6800 people have died from covid-1919 in ititaly. frfrance reported its nationwide death toll has topped 1000 as sa top medical official warned thee true toll is probably higher, with those dying at home or in retirement homes left uncounted. spain has recorded nearly 3,000 -- over 3400 deaths among some covid-19 infections. 47,000 among those battling the disease is baltasar garzo

in geneva, switzerland, the director-general of the world health organization on wednesday urged world leaders to take strong actions to end the scourge of coronavirus sweeping the globe a as global confirmed cases apppproach half a bibilli. -- half a million. >> we have overcome many pandemics and crises before. we will overercome this one, to. the question is, how large a prize we wilill -- price we wiwl pay. already we have lost more than 16,000 lives. more.w we will lose how many more will be determined by t the decisions wee make ande actions we take now. amy: in italy, the nation hardest hit by the pandemic, the death toll has topped 7500. but for the fourth straight day, the pace of new coronavirus cases fell, raising hopes that a nationwide lockdown is beginning to flatten the curve of infections. spain announced 738 coronavirus new deaths wednesday, surpassing china's death toll with over 3600 fatalities. in china, authorities have lifted restrictions on millions of residents of hubei province, the original epicenter of the pandemic, although the provincial capital wuhan remai

it took place in geneva switzerland. we will show you as much as we can before the senate returns at 2:10 eastern. >> apologies for this delay, i'd like to welcome mike to join us and we will start our press briefing on covid-19 while we wait. i know that we are planning from now on to have three press conferences per week, monday, wednesday and friday so it will be a change from what we had so far but obviously we have to remain flexible . this can changeagain but for the time being we are looking into monday, wednesday and friday . i will give the floor

aman in jordan morial chop is the country director for the norwegian refugee council and from geneva in switzerland is the spokesman for the united nations refugee agency the u.n.h.c.r. welcome to you all thanks very much for your time with us on inside story mr barr in geneva all start with you because as we heard in mohamed report just a moment ago the u.n. h.c.r. has now temporarily suspended sending refugees on to resettle in new permanent homes abroad and that's because of travel disruptions caused by coronavirus just talk us through how this this is an it was made and why. faster. i think let's get back to the reality of this health emergency and the outbreak. about a lot of concerns about of measures being put in place this is the time let's put our concerns into care and let's not forget the world's most wanted well this will be a call that all of us will be making here today in terms of the the travel suspensions for refugees who are going on resettlement it's a temporary resettlement currently needed because all the measures in terms of travel that are put in place but still in terms of t

geneva. a visit to switzerland is incomplete without sampling the chocolate which is in a class of its own i need a master of the tree olivier folks in his chocolate factory he also conducts special seminars on the subject. how does one differentiate or tell the difference between 1st chocolate and other kinds. first of all there is the cocoa bean. it is the quality of the cocoa bean and about finding the best peanuts up to the next step is the production of a transformation of the being into chocolate and in switzerland we have invented several processes such as refining liquid milk which is the stoppers the reputation of the chocolate this is my shopping tip for loads on some swiss chocolate. when night falls and those are some people go out looking for entertainment but i've discovered another interesting activity at the city's main cathedral calling out the hour from 10 until 253 steps led to the place where it all happens marco karrar is one of the night watchman he takes me to a small quarters to show me what his job involves. so. oh no this is love this is this is a tradition that dat

geneva. there certainly isn't this spring can be so unpredictable especially here in switzerland but i'm not going to let that ruin my perfect weekend. weather is a good reason to start my visit and the olympic museum goes on has been called the olympic capital since 1904 because it's home to the international olympic committee's headquarters. here to museum visitors can learn the history of the games from antiquity to modern times. it's also filled with relics from past games including dozens of medals. and shove and he is responsible for the museum's culture and education programs i kind of luzon become associated with the olympics so long story and it started in 1915 when the best are a frenchman who is the founder of the olympic movement came to during the 1st world war and he wanted a safe place to for the archives of the i.o.c. luckily i brought my trainers with me to test my athletic skills. from slalom skiing to biathlon training i'm certainly getting a good workout here if nothing more. the olympic museum is my culture to foreclose on. the sun has come out just in time for me to dis

he is with the world health organization and joins us from geneva in switzerland welcome to the program and thank you so much for being with us what do you make of president trump's claim that the u.s. should be back to work by easter i mean that that's 2 weeks from now. we're all hopeful that any country we're living in which is a lot on right now should be up and running again literally as soon as possible but that will depend a lot on the measures taken of them into the more strict we are in observing. the physical distancing and. blocked out rules read all the earlier we could back up and going all to work not only the essential ones and going to schools again and so on and so forth. 2 weeks seem to be rather short notice and let's not forget all people from as you mention the reports here the people who are leaving new york people who may have been asymptomatic grinnell or with mild symptoms day might be carrying this all over. the us right now all over the globe of course this is something we need to look at the increased testing which is now also happening in the us will show us

shadow chancellor john mcdonald will measure this budget with joining me now from geneva in switzerland is someone who has advised the shadow chancellor standing co-founder of the basic income earth network guy thanks so much for coming back on so after years of tory austerity the u.n. called it callous policies driven by a political deciphered social reengineering how well.

she joins us live in geneva, switzerland.joining us. >> good morning. >> we certainly are not getting better. i guess is we have not seen the worst yet. is that correct? >> we certainly are seeing very large outbreaks around the world know. we are seeing a counselor earning outbreak in italy and other countries in europe. we are concerned about the outbreak in iran. china's outbreak is really coming down. they are managing to get the new case numbers into double figures. before, they were recording huge numbers in the hundreds. that does tell the rest of us it can be done. >> with more than 5000 cases in italy, they are taking drastic travel in o shut down the community activities a quarter of the population, some 16 million. those worked in china to some degree. are we getting to that point where the rest of the world might be needing to take a look at this including the u.s. if it gets that bad? >> age country really needs to look at what is going to work for their system and how their people function. there are three reall

shadow chancellor john mcdonald will measure this budget with joining me now from geneva in switzerland is someone who has advised a shadow chancellor who has a guy standing co-founder of the basic income earth network guy thanks so much for coming back on so after years of tory austerity the un called it callous policies driven by a political deciphered social reengineering how well prepared is the chancellor to offer policies in response to something like coronavirus well to be frank i think it's almost. irresponsible to be having a budget today the chancellor is a young man who's never had a senior government position before and he's been in the job for weeks to prepare a complex budget and an extremely sensitive moment in our modern history when we've not only got the pandemic rushing towards us but the world economy is at the very very fragile state where bad mistakes at national and international level could lead us into a big recession i want to get to those macro level top topics in a 2nd but i'm not sure in geneva or if you've been following it but obviously boris johnson fired

. >>> from geneva switzerland, dr.e you most concerned right now with this virus? for people around the world who are watching. >> thank you for having me. our biggest advice right now is to be ready. we want everyone to know what they can do to protect themselves, to protect their families at an individual level. we're working with governments all over the world to make sure that they're ready so that they can expect cases and they know what to do when those cases arrive. ' want everyone to feel there's a collective responsibility and that they have some power in this. if everybody is working together they can fight this together. >> that's an important fight. i want to emphasize for our viewers, we can look to doctors and government officials, but it is each of us, individuals all around the world who are literally the front line of this. it's washing your hands, not just for yourself, it's for your fellow family members and fell low citizens. each of us have a responsibility in this. >> that's right. every single pe

margaret harris spokesperson from the who, joining us from geneva, switzerland.hank you for being with us. it's been a pleasure. you all be well, stay safe. we are asking you about the financial impact that the virus is having on you in your family. eugene is on the phone from clinton, maryland. good morning. caller: good morning. i want to speak of gratitude. i'm an evolutionary elder. my granddaughter came to visit afterthe way to our home she was let out of college. "i need money to get my applications in for graduate school. i look at her and i said baby, you can make money. i said i have a way that you can make money and help me, a senior citizen. she said what is it? i said i want you to help me sell a product that i designed. she said tell me about it, i'm good with computers. with thed a t-shirt black national anthem on it. she uploaded it for me on red and she said to me we can and iome money from this said thank you, honey. i said, now you see how you can get money also get your applications in. say to the people out there listening, you can make some m

is unlikely to be as effective it could help in some way suppress some of the spread to switzerland 100 to geneva where i am just north of italy but at the same time and this is a virus which exposes all the flaws in the healthcare system and you know some of the 1st people to get infected with health care workers and it has an overpopulation then for example south korea which has a race in a number of cases infected but you know italy has 7 times the number of this so the virus itself exposes the flaws in healthcare system the flaws in infection prevention control and the vulnerabilities of the population that it is infecting so here we have a really vulnerable elderly population or population with a lot of crime abilities and the virus is bringing that to the fore ok marilee so if i can ask you about how this appears to have started in italy i know your newspaper has done a lot of work on this and i believe it's all been traced to one town of 16000 people in number d. and also it seems the local hospital might actually have spread the disease. yeah but the problem here is that and it's happenin

switzerland. there are succumb c.c. is entirely beyond our control. the geneva motor show was eager to shore up the diminishing importance of auto shows electric cars in particular were meant to draw the crowds but the convention halls are empty thanks to the coronavirus instead carmakers will be presenting their latest models on the internet starting to state . the crowbars is already starting to hit germany's car industry ads b.m.w.'s research and development facility in munich authorities of khan timed 150 workers or been in contact with a member of staff who tested positive for the virus the company sent the workers home for 2 weeks. africa is becoming better equipped to deal with the corona virus with $24.00 countries now able to test for the ill this is a big increase compare compared to the beginning of last month when only 2 african nations were equipped to test. instructed airlines to stop selling tickets to nationals of 35 countries to prevent the spread of people in the lives of the new britain china japan the u.s. and iran the civil aviation agency w