the communication coming from the white house and specifically from the president the world health organization wants the put out that their information as the part of the u.n. that deals with global health i've been watching these news conferences for some time coming from the world health organization about the current situation they are now going to go totally virtual we're told rather than being in that room together and they certainly sitting a lot further apart than they were just a few weeks ago on that we're telling you that the world health organization is the global health agency of the u.n. the one that provides food for people who need it around the world and given the problems with supply chains could become particularly important is the world food program and we've got confirmed news that the executive director of the world food program david beasley who's an american in fact he's a former governor of south carolina he has tested positive for corona virus ok thank you for all as updates james bays is our diplomatic editor in new york keeping an eye on what the world health organiz

right now, the united states is by far the world's top funder of the world health organization, we givem about $58 million every year. that's double what any other country donates for some reason, but for the organization's leaders, there's only one country that matters, and is not us. it's china. right now, taiwan is battling coronavirus, but they are denied membership in the world health organization. they can't even have observer status here to why is that? people are dying but the world health organization refuses to protect them. why do you think that is? because china objects to anyone acknowledging that taiwan is a nation. from the beginning, world health organization officials have praised china's response to coronavirus. they repeated the countries lies as facts to the rest of the world. initially, trying to claim the coronavirus could not be transmitted from person to person even though doctors in wuhan knew otherwise. and it was obviously untrue. the world health organization told that lied to the world and that hindered global preparation to contain the virus. they made it w

can the coronavirus pandemic be stopped the world health organization declares the outbreak of pandemic and donald trump finally joins other countries in taking draconian measures to stop the spread but our travel bans enough this is inside story. hello again i'm james bays what started in a single chinese city is now a pandemic so far infecting at least 120000 people in more than 100 countries world leaders are warning the coronavirus crisis is going to get worse but is not on stoppable the measures to limit the spread vary from simply washing your hands to complete isolation and it's not always your choice to decide how to protect yourself governments are taken drastic action to help contain the disease china and its elite of lockdown entire cities hundreds of millions of people staying at home or off work football matches and other sporting events or councils or played behind closed doors the u.s. president has banned all transplanted flights from europe except the u.k. for 30 days and he's announced help for companies struggling to stay in business. we are at a critical time in the

the world health organization want to coronavirus pandemic is getting worse but says there is still hope to change its trajectory. how do i make like this is al jazeera life and also coming up spain prepares for thousands more coronavirus infections is the death toll takes another big jump their. financial markets still trading lower despite the u.s. senate gearing up to vote on a one trillion dollar lifeline for the economy. u.s. secretary of state is in afghanistan seeking to salvage the deal between washington and the taliban. so then a stark warning from the head of the world health organization draws out a number saying that the coronavirus pandemic is accelerating but is hopeful the world can change its trajectory his comments came just minutes before the u.n. secretary general and tony could terry has called for an immediate global seems far to protect vulnerable civilians in conflict zones from the pandemic hundreds more have died in the past 24 hours due to the virus europe is struggling to contain the outbreak you can see how the virus is accelerating but we have not prisoners

there's very much 2 views on that ground there is the view taken by the world health organization which says testing is absolutely essential and there's a view taken by my government which says that testing is less essential in my government are actually reserving testing now for people that are clinically ill it will inform the clinical decision making but i think a lot of this rationale is given for the lack of testing in my country and in the united states has actually driven by a lack of the number of tests so for example in the united states rather than adopt the world health organization standard test at the start of this pandemic the center for disease control in atlanta georgia decided to produce their own test and there was great delays in that so not resulted in much reduced testing and in the meantime there was community spread within the united states where is the world health organization position on this where they say test test test is based on the chinese experience and on the south korean experience and to some degree on the singapore you know hong kong experience where

so, the world health organization emerged, like other united nations organizations, in the wake of worldar ii. and initially, its role has changed over the last 60-plus, 70-plus years. but initially it emerged as a way to deal with the clear health problems as a result, a, of the war, but b, as a way to start thinking about what is now called the developing world, and the way in which the developing world could meet the developed world in terms of its health infrastructure, its response to infectious disease and so forth. the world health organization initially focused on countries particularly hard-hit by world war ii and then quickly branched by the late 1940's into india and southeast asia, and then subsequently into africa. and they really worked on the major diseases that were flourishing in those parts of the world. again, particularly africa and south asia. other parts of the world as well, but focusing on diseases like tuberculosis and malaria, for example. environmental sanitation. for the first couple of decades in the post-world war ii period, the w.h.o. was, by any measure, t

live from berlin tonight confirmation of what scientists have been saying for weeks the world health organization says 'd the corona virus outbreak is now a pandemic that means the virus is now a global one with 19 has now killed more than 4000 people but the w.h.o. says it's still possible to reduce the number of new infections also coming up a giant of hollywood behind bars former movie producer harvey weinstein sentenced to 23 years in prison this is what justice looks like 23 years. sentenced weinstein was convicted of rape and sexual assault charges in a case that marked a major turning point in the me to the movement. i'm off it's good to have you with us it is now official the world health organization has announced that it now regards the spread of the new corona virus as a pandemic meaning it is an epidemic on a far greater geographic scale than affects a larger number of people the w.h.o. have resisted calling the virus a pandemic until now but it's director says that the spread of coded 19 across more than 100 countries means that the virus requires a new designation. deeply concerned.

in the last few minutes world health organization has announced that it now regards the spread of the new corona virus as a pandemic meaning it's occurring across international boundaries the organizations director general. maybe announcement of the daily w.h.o. press briefing in geneva he said previously resisted using the term despite the viruses rapid spread to more than 100 countries. while out and he was being made in geneva ireland and sweden have reported their 1st fatalities from the virus in iran the for the $62.00 people have died bringing the death toll there up to 354 infection rates are increasing across the world the united states is reporting more than a 1000 confirmed cases the national guard has been deployed to a new york suburb that has been quarantined the u.k. is health minister has announced that she has tested positive for the virus well germany's angela merkel has warned that up to 70 percent of the country's population could become infected with government 90 that's about 58000000 people the country is seeing a 3 confirmed deaths from the disease and about $13

>> the world health organization since the outbreak may be today over 25,000. the pandemic rages on in the u.s. with reports of increased. the white house could consider a fourth round of stimulus. china pmi stronger-than-expected. if volatile quarter from markets. good morning, good afternoon and good evening everyone. i'm francine lacqua in london. thoseof the focus on deaths and infection. it seems europe may be stabilizing, i spoke to a number ,f experts think it's too soon if you look at the curve of the seems it's getting worse and we are also hearing did may get worse before it gets better. this is what your markets are telling you. i know we've been talking about the dollar almost day in and day out. a lot of the focus is on what's going on. let's have a at what equities are doing, gaining 2%. gaining, u.s. futures, dollar strengthening a touch. a debate over whether there's ground for a rally given the continued spread of the coronavirus but today they are focusing on better-than-expected in the u.s.. treasuries also advancing. let's get straight to th

the world health organization warns that protecting it to fight the coronavirus is running out with iran the country most in need. on the intel of his al-jazeera live from london also coming up. turkey shoots down a 3rd syrian government fighter jet as an explosion killed 8 people in it live city . those who seek to test europe's unity will be disappointed this is the e.u. pledges money and support to help greece with its refugee crisis amid accusations that turkey is trying to blackmail blog. and bernie sanders cast his vote on super tuesday hoping to cement his lead over a resurgent joe biden in the democratic presidential race. over the head of the world health organization has warned that shortages of protective gear like masks are leaving health workers dangerously ill equipped in the fight against coronavirus south korea's president has declared war on the coronavirus after nearly a sow's and people were affected in one day taking the total to more than 5000 there iran says more than 800 new infections have been discovered there including the country's emergency services chief 23 m

over the coronavirus crisis has been called a pandemic making the declaration well health organization officials said the number of cases globally is just going to increase 118000 people have now been infected in 114 countries as the number of cases outside china increased 13 fold in the past 2 weeks charlie angela begins our coverage. this is daily life under lockdown in italy people employing patients protection and distance all good measures that country should practice according to the world health organization but not enough as they declared covert 19 is now a pandemic. has been has just seeing this outbreak around the clock and we are deeply concerned by the alarming level of spread and severity and by the island to mean a level is in action. we have that for a med be our system and that 19 can be. used as a pandemic was started in china has now spread to more than 100 countries but 90 percent of cases are spread over just 4 nations iran is one of them where more than 300 people have died south korea is another where efforts to stop the spread of the virus have so far failed it s

india to impose a stringent travel suspending almost all visas for a month after the world health organization declared the covert 19 outbreak a pandemic. hello i'm adrian for the good in this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up a rocket attack on iraq e bay skills to americans at a british soldier. the straightest high court delays a decision on cardinal pell's last ditch effort to drop his conviction in a child sex abuse case. it is the world's biggest health crisis of the decade the corona virus outbreak has now officially been labeled a pandemic as the disease continues to spread around the globe countries around the world are working to limit the further spread including the u.s. which is imposed a travel ban to most of europe for a month president onil trunk blamed the e.u. for the situation and downplayed warnings of a potential recession. taking early intense action we have seen dramatically fewer cases of the virus in the united states than are now present in erupt. the european union failed to take the same precautions and restrict travel from china and other hot spots as a r

a groan a virus outbreak has been labeled a pandemic by the world health organization. says he's alarmed by the spread and severity of the flu like disease and the lack of action to combat it johns hopkins university in the u.s. puts worldwide infections at well over 125000 china has the most followed by italy iran and south korea almost 67000 people have recovered from the illness but more than 4000 have died and as weighing ramping up travel restrictions as president ronald trump will be addressing the country in the next hour. at our white house correspondent is covering this so kimberly what do we know about what the what the white house is trying to do with what the president's comments in the last few weeks to say the least and they've been mixed messages the president says something is medical experts say something else he says something else on twitter what can we expect in the next couple of hours from him. well i know that most americans are hoping for clarity whether or not they can expect that based on so many of the mixed messages in recent weeks leaves man

the headlines: the world health organization labels the coronavirus a pandemic and calls on governments to take urgent action. inside one of south korea's super labs, where they‘ re processing thousands of samples a day in the fight against coronavirus. i'm kasia madera in london. also in the programme: in italy new restrictions mean that all shops are closed — except food stores and pharmacies. and in new york the victims of the disgraced hollywood film producer, harvey weinstein, celebrate his jail sentence of 23 years for rape and sexual assault. good morning. it's 8am in singapore and midnight in london. the world health organization has for the first time declared the coronavirus outbreak a pandemic. the number of cases outside china had increased is—fold over the past two weeks. in south korea a network of nearly a hundred laboratories has been set up and tests done on more people per capita than anywhere else in the world. our seoul correspondent laura bicker has had exclusive access to one of the super labs where thousands of tests are being conducted every day. getting critical

the world health organization says the current response is.

expressing hope as congress finally agrees on a big economic stimulus package but the world health organization is warning that the u.s. could soon become the do epicenter of the coronavirus pentad that. i'm sorry kelly walked into the program india has become the latest and the largest country to introduce a nationwide lockdown in the fight against the corona virus there have been about 560 confirmed cases and 11 deaths in india but there are fears that the infection could spread quickly and it's densely populated city. they look like the streets of a quiet village but these are the roads of india's capital delhi on the 1st day of the coronavirus lock down one sparsely in bollywood film sets are empty airlines are grounded travel restricted indians have been warned to take a 3 week stay at home order seriously it is then if these 21 days are not managed properly then the country and your family will be set back by 21 years. crowds formed at pharmacies and shops following the prime minister's announcement safeguarding its supplies india has now banned exports of mosques and ventilators as well

all right then this is out there these are the top stories and the world health organization says although the coronavirus pandemic is accelerating the world can still change as trajectory is director general of the international community to adopt more targeted and aggressive measures to stop the virus asking people to stay at home and other physical distancing measures are an important way to off slowing down the spread of the virus and buying time but they are defensive measures that will not help buyers to win to win we need to add tact the virus with aggressive and targeted tactics testing every suspected case isolating and caring for every confirmed case and tracing and quite entirely every close contact. the u.s. senate is due to very tone a one trillion dollar economic relief package but there's division over what to include the top democrats in the u.s. senate says he's confident they will reach a deal i mean well president donald trump has posted a video online urging people to stay at home as the total number of cases in the united states reaches 35000. germany has announced a t

the world health organization maintains that successful combating of the outbreaks of covert when they spring up does require testing because you need to be able to identify people and make certain that they know they've got to get isolated right now if you haven't got tests it's still possible to suppress but you have to have a high index of suspicion and it will mean isolating some people who don't have coded the best to do that then basically say that we just don't let the outbreaks advance and cause terrible suffering ok so please do listen to w.h.o. those of you who are from countries where testing is not easily available because the w.h.o. can help you with how you should act if you haven't got a test but still feel that you need to be able to work to help people with cobra to isolate themselves i thought going to see this as a speed round for the week as many more questions for lack of moving welcome fath just as far sounded a gift to you what will thing pregnant women run. so you know this is a new virus we only have 4 months of study and luckily we are getting some data from c

guest: i am the director for the world health organization center on global health law. i work with them and i helped draft the g7 summit on global health. that statement is admirable. we do want mutual solidarity. we want global cooperation. unfortunately, we have seen anything but. everybody is closing their borders to everyone else. each country is blaming each other. even the vice president called this the wuhan virus, the china, the foreign virus, as if it were a virus -- a virus is a virus, it does not belong to any country. calling the influence of the spanish flu, it actually originated in the united states there is so we should not really be dividing as a global community. we should be uniting. host: what is the one concrete thing internationally that can be done? guest: one of the things, we should put our money where our mouth are and we should give financial support, not just now but in the future with the world health organization. we have been extraordinarily stingy with them. they have the budget about one quarter of the u.s. cc, and they are responsible f

injection monday as part of the study's 1st stage of human trials look at the latest from the world health organization expert. plus the 2020 european football championship will be postponed for a year due to the outbreak that's the word from the host country norway the european football body u.a.e. fund has yet to confirm the news. i'm serious so much going to good to have you with us germany's disease control agency has raised its coronavirus risk assessment. and to high at the agency's daily press briefing the president of the robert cock institute said stricter measures are necessary to contain the spread of the virus because of increasing warning signs from german clinics that the number of serious cases is increasing for it let's bring in our political correspondent hans front for the very latest on this story hi good to see you so germany's center for disease control has raised the risk level now to high for this corona virus pandemic and is warning that strict measures need to be taken in order to prevent millions of people from getting infected so what kind of further measures are meant by thi

well before that announcement from the world health organization e.u. commission president joseph on the line detailed steps to keep the blocks economies afloat as the virus spreads and shutdowns take effect the pandemic would be tough she said but europe was up to the challenge. so the coronavirus and i make is testing as all institutions governments health systems economies but the coronavirus pandemic is most of all testing people. this is not only an unprecedented challenges for our health care systems but also a major shock to our economies the shock is temporary but we must work together to ensure that it is as short and as limited as well to help us assess the situation in europe and in its biggest economy germany we have political correspondent hans brunt here with me and europe correspondent ben righetti in brussels let's start with you bad lots of money being talked about today the problem with the european body has always been how people actually get their hands on it so how will governments and companies and people eventually get their hands

live from berlin tonight the corona virus pandemic and a warning from the head of the world health organization. the pundit meek is accelerating new cases of coded 19 keep rising globally in some places at an ever faster pace but the w.h.o. says there is still time to change the trajectory of this pandemic also coming up all quiet across germany a leading public health institute says empty streets are helping to slow the viral spread and good news for chancellor angela merkel a day after starting self quarantine she has tested negative for the virus and pressure building to postpone the tookie olympics japanese prime minister today phonology for the 1st time that the summer games may be delaying canada and australia say they will not be sending their teams. i burnt off to our viewers on p.b.s. in the united states and all around the world welcome the head of the world health organization says that the coded 1000 virus continues to outpace efforts to contain it and that cases of the infection. more than 16000 people around the world have died of the infection here is what the head of the w.h.o.

tougher measures are put in place to prevent the spread we hear from an expert from the world health organization. for me this is just a few manatee already we are for the most important lesson for us is to rebuild the health care system. that well can you watching r.t. international this saturday evening it's just gone 6 o'clock here in the russian capital ok let's start by giving you the latest figures then on covert 19 because across the globe more than 600000 cases have been confirmed that is up 20 percent in the last 24 hours alone 137000 have recovered in total but more than $28000.00 people have died from the outbreak. the british government is ramping up its efforts to contain the coronavirus police have been given new powers in the using drones to make sure the citizens do stick to the rules and stay at home. well this is a video message here posted by police in the county of darbyshire does a people to avoid all non-essential movement and that includes walking the dog in the peak district or actually going for a long walk and instagram as a single dad to they are told not to go out of t

governments around the world are imposing lock downs and restricting travel off to the world health organization declared virus a pandemic that means it is spreading from person to person at a very high rates in all spoke countries now if you take a quick look at this map showing where cases have been confirmed g.c. africa looks a lot cleaner now there are currently just over 100 cases confirmed in africa in 12 countries so a small number compared to europe where it's a the unknown has 12000 cases. the global crisis is not widespread in africa at least for now there are fears that a corona virus outbreak on the continent could overwhelm the already fragile health care systems in rwanda campaigns promoting basic hygiene like many other african countries it's free of the virus but still bracing for impact you know need of the new members we have to be afraid of this disease competition but the silver goes that way we'll take serious measures to prevent it in all ways before it comes to you but you know if it gets here we can keep it from spreading quickly as they kill it and. up until now those in

the world health organization. virus outbreak now. it's prevalent across the world. with the w.h.o. says it's still possible to reduce the number of new infections also on the program hollywood movie producer harvey weinstein who sentenced to 23 years in prison this is what justice looks like 23 years. sentence had been convicted of sexual assault in the case of a major turning point in the me too movement to go to new york. i'm the program. well health organization has announced that it now regards the spread of the new corona virus as a pandemic meaning it's an epidemic on a far greater geographic scale of it affects a much larger number of people the organizations director general ted ross at 10 said the spread of covering 1000 across more than 100 countries meant the virus required a new designation we need to be concerned most by the alarming levels of spread and see very easy and by the island i mean the levels of inaction. we have that for the mid the our system and that 19 can be characterized as a pandemic. well while out and what was being made in geneva italy and the deat

watching out there at the world health organization is right now holding its regular briefing on the latest developments of the course in a vice pandemic let's listen in racine an extraordinary meeting of leaders from the g. 20 countries my message would threefold we must fight unite and unite fight to stop the virus with every resource at our disposal unite to confront the pandemic together we have one humanity with one common enemy no country can fight alone we can only fight together and ignite the industrial might and innovation of the g 20 to produce and distribute the toulouse needed to save lives we must also make a promise to future generations saying never again viral outbreaks are a fact of life how much damage they do is something we can influence . i thank the g. 20 countries for their commitment to fight the pandemic safeguard the global economy address international trade disruptions and in hands global cooperation this is specially important for countries who are not part of the g 20 but will be affected by decisions med by g 20 countries earlier today we held a briefi

of course, the world health organization is the un authority on health.countries have not respected them, or sometimes they do, sometimes they don't. so the only way out is through effective international cooperation, and i believe the g20 can be the nucleus of that international cooperation, aiming at acting together in an articulated way. but look, i mean, this is not only the covid—19. if you look at peace and security — i mean, the relationship between the biggest powers has never been as dysfunctional. the security council has been paralysed in relation to many of the conflict situations in the world. for climate change, it has been so difficult to bring people together. so, we are witnessing a serious problem, and that problem is that international cooperation has never been at this low level, and we need to make sure people understand that as threats are becoming global, covid—19 is another one, climate change already existed, terrorism, global terrorism is there, as these threats are becoming global, we effectively need to have a very strong commi

the lockdown will last at least 3 weeks also coming out a warning from the head of the world health organization. upon them it is accelerating to. new cases of covered 1000 keep rising globally in some places at an ever faster pace for the w.h.o. says there is still time to change the trajectory of the damage. i'm hearing from our standard welcome britain's prime minister has announced a nationwide lockdown to fight covert 19 boris johnson told the british people the government is shutting non-essential shops and services and banning gatherings of more than 2 people let's listen in from this evening i must give the british people a very simple instruction you must stay at home because the critical thing we must do to stop the disease spreading between households that is why people will only be allowed to leave their home for the following very limited purposes. the basic necessities as infrequently as possible one form of exercise a day for example. with members of your house or any medical need to provide care or to help a vulnerable person and travelling to and from work but only with this is

was deputy director of the pan-american health organization at one time. among other assignments in his career. dennis is calling from texas. you are on the air with dr. jon andrus. good morning. caller: good morning gentlemen. people living in new york and new orleans, i think a lot of them are leaving. they're just taking their family and moving on. if anybody has ever driven by 10 across the middle of texas, i live in a town of 23,000 that has no cases yet but we are right off the freeway. we are 75 miles from san antonio and 150 miles from anything. so people that need gas, a bathroom, food traveling east west across america. our four or five gas stations are just packed. louisiana, florida, illinois. california license plates. they are going in, standing in line, getting gas, using the restroom. i think this is something that needs to stop because i think these are serious places where this disease is traveling. people are getting it and they are traveling somewhere else and i would appreciate any response that you would have to that question. host: t

the head of w.h.o., the world health organization, a first nonmedical doctor to head that organizationto communist chinese government. do you think that changes his opinions at all? >> no, i don't think so, chinese have been excellent job from their point of view of taking overall of u.n. somewherize spee against or w.h.o. there are friends are head of it or they picked head like in w.h.o. this is a small part of what they have been doing until president trump nobody has sounded the alarm about it. david: in fact, woo regard to who they were late to coming to point of recognizing how dangerous the crise was i crisin china, they condemned president trump's travel ban against china when he realized there were too many chinese comes in and fin infecting americans. >> w.h.o. receives all of china information their studies, knowledge of how the virus can be fought or slowed down, they don't give it bilateraly to america, that is real ingratitude, because our own cdc set up their cdc starting in time of positive reagan. -- of president reagan, instead of helping us. they are not going it, th

students they are very quickly moving towards perhaps a close down of businesses the international health organization and the chilean government now concede that the pandemic has reached stage 4 here in chile so apart from setting up emergency hospitals both the army and the health ministry around the country they are also asking people to start working from home borders will be closed as of early wednesday morning not yet but as of wednesday morning and moles where i am and i am in front right now of a very busy mall will have started to be closed in different parts of the city and this is significant because most supermarkets in this very free market country are located inside of malls including this one so while the shops themselves don't have a lot of people in them the supermarket is bursting i was just in there people stocking up on everything that they can in the meantime a campaign to vaccinate people older than $65.00 people with preexisting health conditions and also children against the influenza which normally starts in about 2 months has been brought forward to prevent people from catchi

the world health organization says it's controlling and ebola outbreak in the democratic republic of congo it's reporting a shop below a number of new cases and the disease has now been confined to one province the w.h.o. credits a new isolation facility for high risk patients for the diminished numbers of new infections. let's now turn to the corona virus and the tough tactics some governments are using to slow down the spread of the pathogen france says it's still it's seizing stocks of facemasks as cases of infection saw president menem across says authorities will redistribute the masks to health professionals and those already infected with the coronavirus this as the world health organization warns that protective gear supplies used in fighting the corona virus are running out globally worldwide the total number of cases is now over 92000 although over half of those have since recovered more than 3100 patients have died with the majority of those in china meanwhile the in hong kong the corona virus has forced people to either self corinth or work from home on instructions of th

. >> the world health organization says the current response is not enough to stop coronavirus pandemicpreading. ♪ [bell] street asmmet on all investors panic about the pandemics devastating economic impact. the pandemic is putting millions out of work, as shops and restaurant close around the world. ♪ -- stocks plummet on wall street. hello. countries across the world are wrapping up the response to the coronavirus epidemic. the french president has cleared were on the up break and is borders from 11 gmt on tuesday. the eu as a whole is considering banning all but essential travel. the british government which has been under pressure to toughen its approach is asking britain's to avoid nonessential travel and pubs, clubs and theaters. this president donald trump has issued similar advice and urging no social gatherings higher than 10 people. this comes as the head of the world health organization implores governments to test far more people with suspected cases of covid-19. the mounting concerned that the pandemic will cause a global recession. another toward day on the market. stock m

with a simple message for all the countries test test test the world health organization says the current response is not enough to stop the coronavirus pandemic spreading. stocks plummet on wall street as investors think about the pandemics of devastating economic impact. and the pandemic is putting millions out of work the shops and restaurants close around the world. the as. countries across the world are ramping up their response to the coronavirus epic pandemic the french president in one year michael has declared war on the outbreak and is closing france's borders from 11 g.m.t. on tuesday the e.u. bloc as a whole is considering banning all but essential foreign travel to the schengen zone the british government which has been under pressure to toughen its approach is now asking britons to avoid nonessential travel and pubs clubs and theaters u.s. president donald trump has issued similar advice and is urging but no social gatherings higher than 10 people when it comes as the head of the world health organization implored governments to test far more people with suspected cases of c

the world health organization says it's concerned some countries are still not doing enough testing to prevent the spread of coronavirus globally more than 8700 people are confirmed to have died after catching the virus the number of reported cases has passed 200000 italy has reported 475 new deaths is the highest death toll from a single day of any nation since the 1st case was detected in china late last year and malaysia authorities are racing to track down potential carriers its confirmed cases jumped to all. most $800.00 in 2 thirds of those are linked to a religious gathering late last month and that spread the virus to at least 6 other countries and despite many governments announcing packages to stimulate their economies asian european and u.s. markets as well as oil prices have plummeted again again barbara begins our coverage from london. as the number of recorded coronavirus cases soared past 200000 the world health organization announced the 1st trial of a vaccine was on the way the start of a long battle this virus is presenting as we zone president to it but it's also an

the world health organization he's calling for more decisive action in dealing with this crisis several countries have imposed travel restrictions can we expect more drastic steps to be taken in germany. well you always have to remember that germany is a federal state that means those issues when it comes to health when it comes to education when it comes to decisions whether to close down schools or whether to impose travel bans it cetera or whether to cancel mass gatherings they are always taken at the regional level not taken at the federal level so angle america conscious go ahead and close down germany as a whole and in fact he doesn't intend to do so that's the message that we're getting whenever we talk to politicians they have recommended to cancel mass gatherings of more than a 1000 people and some of germany's most affected regions have already implemented that ban and they're calling on everybody to actually ask themselves do you really need to meet your friends in these drastic weeks but macca went to the media and actually addressed the public for the very 1st time in the c