dr michael ryan is helping to lead the world health organization's response to the coronavirus he told out of there that vaccines are coming that it will take some time. and it's going to take at least a year to bring vaccines into the fight against this white house there are at least 30 candidates actually is currently being developed are already under under under trials in fact trials were started last week in the united states and further trials will be starting in china and other countries in the coming weeks that's a massive effort it's going to require a coordinated public private partnership to do that we will get vaccines but it's going to take time dr ryan there's a lot of conspiracy theories out there right now especially due to the rivalry between the u.s. and china has the w.h.o. been asked to investigate claims that covered 19 was manmade we tend to look for these explanations in situations when we've such a. horrific event but the reality is and this has always been the reality is that we human beings have behaved in a way over the last number of years we've globalized th

one find out as the executive director of the world health organization's emergency program dr michael ryan talks to al-jazeera. dr mike ryan thank you for talking to al-jazeera dr ryan in the past few weeks i heard you say that you believe that we were in the beginning or possibly the middle of this pandemic what do you think now any predictions on where we might be in all of this and when it might be over. actually think predictions are extremely unhelpful at this moment the potomac is evolving rapidly all over the world. there is no accurate way to predict. the future in the coming weeks we have to do with what we see now and we have to plan for the situation deteriorating in a number of countries in which it already has in many many countries or not in that situation many countries have a low number of cases and they need to to work as hard as they can to contain this fire so that they don't progress into the situation that other countries find themselves in now where do things stand right now when it comes to potential vaccines and treatments. vaccines are. a long way out at this point

speaking to the andrew marr programme, dr michael ryan, executive director of the world health organizationarning that the process could be a long one. i think we have to be realistic, vaccines take a long time to develop, test, prove they are effective and then you have to produce enough vaccine for everybody. that's a very long process. we have to be very careful. this vaccine will be given to potentially billions of people and we have to make sure that it's absolutely safe and it does good, not harm. we are talking at least a year. that doesn't mean that we are helpless. we can do a lot to stop this disease right now, and we can save a lot of lives right now. we will work hard on the vaccines, the vaccines will come, but we need to get down and do what we do we need to do now. our political correspondent helen catt is here. the british prime minister bob johnson urging everybody yes, cop shot life has changed, we have got to do things differently for a while now. social interaction leads to the disease spreading and people dying. don't leave your home unless you really have to, work from

speaking to the andrew marr programme, dr michael ryan, executive director of the world health organizationution, warning that the process could be a long one. i think we have to be realistic. vaccines take a lot of time to develop, test, make them safe, prove that they are effective, and then you have got to produce enough vaccine for everybody. that is a very long process. we have to be very long process. we have to be very careful, this vaccine will be given to potentially billions of people and we have to make sure that it is absolutely safe and that it does good, not harm. we are talking at least a year. but that doesn't mean that we are helpless. we can do a lot to stop this disease right now, and we can a lot to stop this disease right 110w, and we can save a a lot to stop this disease right now, and we can save a lot of lives right now. we will work hard on the vaccine, they will come, but we need to get down and do what we need to do now. so with no vaccine on the immediate horizon, the focus is on stopping the disease spreading. in the uk, measures to promote social distancing and

confirmed cases so far in the north west of syria but the virus is in neighboring countries dr michael ryan is helping to lead the world health organizations response to corona virus and he told his areas mohammed jam june the vaccines are coming but will take some time. and it's going to take at least a year to bring vaccines into the fight against this white house there are at least 30 candidates actually is currently being developed are already under under under trials in fact trials were started last week in the united states and further trials will be starting in china and other countries in the coming weeks that's a massive effort it's going to require a coordinated public private partnership to do that we will get vaccines but it's going to take time dr ryan there's a lot of conspiracy theories out there right now especially due to the rivalry between the u.s. and china has the w.h.o. been asked to investigate claims that covered 19 was manmade we tend to look for these explanations in situations when we've such a. horrific event but the reality is and this has always been the realit

michael ryan is helping to lead the world health organization's response to the virus and he told mohammed jam june the vaccines are coming it will take some time. and it's going to take at least a year to bring vaccines into the fight against this white house there are at least 30 candidates actually is currently being developed are already under under under trials in fact trials are started last week in the united states and further trials will be starting in china and other countries in the coming weeks that's a massive effort it's going to require a coordinated public private partnership to do that we will get vaccines but it's going to take time dr ryan there's a lot of conspiracy theories out there right now especially due to the rivalry between the u.s. and china has the w.h.o. been asked to investigate claims that covered 19 was manmade we tend to look for these explanations in situations when we've such a. horrific event but the reality is and this has always been the reality is that we human beings have behaved in a way over the last number of years we've globalized the planet an

doctor michael ryan and doctor maria technical lead for covid-19. dr.ros will give us an update and when he has finished remarks we will hear a message about the solidarity trial, after that, i'll open the meeting to questions. if you have connected via zoom, please use the ratio hand icon to get in the queue to ask your question if you are connected by phone please hit star nine on your keypad to indicate you want to ask a question i apologize now who miss out as we have hundreds of people connecting already and asking questions for which we thank you all. so we need to keep this a briefing to under an hour so our speakers, who are all leading this response can get back to all of the other pressing jobs on their endless to do list. and right now there is a lot to do. and to hear more about where we are and what we are doing and what we need to do, i will now hand over to dr. tedros. >> thank you margaret. good morning, good afternoon, good evening, wherever you are there are now then more half a million cases of covid-19 and more than 20000 deaths. the

michael ryan, the head of emergency at the who, talking about there might be some hope in italy and spainthat there were perhaps be a peak and the lockdowns we are seeing will start to bear fruit. that is what they are basing on. just to tell you a little bit about -- the fight must go one against the coronavirus. and they must not relet in any way. deaths oneporting 812 monday, a slight decline on the previous days record. we got spain battling this outbreak. in order to perhaps contain it further, the prime minister did announce over the weekend plans for even tighter restrictions on public life. ordering those at nonessential services to stay-at-home. that's exactly what we have at the moment coming out of the who as well, saying there is no time to rest as well. having a political fallout as well. giuseppe conte, the italian prime minister, the country hardest hit. he said he have to fight to hold society together. in the southern parts of the country there, which is notoriously a long lag behind the wealthy north, it has become the government's top priority at the moment to bring som

michael ryan: we trust that all governments will take the appropriate actis that to manage the publiclth risks, which are real, but we also understand the terrible dilemmas that countries face in protecting economies and social systems, but we must vocus on first trying to stop this disease and saving lives. amna nawaz: u.s. military installations overseas, meanwhile, have been put on high alert, as the number of military infections grows and the virus ravages communities across the globe. in spain, an overflow of pient beds spills into hospital cohallways. thuntry's death toll has topped 3,400, second in the world only to italy. >> we keep asking for help. the professionals that are herec geriatric lists, cleaners, the technical staff, are giving all that we can. we are suffering a lot with this situation. amna nawaz: in italy, wherese police nowrones to oversee stay-at-home orders, a reported 300 deaths over the last 24 hos in the country's hardest-hit region of lombardy. that number is down from the previous day. india's 1.3 billion residents began their 21-day nationwide lockdown

michael ryan said the failure of countries like the united states to screen for coronanavirus was helping the disease to spread. >> e every suspect casase shoule tested. their contatacts identified. if thearare sick o or so and sometimes, they should be tested. that requires s a scale up becae many countries have not been systematically testing all suspect cases, and it is one of the reasons why we are behind in this epidemic. amy: in egypt, four women activists were arrested in cairo wednesday for protesting medical neglect in egyptian prisons and demanding the immediate release of prisoners. -- prisoners at risk of coronavirus. in a facebook live video, one of protesters, on his staff, will be released. in yemen, where a u.s.-supported, saudi-led war has killed over 100,000 people and shattered the healthcare infrastructure, medical workers are bracing for the rapid spread of coronavirus. already y 80% of y yemenis relyn humanitarian assistance, with high rates of malnututrition, malaria, and cholera. one textile factory manager in sana'a switcheded from producucg clothihing to makeshif

michael ryan, the world health organization.hours before sweeping travel bans, school closures put in place around the world. his warning is a stark remind per many countries are struggling to mitigate the spread of the virus. according to aaron mill here writes for the "new york times," quote, many health experts expect that a majority of people will eventually be exposed to if not infected with this virus. the total number of ineffected swhanlt scares epidemiologists. it is how many title. 80% of those diagnosed have mild cases. of the nearly 130,000 people diagnosed so far about, 70,000 have fully recovered. what can we expect here in the united states? what steps need to be taken? for more, i'm joined by the chief medical adviser at the bipartisan central at hhs assistant secretary for health. and the author of tight ropes. americans reaching for hope. let me start with you. building on what we talked about. the importance of testing the get the overall picture of what we're dealing with. right now, how firm of a grasp do yo

joining me now, two members of the family recovering, michael and ryan weinhaus. michael, you were hospitalized along with your wife who is in the hospital, though. obviously your brother jason got it as well. and also ryan, your wife. so, let me ask you just to start with you, michael, how you are feeling. i mean, are you still -- i can obviously still see you have, you know, oxygen. so please tell me how you're doing, sir, how you're feeling. >> well, i'm feeling great. i'm home. i am on oxygen, but i really feel wonderful. recovering and couldn't feel better. >> wow, well, i know it's just a relief in your voice. i can't imagine how terrifying a moment this may have been. ryan, i know your mother who is still in the hospital tonight was the first in the family to get sick, and then it seemed to spread to the family. i mean, how quickly did this happen? people see this and say, oh, my goodness, an entire family. how quickly did this happen that you all got sick? >> yeah, it's definitely been a long month, that's for sure. you know, she's a very healthy individual

followed on from doctor michael ryan who we are used as being speaking on these occasions talking abouting died from coronavirus. he also said that europe has now become the epicentre of the pandemic with more reported courses and debts than the rest of the world combined, apart from china. we also heard suffering from the chief medical officer in scotla nd the chief medical officer in scotland who says that she is certain to report that a patient in scotla nd certain to report that a patient in scotland who tested positive for coronavirus is no doubt. catherine calderwood offers deepest sympathy to the family at this time. we have also just heard that bristol university is going to spend all classes and exams until further notice —— micro suspend. it was revealed yesterday a student had tested positive for coronavirus after returning from the city from abroad. there might be some other advice coming in from the government regarding adult social care. again to help protect people from infection. anyone suspected of having covid—19 the government says should not visit care homes or peopl

the brothers ryan and michael lauren. >> democrats have to stick to the narrative that this is bad, ceosre evil despite the fact that this would save jobs. acting quickly if the difference between a horrible short-term downturn and a depression. >> to jesse's point, you almost have to let this thing go until he gets bad because you want to make sure you beat this virus without losing the economy. you get all the way to that end and then all of a sudden you will stop, everything is going to go boom and the economy is going to take off. i believe that. it is going to look bad, when you are getting to the end it will look bad. you are getting all the way there, then you will pull back because you are going to have to. and it is always going to look really bad until it becomes better. that's what i'm saying. >> the opposite of a roller coaster. >> i guess. i just want to tell you something, i was in the liquor store on sunday and i walked in, "the new york times" was in there filming and they were filming while i was trying to buy one. i had to leave. that is antibusiness. >> liquor store on

ryan. thank you for joining us. michaelberg is still a wild card in this state and for the rest of super tuesday. does he pose a risk for joe biden here? >> i think that folks who might be watching this have probably been digging themselves out from the michael bloomberg mailers that have been arriving. >> might have seen a michael bloomberg ad in the commercial break. >> very likely. polling has not indicated that he is in terms of posing a risk to the front-runner, bernie sanders. he's not there yet. he is hovering around the 15% threshold to get delegates in california. statewide you have to hid 15% of the total vote. and then of course it's the 53 congressional districts, mini races in each one of those districts. right now, sanders appears to be the one who will take the mother lode of delegates from california. and then the question is will moderates consolidate enough around joe biden, perhaps a michael bloomberg, to give them that boost over the 15%. >> sanders is focused so much on minority, latino voters, in parti

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worth of support straightaway that is trying to keep these carriers going we've just heard from ryan air's michael o'leary. he's like the southwest of europe as well they've just come out for april and may they will cut, becky, 80% of their capacity. 80% of their capacity for april and may. back to you. >> steve sedgwick, thank you very much. >>> airlines making big changes as demand falls as we've been talking about. falling sharply and new travel restrictions in place. phil lebeau joins us now with more hello again, phil. >> hey, joe. you heard what steve was talking about, about the capacity cuts happening in europe. we saw over the weekend dramatic cuts by the u.s. carriers premarket. they're all looking to open 14 to 20% lower american culting 75% of the international schedule united cutting 50% of the capacity for the entire system and delta 40% system wide capacity being cut in regards to united, this was a sobering piece of news from the company last night think about this, the revenue they're receiving is down $1.5 billion. $1.5 billion less than it was in march of last year they're hemor

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michael bloomberg will put behind joe biden. >> can we just talk about that endorsement a moment because a biden surrogate earlier on our program just said, tim ryanlook what would have happened to joe biden last night if bloomberg had not been in this race. what is he saying about why he is backing biden now? >> reporter: well, it's very clear to him that joe biden obviously had a very strong night and the fact that he did really undercut michael bloomberg's argument for being in this race. remember michael bloomberg said when he got in that joe biden was weak, he was having trouble in debates, he was having trouble fund-raising. all of that has turned around in the last week or so since south carolina. and up until a few days ago, his advisers were basically downplaying joe biden's momentum and saying, listen, south carolina is just one state. his operation is very weak. and now that can all change. if michael bloomberg gets behind joe biden in a big way, that can really change the dynamic and give bernie sanders a huge competitor in that race because michael bloomberg has a field operation in important states. that could be passed over and hand

ryan and dr. van kerken as well as the director general. the next question comes from michael from cnn. are you there? >> i am here, can you hear me? >> go ahead, please. >> thank you for taking my call. i am dialing in from british columbia in canada where we have reached 424 cases, between the numbers in hong kong and singapore. my question is about sports. as you know, the canadian olympic committee has said it will not be sending athletes to tokyo. for the health and welfare of their members and also i think we are getting the same messages from australia and elsewhere. my question is, a lot of national olympic committees are looking to the who for guidance on this ahead of the ioc making a decision. i know it is a sensitive topic. i know there are considerations. but i really think a lot of athletes who can't go to training facilities, who are ones, perhaps d even suffering from covid-19, are looking for some kind of as time is m you really ticking on. thank you, sir. dr. ryan: thank you for the question. the future of the games is under close observation at the moment. premier hea

michael radford, bbc news. rangers have ended their recent run of poor form with a one—nil win at ross county. before today, steven gerrard's side had gone three domestic games without a win but ryanory and moved them to within 13 points of leaders celtic with a game in hand. australia have thrashed india by 85 runs in the women's t20 world cup final in melbourne. it was set to be the biggest event in women's sporting history — and katy perry was there to begin proceedings. after her performance, it was an extremely one sided final —australia were ruthless, posting an imposing score of 184—4 from their 20 overs with half centuries for alyssa healy and beth mooney. india were bowled out for 99. the final attendance of 86,000 just fell short of the biggest crowd at a women's sporting event. it's been announced that the bahrain grand prix will be the first ever formula 1 race to be staged without spectators due to coronavirus. 0rganisers issued a statement to say it was halting ticket sales for the event later this month and would only allow participants into the event. april's chinese grand prix has already been spotponed. the sport's governing body the fia has set up a crisis cell

athletes reacting all around the globe, and gold medal swimmer ryan lochte is going to join us in a moment, talking to michael. he has all the details. good morning, t.j. >> reporter: good morning to you, robin. there from your basement. yes. this got to a point where this decision seemed like a no-brainer, but still we're talking about an event that's been seven years in the making, billions of dollars spent, involving 200 countries and 11,000 athletes. you can't just pick another date on the calendar. remember, the olympics has only been canceled before for war, being postponed for the first time, and it's because of a virus. it's now official, and it's a first in olympic history. the summer games postponed. tokyo 2020 put on hold until at least 2021 by the covid-19 pandemic. >> i think this is the right thing to do. what's going on right now at this moment is unprecedented and it's bigger than any sport. >> reporter: the international olympic committee says the move was made to safeguard the health of athletes, everybody involved in the olympic games and the international community. >> the number of cases

alix: elizabeth ryan and mike bloomberg face questions on whether to end their campaigns -- elizabeth warren and mike bloomberg face questions on whether to enter campaigns. michaelunder and majority owner of bloomberg lp, the parent company of bloomberg news. we are seeing a relief rally. how sustainable is it? euro-dollar down by 0.5%. the dollar sold off hard yesterday on the fed rate cut, now coming back. the 10 year yield sitting at 1%, clawing back from below that level. where doing over from here, and what is going to support us? the said surprised with that 50 .asis point cut yesterday joining us here in new york is chief us, morgan stanley strategist of municipals and , mila richardson, richardson, -- nela edward jones investment strategist, and nick maroutsos, janus capital management. look at where bonds are trading. they are all trading at the fed funds rate. that means the fed is behind the curve. 10-yearcalling for a 1% probably about nine months ago, more so on the back of the structural challenges that the u.s. would encounter in moving towards zero. i think this was a catalyst to get there, and i don't think we will be moving too far off of it .