they explained it is sort of normal this happens because the cityty's i infrastructurure was overerwhelmed at t the begeginnf this e epidemic and d could not handle the influx of patients. that meant some people died without treatment either at home or in the retirement homes. this is how they explained these new figures. it comes at a time of the chinese government is under a lot of pressure from western governments, the united states, france and the u.k., who are asking questions about the reliability of chinese figures. about whether or not there was a cover up from chinese authorities at the beginning of this pandemic, with reports saying the authorities -- the president t and beijing knknew t this virus for s six days before really alerting the public. today the ministry of f foreign affafairs said china has not haa cover up and does not allow coverups. there are still many questions. jeannie: here in france where the death toll standing at 18,000, officials are saying covid-19 has been contained. the announcement comes a month after a national lockdown was in the second day t the num