he referenced the world health organization. obviously, that group has been in the news for a number of reasons in the past couple weeks. so i think there are some questions the world health organization needs to answer as far as our knowledge and response to the coronavirus. but i will also say, as someone who has been to geneva and been to the headquarters of the world health organization during the first bird flu back in the middle part of the last decade, i do know that they have a significant contribution to make to the health of the globe, and as an earlier caller pointed out, many of these diseases will not recognize borders between countries, so what goes on in one country can become important in another. in this country as far as tuberculosis, the big issue has been the appearance of multiple drug resistant tuberculosis, and that's the form that really requires our intense scrutiny and attention because that is obviously becoming very difficult to treat if you have a tb blood that is resistant to therapeutic agents. >> q

within the framework of the united nations, a new organization exists to promote the welfare of all people. the world healthanization. in its first assembly, dr. chisholm declared this organization was physically prepared to raise the health level of all people and forever restore the human afflictions of colorado, tuberculosis and syphilis. the prime objective of the world health organization is the fight against disease on a global scale. the representatives of nearly every nation have signed on, and this means an organization with the authority to act. epidemics, no matter what part of the world they may inspect are a potential danger to all other nations. the world organization will make full use of every existing means. a tremendous movement of world solidarity is born. inoculation already widely used will be extended. millions of people will be given prophylactic injections. a widespread system of medical control will be everywhere. enormous quantities of serums, vaccines and powerful drugs such as penicillin. a constant flow of up-to-date information in every nation now makes it possible to apply the

china has reportedly delayed releasing vital coronavirus insulation to the world health organization according to the associated press beijing withheld a genetic map of the virus for than a week it happened as the world health organization was praising china for its response to the outbreak katrina you reports from beijing now this report threatens both the credibility of the world health organization and of china after trolling dozens of interviews and internal documents reporters from a.p. found that china was not forthcoming when it came to providing information about the virus during the early days of the outbreak that it stalled in terms of providing the virus genome to the public and also many world health organization officials were kept in the dark it also said that publicly world health organization spokespersons praised and rewarded chinese china's efforts but only in an attempt to coax more information out of the government now this flies in the face of the line that we've heard from tons foreign ministry for the past few months and indeed from president xi jinping himself

on with covert 19 china reportedly delaying releasing vital coronavirus information to the world health organization according to the associated press agency beijing withheld a genetic map of the virus for more than a week this happened as the world health organization was praising china its response to the break katrina you reports now from beijing. now this report threatens both the credibility of the world health organization and of china after trolling dozens of interviews and internal documents reporters from a.p. found that china was not forthcoming when it came to providing information about the virus during the early days of the outbreak that it stalled in terms of providing the virus genome to the public and also many world health organization officials were kept in the dark it also said that publicly world health organization spokespersons praised and rewarded chinese china's efforts but only in an attempt to coax more information out of the government now this flies in the face of the line that we've heard from china's foreign ministry for the past few months and indeed from president xi

and you reference the world health organization and obviously in that has been introduced has been introducedor a number of reasons in the past coupleth weeks, i think the are some questions the world health organization needs to answer as far as our knowledge in response to the coronavirus but i will also say someone who has been to geneva and the headquarters of the world health organization during the first brewed flu back in the middle part of the last decade, i do know they have a significant contribution to make to the health of the globe and as another color pointed out many of these diseases will not recognize borders between countries so what goes on in one country can become important in another. in this country as first tuberculosis the big issue has been the appearance of drug resistant tuberculosis. that is the form of tuberculosis that really requires our intense scrutiny and attention because that is obviously becomes very difficult to treat if you have a tb bug that is resistant to all of the therapeutic agents. >> a quick follow-up on the world health organization, we heard t

we expect the world health organization to hold china accountable. >> i'm sorry i won't be able to answer that question. i'm not fully versed on the obligations states confront as part of their duties to the world health organization or their participation in the world health organization. i can say that there is a spectrum of public international law commitments to which the united states but also china are responsible for fulfilling that range from global health concerns to human rights concerns like the important issues you raised to security concerns. all at the international law level. which would be implicated here as well. but the details of obligations under the world health organization regime i'm not competent to comment on. >> i would be happy to climb if you would like senator. >> that is okay. senator blumenthal. >> thank you, mr. karm, i want to express my appreciation for the chairman to adhering to blue slip policy but his suggestion just now that if anything inappropriate occurred with the dismissal of the united states attorney berman, that we should ask for further inqu

the entire world. over the years we've come to expect that the world health organization would play a role. the world health organization has done great work in many respects. it plays a key role as the guardian of international health regulations, and is the clearinghouse of global health data and best practices. it has done a remarkable work in combatting polio and eradicating smallpox, but its response to fast-moving emergencies such as ebola and covid 19 has exposed significant weaknesses that the world health organization has. we however are not here to demean or criticize or condemn the world health organization. rather what we're here to do is have a fear analysis of what the response was, and how their structure is constructed, that to cause the weaknesses that we have. doctor tedros and his management team were very kind to spend some time with me early on, and they explain to me what their objectives were, and how they were attempting to do so. they meet some very fear points, and it is truly obvious that they did things that could have been done differently, and they will be the f

the daily mail has a warning from health leaders that the closure of schools could worsen the obesity crisis for a generation of children. the guardian reports that the world health organizationd the prime minister not to ease lockdown restrictions further in england until the government's contact tracing procedure is proved to be "robust and effective." the prime minister has written a piece in tomorrow's daily telegraph promising to "fight with every breath in his body" any attempt to remove the statue of winston churchill from parliament square. and on the third anniversary of the grenfell tower fire, the financial times has a picture of people paying their respects to those who died. so let's begin. affair spread of stories there, but course coronavirus continues to dominate. giles, inglorious technicolour after some technical problems earlier, quite a stark headline with the world health organization addressing the prime minister directly, don't live long down until contact tracing works. yeah, what you are saying is scientist similar to the economist there are no concerns emerging out of covid—19 emerging, you put 100 scientists in a room, you get 100 different views. i

the world health organization to hold china accountable? >> senator lee, i'm sorry i won't be able to answer that question. i'm not fully versed on the obligation states confront as part of their duties to the world health organization on their participation. i can say there is a spectrum of public international law commitments to the united states and that also china are responsible from fulfilling the range from global health concerns to human rights concerns like the issues you raised and security concerns, at the international law level, which could be picketed here as well. the details of obligations under the world health organization regime, i'm not confident to comment on. >> i would be happy to chime in if you would like, senator. >>>> that's ok. senator blumenthal. sen. blumenthal: thank you paired a want to express my appreciation to the chairman for the policy and also his suggestion just now that if anything inappropriate occurred with the dismissal of united states attorney berman, that we should ask for further inquiry. i am g

onto the pots i programme the world health organization says up the world health organization says upof coronavirus infections can come from people who have no symptoms. first there is growing evidence that a second wave of covid—i9 has hit iran which was one of the earliest epicenters of the virus. but despite the increase in cases, there is no new lockdown in place yet for the 80 million people living there. some cities have already been announced as red zones for infection. bbc persian reports. could this be iran's second wave of coronavirus? the country was opened up coronavirus? the country was opened up from lockdown just about a month ago. and this is how it looks like now in one city. buses are being used to transfer covid—i9 patients to the capital of the province. it is one of at least nine provinces where infections are rising rapidly. according to iran's ministry of health, the province in the southeast is now a red zone. the hospitals are full, the staff are overwhelmed. last week, iran recorded the highest daily increase in the number of coronavirus cases since the first

the world. instead, china repeatedly lied to its own citizens, it lied to the world health organization, and it lied to the rest of the world about the nature of the virus, about the extent of the spread and about the rising infection rate in china. the chinese national health commission even went so far as to outlaw publishing information related to the outbreak. this is the public health commission whose job it is supposedly to protect public health within china. the effort to cover up the severity of the situation extended beyond wuhan and across china's borders. it's a problem inherent to communism. eventually, the propaganda and the political whitewashing become deadly and did in this circumstance. based on representations from chinese officials, the world health organization "did not recommend any specific measures for travelers," and even went so far as to advise against any travel or trade restrictions on china. in fact, the world health organization, which itself failed to conduct its own research and instead mystifyi ngly relied on representations from china itself. and yet as much as

last night the world health organization changed its advice on the wearing of face masks.idence, who advises that governments should encourage the general public to wear masks where there is widespread transmission, and physical distancing is difficult, such as on public transport, in shops, or in other confined or crowded environments. in england, it will be compulsory to wearface masks on public transport from the 15th ofjune. the government hopes such measures will keep infection rates down, although some argue the advice has come too late. and the uk has passed another grim milestone, with more than 40,000 people having now died from covid—i9. the number of new deaths in all settings confirmed yesterday was 357. and there are concerns about the r rate, the number of people each infected person passes the virus onto. one computer model shows that in most areas of england the rate is thought to be just below the key figure of 1.0, except in the north—west and south—west, where it is estimated to be right oni.0. a different study says scotland, wales and northern ireland

is the emergency operations manager for the world health organization in africa he says. up to 3300000 deaths from kiev at 19 can still be avoided. this is. particularly bizarre on there was having to sustain community transmission we vote in the appropriate measure but i think since the beginning. they want to think would think that we're not dissin they are african countries is that they move to outlaw song of measures of cause and effect also communities that is now triggering. is but in india in general we can not just doubt what we are observing is real oh well that's what was predicting based on the worst case scenario but we should not be complacent this situation was to really deteriorate we dove. head facilities being totally overwhelmed so we may not have all that and tried to sound tough in numbers but we have quite a good proxy that is also showing you what is the situation and how the situation is evolving and i think based on that the process probably think is to continue having strong public health measures include early detection and management of cases wha

days of the outbreak that it stalled in terms of providing the virus genome to the public and also many world health organization officials were kept in the dark it also said that publicly world health organization spokespersons praised and rewarded chinese china's efforts but only in an attempt to coax more information out of the government now this flies in the face of the line that we've heard from tons foreign ministry for the past few months and indeed from president xi jinping himself who has said that beijing has always been forthcoming transparent and responsible when it has come to providing the international community with information about the pandemic and providing the world health organization with information as well president xi jinping has said that he promises to contribute true $1000000000.00 to the organization over the next 2 years but at the same time the report also goes against what the trump administration is saying it has accused the world health organization of colluding with the chinese government now it seems that they did praise and they were biased in their public opinion of china b

the world health organization warns the coronavirus pandemic is accelerating in parts of africa and calls for more testing kits. and i mean this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up multiple mass graves found in a libyan city recently retaken by government troops from fighters loyal to the warlord the before have to. donald trump targets the international criminal court authorizing sanctions against i.c.c. officials investigating american troops for possible war crimes. then yes they conduct to use his time in isolation to achieve what he calls his greatest autistics experience. so then the world health organization has warned that cave in $1000.00 infections are accelerating in parts of africa raising concerns about how developing nations will cope with the pandemic the w.h.o. says that 75 percent of the continent's 200000 confirmed cases have been recorded in 10 countries a quarter of those are in south africa with the western cape region including cape town the hardest hit the u.n. agency says a lack of testing kits remains a big problem across africa but interest says health sy

the entire world. over the years we've come to expect that the world health organization would play a role. the world health organization has done great work in many respects. it does play a key role as the guardian of the international health regulations and is the clearing house of global health data and best practices, and it has done remarkable work in combatting polio and eradicating smallpox, but its response to fast-moving emergencies such as ebola and covid-19 has exposed significant weaknesses that the w.h.o. has. we are not here to demean or to criticize or condemn the w.h.o. rather, what we're here to do is to have a fair analysis of what the response was and how their structure is constructed that has caused the weaknesses we have. dr. tedros and his management team were very kind to spend some time with me early on and they explained to me what their objectives were and how they were attempting to do. they made some very fair points and it truly is obvious that they did things that could have been done differently and they will be the first to admit that. in addition to reformin

fast coronavirus cases across africa double in a matter of weeks prompting a warning from the world health organization. is our people are threatened by a kangaroo court donald trump all the rise is sanctions as the international criminal court investigates alleged war crimes by american troops in afghanistan. and the multiple mass graves are found in the libyan city recently retaken by government troops from fighters loyal to world khalifa haftar. stock markets in the united states have promised over fears of a resurgence and corona virus infections the federal reserve also delivered a grim forecast for the country's economic outlook the dow jones fell by nearly 7 percent while the 2 other major indices were down by at least 5 percent and the west today for market since mid march when coronavirus downs were announced now according to days are tracked by the washington post since the start of june 14th states and puerto rico have experienced their west week yet for new infections the surge in new cases and states like arizona new mexico and utah shows that curve at 19 is now sweeping across rural areas

i would ask everybody not to be withdrawing money from the world health organization just when we are right in the middle of supporting the world dealing with the worst public health crisis i have ever done. nabarro, telus the difference in environments here of this virus versus sars -- tell us the difference here in environments of the -- verlander's -- in -- what does it mean for a given core african nation? this virus is certainly much more unpleasant than influenza. virulence is slightly greater. it is persistent. it doesn't seem to be weakening as the months go by. also, we were hoping that it would be much softer in its impact on poor countries. but if you adjust for the different age factors in poor countries, it seems to be just as bad. it is a global phenomenon. i have been looking at the statistics with 8 million reported cases. do you know where the numbers of cases are increasing? , india, asia bangladesh, pakistan, indonesia. it is in latin america, in brazil, mexico, and other latin american nations. it is just getting into africa, as well as in the middle east. this is

the world health organization was. to the extent they have or could the shared information, president is correct, we are paying 90% of the bill. not getting the correct return on investment. i don't think it is appropriate to look at that investment. to ask some questions of the world health organization. have an important role to play, yes. world health organization's significantly benefits from the center for disease control prevention in the united states. it became apparent to me that cdc, we really didn't have the resources needed to mount to the type of response that might be retired -- required. host: republican line, brooklyn new york, you are next up. morning, i have a , i know my grandfather had to personally take the hydroxychloroquine. it is very, very good. guest: many people will point to the study and the american medical association. the patients selected for those that were at the end of the road. have been tried, nothing else was working. surprise, the results were not that great. it was already perhap

meeting at the white house after he's indicted for war crimes well for nearly 100 murders the world health organization says half the world's confirmed covert 1000 cases are now in the americas. in the in and russia's president overseas moscow's delayed victory day parade on the eve of a vote that could extend his rule until 2036. hello thank you for joining us a watershed moment that will cause

spite of the surge in cases in brazil tears of a thank you very much indeed the head of the world health organization is warning world leaders against criticizing the pandemic saying it's undermining efforts to combat the coronavirus the greatest threat we face now is not the virus itself it's the lack of global solidarity and global leadership we cannot see it is fine by me with a divided world the one who is in desperate need of national unity and global solidarity the politicize issue of the point to make has exacerbated. ultimately the problem is i shown that we are humanity one humanity. none of us are suv until all of our eyes are safe india has reported another daily record of new coronavirus cases with more than $15000.00 confirmed on monday that brings the total to nearly 430000 aking india the world's 4th worst affected country 14000 people have died of it health experts fear hospitals won't be able to cope or foreign embassies have warned their citizens to leave the country due to lack of beds despite the rapid rise in infections from mr narendra modi relaxed most restrictions weeks ago to

the world health organization says that record number of new coronavirus infections doesn't mean thatntinue easing their lockdowns. its head says governments need to consider, both people's health and that of the economy. some countries that have successfully suppressed transmission are now seeing an upswing in cases as they reopen their societies and economies. all countries are facing a delicate balance between protecting their people while minimising the social and economic damage. it is not a choice between lives and livelihoods. countries can do both. more on that later. all three victims of saturday's stabbings in reading have now been named. as well as james furlong, a teacher in wokingham who was described as inspirational, his friend joe ritchie—bennett also died. he was a 39—year—old american who had lived in the uk for 15 years. his family in philadelphia say they're heartbroken. and finally another friend who'd been enjoying the summer evening in the park, david wails. with more, here's our correspondent rajini vaidyanathan. back at school, for the most painful of reasons.

the world health organization warns the worst is yet to come as coronavirus cases continue to surge globally. about this and this is all to see a live from doha also coming up the white house says it will brief democrat politicians on reports that the russian military paid taliban fighters to target american soldiers in afghanistan. the un security council holds of virtual session on the ethiopian river nile down project that's caused a bitter dispute with egypt and sudan. a fake job for his wife and misuse of public money former french prime minister for spot feel gets a prison sentence. the worst is yet to come while that's the warning from the world health organization on the coronavirus pandemic the w.h.o. says it's far from being under control as the number of cases continue to surge globally is sending a team to china next week to investigate the origins of the disease which is still unknown we all know this to be over we all want to get on with our lives but the hard reality is this is not even close to being over although many countries have made some progress. globally the pond is a

and that necessitated the move by the nigerian government to seek for certification from the world health organization as opposed to a free country and that is coming today alongside countries like south sudan which also acknowledge that the world health organization has accepted scientific ation or has such a fight is of polio free actually meaning that africa is now paula free. it is good to have you with us hello adrian said again here in doha the headlines when i was there a president trump a suffered a setback after the u.s. supreme court blocked his plans to end a program that project protects immigrant children in this dreamers from deportation i cried tears of joy a few minutes ago when i heard the decision of the supreme court on dhaka these wonderful doctor kids and their families have that huge burden lifted off their shoulders they don't have to worry about being deported. they can do their jobs and i believe i do believe this someday someday soon they will be american citizens us media reporting that a senior official in the us state department has resigned over the president's handling o

is the world's the worst affected country by the corona virus pandemic there has been some praise of mexico's response the world health organization has called it a positive but they are also still urging mexico to perform more testing a lack of testing is that skewing data that's being sent to the world health organization and giving a possibly a false sense of security when it comes to the numbers here in the country again the world health organization saying that the worst is still to come that because the contagion is near doesn't mean that things are getting better in fact it means the opposite means that the worst is still to come lord and one nation this out to latin america now to become the new epicenter of the created virus pandemic swelled into the. why is the region in general struggling so hard to mitigate contagion. the latin america was the last region in the world where corona virus hit but it also could possibly be have been the least prepared we know the latin america in general with a few exceptions such as chilling cuba spend less on public health than any other region in the world we heard from the pan america

beijing delayed the release of vital details including a genetic map of the virus all the while world health organization officials heaped praise on china in an effort to coax out more information to you as this report when news of the virus emerged in january the world health organization lauded beijing's for sponsors we were very impressed with the level of engagement of the chinese government at all levels. but while the un agency praised china in public privately officials were reportedly frustrated by a lack of transparency an investigation by the associated press concluded that chinese health officials not only withheld information about the outbreak they also delayed distributing the card $900.00 by several days chinese health officials told the public that the possibility of human to human transmission over the w.h.o. tweeted in agreement but behind the scenes agency staff were apparently skeptical $100.00 train china positively as w.h.o. director at honda did during a meeting that she didn't ping in late january was said to be used as a strategy to gain more information china's foreign ministry

days of the outbreak that it stalled in terms of providing the virus genome to the public and also many world health organization officials were kept in the dark it also said that publicly world health organization spokespersons praised and rewarded chinese china's efforts but only in an attempt to coax more information out of the government now this flies in the face of the line that we've heard from china's foreign ministry for the past few months and indeed from president xi jinping himself who has said that beijing has always been forthcoming transparent and responsible when it has come to providing the international community with information about the pandemic and providing the world health organization with information as well president xi jinping has said that he promises to contribute true $1000000000.00 to the organization over the next 2 years but at the same time the report also goes against what the trump administration is saying it has accused the world health organization of colluding with the chinese government now it seems that they did praise and they were biased in their public opinion of chin

or testing machine from the world health organization so we're hoping to increase the number of tests per day from 202500 china is reported to have delayed releasing vital information about corona virus to the world health organization according to the associated press beijing withheld the genetic map of the virus for more than a week all this happened as the world health organization was praising china its response to the outbreak katrina you has that story from beijing. now this report threatens both the credibility of the world health organization and of china after trolling dozens of interviews and internal documents reporters from a.p. found that china was not forthcoming when it came to providing information about the virus during the early days of the outbreak that it stalled in terms of providing the virus genome to the public and also many world health organization officials were kept in the dark it also said that publicly world health organization spokespersons praised and lauded chinese china's efforts but only in an attempt to coax more information out of the government no

the world health organization reports the world's biggest single day increasing coronavirus cases since the pandemic began. watching us their ally from london i'm betting you know also as. they were us president donald trump is accused of putting his presidency before public health after his told surrounding. a shared land border but not seeing eye to eye an escalation in the war of words between egypt and libya is internationally recognized governments. and the slice off paradise that's getting smaller by the year the battle to save the last pocket of tropical rainforest in north america. hello thanks for joining us the world health organization has reported the largest single day increase in coronavirus cases since the global pandemic began by its counts more than 183000 new cases were reported in the last 24 hours the agency says the highest number of infections are in brazil with more than 54000 the u.s. and india tallied at least 36015000 cases respectively experts are saying the rising case count could be because of more widespread testing as well as the virus spreading. so in lat

tello the world health organization has the liver at an alarming warning on the coronavirus pandemic rather than easing the outbreak is in fact accelerating and the world is now in a new and dangerous phase globally 150000 new infections were reported on thursday that's the highest number in a single day nearly half of them were in the americas and w.h.o. is urging people everywhere to maintain extreme vigilance the world is in a new and dangerous phase. many people are understandably fed up with being at home countryside understandably egger to open up their societies and economies but the virus is still spreading fast it is still deadly and most people are still susceptible it. we on all countries. to exercise extreme vigilance the w.h.o. drew particular attention to brazil which has now passed 1000000 infections the highest number of cases outside a few of the us another 1206 people have died there in the past 24 hours that's according to the health ministry and scientists in italy have found traces of the corona virus in wastewater collected from milan and turin in december sugges

the pandemic is actually speeding up but i warning by the world health organization cheever's coronavirus cases rise in many parts of the world with easing lockdowns. also one of england's most diverse cities has been told to continue pandemic restrictions even as the rest of the country is about to relax them and the white house says it will brief democratic politicians on reports that russians funded taliban strikes on u.s. soldiers in afghanistan. have you with us it's a development that whole cause pro-democracy movement have been fearing for years pro-government told called media are reporting that china's top legislative body has passed a national security law for the territory that will crush political freedoms the legislation aims to cement beijing's control over the semi autonomous territory and reshape the future of one of the walls major financial centers beijing has circumvented hong kong. only legislature to impose the legislation. brown is standing by for us with reaction out of hong kong but 1st let's cross over to beijing where katrina you is there for us live katrina good

now the world health organization says while the asymptomatic spread can occur, it's not at the leading. the director of the harvard global health institute has blamed the world health organization for creating confusion, tweeting out that communication by the world health organization is, quote, not stellar and such a statement should be accompanied by data. he's called asymptomatic spread, quote t achilles' heel of this outbreak. and questions are rising why the agency changed its feelings on the mask. orangely they said only health care workers, people with covid-19 and people caring for those sick with coronavirus wear the mask. now they're saying healthy people should wear fabric masks when unable to socially distance. with that, let's bring in nbc meteorologist bill karins who's tracking the weather along with tracking covid numbers and has been for the last couple of month ts. take us through those numbers this morning, bill. >> i will. the asymptomatic thing was a shock. i saw the headline and had to read it twice. totally different than what we had heard before that. now they'r

i'm not matheson this is all just about live from doha also coming up the world health organization warns the worst is yet to come as coronavirus cases continue to surge globally. the white house says it will brief democratic politicians on reports that the russian military paid taliban fighters to target american soldiers in afghanistan. the un security council holds a virtual session on the ethiopian river nile down project that's caused a bitter dispute with egypt and sudan. it's the development hong kong's pro-democracy movement feared the most hong kong media reporting that china's top legislative body has begun voting on a national security law for the territory criminalizing acts of dissent and imposing heavy penalties for offenders well the chinese communist party has released virtually no details of the bill it's expected it's going to reshape the future of the financial center and drive another way edge in relations between china and the u.s. beijing has taken up the run precedented step of circumventing hong kong's own legislature to impose the bill directly on to the city let'

the world health organization's warning cases will continue to rise until a vaccine is found. 90 daysrica will reach 100,000 coronavirus infections, and only 19 to pass the 200,000 mark. the world health organization says infections in africa are spreading fast from urban to rural communities. those areas don't have adequate access to health care or preventative measures. >> one of the biggest challenges we face continues to be the availability of supplies, particularly test kits. this is a disruption to the global supply chain. other mechanisms are in place to address these shortages, including work done by the african union. more than 8 million diagnostic supplies and 200 million items of personal protective equipment or in the pipeline to be shipped to african countries. reporter: south africa, nigeria, and kabul are now the african countries. they mast -- must act fast on implementing measures and enforcing social distancing. many nations in africa are reopening their economies. with more than half the population having to go out every day to feed their families, locking down enti

the world health organization warns the coronavirus pandemic is accelerating in parts of africa and calls for more testing kits. are watching al-jazeera live from doha with me for the back to war also ahead multiple mass graves found in a libyan city recently retaken by government troops from fighters the oil to warlords before hopped on donald trump rejects demands to rename u.s. military bases despite global outrage over honoring controversial historical figures and dozens are feared dead and many more are missing as flood sweep away files and of holmes in southeast china. thank you very much for joining us the world health organization has warned that covert 1000 infections are accelerating in parts of africa raising concerns about how developing nations will cope with the pandemic w.h.o. say 75 percent of the continent's 2000 confirmed cases 200000 that is confirmed cases had been recorded in 10 countries a quarter of those are in south africa or with the western cape region including cape town the hardest hit the u.n. agency says a lack of testing case remains a big problem across af

leaked into waterways near the world's most northerly greenpeace compares the spillage to the exxon valdez disaster 3 decades ago in alaska. and as the world health organization sounds a warning on the rapid spread of the corona virus in africa in cameroon political wrangling of how close the fight against the outbreak the government has outlawed the opposition's relief efforts we mean the aid workers would be fine the bat. i'm told me all laddie well welcome to the program the u.s. president donald trump has suffered a setback after another sign of tension between the white house and the pentagon the nation's top general mark milley has publicly apologized for participating in donald trump's photo op last week in washington at a church that had been damaged in the protests calling the move a mistake the event took place moments after troops and police have cleared a path for the president and his entourage. by violent ejecting protesters. he wanted in washington simon sent us this is testament on how millis statement has been received walt depends on who you ask i think that the form of brass all the old generals and former defense secretaries served under o

2nd highest covered 19 death toll in the world and then enviable position with both the daily fatalities and new infections mounting. the world health organization says the country is certainly under pressure but not yet overwhelmed. the situation in brazil is of concern the 27 areas are affected we've seen different rates were fiction there were clear hotspots and heavily populated areas there are clearly different impacts in different populations we've seen the impact the numbers almost booked. overall the whole system is still coping. the pandemic is far from slowing in the country and the death toll is thought to be much higher than reported but brazil has started loosening restrictions on reopening the economy in the originator in sao paolo the streets were busy on friday as shopping malls were allowed to welcome customers again. the loosening of restrictions was championed by far right president judd was so narrow who has played down the pandemic calling it a little flu and claim that the lockdown has been worse than the disease. but experts say the country isn't yet ready to reopen safely testing capacity is lagging and a contact tracing

the head of the world health organization is warning world leaders against politicizing the pandemic,aying it is undermining efforts to combat the coronavirus. facee greater struggle we now is not the virus itself. it is the lack of global solidarity and global leadership. we cannot defeat this pandemic with a divided world. the world is in desperate need of national unity and global solidarity. the politicized asian of the pandemic has exacerbated it. that weemic has shown humanity, one humanity. until all ofe safe us are safe. >> india has reported another daily record of new coronavirus cases with more than 15,000 confirmed on monday. that brings the total to nearly 430,000, making india the fourth worst affected country. 14,000 people have died. public health experts say hospitals will not be able to cope all foreign embassies have warned their citizens to leave the country due to a lack of hospital beds. despite the rapid rise in infections, the prime minister relaxed most restrictions weeks ago to revive the economy. there are fears the coronavirus outbreak could spin out of con

barbrbara: the world health organization has delivered fresh warnings about a possible second wave of the coronavirus. 100,000 new infections reported almost every day. in beijing is a concern to the who. more than 100 infections have been confirmed after 50 days without a new case. in india, 50 million people will be locked down again in the city of chennai from friday after a surge of infections there. >> it took more than two months for the first 100,000 cases to be reported. for the past two weeks, more than 100,000 new cases have been reported almost every single day. cases come from 10 countries, mostly in the americas and south asia. countries must stay alert to the possibility of resurgence. barbara: that warning comes as countries across europe reopened their land borders. openedd restaurants have in france. non-essential shops have opened in the u.k.. for more on that later in the program, first though, elizabeth in new delhi has more on the new measures being imposed in india to contain the virus. hasrter: the chief minister announced a complete lockdown fortune i. for chen

by years and if not earlier what do you make of the president's having us leave leave the world health organization. so there are 2 sides of that story side one is the world health organization really soiled itself with ebola in west africa they have a lot of political appointees out there they were early enough in warning and they did the same thing with this virus you know they probably did cozy up to the chinese we didn't get enough of a warning they talked about cutting off air travel is a bad idea so on the one hand i think that they really haven't and now they're talking about maybe mass don't work we're trying to get everyone to mask up so i think they really hurt themselves badly however the world health organization holds together much of african health where you have you know potentially hundreds of thousands of lives to be lost so i think it's too bad not to continue to fund that but i certainly understand the anger towards the world health organization in terms of not really warning us loudly and clearly enough to get the tests out to get all of the protective gear the vaccines and what

the world health organization says infections in africa and i was spreading fast from urban to rural communities those areas don't have adequate access to health care or awareness of preventive measures one of the biggest challenges we face in the response continues to be the veil ability of supplies articularly test kids and this is due to the disruptions in the global supply chain. the u.n. has established a supply chain task force and other mechanisms i am pleased to address these shortages including work done by the african union and more than 8000000 diagnostic supplies and 200000000 my terms of protective equipment in the pipeline to be shifts a program countries south africa algeria and kenya and now the continent supports the global health but he wants countries must last on implementing strong measures and in forcing social distancing but already many nations in africa are opening their economies with more than half the population having to go out every day to feed their families locking down entire towns and cities is proving costly experts say african-american for less than

is, is that the chinese communist party has infiltrated not just the united nations and the world health organization, and the world bank, but they have done so in a way that actually doesn't promote global health. and so, health is not a political issue. but because of the nature of the totalitarian regime, they made help a political issue, and they've tried to create a bandage for the chinese communist party, based on health. that's not something that we should play around with. and i think the united states needs to get together with other free nations and ensure that we are transparent when it comes to health. if we can't get that from authoritarian regimes, because of the nature of their political system, then we need to be less connected to those nations, because clearly, global pandemics are not in our interest or the interest of the rest of the free world. >> arch. let's step back a little bit and talk big picture in terms of the relationship with china in light of the endemic. we have long-standing friction between the two countries over trade, over human rights issues, how much has the pand

the world health organization was concerned that it would be kicked out of china if it pushed beijing too hard on vital information during the early days of the pandemic that's according to an investigation by the associated press which says the data could have dramatically slowed the outbreak internal recordings reveal that the world health organization was frustrated at the lack of cooperation from beijing but the un agency continued to praise china publicly throughout january as a means to secure more information about covert 19 china refused to release the genetic map or genome of the virus for more than a week after that fully decoded the information beijing only released that data after it was published on of the roma just websites and it took a further 2 weeks for china to provide more information on patients and cases david i xander is a professor of risk and disaster reduction at the university college london he says it's not clear if data sharing earlier data sharing would have stopped the virus from becoming a global pandemic. it is important i think that china was slow to

a top official with the world health organization has caused an uproar after seeing it appears very rarehat an infected person without symptoms can spread the virus. now, that directly contradicts cdc guidance, just a short time ago, the world health organization walked things back a bit. the world health organization is also warning that the pandemic is far from over. it says more than 136,000 new cases were reported worldwide on sunday. the most in a single day. here in the u.s., the number of new coronavirus cases has hit a new high in more than a dozen states including california, texas, and florida. with us now is dr. roy, an internal medicine physician and nbc medical contributor. let's talk about what we're hearing now from the world health organization as we mentioned, one official says asymptomatic spread is very rare. but this morning, another official there walked things back a bit and said they don't actually have the answer yet and that it remains a big open question. what are we to believe in this? >> good morning, ayman. great to be back with you again. there is so much go