the 4th of may social distancing however will remain for the foreseeable future also on the program. international concern as donald trump says he'll freeze u.s. funding of the world health organization accusing it of mismanagement the coronavirus pandemic but critics say now is not the time for unilateral action. and it's exactly as since fiat badly damaged paris is not for them cathedral restoration work has been slow so couple of filmmakers are using virtual reality minds of how it used to look and show us how to look in the future. i'm phil gal welcome to the program germany is extending current social distancing measures until the thought of many but steps are being taken to ease the lock down gradually the announcement followed talks between chance of i'm going back on german state leaders that overrun by almost to oust chancellor merkel described the country's success against a pandemic as fragile with little room for maneuver and stress that any further because oxidation of restrictions would depend on the rights of new infections. it's been 3 weeks since chancellor angela merkel announced the initial restrictions on contact now have been largely extended social distancing ru

u.s. of the world health organization has warned that rushing to ease restrictions will increase the risk of a resurgence of the disease nevertheless italy says that before the end of this week it will outline plans for the gradual loosening of lockdown measures starting on the 4th of may and the world's most populous muslim nation indonesia has banned people from traveling home to celebrate the holy month of ramadan later this week. now let's take a look at some other stories making headlines around the world u.s. president donald trump says he will temporarily suspend all immigration by signing an executive order he said the action was in response to the corona virus outbreak and to protect jobs more than 22 a ww americans have applied for unemployment benefits in the past month because of pandemic lockdowns just south korea has denied media reports that north korean leader kim jong un is gravely ill after heart surgery so said it had seen no signs indicating the 36 year old was in serious condition speculation emerged after kim missed a key state celebration last week. 36 people have d

the 4th of my social distancing however both are made for the foreseeable future also on the program. international concerns us donald trump says he will freeze u.s. funding of the world health organization accusing it of mismanaging the coronavirus pandemic and critics say that now is not the time the union lotro act. and it's exactly a year since 5 damage powers is not to dump in favor of restoration work has been slugs a couple of filmmakers using the furniture old reality i'm just click notes on how it looks in the future. a german chancellor i'm going to machall has announced they've got countries social distancing destructions will be extended until may 3rd the chancellor announced the changes after i announced that the measures after a teleconference with state leaders that overrun by 2 schools will remain closed and so loud the may the 4th and facemasks will be recommended in shops and a public transport religious gatherings will remain banned and restaurants and cafes and also stay truck bed revenges including germany's been off to football because often to. 31st of august the small shops and some services will be allowed to open on monday. the political correspondent simon youn

of daily life going again the politicians will have to work out which ones. there's been international condemnation of donald trump's decision to freeze u.s. funding of the world health organization president trump has himself been under fire for his handling of the pandemic and he accused the u.n. body of failing in its response to the corona virus outbreak. the w.h.o. failed in its basic duty to save lives those were the words of president trump as he announced a freeze on funding for the u.n. agency today i'm instructing my administration to halt. funding of the world health organization while a review is conducted as the organization's leading sponsor the united states has a duty to insist on full accountability health trump has repeatedly criticized the w.h.o. throughout the pandemic this time claiming its bias towards china is responsible for the viruses rapid spread to other parts of the world had the w.h.o. done its job to get medical experts into china to objectively assess the situation on the ground and to call out china's lack of transparency the outbreak could have been contained at a source with very little death. trumps as the roughly $400000000.00 in annual contri

the politics of population control. we get the decision of the president of the united states to order a halt in funding the head of the world health organization reacts to the u.s. president's threat to cut funding over accusations that it mishandled the covert 19 pandemic. hello i'm adrian from again this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up russia reports of record rise in new covert night in 1000 infections for the 4th day. south korea's governing party is projected to win a parliamentary election that required masks gloves and hand sanitizers. the crisis takes a toll on new york's transit workers hundreds are getting sick. there's global controversy over the u.s. president's decision to cut funding to the world health organization donald trump is accusing the body of mishandling the covert 19 pandemic but in the last hour the head of the world health organization says that his organization is vital for handling this crisis but other major health issues. we regret the decision of the president of the united states to order to hold in funding to the world health organization deadly choice of reviewing the impact of our work of any withdrawal of u.s. fu

well there's been international condemnation of donald trump's decision to freeze u.s. funding of the world health organization president trump has himself been under fire for his handling of the pandemic and he accused the u.n. body of failing and its response to the coronavirus outbreak for its part the w.h.o. a specialized agency of the united nations says it regrets trumps move. the world health organizations response to the white house when the study was clear the world's most vulnerable by now be at greater risk. w. towards to improve the world over many over the world this poorest and most people. bluto is not only fighting corbett 9 to trump's decision to cut w.h.o. funding amid a pandemic has stunned the global community and drawn criticism from experts back home. you know credible. concerns. absolutely can be raised right now from that. perspective we believe that the president should reconsider its decision despite the backlash trump on wednesday reiterated his concerns over the w h o's handling of the early stages of the outbreak. and you see what happened in italy you see what happened to spain yo

the world's poorest countries until the end of the year to free up money to combat the pandemic. there's been international condemnation of u.s. president donald trump's decision to freeze u.s. funding of the world health organizationtrump, who has been under fire for his handling of the pandemic , is accusing the agency of failing in its response to the outbreak. the who is defending itself, saying it issued strong and timely warnings. >> the who failed in its basic duty to save lives, those were the words of president trump as he announced a freeze on funding. >> today i'm instructing my administration to halt funding of the world health organization while a review is conducted. the united states has a duty to insist on full accountability. >> trump has repeatedly criticized the who, this time claiming its bias towards china is responsible for the virus' rapid spread to other parts of the world. >> had the who done its job to get medical experts into china to assess the situation on the ground and to call out china's lack of transparency, the outbreak could have been contained at its source with very little death. >> trump says the roughly 400 million dollars in annual contributions will be paused. the decision d

approves this budget and we should point out that this sort of attempt to cut the budget of the world health organization at least in terms of the u.s. contribution is nothing new in fact the u.s. president had already reduced his request to congress for the world health organization and already it was raising eyebrows and there was an attempt to mitigate essentially the effort by the white house to try and cut this budget now there has been a reaction on capitol hill to the president saying that he is withholding funding pending a review of the world health organization house speaker nancy pelosi saying this that the decision by donald trump is dangerous and illegal and will be swiftly challenge so it's very clear that the members of congress who oppose this decision are going to use every sort of tool in the tool box if you will from a congressional side it's a co-equal branch of government with the white house in order to make sure that this money to the world health organization is not halted a white house correspondent kimberly how could reporting live from washington kimberly many thanks indeed let's compare the world health o

the head of the world health organization says he regrets president tranced decision to suspend u.s. funding over its handling of the pandemic. hello i'm barbara starr you're watching out as they are live from london also coming up on the program the top leaders call for member states to work together on easing their lockdowns warning that moving too fast could be devastating moscow to review its new digital travel permit system after long queues and crowds of one the metro stations and the big win for moon janes ruling party in south korea's election which saw on high turnout despite the current virus. hello thank you for joining us the head of the world health organization says he regrets the u.s. president's decision to suspend funding for the agency over its handling of the coronavirus pandemic pederasts add on. a says the w.h.o. is reviewing the impact of the funding withdrawal and will work to fill any financial gaps the u.s. is the agency's largest donor providing it with around 400000000 dollars last year but the trunk halted that funding on tuesday accusing the un health body

of money to get other people to agree to services how does their examines the politics of population control. today i'm instructing my administration to halt. funding of the world health organization where the u.s. president accuses the world body of failure and distance from a ship and its handling of the broader virus pandemic. i'm convinced now this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up. this is a crisis like no other the international monetary fund says the coronavirus is sending the world with the worst financial downturn since the great depression. no nation spares countries violence across latin america will also seal the economic effects of the outbreak. and election and the time of the pad damage south koreans carefully head to the ballot box. u.s. president donald trump has announced hill halt funding for the world health organization a top u.n. body which is at the forefront of a global response to the coronavirus endemic trump is accusing the w.h.o. of both a cover up and of bolting the initial response to the un frick he says the group has been spreading disinformation from china but the virus was 1st detected which he says made things worse the us is its biggest fund. we hav

of a lack of local health care workers. donald trump cuts u.s. funding to the world health organization accusing it of mismanaging the pandemic and conspiring with china while a congressional probe into the crisis would include the un body's coronavirus response. to this new york continues to be ravaged in the united states worst outbreak in new york times turns its far against russia blaming the country for spreading the disease. by their good afternoon walk into the program just 12 pm here in moscow this wednesday i'm kevin owen with this 30 minute world news round up for you 1st let's go through the numbers today them a grim reading sadly this wednesday sad to say another milestone has been reached a bleak benchmark more than 2000000 infections have now been registered globally and over 127000 people have died in terms of people who've recovered that's going up as well of course it's now heading towards the half 1000000 mark here in russia unfortunately there's a new record one day increase with 3388 new cases to report declared wednesday bringing the total to nearly 25000 almost 200

of a lack of local health care workers. donald trump cuts u.s. funding to the world health organization accusing it of mismanaging the pandemic and conspiring with china while a congressional probe into the crisis is said to include the bodies corona virus response. and new york continues to be ravaged in the united states worst outbreak the new york times noted it's fire against russia blaming the country for spreading the disease. hello there welcome to the program which has turned up 1 pm here in moscow this wednesday i'm kevin knowing with this 30 minutes we'll use round up for you and they start with the numbers making for grim reading this wednesday sad to say they've reached another bleak benchmark more than 2000000 infections have now been registered globally and over 127000 people have died in terms of people who've recovered that's now heading towards the harsh 1000000 mark here in russia the latest is not great news there's a wreck order one day increase with 3388 new cases declared wednesday bringing the total to nearly 25000 almost 200 people are known to have died from cov

the world. health organization's role in severely mismanaging in covering up the spread of the corona virus us president donald trump has announced that he is cutting u.s. funding to the world health organization accusing the organization of conspiring with the government of china to suppress important information related to the corona virus and genic of the middle of january it parroted in publicly endorse the idea that there was not human to human transmission happening despite reports and clear evidence to the contrary that delays the w.h.o. experience. in declaring a public health emergency costs valuable time this decision and previous statements by president trump regarding china and the world health organization has been widely criticized around the world many have argued that the united states is essentially politicizing the world health organization w.h.o. the organization that does so much a vital and important humanitarian work at a very moment when their work is really needed and it has been warned by leaders of the world health organization that this decision could result in body bags deaths could come about as a result of donald trump's d

the w.h.o., president trump announcing he plans to halt u.s. funding. of course, the u.s. is the largest funder of the world health organization. that has been met with a backlash. but it was notable because president trump criticized the way in which they've handled this crisis and said they have praised china for being transparent. if you go back and look at president trump's statements, he also praised china for being transparent in the way they handled the initial stages of the virus. so some critics arguing he's trying to place the blame on someone else. democrats, though, insisted, andrea, he doesn't have the power to withhold the funding. they're going to challenge him. nancy pelosi out you moments ago making it very clear she will try to block this move made by the president, andrea. >> and in terms of the president's calls to business leaders, peter, i want to bring you in for a moment on that. we checked with a number of business leaders, nbc news has found at least a half dozen who did not even know that they were members of this advisory council until the president announced it without any prior warning to them. the

of u.s. president donald trump's announcement that he and the u.s. funding for the world health organization in the middle of a pandemic the u.s. centers for disease control has been leading the american effort against covert 19 and has praised its relationship with the w.h.o. . t.d.c. and jones had a long history of working together in multiple outbreaks throughout the world as we continue to do in this one and so we've had a very productive public health relationship we continue to have. the european union says there's no justification for washington's decision when quote the efforts needed more than ever and china is urging the u.s. to fulfill its obligations to the agency saying the decision to cut funding will affect all countries with keeping track of the global response to the president's move following the response in europe from london kimberly how could is in washington d.c. but 1st let's go to our diplomatic editor james bays who is at the u.n. in new york james what's the u.n. saying about this. well i think the u.n. is very concerned about this given that the part of the u.n. th

the show as donald trump faces criticism of his early handling of the coronavirus crisis he has delivered another blow to the international world order the us president says he is halting u.s. payments to the world health organization he accused it of failing in its response to the pandemic saying lives could have been saved if the w.h.o. had done a better job investigating early reports in china. the w.h.o. filed in its basic jussi to save lives those are the words of president trump see amounts to freeze on funding for the u.n. agency. today i'm instructing my administration to halt funding of the world health organization while a review is conducted as the organization's leading sponsor the united states has a duty to insist on full accountability trump has repeatedly criticized the w.h.o. throughout the pandemic this time claiming its bias towards china is responsible for the viruses rapid spread to other parts of the world. had the w.h.o. done its job to get medical experts into china to objectively assess the situation on the ground and to call out china's lack of transparency the outbreak could have been contained at its source with very little death trump says the roughly $400000000.00 in annual donations w

the chance of america well i'm not some businesses could already opened that next week the schools would follow it also on the program international consulting that's donald trump says he'll freeze u.s. funding for the world health organization over its handling of the coronavirus conduct critics say that now is not the time for unilateral action. this is not only on the logical steps by the president if it's a lift or so because to protect ourselves locally in germany or in the america we have to. the former british prime minister gordon brown warns of the west and hoping to blame if they don't make charges efforts to help contain the pandemic in developing countries beating back. on it's exactly a year since 5 badly damaged paris is not just down cathedral restoration work has been slow so couple of filmmakers are using virtual reality to a time that's how it looks how it looked in the future. i'm still got a welcome to the program german chancellor i'm going to macro has been holding talks with the countries regional leaders on finding a road map for accepting the country's coronavirus locked up. contract restrictions have been largely extended schools will remain closed until the 4th of may and the facemask will be recom

of the top stories this hour the u.s. president has criticized the world health organization for its response to the coronavirus pandemic donald trump accused the agency of being too china centric and giving bad advice his comments come as the u.s. recorded nearly 2000 virus linked deaths in a single day. france become the 4th country to register more than $10000.00 covert 19 linked countries been locked down since mid march government is expected to extend those restrictions and britain's prime minister is spending a 2nd night in intensive care or is john snow said to be in a stable condition at a good spirits he was admitted to intensive care on monday evening with persistent virus. barely 3 months after it was sealed off from the world will harness opened its doors again the chinese city of the 1st reported the corona virus outbreak on the 31st of december last year and was put under a lockdown 3 weeks later people can now enter the city and highways and train lines have been opened to traffic the 11000000 residents are now able to leave without specific authorization but they still need an app that tracks the health and mo

the value of bases assets have as increased by 24000000000 to more than $138000000000.00 since the beginning of this year. it's been international condemnation of donald trump's decision to freeze u.s. funding of the world health organization president trump accused the u.n. of the u.n. body of failing in its response to the corona virus outbreak although he himself has been under fire for his handling of the pandemic for its part the w.h.o. says it regrets trump's move. the world health organizations response to the white house on wednesday was clear the world's most vulnerable may now be at greater risk . w.h.o. works to improve the health of many of the world's poorest and most people. bluto is not only fighting corbett 9 to trump's decision to cut w.h.o. funding amid a pandemic has stunned the global community and drawn criticism from experts back. you know credible. concerns. absolutely can be raised right now from the public health perspective we believe that the president should reconsider its decision despite the backlash trump on wednesday reiterated his concerns over the w h o's handling of the early stages of the outbreak. and you see what happened to italy you see what happened to spain you see what happened to

the 4th of may social distancing however will remain for the foreseeable future also on the program. international concern as donald trump says he'll freeze u.s. funding of the world health organization accusing it of mismanagement the coronavirus pandemic but critics say now is not the time for unilateral action.

of the most dangerous elections ever the u.s. state of wisconsin holds its primary after conservative courts refuse to stop proceedings. now u.s. president donald trump has accused the world health organization of but showing its response to the coronavirus pandemic he also called the agency china centric and then threatened to cut funding this all comes as the u.s. recorded nearly 2000 new deaths from the virus just in the past 24 hours more than 4000 people have died now in new york city alone britain's prime minister has spent a 2nd night in intensive care boris johnson was given supplementary oxygen and the junior health minister says he remains stable and in good spirits. well the chinese city where this outbreak began has now opened its doors again its 11000000 residents are now able to leave but they still need an app that tracks their health and movement and in new zealand the number of new cases has now fallen for 2 days in a row and recovery is also now exceeds new infections the country remains under a strict lockdown that set to continue for another 2 weeks jeremy cotton dyke is the public health expert who drafted guidelines for the u.s. government on how it should respond to a

united states and all around the world welcome we begin the day with a scapegoat and the power of the purse u.s. president donald trump has accused the world health organization of doing too little too late to prepare countries for the coronavirus pandemic yesterday at the white house trump told reporters so much death has been caused by the w.h.o. those mistakes he. he announced a freeze on funding for the u.n. agency and he accused of pushing chinese misinformation about the virus now it is important to note it was the us president not the w.h.o. who predicted china's handling of the outbreak at the same time trump downplayed the severity of the virus wasting precious time to prepare the u.s. for the pandemic trumps attempt to shift the blame comes as polls show public opinion tipping more americans now disapprove of the president's handling of the virus. the w.h.o. failed in its basic duty to save lives those were the words of president trump this united states freeze on funding for the u.n. agency today i'm instructing my administration to halt funding of the world health organization while a review is conducted as the organization's leading sponsor the u

there's been international condemnation of donald trump's decision to freeze u.s. funding of the world health organization president trump accused the u.n. body of failing in its response to the corona virus outbreak although he's been under fire for his own handling of the pandemic 1st part the w.h.o. says it regrets trump's move. the world health organizations response to the white house on wednesday was clear the world's most vulnerable may now be at greater risk . w.h.o. works to improve the help of many over the world this poorest and most vulnerable people. bluto is not only fighting corbett 9 to trump's decision to cut w.h.o. funding amid a pandemic has stunned the global community and drawn criticism from experts back home you know credible. concerns. absolutely can be raised right now from the public health perspective we believe that the president should reconsider its decision despite the backlash trump on wednesday reiterated his concerns over the w h o's handling of the early stages of the outbreak. and you see what happened in italy you see what happened to spain you see what happened to fra

of the most dangerous elections ever the u.s. state of wisconsin holds primaries off to conservative courts refused to stop proceedings. now u.s. president donald trump has accused the world health organization of botching its response to the coronavirus pandemic he also called the agency china centric and threatened to cut funding and this comes as the u.s. recorded nearly 2000 new deaths from the virus just in the past 24 hours more than 4000 people have now died in new york city alone britain's prime minister has also spent a 2nd night in intensive care boris johnson was given supplementary oxygen but is not allegedly on a ventilator the junior health minister says that johnson remains stable and in good spirits while the chinese city where this outbreak began has now opened its doors again its 11000000 residents are now able to leave but they still need. at that tracks their health and movement and in new zealand the number of new cases has now fallen for 2 days in a row and recoveries now exceed new infections the country is under a strict lockdown that still set to continue for another 2 weeks more on all of that moment but 1st let's get an update from washington d.c. with mike hanna a

of a revolution on just. the. we regret the decision of the president of the united states to order to hold in funding the head of the world health organization reacts to the u.s. president's threat to cut funding of accusations that it mishandled the covert 19 pandemic. hello i'm adrian for the get this is al jazeera live from though also coming up germany will ease lockdown measures as of next week and schools.

he suspended funding for the world health organization that the feeling is here in the united states but at least more specifically in the u.s. are in rather in the white house of the trumpet ministration that the world health organization has failed the united states and that is why there is a review being conducted right now whether or not there is a desire to continue funding it the same time we should point out that this is not a unilateral decision by the u.s. president but one that is inside is supported an elderly controlled by the u.s. congress the u.s. president already tried to cut the budget of the world health organization but this is something that congress ultimately approves but adult terms made very clear that he feels that the world health organization in his view is to china centric and he's also blamed it for not declaring a global health emergency sooner now of course donald trump's running for reelection he's looking for a scapegoat and certainly the world health organization has fit conveniently into this package but to get to your your larger point about what the united states might do it couldn't see itself sidelined this is a religious

lou: now the world health organization, the president ordering a pause in their funding, a 90-day freeze, if you will. is it sufficient to hold up their funding to end the u.s. funding ofhe world health organization? or are there reforms that would make the w.h.o. palatable? >> the one thing that has to be done, lou. dr. tedros, the head of the w.h.o. his number of two and perhaps a fair amount of the senior leadership including chinese nationals must resign. if they don't do that, the w.h.o. is not going to function well. i know there are a lot of great doctors and great professionals in the w.h.o. they do fantastic work. but the senior leadership nullifies that work. we learned that monday when a senior w.h.o. doctor talked about this in public at a press briefing where she says she knew of this was human-to-human transmiserable when she first heard about it. but her conclusions were ignored by senior leadership. antijuan expressed their the conclusion that it was human to human in transmission. that leadership has to go. lou: it's chinese leadership. and the chinese are going to the be fight that. they are aligned with the left on many issues, obviously after he whr

the trumpet ministration on the international world order in the midst of a global pandemic the us president says he is halting u.s. payments to the world health organization he accused it of failing to carry out its basic duty and said lives could have been saved if the w.h.o. had better investigated early reports about the virus from china today i'm instructing my administration to halt funding of the world health organization while a review is conducted to assess the world. health organization's role in severely mismanaging and covering up the spread of the corona virus everybody knows what's going on there american taxpayers provide between $400000000.00 and $500000000.00 per year to the w.h.o. and contras join it contributes roughly $40000000.00 a year and even less as the organization's leading sponsor the united states has a duty to insist on full accountability time to take a look now at other news around the world its former u.s. president barack obama has endorsed a democratic contender joe biden in the race for the white house mr obama announced his support for his former vice president in a video message describing biden as the right leader to

funding of the world health organization while reviews can the u.s. president accuses the world body of failure at distance of nation tagging of the coronavirus and. convert al this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up. this is not true for politics and it is no time.

of the main news this hour the u.s. president has criticized the world health organization for its response to the coronavirus and donald trump accuse the agency of being too china centric the giving bad advice his comments come as the u.s. recorded 1600 virus think deaths in a single day. france has become the 4th country's richest of more than $10000.00 over 19 legs deaths countries but that down since march governments is expected to extend those restrictions. britain's prime minister is spending a 2nd night in intensive care for a strong solicitor to be in a stable condition i did good spirits he was admitted sort of sense of care on monday evening with the system virus. wisconsin has proceeded with its presidential primary despite the coronavirus pandemic the state is the 1st of the us to hold a major vote said stay at home orders were implemented vote early went ahead after a last minute ruling in the supreme court let's take you live now to chicago office here is john hendren as for us john how many people have managed or indeed have even wanted to vote today. adrian voters in wisconsin who were asked to choose b

of new corona virus infections in the u.s. is slowing even as the country reported a record 2300 deaths in the past 24 hours the us president also renewed his criticism of the world health organization suggesting it deliberately misled the world in the early stages of the outbreak on wednesday he announced a halt in funding to the w.h.o. which is leading the global response to the pandemic tragically other nations put their trust in the w.h.o. and they didn't do any form of ben and you see what happened to italy you see what happened to spain you see what happened to france w h o's guidance had failed to control their borders at a very crucial phase quickly unleashing the contagion around the world there was a horrible tragic mistake or perhaps they knew i'm sure they didn't know the gravity of it but perhaps they knew because if they knew the gravity that would be an even worse offense all the un agency has responded to trump's criticism with a call for unity when we divided the virus exploits the cracks between us. we are committed to serving the world his people and to accountability for the resources with which we are interested in due course w. chose performance in tackling thi

the continent. donald trump has temporarily cut off u.s. funding to the world health organization. he accused it ofa's claims about the coronavirus at face value and failing to share information as it spread. the u.s. is the who biggest single funder. a contributed $900 million to the organization's operations in its current two-year funding cycle. >> i'm instructing my administration to halt funding of the world health organization assessesreviews and the world health organization role in severely mismanaging and covering up the spread of the coronavirus. manus: let's turn our attention back to asml. first quarter results are in. the semiconductor maker has refrained from giving guidance for the second quarter. blaming covid-19. the company says that michigan uncertainty will impact their manufacturing capability and the supply chain as well. the ceo joins us now. ceor when it, seo know -- of asml. demand implosion in the first quarter. what i need to understand from you, are you still in the demand delayed camp? with the demand that we saw dissipating in the first quarter , will it materially com

of the top stories . the head of the world health organization says he regrets donald trump's decision to suspend u.s. for the agency over its handling of the coronavirus pandemic. this as the death toll in the u.s. is reported to have passed 30,000. in sweden, the country has resisted lockdown restrictions with a further 170 deaths. health care officials have warned using restrictions too quickly could have devastating effects. a senior brazilian health official leaving the country's fight against the coronavirus outbreak has resigned. there is speculation that the health minister could be fired this week. in occupied east jerusalem, there is concern the coronavirus is spreading through palestinian neighborhoods undetected. the number of cases rose to 41 this week, but health workers. the real figure may be double that. at this hospital in occupied east jerusalem, an improvised new ward has been set up. 16 beds ready to isolate patients who test positive for coronavirus. five patients have been moved to other hospitals. some were infected by one man visiting his father in a geriatric word. hospital di

roundup of some other coronavirus developments around the world and you just heard the white house says g 7 leaders of called for a review and reform. assess of the world health organization u.s. president donald trump and chad the video conference of the world's richest economies and so already cut off funding for the un health body the number of infections worldwide has now topped 2100000 the majority of cases are in you are more than a quarter are in the united states of people hospitalized or 4 coronavirus and related deaths in new york before going to them lowest levels for more than a week according to the state's governor has extended the lockdown on businesses and schools until at least the 15th of may and the german state of bavaria has announced that the army will october 1st beer festival is unlikely to go ahead this year. but there is actually preparing for a gradual loosening of its lockdown some schools and smaller shops for open in the next couple of weeks physical distancing measures will however remain and chancellor merkel said german efforts to contain the outbreak have been partially successful but the situation remains fragile it's been 3 weeks since chan

the president says he's putting u.s. funding of the world health organization on hold, accusing its officials of a cover-up. economists might say we wish there was light switch to turn the economy back on, but it's going to open more gradually. i smoke with president of the federal reserve bank of minneapolis. >> i think the longer this goes on and the more people that are affected by it, the longer that recovery is going to be, just because we have to regain confidence ourselves. >> nbc investigative reporter tom winter. >> the idea that we're immediately going to get back to full restaurants, full bars, full playgrounds is something that everybody seems to agree just isn't going to happen. >> this is in deep recession. >> today the international monetary fund predicted the world's economy will face its worst crisis since the great depression. falling by 3%. back in january, the same group predicted the global economy would expand by 3%. massive widespread testing for the coronavirus will be the key in the reopening process. but that's far from reality. in los angeles, authorities have begun testing reside

the stopping of or suspending of funding to the w.h.o. from the united states the u.s. is the major funder of the world health organization and this would have a massive impact on the w.h.o. which is on the forefront of the fight against this pandemic it must be pointed out too that the w.h.o. is an organization that is essentially run by the countries that belong to it so certainly this is some would interpret as rather unfair criticism at this particular time president trying to saying that parts of the u.s. could be opened up by the end of may a number of states he said are doing well this is against all the advice that we've been hearing from the white house health experts who are doing very strongly that testing protocols are not sufficiently in place to be able to establish any timeline for the partial or total lifting of the restrictions in place throughout the 50 states and mike there has also been a bit of a dow oh i'm sorry mike i believe we're leaving it there thank you for that mike hanna live from washington d.c. . all the while there's heading toward the worst economic downturn since the great depression of

the u.s. to reopen and warned that could cause more harm. the world health organization says the worst of the virus is still to come. the pandemic is crippling demand to energy. oil collapses further into u.s. trading with west texas futures and negative territory for the first time on record. air travel is floundering with carriers slashing services and grounding planes. richard branson says the virgin operation may not survive. today was big story the crash in oil prices. we have the wti futures settling at -$37.63 per barrel. you are taking a look at june futures at the moment. this of course still at a volatile level, but the real question being is will it suffer the same fate? today, we saw the technical auditing exacerbating the price plunge away from the may futures contract ahead of the energy companies running out of place to store oil. u.s. futures jumping 3/10 of 1% after they pulled back from a six week high. quibi stocks under pressure. jim.ng us now is what was interesting in today's session was it a virgins we saw in the market. we had the price of oil collapse but at the s