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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 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 pandemic in 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. into playing a public health emergency caused 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

host: some perspective on funding for the world health organization. from the world economic forum. united states of america, and this is a total -- this is from 2018 budget, roughly $400 million a year funded by the united states. the largest funder. the second largest funder at over $200 million is the bill and melinda gates foundation. the u.k., germany -- china's contribution under $100 million annually. brett schaefer, what do you think the proper role of the world health organization during a pandemic, this pandemic in particular, should be? guest: well, the world health organization is supposed to be our early warning system for these sorts of things. it's supposed to track potential pandemics. it's supposed to launch and send teams of experts into the countries to take a look at the situation directly, to assess the threat that the disease poses to the international community. and then work with other member states to arrest and control that threat if necessary. in this case, the world health organization wasn't even able to send an expert team

we've all worked as either members of the world health organization or as part of networks of the worldfor the public health community, there's absolutely no question — the world health organization is our lead organisation. we don't have a problem with its credibility. if there are political leaders who have problems with the world health organization, that's for them to sort out. remember, the who is governed by 194 member states as they're called, and the who personnel operate under that government structure. that is the bureaucratic sort of process behind the who. i just want to get down to brass tacks. there is a strong feeling in some quarters that the who colluded in a cover—up of the beginnings of the outbreak of covid—19 in china. is that the case? oh, absolutely not. i would like to say it a second time — absolutely not. if you are so sure, explain to me why we now have evidence that the chinese authorities covered up for weeks knowledge that they had that this was an extremely dangerous new virus that was being transferred from human to human, and the world health organizatio

the world health organization says there is no evidence indicating that those who recover from covert $1000.00 have immunity from the virus the warning comes as countries around the world stock up on anti-body tests in a bid to tackle the prices w.h.o. is also warning africa could become the next at the center of the pandemic so far they've been fewer than a 1000 deaths across the continent a much lower rate than in the u.s. and europe but the united nations says it's likely the virus will kill at least $300000.00 people in africa and ecuador's worst hit city is reeling from a huge surge in cold 19 deaths officially the virus has killed around $400.00 people in ecuador but doctors say many more have died in the surrounding region the government has started using giant refrigerated containers to stall bodies those are the headlines coming up next year it's talk to al-jazeera to stay with us. wrong counting the costs the great block down africa to sink into its 1st recession in 25 years can its health service take the strain of the pandemic and historic production cuts but what does it

health of the world's population. crime againstit hum as a systematic attempt to hurt the health and well-being of a population. trump has clely committed that crime. >> as well as accusing the who of a cover-up, trump failed to assess the outeak. >> the who took china's assurances and they took it at face value. they defended the actions of the chinese government, praising ina for its so-called transparency. i do not think so. >> here is china'seaction. >> the pandec is growing. is is a critical moment. the u.s. decision will ioaken the decto handle the pandemic and will undermine the cooperation against covid-19. all nations, including the united states will suffer. >> the u.s. hashe highest number of cases and deaths worldwide. this is a blame game. let's bring in anthony, who is in washington. trump doeshy not away from a blame game. >> you have to view this as a long line of different attempts by trump to shift blame to other parties. whether it is the world health organization, china, local governors who have not

the world health organization is no different in that respect. they have to execute on the mission they are designed to achieve. we are saying here we are. it has not accomplished what it was intended to deliver. >> mr. secretary, you said staffers have tested positive. will they get the hydroxychloroquine treatment? i don't know the answer to that. we will deliver the best medical care. >> can you give us an update on the numbers on the coronavirus cases we are seeing in iran? if there are any updates on helping them. sec. pompeo: with respect to our citizens in iran, the first day we knew that the virus struck, the people of iran, we offer humanitarian assistance. they chose not to take that. the road should know there are no sanctions that prevent humanitarian assistance, pharmaceuticals from going to iran. we offered american assistance. i don't have any better data. >> are you allowing exports of medical supplies at the time? sec. pompeo: we are making sure that we have what we need for the american people. i will let the vice president talk

know because what we are doing is exactly what the world health organization is saying what the world health organization said is do not leave prematurely. measures that have been taken to prevent contact this is precisely where we are today we are not lifting the measures that keep 47000000 spaniards in their homes precisely because we are taking the advice that we're getting from the world health organization very very seriously or it's been announced the prime minister pedro sanchez will ask parliament next week to extend emergency measures until may 11th are you confident that this will happen well again we don't take bets i don't think this is the time for taking bets or for speculating what we have always told our citizens. and this has been consistent is that we will be guided by the recumbent patients we get from the health experts 1st is precisely what we are doing what we have seen up until now is that by following their advice we've been able to manage the pandemic that we have entered into a face of stablish sation we have seen the number of infected people decrease dramat

organization the world health organization needs to be held accountable now the world health organization and beijing officials have released a timeline providing step by step information about how the pandemic was dealt with from december onward showing coordination and cooperation between chinese officials and international bodies they say this narrative of a chinese cover up with which the world health organization is allegedly complicit simply doesn't add up. the show hasn't responded to traumas like his ations but political analyst underhill chick likens the white house's approach now to that of the mafia. it's a complete failure failure but there is one good think about it i think that it is that the wall this watching. i think the military stance of millions hundreds of millions of people will be told to discuss that and they will understand what is behind the u.s. foreign policy how the u.s. is conducting actually the foreign policy you know. there is no criticism of the ministration take so it is replying. to the criticism that this coming from the u.s. citizen from all parts of

organization but then again the world health organization is the international body that coordinates all global health and is in charge of coordinating international efforts on the pandemic but of course it's the same world who health organization the president trump has condemned in the white house briefing room and said he's going to cut funding from so very hard for the u.s. to take a prominent role in event like this if it is headed by the world health organization al jazeera has reached out to the u.s. to the u.s. mission to the united nations in geneva where that world health organization is based we got this email back a short time ago from a spokes person in geneva it says they'll be no u.s. official participation in the event we were informed of the event last week and we look forward to learning more about this initiative as soon as possible so holding e-mail from a spokes person but i don't thing that stops the fact that there is a glaring absence at this event. james obviously as we've covered in the past donald trump very critical of the way that the w.h.o. has been hand

the un secretary general antonio guterres said, "it's my belief that the world health 0rganization mustnst covid—19." at the time like this where we need to be sharing information, where we need to have advice we can rely on, the world health organization has provided and we will continue to support it and we will continue to make a contribution. donald trump is instinctively distressful of international organisations but his critics said his attack on the world health organization was intended to distract from his own poor handling of the virus in the us, where he has been accused of acting too slowly, with more americans suffering and dying from covid—19 than anywhere else in the world. james landale, bbc news. a 99—year—old second world war veteran — who was hoping to raise a thousand pounds for the nhs — by walking one hundred laps of his garden before his hundredth birthday this month — has now raised more than £6.5 million. captain tom moore — from bedfordshire — says the response to his appeal has been "almost unbelievable. " he was live on the bbc news channel as donations reach

organization the world health organization needs to be held accountable now the world health organization and beijing officials have released a timeline providing step by step information about how the pandemic was dealt with from december onward showing coordination and cooperation between chinese officials and international bodies they say this narrative of a chinese cover up with which the world health organization is allegedly complicit simply doesn't add up that's going to hold for joseph chang hong kong based political science is with us live morning to be good in the middle of this global pandemic huge problems everywhere in the middle of it donald trump's now gunning for the w.h.o. whether or not it's a good time or not to do it does he have a point. well he has of only the sense that his position effects controversies at 3 levels in the 1st level you have some kind of you do not go competition chinese leaders are claiming that the successful comeback of the epidemic has well demonstrated the superiority of the systems in china this is of course the 9th by certain western countrie

the world health organization says it regrets the u.s. president's decision to cut funding to the global health body donald trump is accusing it of mishandling the covert 19 pandemic but the head of the w.h.o. says that his organization is vital for handling this crisis and its performance is open to scrutiny. w. chose performance in tackling this pandemic will be reviewed by w. just member states and the independent bodies that are employees to each will try to spot and see an accountability for that might really involving all responders this is part of the usual process put in place by our member states no doubt areas for improvement will be identified and there will be lessons for all of fires to learn but for now our focus my focus is on stopping this virus and saving lives hours after trumps decision a us federal department the centers for disease control which has been leading the fight against the corona virus there praised the w.h.o. troops move has been widely criticized the european union says there is no justification for washin

secondly, the world health organization is not a global international health inspectorate. inspectorate. it is a brilliant organisation that works in the way that it was set up to deal with information that is provided to it by individual members. it cannot compel governments to release information, it doesn't have the power, and that is the way in which we always worked, and that, i presume, is the way we're going to continue to work u nless way we're going to continue to work unless governments give us different rules to work by. i understand that point, and it is an important one, but let us forget that your boss, doctor ted ross, the head of the who, went to beijing, and in the course of his conversations, he heaped praise upon the chinese response to covid—19. now... knowing what we know, do you deeply regret that? can i interrupt you at this point? it is really important that your viewers understand exactly what the doctor was doing. he was praising the way in which the chinese government responded to the outbreak when they realise what was going on. they did the numb

in the president's criticism was really damning of the world health organisation.focusing specifically on the criticism he says he received backin criticism he says he received back in january, the criticism he says he received back injanuary, the end of january where he opposed a travel bans of foreign nationals committed united states which he said was one of his better decisions in terms of slowing the spread of coronavirus. and he was angry at the lack of support he had for that. he sets from the world health organisation, but he expanded his criticism going as far to say the outbreak could have been contained with very little death had it not been for the actions or inactions of the world health organisation. criticising the who for praising the actions of china in the early stages, the transparency of china back in january which is in fact something at the president himself also did back in january saying that they were working together. it is worth at that time were very positive. seems to have changed his tune a little bit on that. this does not come as a s

president to put a hold on funding to the world health organization what else did he say. when he did take a very diplomatic tone very dignified obviously trying to avoid any escalation perhaps hoping in some way that this decision by president could be reversible. give being a little history lesson of the formation of the united nations and the w.h.o. really explaining its mission and its mandate which is enjoyment of the highest attainable standards of health is a fundamental human right regardless of race and religion and that is their mission he also said that the u.s. has been a very close longstanding friend and he does regret the decision of the president and he was asked at numerous times by a number of journalists how this cut in funding will affect their programs remember it's not just this pandemic they do with they've worked on eradicating polio measles it bowdler they also did a lot of work on cancer and mental health but he pushed back against those questions saying that we need to assess how this cutting funding is going to affect our programs and we'll come

to provide better health outcomes to the world and to prevent global health crises. with the outbreak of the covid-19 pandemic, we have deep concerns whether america's generosity has been put to the best use possible. the w.h.o. failed to adequate lit obtain, vet and share information in a timely and transparent fashion. the world depends on the w.h.o. to work with countries to ensure that accurate information about international health is shared in a timely manner. if it is not, to independently tell the world the truth about what is happening. the w.h.o. failed in this basic duty and must be held accountable. it's time after all of these decades. the w.h.o. failed to investigate credible reports from sources in wuhan that conflicted directly with the china government's official accounts. there was reason to suspect human to human transmission in december of 2019 which should have spurred the w.h.o. to investigate immediately. it parroted that there was not human to human transmission happening despite reports and evidence to the contrary. the delays the w.h.o. expe

taiwan from the world health organization. list goes on. do you think that it is appropriate now for the united states to cut off funding? >> i would do, and i would demand that dr. tedros adhanom, his number two, resign, if they don't, i think that would be a good time to defund the w.h.o. because if you look at what the organization has done during the course of this epidemic, on balance, it has spread the disease. they have a lot of fine doctors there but they don't matter, what matmatters is top of the - organization. >> they did that in january 14 tweet, saying this was not human-to-human that lulled a lot of health authorities in world it not taking precautions they otherwise would have. >> the idea that we would defund the world health organization 4 of 17 other members, at the top director level are chinese supported and sponsored officials, the takeover of the w.h.o. by china seems to be all but complete, the case also in united nations. we'll have to get a lot more aggressive in meeting the challenge on every level a

lifting restrictions too quickly could lead to a deadly resurgence a warning from the world health organization as governments look for ways out of coronavirus lockdowns. and i'm a count this is out there live from doha also coming up the world's biggest economies try to finalize a deal aimed at boosting oil prices. also yemen records its 1st case of coronavirus leading to fears for how. we're. fighting back we look at what small businesses in the us are doing to combat the effects of the disease. so the world health organization has warned governments against prematurely rolling back restrictions aimed at containing the coronavirus pandemic says that while the rate of infection has been slowing in some countries others seeing an alarming surge in cases i know that some countries are already planning the transition out of stay at home districts sions w.h.o. wants to see distractions lifted as much as anyone i disable time lifting restrictions too quickly could lead to a deadly resurgence. the way down can be as dangerous as the we're if not money properly for more on this let's bring in our whi

what is the future of the world health organization if he gets re—elected in november? anization if he gets re-elected in november? we will deal with the plain issue any moment, but isabel, looking at china, if this is a distancing of global leadership, by the us, will china turn round and offer a helping hand to the world health organization? it is certainly true that china has missed an opportunity to step into a vacuum vacated by the us president. it could do. i think, vacated by the us president. it could do. ithink, inevitably vacated by the us president. it could do. i think, inevitably with trump, the us country contribution is the largest but that is because they are assessed and they are assessed on the size of the country's economy, the us has the biggest economy, and china is next biggest, and then on down the road as we go. but that contribution has been exaggerated by a factor of four or five, and the other interesting thing about the world health organization, which i agree is underfunded, but 80% of its funding comes from other contributions, so volu nta r

editorial with some really strong words attacking trump's decision to withdraw funding of the world health organization saying that was setting a horrible precedent at a time when the world really should be rallying behind this organization it said that the world health organization had become a bit of a scapegoat for trump and really that he was using this as a political ammunition to really bolster his chances of being reelected in the u.s. elections later this year and chinese media as well as the chinese foreign ministry they've been really conversely and unsurprisingly painting china as a leader when it comes to this global fight against the pandemic reminding the public that china in fact turning to $20000000.00 true. or in march and that china has been sending plane loads of supplies aid and medical teams to more than 80 countries in the last few weeks and katrina as we've been saying for some time now there's also been plenty of speculation around china's transparency throughout the outbreak you're on the ground there in beijing talk us through all the grounds for all the criticism

and the world health organization have always worked well together this would underscore something sort of different from what the u.s. president is saying that there's a long history of working well together and a productive public health relationship and once again there is widespread criticism around the world and here in the united states about the president's decision to withdraw. and funding pending a review in fact one of the other top donors of the world health organization or 2 of the world health organization in addition to the united states is the bill gates foundation and bill gates has set out a statement saying that he believes the decision by donald trump is in his view dangerous a white house correspondent kimberly how could reporting live from washington let's get the reaction from europe then charlie angela joins us live from london brookings says it has no plans to follow president trump's move what's the rest of europe saying. well remember that the w.h.o. is based in europe it since geneva in switzerland has been around since 948 and it has never been threatened in

one of the things that troubles me the most is while china was hiding behind the shield of the world healthrganization, not letting the world know the seriousness of this. it was going systematically around the world vacuuming up all the personal protective equipment that people would need to defend themselves. they bought 2 billion masks between january 24 and the end of february alone. you and i both know that that kind of thing is tragic by historic proportions. for anybody to defend the w.h.o.'s actions in this, it's really troubling. any american would support that. you have to look at the facts and rise above this partisan bickering that is so common in the middle of this crisis on the left. lou: the left is attacking the president, that's been their method of operation from the very beginning of the trump presidency, and as we well know for months and months before he was elected. i don't know that we should expect a change. but one can do this. that is what the president has done. i don't think there are many leaders who would have had his quick or capacity to do so to actually defu

secretary general said it's m belief that th world health organization must be supported. isbsolutely critical to the world's efforts to win the war against cov-19. >> at a time like this where we need to be sharing information, where we need to have advice that we can rely on, the world health organization has provided that and we will continue to support it and we will continue to make rco ribution. reporter: donald trump is instinctively disustful of international organizations, but his critics said hison atta he world health organization was intended to distract from his own poor handling of the virus in the u.s. where he's been accused of acting too slowly. with more americans suffering and dyi from covid-19 than anywhere else in the world. laura: for more, i'm joined by the bbc'sat as the president tries to blame the world health organization for this crisis, he heard virtually from business leaders today. what were they telling him? >> yeah. interestingly he summonned this specifically to look at how america can get back open again and the economy can get back on its

the the members of the world health organization we need to remember the world health organization is 190. 6 it's their organization it is only as effective as those members will let it be and it was the members who passed the budget that defunded some of those public health capacity going into a bola so the doctor gets leadership at all levels there who unfortunately we're out of time but we certainly appreciate your time tonight and your valuable insights an insider's look at what is going on with the w.h.o. at the moment dr jonathan quick joining us tonight from durham north carolina dr thank you thank you greg. well the united states is now the epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic earlier this month as public health officials began analyzing the numbers they discovered a disturbing trend african-americans are being disproportionately impacted by the coronavirus in some states and cities where they are a minority black americans make up the majority of deaths from the virus. correspondent stephanie mones reports on how a pandemic is revealing the inequalities of a society. this is

washington well the united nations says this is the worst possible moment to cut funds to the world health organization and sentiments that have been echoed by many around the world china for example urging washington to fulfill its obligations beijing says the decision to cut funding will affect all countries remain as we heard trump accuse the agency of favoring china as the world battled the virus the european union it's saying there's no jurisdiction justification i should say for the decision at this moment when their efforts are needed more than ever and germany says strengthening the world health organization is one of the best investments our diplomatic editor james is now open about early on this story from the united nations in new york james it's classic trump if he doesn't like something he pulls the united states out of it how is the united nations responded. well i think there was shock and exasperate among those here at the u.n. and as you heard around the world at this time the time the 1st time in a century got a global plan pandemic and we only have one technical medical

tracking the world health organization.he imf says the current downturn could be the steepest in the century. they are urging policymakers to avoid the mistakes of the great depression, ramp up the post pandemic stimulus in what they are calling the great lockdown recession. our baseline is that the crisis, the epidemic will become to traded in the second quarter for most countries in the world. containment- measures will become to traded in the second quarter. there will be a gradual removal after that. we will see initial signs of recovery in the second half. we also have more adverse scenarios. manus: let's talk about ways you see that more pronounced. is that led by countries like china, like the united states? is it a first-in, first-out situation? how do you expect this to build in the coming months? >> china was the epicenter of the pandemic and it was hit severely in the first quarter. we have a very deep contraction for china in the first quarter. we are seeing signs of recovery. it is not business as usual. for ch

e one body that has been sharing expertise and guidance ishe world health rganization.agency of thenited states. and yet now it's facing -- united nations. and yet now it's facing a huge 15% cut in its funding, about $400 million pounds, courtesy of the president of the united present trump: t'm instrkting my administration to halt -- instructing my administrationo halt funding of the world health organization while a review is conducte to assess the world health organization's role in severely mismanaging and covering up the spread of the coronavirus. reporter: mr. trump's criticism focused on the organization's handling of the initial outbreak in wuhan. accusing it o failing to get experts in early enough and failing tona challenge c apparent lack of transparency. all of which the presidentad claimedost thousands of lives and worldwide econoc damage in china, theoreign ministry spokesman said his gernment was serioly concerned. >> the current global epidemic situation is grim. it is a critical moment. the u.s. decision will weaken the w.h.o.'sapacities and undermine t

president's decision to cut the funding of the world health organization donald trump has accused the accusing the body of mishandling the covert 19 pandemic but the head of the w.h.o. says that his organization is vital for handling this crisis and other major health issues. we regret the decision of the president of the united states to order the hold in funding to the world health organization the choice of reviewing the impact of our work of any of us funding and we work with our partners to feel any financial gaps we face and to eat sure our work continues and interrupted when we divided the virus exploits the cracks between has 2 of our correspondents following reaction to this company how could a standing by for us in washington d.c. but we'll start with the charlie angela in london what else did the director general have to say in his briefing charlie when he was trying to be very diplomatic was a very dignified response to pretty unprecedented attacks from president traps he's hoping they can avoid an escalation that might be some reversal in this decision by the president he

where is he believes that there was in fact a robust response by the world health organization the sensually countering the claim by the u.s. president but also a growing body of right leaning but also global health experts who are questioning whether or not there was a declaration of a public health emergency as early as it should have been declared you heard there the leader of the world health organization saying that they had not only provided regular briefings they had activated an expert network of medical professionals throughout the globe that there was a coordination to counter misinformation about the virus with tech companies the name google facebook twitter you tube and also that there was a dispatching of personal protective equipment something we know has been a key problem in the united states and also that there has been an updated sort of effort when it comes to research and development because of course the world all scrambling now to find a vaccine for cope it 19 so again the interesting that he kind of took the high road in the moral high ground in terms of responding to

article 6 of the article said it shall notify the world health organization of all events which macon statute a public health emergency of international concern within its territory. and two of those same rules that countries must notify the world health organization of any unusual or public health events such as sars or anything that causes covid-19. those rules say how countries when to notify the w.h.o. we strongly believe that the chinese communist party did not report the outbreak in a timely fashion to the world health organization. article 2 of the i.h.r.'s which was part of this reform mandates that a state party, includes china, shall continue to commune cailt to w.h.o. accurate public health information, there is an ongoing obligation even after the c.c.p. did notify the w.h.o. and it didn't share all the information it had. it covered up how dangerous the disease is, it didn't report the same human-to-human until it was in every province and sensored those who tried to warn the world to halt the testing of new samples and destroyed existing samples. they have not shared the

world health organization response. that was also what he called cover up in the wake of the brewing outbreak and the epidemic in china. the president saying the world health organization rejected ideas about travel bands from china and elsewhere around the world as well as also buying into china's claim that there was no human to human transmission. here's what dr. deborah birx said about it earlier. >> i think once this is over, we will be able to look back and see, did china and w.h.o. say and do anything to alert the rest of the world to the nuances of this virus? and i want to bring in ian bremmer, welcome to our program here. two things that i'm going to get to, the world health organization. the white house says it wants accountability and a lot of people can agree to that. >> i think, you are focusing on who has the most accountability in a different direction. bill gates, i think everyone can see and those of in the united states, and he came out strongly last night saying, i consider it a damaged and political

and the world health organization c.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 but. and kimberly i mean you mentioned some of the numbers a little earlier but give us more of an overview about what the virus situation in the u.s. is right now. well this is still a country that's very much in the midst of a crisis and that crisis is exacerbated in some areas and not as serious in others but it's still a country that is grappling to deal with this and has not yet gotten ahead of the so-called curve well we've had encouraging data in terms of some flattening of the curve as it's called the peak of cases this country is still very much in the midst of combating this disease and we see it manifesting all around the country whether it's here in washington d.c. where i am where the mayor has just extended the stay at home order for another month that means schools ar