today i am instructing my administration to halt funding of the world health organisation while a reviewucted to assess the world health organisation's role in severely mishandling and covering up the spread of the coronavirus. one of the most dangerous and costly decisions from the who was its disastrous decision to oppose travel restrictions from china and other nations. they were very much opposed to what we did come out was not convinced and suspended travel from china saving untold numbers and thousands of thousands of people would have died, and thousands and comes more lives would have been saved, instead look at the rest of the world and look at parts of europe. other nations and regions who followed who guidelines and ke pt followed who guidelines and kept the borders open to china accelerated to the pandemic all around the world. our north america correspondent peter bowes joins me now from los angeles. not quite what president trump had to say back injanuary about the who, but several hundred million dollars here now being halted to that organisation. yes, between 400 and $500

we were all together, we made a decision against the world health organisation.ing, he is politicizing. that should not be. we spend $450 billion, hundreds of billions in previous years, and they got to do better than that i'm a they got to do better when you talk about politics. i cannot believe he is talk about politics. look at the relation ship they have to china. china spends 42 million, we spent 450 million, and everything seems to be china's way for some that's not right. it's not fair to us and honestly it's not fairto to us and honestly it's not fair to the world. let's speak to david willis, our north america correspondent for some we're just hearing their president trump once again criticising the world health organisation and its leadership on the pandemic and the crisis over the last couple of months. absolutely full president trump has been critical of the view h0 over the last few days. he believes they got it wrong and as you heard there he also believes that they are pro—china, and today he said that i might have to consider what we are going to

we need to make sure that not only the world health organisation but every international organisationpayer money and give it to them for the benefit of america and we need to make sure it's delivering on those taxpayer dollars, the world health organisation is no different in that respect, they have to execute on the mission they were designed to achieve we have seen with respect, here we are. it has not accomplished what was intended to deliver. you said a handful of staffers have tested positive, are they going to get the treatment, is likely to be made available to available to personnel overseas we know we will deliver the best medical care we can. a lot of them are places there's not a lot of medical help. we are doing our best to move the assisted forward in the field. can you give us an update on the numbers you give us an update on the numbers you are saying about the coronavirus cases you are seeing and with do not have the united states... with respect to iran we have offered since the first day the virus truck we have offered humanitarian assistance they chose not to take t

is conducted to assess the world health organisation's role in severely mismanaging and covering up ad of the coronavirus. everybody knows what's going on there. world leaders, diplomats, and doctors have criticised the announcement. this is what the world health organisation itself had to say earlier. this is a time for all of us to be united in our common struggle against a common threat. a dangerous enemy. when we are divided, the virus exploits the cracks between us. we are committed to serving the world's people and to accountability for the resources with which we are entrusted. and this is the reaction from the editor of the lancet medicaljournal. well, the world health organisation's primary role is to defend the health of the world's population. and a crime against humanity is a systematic attempt to hurt the health and well—being of a population. donald trump has clearly committed that crime. as well as accusing the who of a cover—up, donald trump said it failed to adequately assess the outbreak when it first emerged in the city of wuhan — and accused it of trusting china t

earlier, his plans to suspend funding for the world health organisation were heavily criticised. 2 millionth coronavirus, as new york city's death toll reaches 10,000. africans living in the chinese city of gwang—joe have reported being evicted from their apartments and forcefully held under quarantine. beijing is more and more concerned about imported cases of covid—19 and is stepping up scrutiny of foreigners coming into the country. danny vincent reports. today is the second day i have been locked — locked in this room in quarantine. for two days, simon, a nigerian national, has been locked in this hospital room against his will. to protect his identity, he asked for his name to be changed. he was evicted from his apartment and forced into quarantine over fears that the african community in guangzhou was spreading the coronavirus. there are some europeans that are here, but they are not forcefully quarantined. he says he's lived in guangzhou for three years, has no recent travel history, and has not come into contact with anyone with covid—19. he says he's tested negative for the virus

well, the world health organisation's primary role is to defend the health of the world's population.pt to hurt the health and well—being of a population. donald trump has clearly committed that crime. as well as accusing the who of a cover—up, donald trump said it failed to adequately assess the outbreak when it first emerged in the city of wuhan — and accused it of trusting china too much. the who willingly took china's assurances to face value, and they took itjust at face value, and defended the actions of the chinese government, even praising china for its so—called "transparency". i don't think so. here's china's reaction. translation: the current global pandemic situation is grave. this is a critical moment. the us decision will weaken the who's ability to handle the pandemic and will undermine the international cooperation against covid—19. all nations, including the united states, will suffer from the impact of the decision. and kerry alan has been monitoring chinese social media for us. china and the us have had a very difficult relationship going back to early january when

past few hours, president trump has announced he is suspending american funding for the world health organisation's alleged that the who, the united nations‘ health agency, has failed to show accountability in its response to the coronavirus outbreak. he also claimed it had failed, earlier this year, to investigate reports from the chinese city of wuhan that conflicted with official accounts about the virus emerging there. this is what he had to say. 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 coronavirus. one of the most dangerous and costly decisions from the who was its disastrous decision to oppose travel restrictions from china and other nations. they were very much opposed to what we did. fortunately, i was not convinced and suspended travel from china, saving untold numbers of lives. thousands and thousands of people would have died. had other nations likewise suspended travel from china, countless more lives woul

but start with the world health organisation regional director for world health organisation regionalis saying that now was not the time to relax measures which are designed to restrict the spread of coronavirus. despite indications that the pandemic is slowing in italy and spain, the who says that the progress a cross spain, the who says that the progress across europe is still very fragile and efforts to suppress this virus have to be redoubled. we are now still in an acute phase of the pandemics of this is not the time to look back on funding. health is the responsibility of the countries and we are there to further step up our support. i would describe this as unprecedented. the verse is taking its toll on the financial situation on the economies of the come of the global economy, the eu finance ministers have failed to agree on a recovery package to help their economies get back on their feet from this pandemic. it's exposed deep divisions in europe where italy and spain have accused other nations led by germany in the netherlands of not doing enough. the chairman of euros of fin

about reports here in the us about dissatisfaction in the white house, with the head of the world health organisationhouse might be considering cutting funding to the world health organisation. that came up in last night's press conference and there's not much clarity on that. the president seemed to be seeing last night that he was considering cutting funding than saying, yes, they were going to. i was listening to it, but i think it was dr fauci saying, this is not the time to beaker to sizing or defunding. what do americans think of these daily press briefings coachella mixed -- mixed reports. the president is ina lot -- mixed reports. the president is in a lot of free airtime. a lot of the president's supporters are very happy he is out there and some of them have been saying publicly, we feel that the president is taking control of this coronavirus situation that is because he is on tv all the time. he lists all the things, number by number of the masks and the ventilators, and he doctors and nurses in the hospitals and medical permit being moved around the country. that doesn't mean very much,

enemies that he has criticised and blamed the coronavirus for and now it is the turn of the world health organisationith the organisation for being too close to china and at one point in the briefing he said that the two political correctness ahead of saving lives. and it is worth remembering that at the back of january — donald trump specifically supported the world health organisation and president xi jinping and so there is some rewriting of history but for the moment he is suspending funding to the who, pending some review. we will have to see how long the review takes and how the funding will resume. the international monetary fund has warned that the coronavirus pandemic has left the world facing the worst recession since the great depression, nearly a century ago. it said the pandemic represented a crisis like no other, much worse than the financial crash, a decade ago. here's the imf‘s chief economist. under the assumption that the pandemic and required containment peaks in the second quarter in most countries in the world, and then recedes in the second half of this year, we are projecting g

the world health organisation insists — they warned the world about corona virus in good time — and saysandemic will not be over soon. and slipping backwards. why japan is facing a renewed coronavirus outbreak. the bbc gets rare access inside a japanese hospital. hello and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world. we're covering all the latest coronavirus developments more than forty five thousand people have died in the coronavirus outbreak in the us — with it now emerging that the first death from it was on february the 6th in california. that's three weeks earlier than had been reported. the top infectious disease expert says the second wave of infections this winter could be even worse than the first. the bbc‘s nada tawfik reports. what on the white house lawn, the president of the first lady plant a tree gold shovels and hand for the quick celebration. before more pressing spring task awaits them. cultivating an economy withered away by the coronavirus. the hardest hit areas, the road to recovery is long. still, as the death toll surpasses 15,000 in the state of new york,

world health organization or as part of networks of the world health organization, and for the public health community, there's absolutely no question — the world health organization is our lead organisationth 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 organization failed, for week upon week, to flag that up. well, i mean, of course, what we will do in the world health organization, as always happens, is a ve

he also took aim, if you are there, the world health organisation in particular at how much the united states pays to the world health organisation. let's bring in caddie kay who is in washington for us. pretty typical from president trump, lots of facts and figures and lots of talking about various aspects to what is happening in the us, and how the us is trying to combat the virus. yet, but not actually a lot of news, really. these press conferences have become something of a controversy 110w become something of a controversy now in the united states. amongst the american media about whether they should actually play them or not. is this really president trump using sometimes to our long press conferences as a sort of political opportunity to talk to the country asa opportunity to talk to the country as a substitute for his own political rallies. for me, the most interesting bit and what we just had rather than the kind of updates on how many ventilators there were, how much testing is going on, some of which we have to fact check, because even though the president says america has d

despite the guidance from experts at the world health organisation, that medical masks should be reserved not used by the general public. israel, indonesia and morocco are now amongst countries that have made wearing of face masks compulsory in public. the bbc‘s science editor has been investigating how effective wearing them can be. a computer simulation of someone coughing in a supermarket. this is new research, still to be confirmed, that shows how coronavirus could spread and linger in the air, infecting people nearby. the scientist involved says the obvious conclusion is to avoid places that might be busy. first of all, don't go there if you don't need to go there. if you need to go there, go there only as seldom as possible. and stay there as short a time as possible. if someone is showing symptoms they shouldn't be going to a supermarket or anywhere else but there is growing evidence that people can have the virus and not show symptoms. and that's one reason why the us government and many others, are now urging people that if they have to go out, they wear a mask. in morocco, for e

since the establishment in 1948 the american people have generously supported the world health organisational health crisis. with the outbreak of the covered 19 pandemic —— covid—19 pandemic. the reality is that the who failed to adequately eat obtain an vet and share information in a timely and transparent fashion. their worlds depends on the who to work with countries to ensure that accurate information about international health rights is shared in a timely manner. if it's not too indifferently tell the world the truth about what is happening, the who failed at this basic duty and must be held accountable. it's time, after all of these decades. the who failed to investigate credible reports from sources in china that conflicted directly with the chinese government official accounts. there was credible information to suspect human—to—human transmission in december 2019 which should have spurred them to investigate and investigate immediately. through the middle ofjanuary investigate immediately. through the middle of january it investigate immediately. through the middle ofjanuary it para

the world health organisation says the world will reach one million coronavirus cases in the next few days. in the us, 5,000 americans have now died from covid—19 — there's a warning that the country could be on the same trajectory as italy. together we have the power to save countless lives. we are attacking the virus on every front with social distancing, economic support. we could hear people from a few streets away banging on their saucepans and the cheering and clapping reminds you that is life out there even though we are not seeing anyone. thank you with all our hearts. and, saying thank you — celebrities urge people around the country to show support for nhs and care workers with another round of applause tonight. good morning and thank you for joining us. the prime minister has responded to mounting criticism of the number of tests being carried out to diagnose the coronavirus, by promising to "ramp up" the process. in a video posted online from downing street — where he's self—isolating after contracting the illness — mrjohnson said testing was "the way through". it comes af

president trump halts us funding to the world health organisation — over its handling of the coronavirusandemic. the reality is that the who failed to adequately obtain, bed, and share information in a timely and transparent fashion. polling is under way in south korea's parliamentary election — the result is expected to be influenced by the government's handling of the coronavirus crisis. hello to you. let's start with some breaking news. within the past hour, president trump has announced a suspension of funding of the world health organisation. mr trump alleged that the who had failed to show accountability in its response to the coronavirus outbreak. he went on to accuse the un health agency of having failed, earlier this year, to investigate reports from the chinese city of wuhan that conflicted with official accounts about the virus emerging there. this is what he had to say. 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

the world health organisation has launched a global initiative to find ways of preventing and curingavirus. the united states has declined to participate. it comes as a surreal debate has been brewing in washington, with the president claiming he was being ‘sarcastic‘ when he suggested the injection of disinfectants to fight the disease. 0ur north america editor jon sopel reports. controversially, some of florida's beaches reopened last week. but maybe it was a smart thing to do. according to new research conducted by us government scientists, sunlight, heat and humidity dramatically reduce the life of coronavirus in the air and on hard surfaces. the scientists said it acted as a powerful disinfectant. and that led the president to muse on whether disinfectant could be used inside the human body to kill the virus. and then i see the disinfectant, that knocks it out in a minute, one minute. and it is there a way we can do something like that? by injection inside, or almost a cleaning? because you see, it gets in the lungs and it does a tremendous number on the lungs. so it would be in

organisation which represents national health service trusts has warned some hospitals could run out of the gowns used in intensive care units this weekend — amid a global shortage. in other developments, the world has questioned whether tests for covid—19 antibodies are effective. some countries hoped the tests would be a way to end lockdowns. president trump has defended a series of tweets encouraging protests against lockdown measures in minnesota, michigan and virginia, three states with democratic party governors. and doctors injapan are warning the country's medical system could collapse, amid a rising number of coronavirus cases. an increasing number of patients there are being turned away from hospitals. more on all those stories coming up, but first, here'sjohn mcmanus on the shortage of protective equipment in england. in this workplace, the machinists are more used to making jackets designed to withstand the british weather, but now the staff at this barbour factory in south shields have turned their hands to personal protective equipment — ppe — vital to repel not rain, but the coronavirus. the company says it hopes to make around 23,000 gowns for nhs staff over a three—week period.

the world health organisation recommends that probable cases should also be recorded.d patients. we cannot reveal his identity, but an actor is voicing his words. not all patients test positive. when we try to register patients who test negative in the system, we cannot do it. how many deaths of covid—19 do you think are not actually being recorded in the statistics? only half of our patients who died from covid—19 have that listed as the cause of death. we have to multiply the official number of deaths by two and the official number of cases by two or three. playing with the real statistics creates a perception that the process is being handled very well. turkey, like other nations, wants to shape the perception. it's been showing off a new mega hospital with locally made ventilators at the ready. turkey has more intensive care beds than many european countries and a much lower fatality rate from the virus. it denies deaths have been underreported. the health minister, fahrettin koca, says the country has given the world health organisation the information it wants in

the world health organisation insists — they warned everyone about the virus in good time — and withon rates rising warns the pandemic will not be over soon. slipping backwards. why japan is facing a renewed coronavirus outbreak. the bbc gets rare access inside a japanese hospital. hello and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world. we're covering all the latest coronavirus developments here in britain and globally. within the past hour president trump says it's been encouraging to see some us states start to re—open. he's told the white house briefing that america has flattened the curve but does not want to see another "rebound" of the illness. the united states has seen a6—thousand deaths. the start of his briefing saw journalists asking mr trump about an interview in the washington post with the director of the us centers for disease control and prevention, robert redfield that the second wave of coronavirus in the autumn could be worse than the current situation. but mr trump said that if the virus returns, it will not be like the current outbreak. if outbreak. it doe

significant role figure, what you make of a us president who is currently attacking the world health organisation centric and going further in suggesting that china has been mine intentions. further in suggesting that china has been mine intentionslj further in suggesting that china has been mine intentions. i would not undermine my position of trying to keep allies together if i started to comment on the rural health —— world health organisation and the role it is plain. my most urgent and most important task now is to make sure that we are mobilising as much support to allies as possible and we see that military personnel are playing a key role in the fight against the coronavirus. they're doing everything from controlling and disinfecting public spaces, setting up field hospitals and providing military and medical support. i don't mean to belittle any of that. continue and step up to do that. i do not mean to belittle it and just what do you make of what the un secretary general is saying to us ona the un secretary general is saying to us on a hard timejust a the un secretary general is saying

that is an area where i think a lot of developing countries are struggling and the world health organisationagencies are helping multiple countries to come together and say we will try and negotiate the supplies on your behalf. the key question is that even some of the low income countries themselves are engaging in restricting exports so then it becomes harderfor the restricting exports so then it becomes harder for the global agencies to make the case to developed country governments and others that some portion of the supplies need to be reserved and allocated for low income countries. it isa allocated for low income countries. it is a very difficult dynamic or national libraries, notjust in high income countries, but also in some developing countries, we have production capacity. —— the national rivalries. and specific chemicals or high manufacturing bases for personal protective equipment. so as they have extra control, that does not help us solve the problem and get the system level to go up. it in fa ct get the system level to go up. it in fact puts the system into a lower level equil

but the world health organisation, and the british government cannot believe that measures like this uk the guidance is that it's needed. here in the uk the guidance is that its health care workers and ca re rs is that its health care workers and carers who should wear masks. and the worry is that supplies might run out if the public are trying to buy them as well. there are different views about this among scientists. 0ne views about this among scientists. one is that if you wear a mask you might reduce the risk of passing virus to others. another is that once you put a mask on, you might get a false sense of security. make it close to gulick it or stop watching your hands often and you might treat the mask too casually. wearing a mask must be consistent. it's not on to wear a mask and then ta ke it's not on to wear a mask and then take it up to smoke a cigarette or eat a meal, and must be worn full time. at the same time when the mask is taken off the outside surface may be contaminated as well and has become contaminated and could serve asa become contaminated and could serve as a

but the world health organisation has poured cold water on this, saying in a statement...es already testing for the presence of antibodies to see who's been exposed to the virus, but much more research is needed. so they are arranging immunological techniques, which are being used to study whether or not these antibodies are actually protective and neutralise the virus, or whether they are simply markers of past infection, that is a crucial area of science which we need to understand. the who says some existing studies of people who have recovered from covid—19 are showing low levels of antibodies, that means it's not clear if it's enough to protect against reinfection. it even warns of immunity passports could increase virus transmission or stop people from taking precautions. none of this will be welcome news to many countries, who want a way out of this pandemic. but until the science is clearer, it looks like social distancing at least could be here to stay. reged ahmad, bbc news. government—imposed lockdowns continue around the world as the pandemic shows few signs of

the who, the world health organisation, receives vast amounts of money from united states.of their money. and they actually criticised and disagreed with my travel ban from the time i did it. and they were wrong and they have been wrong about a lot of things. and a lot of information earlier and did not want to give it and were very china centric. we have to look into that and we will look into it. we give a majority of money that they get. it is much more than the 58 million dollars, a small portion of what they have gotten over the years. sometimes i get much more than that and sometimes it is for programmes that they are doing and it is much bigger numbers and at the programme is good, that is great as far as we're concerned that we wa nt to as far as we're concerned that we want to look into it. the world health organisation because they really are, they call it wrong. they called it wrong. they missed the call. they could have called it months earlier and would have known and they should have known and they probably did know. so we probably will look into that very car

the world health organisation says the the world will reach one million coronavirus cases in the next few days. in the us, the death toll exceeds 5,000 as fears grow over a nationwide shortage of protective gear there. almost one million people apply for the social security payment from universal credit in two weeks in the uk, as financial concerns around the pandemic grow. a glimmer of hope for italy, the world's worst affected country, as fatalities drop to the lowest figure in nearly a week. hello and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world. in the last few minutes the death toll from the coronavirus in spain has passed 10,000, after a record 950 people died overnight. the number of cases registered in the country rose to over 110,000, according to the country's health ministry. we'll get the latest from spain in a moment. here in britain, the government is facing mounting criticism over its testing strategy for lagging behind some other countries. the prime minister has promised to ramp up the process so that healthworkers who are self—isolating unnecessarily can retur

the headlines: donald trump has halted us funding to the world health organisation, over its handling of the coronavirus pandemic. the president said the who had "failed in its basic duty and must be held accountable". he also accused the group of promoting china's "disinformation" about the virus. more than one in five deaths in england and wales are linked to coronavirus. new figures show 6,000 more people died than expected at the beginning of april — a record high. but there was also an increase in deaths from causes other than the virus. polling is under way in south korea's parliamentary election. the vote, using paper ballots, is taking place despite concerns that coronavirus will affect the turnout. voters must wear masks and plastic gloves and maintain social distancing. the result is expected to be influenced by the government's handling of the pandemic. you are pretty much up—to—date on the headlines. now on bbc news — with more than a third of the global population confined to their homes, the world is going through an unprecedented social experiment. here's annita mcveigh

2147483051:38:03,971 in other developments, 2147483051:38:03,971 --> 4294966103:13:29,430 the world health organisation. the masks are compulsory in new york, as well as the czech says that, apart from health workers, masks should only be worn by those who display the symptoms of covid—19 or are caring for somebody who does. john mcmanus, bbc news. where do you think we are today? well, as you have already said in your piece, we are in a very difficult situation today. we believe that it is possible that gowns may run out for some trusts this weekend. just to put that into perspective, we probably got tens of thousands of gowns left but each day a big hospital might use around 4000 gallons and london alone can use between 30 and 40,000 gallons so we are ina between 30 and 40,000 gallons so we are in a really worrying situation in terms of gowns and if you are a hospital trust leader that is particularly challenging because your top priority is to make sure your top priority is to make sure your staff are safe and are doing everything they can, working really closely with the national supply chain to tr

but the world health organisation and the british government believe measures like this just aren't needednd carers who should wear masks. and the worry is that supplies might run out if the public are trying to buy them as well. there are different views about this among scientists. one is that if you wear a mask, you might reduce the risk of passing virus to others. another is that once you put a mask on, you might get a false sense of security. you might think you can get close to people again or stop washing your hands so often. and you might treat the mask much too casually. wearing a mask must be consistent, it's not on to wear a mask and decide to take it off and smoke a cigarette or eat a meal, it must be worn full—time. at the same time as the mask is taken off, the outside surface may be contaminated as well. and hands become contaminated and then could serve as a source of infection. in any event, more and more countries are demanding that people wear masks. in indonesia, they are handing them out. and the italian region of tuscany is scaling up deliveries because everyone will

in other headlines: the world health organisation hasissued its strongest warning yet against the assumption who recover from the virus won't be able to become re—infected. the governor of new york state, andrew cuomo, has authorised independent pharmacies to carry out covid—19 tests. while china and south korea have reported no new deaths for the 10th and 2nd consecutive days respectively. let's look now at the situation here in the uk with this report from our health correspondent, lauren moss. it is a devastating milestone no—one wanted to reach. in less than two months, more than 20,000 people have died with covid—19. these are deaths recorded mainly in uk hospitals. the number of those who've lost their lives in the community, including care homes, isn't fully known, but is likely to increase. as the deaths caused by this terrible virus pass another tragic and terrible milestone, the entire nation is grieving. my deepest sympathies and condolences go to those who have lost loved ones, and i would like to pay tribute to the selfless frontline workers who've been struck down by this virus

let's speak now to david heymann, the former chief of the world health organisations' infectious diseasesank you forjoining us at a busy time for you. our travellers returned to the uk subjected to any type of testing for coronavirus?” cannot answer that because i do not know exactly what is going on in the uk but what i can say is that in general people are being provided with information about where they should call if they develop signs and symptoms and the signs and symptoms are clearly described. so people arriving at the airport from international flights, people arriving at the airport from internationalflights, at people arriving at the airport from international flights, at one time we re international flights, at one time were being screened but i have been in the uk now for many weeks and i am not sure what is going on any more. i was formerly chairman but no longer am. nick rimmer. ifa if a key worker is tested positive from having covid—19 and any of the tests are negative are they allowed to return to work and is there nothing stopping then catching the virus at work and tra

, 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 organisationsct 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 reached over £5 million. completely out of this world. thank you so much for all you people who've subscribed to the national health service. because for every penny that we get, they deserve every one of it. they do. it's a time of massive upheaval for all of us — and whilst it may be strange enough for us humans, for dogs it's even more confusing. we can't exactly let them know why we're working from home

spain daily coronavirus death toll falls for the third day in a row, the world health organisation tellsountries to be cautious about lifting restrictions too early. hello and welcome to audiences to the uk and around the world. the number of people who have died in the uk in a single day after contracting coronavirus has risen by more than 900 for the second day in a row. yesterday, the uk recorded europe's highest death toll yet. the uk home secretary said that she was sorry if anyone felt that there had been failings of the supply of personal protective equipment for health workers in the fight against the pandemic. it comes as the british medical association issued a stark warning that many are unable to access the equipment they need to keep themselves safe in treating patients with coronavirus. the health secretary insisted that there was enough to go around if it was used according to guidelines that doctors and nurses should treat it asa doctors and nurses should treat it as a precious resource. pretty patel also announced the government would be given £2 million to domestic abus

the world health organisation indicated there was a danger of an epidemic from corona injanuary. the director general of the world health organisation said in terms, the way of dealing with it is test, test, test in order to ascertain the levels of infection across our society. we didn't do that. there was some stinging criticism from another labour mp. every time the secretary of state speaks, he thinks it's a triumph what he's doing. i believe it's a sham of leadership of management. i think we are letting down nhs staff and they have been let down and indeed, i'm particularly angry at the fact that i understand that those early whistle—blowers were so lent on and threatened with disciplinary action that was to stop brave young doctors and nurses standing up and telling it what it was like on the front line. the health secretary thought barry sheerman had missed what the uk was trying to do as a nation — pull together at a time of grave difficulty. meanwhile in the welsh assembly, there were questions for the first minister about his government's strategy for tackling coronavir

as efforts continue to develop effective antibody tests, experts at the world health organisation haveubt on the idea. they say there's no evidence that having had the virus would guarantee immunity to future infection. a lot of the preliminary information that's coming to us right now would suggest that quite a low proportion of the population have actually serial converted. so it may not solve the problem. there's been an expectation that maybe herd immunity may have been achieved, and that the majority of people in society may have already developed antibodies. i think the general evidence is pointing against that and pointing towards a much lower serial prevalence. so it may not solve the problem that governments are trying to solve. president trump has told a white house briefing that the us death toll is likely to land between 60-65,000. earlier mr trump appeared to increase pressure on state governors to reopen their economies — following the publication of federal guidelines to phase out lockdown measures. in a series of tweets he called for minnesota, michigan and virginia to

world health organisation says that one should not leave self isolation until they have been symptom—free are allowed to leave home seven days after symptoms have started. we are asking for real transparency as to how decisions are taken and if we have the transparency will feel more assured about the path ahead. i've been asking for clarity of the last two weeks about why we are not following the same measures on self isolation as the rest of the world. and no a nswe rs as the rest of the world. and no answers have been forthcoming. from answers have been forthcoming. from a single government minister. we will leave you there. thank you for joining us. let's discuss the extension of the uk lockdown further with the science writer tom chivers. thanks for being with us. no problem, thanks for having me. excellent. first of all the government says it's weighing up all the data it makes perfect sense at this moment in time to keep the measures in place. to keep the lockdown going. that makes sense to a lot of people and i'm sure that makes sense to you. as far as we could tell the numbers ar

a sobering warning from the world health organisation, for those hoping to see the back of the coronavirus pandemic anytime soon. may, no mistake, we have a long way to go. —— make no mistake. this virus will be with us for a long time. in the us, the secretary of state again accuses china of covering up the outbreak. spain's parliament has voted to extend its lockdown — we'll be live in madrid. we'll have an update on the situation on protective year in the uk, which the government says is going through the peak of its outbreak. meanwhile germany says it will keep up its aggressive programme of testing and tracing, as its covid—19 restrictions, are partially relaxed. welcome. we start the programme with another grim milestone reached by the coronavirus pandemic. the latest figures show 180—000 people have now died from covid—19. as the numbers go up, the head of the world health organization warns this global pandemic will not be over soon. the director general also warns of a resurgence of the outbreak in some countries. here he is. most countries are still in the early stages of their e

scheme in the one big headline is that he has asked his administration to halt funding of the world health organisationcause of their incompetence in the handling of the pandemic of the coronavirus, covid—i9. the president pointing out that i think about they put about 4.5 times as much into the who asked us 4.5 times as much into the who asked us to china. the president calling on various departments to come and talk about how successful his strategy has been in and we have just heard from somebody in charge of that ventilator sharing programme. we are staying with this press c0 nfe re nce . programme. we are staying with this press conference. it comes 24 hours after president trump nailed what has been described as sort of a meltdown performance in the white house press briefing room where he attacks reporters for accusing him of not doing enough or not doing enough to prepare the country for what is now been the pandemic in the world. with just under 25,000 what is now been the pandemic in the world. withjust under 25,000 deaths in the united states and maybe 600,000 cases. the president being than

president donald trump has been highly critical of the world health organisation and is already suspended missing from the pandemic began is missing from the lungs. —— at the launch. translation: i hope will be able to manage to bring people together with thisjoint manage to bring people together with this joint initiative. manage to bring people together with thisjoint initiative. if manage to bring people together with this joint initiative. if i may say so, china and the united states of america. because the fight against covid—19 is in the common features of the humanity and we cannot be divided if we want to win this battle. —— as in the common interest of humanity even if vaccine trials get under way, one covid—19 treatment study has had a result of sorts. a chinese trial of brenda severe has reportedly failed was up at the company behind the drug has disputed the findings. saying the results were inconclusive. it is one example of how much work is to be done. and whether a global initiative of this scale could work. ata time initiative of this scale could work. at a time when globa

it is up to the world health organisation. that is where we support the world health organisation.her country local court, suits china. it is absurd. and we have american courts trying to sue the chinese republic. we have this issue becoming a key dividing line between this years presidential election in the united states. i think at the moment that they're going to be positive and constructive relationships between the united states and china, i think, is a long shot. my my maximum chimney schools or begin to german chancellor angela merkel says her country must remain "clever and cautious" in handling the coronavirus crisis, amid the easing of some lockdown restrictions there. some of germany's schools have begun to re—open, including this secondary school near the city of dusseldorf, but only students sitting leaving exams are allowed to attend, and strick social distancing rules are in place. the country has flattened the curve of new infections, but strict social distancing rules remain. angela merkel has warned that europe is still at the beginning of the coronavirus crisis.

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that the world health organisation has released guidelines on how you can make those compromises and things for us to be aware of. ppe has become a diplomatic currency — and we must watch how china and others distribute the masks they make. it will tell us a great deal about which relationships matter the most to them. and then there's the geography of the ppe supply chain. at the moment asia and in particular china dominate. we know european and american manufacturers are urgently increasing their capacity. it would not be surprising if western countries seek to avoid a return to the current reliance on ppe manufacturing from asia — and seek to keep more of it close to home. we'll see. that issue though is for another day. right now, the need is simply to get healthcare workers the protection they need. and it's not proving at all easy. that is right. we will keep asking questions about it. but for now thank you. now — as we've covered many times on outside source — this coronavirus pandemic has spawned a huge amount of false news and misleading information. the bbc has a special te

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'at imperial professor at imperial college in london and an envoy for the world health organisation has said that it could be up to a year and that's been reported in the observer today. that would clearly be extremely bad news or if the case, but it could be worse. will the vaccine indeed work continually? we don't know. our next story, and possibly ourfinal story, lockdown shaming being used to settle feuds. police saying people are calling up notjust breaking a rather compact rules but just are calling up notjust breaking a rather compact rules butjust to settle neighbourhood disputes. jo tanner, did you inspect this might happen? not really, but the great british public to have a habit of surprising us, and actually sadly i think, there's been a lot of reports about calls to police and how the police had actually managed this process. the idea people would use this as an opportunity to the spiteful seems a bit much and i think it's perhaps a sign of how long people to been cooped up. think it's perhaps a sign of how long people to been cooped upm tanner, thanks. joe twyman, do you k