of the communication coming from the white house and specifically from the president the world health organization wants the put out that their information as the part of the u.n. that deals with global health i've been watching these news conferences for some time coming from the world health organization about the current situation they are now going to go totally virtual we're told rather than being in that room together and they certainly sitting a lot further apart than they were just a few weeks ago on that we're telling you that the world health organization is the global health agency of the u.n. the one that provides food for people who need it around the world and given the problems with supply chains could become particularly important is the world food program and we've got confirmed news that the executive director of the world food program david beasley who's an american in fact he's a former governor of south carolina he has tested positive for corona virus ok thank you for all as updates james bays is our diplomatic editor in new york keeping an eye on what the world health organiz

can the coronavirus pandemic be stopped the world health organization declares the outbreak of pandemic and donald trump finally joins other countries in taking draconian measures to stop the spread but our travel bans enough this is inside story. hello again i'm jane spays what started in a single chinese city is now a pandemic so far infecting at least 120000 people in more than 100 countries world leaders are warning the coronavirus crisis is going to get worse but is not on stoppable the measures to limit the spread vary from simply washing your hands to complete isolation and it's not always your choice to decide how to protect yourself governments are taken drastic action to help contain the disease china and its elite of lock down entire cities hundreds of millions of people staying at home or off work football matches and other sporting events or councils or played behind closed doors the us president has banned all transatlantic flights from europe except the u.k. for 30 days and he's announced help for companies struggling to stay in business. we are at a critical time in the

the world health organization told that lied to the world and that hindered global preparation to contain virus. they made it worse, not better. an on the world health organization praised china for its transparency, a cruel joke, as those lives had been exposed, their subservience to their masters in beijing has only become more obvious. on saturday, a hong kong television station aired an interview with the world health organization director. we want to show you this whole thing. we hope you watch carefully because it tells you everything about where this world is going and why you should be really nervous about the government of china. watch this. >> the w.h.o. considers hong kong membership? hello? >> sorry, i couldn't hear your question. question. >> let me repeat the question. >> that's okay, let's move to another one then. >> i'm actually curious, talking about taiwan as well, taiwan case. >> we decided to give him another call to follow up. >> i just wanted to see if you could comment a bit on how taiwan has done so far in terms of containing the virus. >> we've already talked abo

this is a double life from the world health organization. of the corona virus outbreak a. meaning that is prevalent across the world covered 19 has not killed thousands of people. still possible to reduce the number of new infections also on the program hollywood movie producer harvey weinstein sentenced to 23 years in prison this is what justice looks like 23 years. on since prison victory all right and sexual assault cases that marked a turning point in the make to move. to new york for teacher. welcome to the program. in the last few minutes world health organization has announced that it now regards the spread of the new corona virus as a pandemic meaning it's occurring across international boundaries the organizations director general. maybe announcement of the daily w.h.o. press briefing in geneva he said previously resisted using the term despite the viruses rapid spread to more than 100 countries. while out and he was being made in geneva ireland and sweden have reported their 1st fatalities from the virus in iran the for the $62.00 people have died bringing the dea

the world health organization want to coronavirus pandemic is getting worse but says there is still hope to change its trajectory. how do i make like this is al jazeera life and also coming up spain prepares for thousands more coronavirus infections is the death toll takes another big jump their. financial markets still trading lower despite the u.s. senate gearing up to vote on a one trillion dollar lifeline for the economy. u.s. secretary of state is in afghanistan seeking to salvage the deal between washington and the taliban. so then a stark warning from the head of the world health organization draws out a number saying that the coronavirus pandemic is accelerating but is hopeful the world can change its trajectory his comments came just minutes before the u.n. secretary general and tony could terry has called for an immediate global seems far to protect vulnerable civilians in conflict zones from the pandemic hundreds more have died in the past 24 hours due to the virus europe is struggling to contain the outbreak you can see how the virus is accelerating but we have not prisoners

a groan a virus outbreak has been labeled a pandemic by the world health organization. says he's alarmed by the spread and severity of the flu like disease and the lack of action to combat it johns hopkins university in the u.s. puts worldwide infections at well over 125000 china has the most followed by italy iran and south korea almost 67000 people have recovered from the illness but more than 4000 have died and as weighing ramping up travel restrictions as president ronald trump will be addressing the country in the next hour. at our white house correspondent is covering this so kimberly what do we know about what the what the white house is trying to do with what the president's comments in the last few weeks to say the least and they've been mixed messages the president says something is medical experts say something else he says something else on twitter what can we expect in the next couple of hours from him. well i know that most americans are hoping for clarity whether or not they can expect that based on so many of the mixed messages in recent weeks leaves man

the headlines: the world health organization labels the coronavirus a pandemic and calls on governments to take urgent action. inside one of south korea's super labs, where they‘ re processing thousands of samples a day in the fight against coronavirus. i'm kasia madera in london. also in the programme: in italy new restrictions mean that all shops are closed — except food stores and pharmacies. and in new york the victims of the disgraced hollywood film producer, harvey weinstein, celebrate his jail sentence of 23 years for rape and sexual assault. good morning. it's 8am in singapore and midnight in london. the world health organization has for the first time declared the coronavirus outbreak a pandemic. the number of cases outside china had increased is—fold over the past two weeks. in south korea a network of nearly a hundred laboratories has been set up and tests done on more people per capita than anywhere else in the world. our seoul correspondent laura bicker has had exclusive access to one of the super labs where thousands of tests are being conducted every day. getting critical

there's very much 2 views on that ground there is the view taken by the world health organization which says testing is absolutely essential and there's a view taken by my government which says that testing is less essential in my government are actually reserving testing now for people that are clinically ill it will inform the clinical decision making but i think a lot of this rationale is given for the lack of testing in my country and in the united states has actually driven by a lack of the number of tests so for example in the united states rather than adopt the world health organization standard test at the start of this pandemic the center for disease control in atlanta georgia decided to produce their own test and there was great delays in not so not resulted in much reduced testing and in the meantime there was community spread within the united states where is the world health organization position on this where they say test test test is based on the chinese experience and on the south korean experience and to some degree on the singapore and hong kong experience where there

i'm off it's good to have you with us it is now official the world health organization has announced that it now regards the spread of the new corona virus as a pandemic meaning it is an epidemic on a far greater geographic scale than affects a larger number of people the w.h.o. have resisted calling the virus a pandemic until now but it's director says that the spread of coded 19 across more than 100 countries means that the virus requires a new designation. deeply concerned. by the i'm not a mean level of spread and see very easy and by the i'm not a mean levelers will be an option. we have that fota may have to be a system and that 19 can be contacted i used as a pundit mic. there was the head of the w.h.o. there while that announcement was being made by him in geneva switzerland italy announced that the death toll there from the virus has risen by almost 200 the biggest one day increased to 827 ireland and sweden today reported their 1st fatality is from the virus iran said today that a further 62 people have died bringing the death toll there to 354 worked infection rates are in

india to impose a stringent travel suspending almost all visas for a month after the world health organization declared the covert 19 outbreak a pandemic. hello i'm adrian for the good in this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up a rocket attack on iraq e bay skills to americans at a british soldier. the straightest high court delays a decision on cardinal pell's last ditch effort to drop his conviction in a child sex abuse case. it is the world's biggest health crisis of the decade the corona virus outbreak has now officially been labeled a pandemic as the disease continues to spread around the globe countries around the world are working to limit the further spread including the u.s. which is imposed a travel ban to most of europe for a month president onil trunk blamed the e.u. for the situation and downplayed warnings of a potential recession. taking early intense action we have seen dramatically fewer cases of the virus in the united states than are now present in erupt. the european union failed to take the same precautions and restrict travel from china and other hot spots as a r

there was a waiting by the world health organization to declare it a pandemic. wanted to have you talk a little about the role of the world health organization, and how it came into being and how it functions. christian: sure. so, the world health organization emerged, like other united nations organizations, in the wake of world war ii. and initially, its role has changed over the last 60-plus, 70-plus years. but initially it emerged as a way to deal with the clear health problems as a result, a, of the war, but b, as a way to start thinking about what is now called the developing world, and the way in which the developing world could meet the developed world in terms of its health infrastructure, its response to infectious disease and so forth. the world health organization initially focused on countries particularly hard-hit by world war ii and then quickly branched by the late 1940's into india and southeast asia, and then subsequently into africa. and they really worked on the major diseases that were flourishing in those parts of the world. again, particula

what they call a get going with there is amazing system for informing people do use the world health organization as your base source of organize of information and if you want to get the most up to date details look at the report of the world health organization visit to china was completed on the 20th waterbed 3 it's on the website you can download it and it can vary as many of the issues and you have the best knowledge about. this what i'm going to give to you james and any information that we give out today i am going to tweet it out a.j. string out for a matter account so you get the hotlines and all the information you need the one place to this is from steve lo he is on twitter a.j. string out for a matter account so you get the hotlines and all the information you need the one place to this is from steve lew he is on twitter and he says that there's a claim that vaccines the cover of 19 has been discovered how true can that be out if it's true how long before the vaccine is out there and make it available james is obviously something that you would be researching thing or work. that's a g

the world health organization warns that protecting it to fight the coronavirus is running out with iran the country most in need. on the intel of his al-jazeera live from london also coming up. turkey shoots down a 3rd syrian government fighter jet as an explosion killed 8 people in it live city . those who seek to test europe's unity will be disappointed this is the e.u. pledges money and support to help greece with its refugee crisis amid accusations that turkey is trying to blackmail blog. and bernie sanders cast his vote on super tuesday hoping to cement his lead over a resurgent joe biden in the democratic presidential race. over the head of the world health organization has warned that shortages of protective gear like masks are leaving health workers dangerously ill equipped in the fight against coronavirus south korea's president has declared war on the coronavirus after nearly a sow's and people were affected in one day taking the total to more than 5000 there iran says more than 800 new infections have been discovered there including the country's emergency services chief 23 m

capacities thank you very much michel yeah he's the program manager for emergency response at the world health organization and africa also here is al edwards he is a professor and immunologists at reading university thank you both. now around the world celebrities have inundated us with their song and dance numbers often from home and with mixed reception but ugandan musician turned politician bobby wine has seen his own take widely shared it's a music video reminding everyone about how to purge the spread of the coronavirus wash your hands and keep your distance have a listen. never got. there but we're now joined by our correspondent joy during beer out she's standing by for us in nairobi kenya joy we just listened to bobby winds up rap slash public service message there for us what sort of a role do pop culture and social media have in getting the word out. a lot actually because when you look at the african demographics at the moment a big population happen to fall between the ages of 35 going down and this major concern for most of people right now are focusing or making sure that the young people ge

the world health organization which visited gaza this week also gave its verdict the strips failing health care system will not be able to deal with a pandemic or law rather even superpowers couldn't control these fires not to mention the high density of population here which can lead to severe escalation of the pandemic so. that the situation here now is harder than during any war we had before and we've witnessed 3 of them that this scenario is definitely worse. we ask all concerned countries to show a bit of humanity and stand with us we don't have enough money to buy those masks we buy only one per day and even this not everybody can afford it most people can only buy food and most of the youths are unemployed despite this so far as he's in gaza are trying to be prepared for whatever is coming they are building a quarantine center. to host up to 500 people while issue factory in the west bank has now switched to making medical masks it's reportedly the only place in the area that produces the vital protection israel also apparently understands the severity of the problem is real delibe

>> the world health organization since the outbreak may be today over 25,000. the pandemic rages on in the u.s. with reports of increased. the white house could consider a fourth round of stimulus. china pmi stronger-than-expected. if volatile quarter from markets. good morning, good afternoon and good evening everyone. i'm francine lacqua in london. thoseof the focus on deaths and infection. it seems europe may be stabilizing, i spoke to a number ,f experts think it's too soon if you look at the curve of the seems it's getting worse and we are also hearing did may get worse before it gets better. this is what your markets are telling you. i know we've been talking about the dollar almost day in and day out. a lot of the focus is on what's going on. let's have a at what equities are doing, gaining 2%. gaining, u.s. futures, dollar strengthening a touch. a debate over whether there's ground for a rally given the continued spread of the coronavirus but today they are focusing on better-than-expected in the u.s.. treasuries also advancing. let's get straight to th

that of the world health organization says the covert 1000 virus continues to outpace efforts to contain it and that cases of the infection are accelerating more than 16000 people around the world have died of the infection here's what the head of the w.h.o. said just a few hours ago more of the city 100 cows and cases of corbett 19 have now been reported to double. from almost every country. in the world. that's heartbreaking the pun demick is accelerating it took 67 days from the 1st reported case to reach the 1st 100000 cases 11 days for the 2nd 100000 cases just 4 days for this. 100000 cases. and him germany the country's leading public health institution the robot costs insitu says new data suggests that the rise in corona virus cases might be leveling off here and for now concerns that chance angle america may have caught the virus half and just felt. tourist magnets like the brandenburg gate should be buzzing with locals and visitors but lockdown may just mean people are out of those only for essential reasons like going to work shopping or walking the dog. but germany's robert co

and now nigerian health authorities are receiving praise from around the world including the world health organization for their efforts in stopping the spread of . passing just coming into the country have to screen ings at different points of entry they must pass on all their information to authorities this is an example of the form. to feel as soon as they arrive before they. now it includes information like. flight information health sim tomes and there's a question here that says in the last 2 weeks have you had anyone who was you are not feeling well so after offering this. to health officials. to passengers and those they have made contacts we've. acted if there was any suspected case of a virus on their flight it was almost. to. affect them and. eventually spread. on devices like riches to care for patients. so why haven't we seen as many coronavirus cases in africa to answer this. morning on the program he's a former world health organization vajrayana just for the region africa professor we'll get to that question in a moment but 1st ship people in nigeria be a little bit more concerned abou

after all, the world health organization is pa rt the world health organization is part of the un familyhich is the point at professor ian golding makes, a professor of development and globalisation, we need to empower the un so that we can come together to tackle this threat. why don't you say i am tony gutierrez, i wa nt to don't you say i am tony gutierrez, i want to be the focal point of tackling this covid—19? want to be the focal point of tackling this covid-19? this is not a question of narcissism stopping what we need is a concerted action, and the un is ready to do whatever the un is asked for. we are now, for instance, putting forward all our supply chain, in order to offer and be much more effective in relation to medical equipment in all parts of the world be but i'd believe the g20 represents 80% of the world economy. the other 20 have an opportunity, with no other similar, in the concentration of power, because power is not in the un stopping power, whether we like it or not is in the member states. they are coming together, 80%, they have the chance to prove a co—ordinated

the world health organization that i was today that they coronavirus at the center has moved from china to europe so is europe ready while e.u. commission is head seems to think so and are saying today almost unlimited funds to stem the economic damage and calling on the national governments to work with rather than against each other i'm phil graham in berlin and this is the day. europe has now become the epicenter of the pundit make the isn't given the german government is ready to do everything that is required what's been said to put in this epidemic which affects all continents and does his all european countries is the most serious health crisis that france has known for a century and uniforms the people i think. is the most we're only in the 1st phase of the battle against the virus being fought by all countries of the world he says that. i am from venus that the european union can withstand this shock. also coming over football to hold it all while the world of sports takes a time out says the coronavirus pandemic takes its toll. combined some doesn't sound for you have to face

there is a great deal of openness with the world health organization operating like a hub pulling in information from governments around the world, pushing that information out to both the public and to different scientists and health officials. so there is a kind of global solidarity that i haven't seen before on any kind of political story that i have been covering. and a willingness to share information because this truly has gone global. if you look at the numbers that have been put out by johns hopkins university or the world health organization, almost half of the countries in the world have now at least one case that they know about it. so we're seeing different measures taken in every single country to try and limit physical contact. in iran, today is friday, the iranian state television said that all friday prayers have been cancelled in the west bank, in the city of bethlehem. the city of bethlehem has been closed, the manager square and church of nativity closed, the hotel put under quarantine, and the hotels in the city are not allows any foreign visitors, all in an impact

contain its spread and 2nd detecting people who have it eyes only test treat and trace the world health organization says the most effective way to fight the pandemic is to test every suspected case the world is not manufacturing testing kits and lab supplies fast enough to keep up with the rising demand but 20 percent of people that have the buyers don't show any. and people are responsible for what we have. out there so it's very important that we ramp up the difficulty right now is that agents. are running short all around the world so there are shortages of logs in many countries health workers are depending on what's called true questions to prioritize those who should be tested that includes travel history contact with an infected person preexisting conditions like diabetes heart disease among others and symptoms if you don't aggressively taste and i saw a light people as has singapore and taiwan and other raised i think countries you build up as a significant legal pole of people who are carrying the virus and then it's no longer possible to contain it you can only rely infection you must sto

putting extra money in the pockets of families in the form direct cash payments ahead of the world health organization says there's a chronic global shortage of protective equipment that's provided proving to be one of the key problems for health workers around the globe the world health organization chief is also warned about the use of untested meds to treat the virus . we call on all individuals saying countries to refrain from using type you do x. that have not been demonstrated to be effective in the treatment of club 90 in the history of medicine is strewn with examples of drugs that would on paper already in a test you but didn't want in humans or when actually harmful migrants arriving on the greek island of lesbos say they're being given no support with a country in lockdown due to the coronavirus any 60 people have recently landed the plan to set up their own camps they said they have been given the club's all mosques to protect themselves camps are already overcrowded and operating above capacity. and those are the headlines the news continues here on out as they are after witness next. in

the world health organization he's calling for more decisive action in dealing with this crisis several countries have imposed travel restrictions can we expect more drastic steps to be taken in germany. well you always have to remember that germany is a federal state that means those issues when it comes to health when it comes to education when it comes to decisions whether to close down schools or whether to impose travel bans it cetera or whether to cancel mass gatherings they are always taken at the regional level not taken at the federal level so angle america conscious go ahead and close down germany as a whole and in fact he doesn't intend to do so that's the message that we're getting whenever we talk to politicians they have recommended to cancel mass gatherings of more than a 1000 people and some of germany's most affected regions have already implemented that ban and they're calling on everybody to actually ask themselves do you really need to meet your friends in these drastic weeks but macca went to the media and actually addressed the public for the very 1st time in the c

appreciate what they call a good story with this amazing system for informing people do use the world health organization as your base source of organize of information and if you want to get the most up to date details look at the report of the world health organization visit to china that was completed on the 20th most of february it's on the web site you can download it and it conveys many of the issues you have the best knowledge about. this what i'm going to give to you james and any information that we give out today i'm going to tweet it out a.j. stream will tweet it out for a matter of healthy get the hotlines and all the information all $1.00 price tag this is from steve lu he is on twitter and he says that there's a claim that a vaccine because he's 19 has been discovered how true can that be at if it's true how long before the vaccine is out there and made available changes often something that you would be researching for work. that's a great question because of the vaccine is going to be crucial to getting past this disease but every expert that i've spoken to says 12 to 18 months so it is t

world health organization says the corona virus outbreak has become a pandemic that governments still are not doing enough to control. rockets in an iraqi base housing u.s. and coalition troops killing 2 american personnel and one from britain. and his grace hollywood mogul harvey weinstein sentenced to 23 years in prison for rape and sexual assault a punishment praised by his accusers. the corona virus outbreak has been labeled a pandemic by the world health organization johns hopkins university in the u.s. ports world wide and the actions of well over 125000 cases growing in the u.s. president trump to set to address the nation at any moment alison is to begin speaking we will take you there is expected to announce a further economic package an addition to the 8300000000 dollars of emergency funding approved last week and anthony she is one of the government's top disease advisers on wednesday he testified before congress urging politicians to take more action and warned against large gatherings. so i can see we will see more cases and things will get worse than they are right now a

injection monday as part of the study's 1st stage of human trials look at the latest from the world health organization expert. plus the 2020 european football championship will be postponed for a year due to the outbreak that's the word from the host country norway the european football body u.a.e. fund has yet to confirm the news. i'm serious so much going to good to have you with us germany's disease control agency has raised its coronavirus risk assessment. and to high at the agency's daily press briefing the president of the robert cock institute said stricter measures are necessary to contain the spread of the virus because of increasing warning signs from german clinics that the number of serious cases is increasing for it let's bring in our political correspondent hans front for the very latest on this story hi good to see you so germany's center for disease control has raised the risk level now to high for this corona virus pandemic and is warning that strict measures need to be taken in order to prevent millions of people from getting infected so what kind of further measures are meant by thi

>> i think the world health organization has a lot of explaining to do. not about donald trump and what words he's using. the world health organization saw the problems happening in china and they didn't follow through. where was the world health organization saying to the chinese, what's going on here? what pandemic are you potentially unleashing on the world? i am not going to take any criticism from those people sitting down. lou: i think it's important enough for the president to create a presidential commission on the cover-up by the chinese of the wuhan virus. its impact on the world as i said earlier on the broadcast, 95% of those people in thatle tally -- and we know the numbers are much, much larger. 95:% would have -- 95:% would have been untouched. china carrying out a disinformation campaign for what necessitwhat -- what they concea stupid western world that the wuhan virus didn't originate with them. >> who are these people? these are the democrats and really their allies in the media, and the globalists around the world. what was the russia

the world health organization is urging countries around the world to test every suspected case traditional terrorists and an on says you cannot fight a fire blindfolded. cases of the coronavirus have now been confirmed throughout all the hoff of africa at least 30 countries there are grappling with nearly 400 infections in kenya the president has encouraged people to work from home but is covering so explains from nairobi many don't have medical insurance and have no choice but to risk their health but. most kenyans use public transport to get around that's why some bus service providers are taking no chances this is one of the busiest bass stations in nairobi city center that. you know of but all of those that now are they are not idiotic enough for each and every one and you've got to understand those are yeah those are the missiles that i drop dead along. asking our conductors to and there sure are because i want a little but it's open in the above doesn't windows. on sunday the government put in place new restaurant sions after 2 more cases of corona virus were confirmed bringing the t

in the united states and all around the world welcome the head of the world health organization says that the coded 1000 virus continues to outpace efforts to contain it and that cases of the infection. more than 16000 people around the world have died of the infection here is what the head of the w.h.o. said just a few hours ago. more than 300000 cases of corbett 19 have now been reported to w.h.o. from almost every country in the whoop that's heartbreaking the pun demick is accelerating it took 67 days from the 1st reported case to reach the 1st 100000 cases 11 days for the 2nd 100000 cases and just 4 days for this. 100000 cases there's some disturbing numbers there for more i'm joined now by christiane lynn meier he is a spokesperson at the world health organization and joins us tonight from geneva switzerland because then the w.h.o. is saying that the pandemic is exhilarating where is it spreading at the most rapid pace. so what was seeing right now while china has nearly 0 cases we have iran is one of the top countries italy and a slowly the u.s. is catching up to these with prom

well before that announcement from the world health organization e.u. commission president joseph on the line detailed steps to keep the blocks economies afloat as the virus spreads and shutdowns take effect the pandemic would be tough she said but europe was up to the challenge. so the coronavirus and i make is testing as all institutions governments health systems economies but the coronavirus pandemic is most of all testing people. this is not only an unprecedented challenges for our health care systems but also a major shock to our economies the shock is temporary but we must work together to ensure that it is as short and as limited as well to help us assess the situation in europe and in its biggest economy germany we have political correspondent hans brunt here with me and europe correspondent ben righetti in brussels let's start with you bad lots of money being talked about today the problem with the european body has always been how people actually get their hands on it so how will governments and companies and people eventually get their hands

covid—19, young people in particular, dr tedros ghebreyesus, the director general of the world health organizationng that affects older people or people with underlying health conditions, what's your public health message to the world? and un is ready to fully support it. i could of course be very happy if there would be a global agreement to increase the governors‘ powers that could be placed in the un, but that is not my objective. my objective, at the present moment, is not to stress the un. my objective is to help rescue the world in relation to covid—19. you have a voice though and i ask you to use it now. be responsible, be smart, but above all, understand that only with solidarity we can defeat this disease. only with solidarity but also with a vaccine, which is something that you referred to earlier on in this interview, so where do you think we stand with that? are you optimistic about us having one quite soon? and are you also confident that when it is developed, it will be shared amongst all the countries that need it, in particular poorer countries? i am not an expert, so i cannot say

and now nigerian health authorities are receiving praise from around the world including the world health organization for their efforts in stopping the spread of . passing just coming into the country have to undergo screenings at different ports of entry we must pass on all their information to authorities this is an example of the form. to feel as soon as they arrive before they've. now it includes information like buyer data information flight information health symptoms and there's a question here that says in the last 2 weeks have you heard of anyone who was not feeling well so after. the health officials. the passengers and those they have made contact we've. acted if there is any suspected cases of the virus on their flight it was almost. too. busy. on devices. to care. so why haven't we seen as many coronavirus cases in africa it's on to this. morning on the program he's a former world health organization vajrayana just for the region africa professor we'll get to that question in a moment but 1st people in nigeria be a little bit more concerned about the coronavirus than they are at the mome

taiwan, claims wh world health organization ignored its questions early on during outbreak. n is barred from joining world health organization because of pressure from mainland china. and joining me now dr. michael pillsbury. at the hudson institute, author of the book, the hundred year marathon. the head of w.h.o., the world health organization, a first nonmedical doctor to head that organization, a bureaucrat, close to communist chinese government. do you think that changes his opinions at all? >> no, i don't think so, chinese have been excellent job from their point of view of taking overall of u.n. somewherize spee against or w.h.o. there are friends are head of it or they picked head like in w.h.o. this is a small part of what they have been doing until president trump nobody has sounded the alarm about it. david: in fact, woo regard to who they were late to coming to point of recognizing how dangerous the crise was i crisin china, they condemned president trump's travel ban against china when he realized there were too many chinese comes in and fin infecting americans.

below the world health organization has urged countries to step up their response to the coronavirus as the global death toll passes 6 and a half 1000 and the head of the world health organization is imploring governments to test far more people with suspected cases of covert 19 i mean to you is considering banning all but essential foreign travels with a block for 30 days despite brecht's that this will not include the u.k. or the british government which has been under pressure to toughen its approach is now asking britons to avoid nonessential travel and in the last half hour canada has issued the same advice to its residents there are mounting concerns the pandemic will cause a global recession it's been another tore day on the markets stocks plunged around the world despite a coordinated effort by central banks to protect growth and jobs if barker begins our coverage with a look at the situation around europe. kovac 19 has silenced entire cities this is the tourist metropolis of venice now look at it 100000000 europeans are on lockdown in italy the number of dead and infected is

yet the world health organization ignored them. why? the world health organization is intimidated by china. china doesn't want taiwan in any international organizations including organizations where their contribution would be essential. i blame two organizations, the chinese communist party, the chinese government as well as the world health organization. elizabeth: how can w.h.o. get so steamrolled by china? it is patient zero now may have been infected much earlier than previously believed. it may go beyond earlier than november 17th, that person was infected possibly earlier. that means china waited more than a month to tell the world health organization, possible early cases will be found there? nine out of china's cases in the epidemic were not even documented before the president put travel restrictions on china? >> china will have a lot of explaining to do. they have gone around the world liz, for the last decade. american democracy, they're finished. free-market capitalism, it is glory days are over, we're the new future. this i

so the world health organization has warned that some countries are not doing enough to fight the corona virus despite it being a threat to all nations rich and poor 3000 people have died from the outbreak and there are over $95000.00 reported cases across the globe efforts to contain the virus have led to shortages closures and restrictions around the world the e.u. says year is experiencing delays in the supplies of medicines and facemasks compounding existing shortages of drugs on the continent many countries around the world rely on china as the source of the outbreak for drug ingredients in the 300000000 students globally have been affected by school closures 22 countries across asia europe in the middle east of carney suspended classes and then opec countries of agree to cut oil output by an extra one and a half 1000000 barrels a day in an effort to maintain a stabilized price of oil but if made action conditional on russia and other countries also taking part moscow has yet to signal any support for that cuts there is john holl has our point now. the economic costs of coronavirus

watching out there at the world health organization is right now holding its regular briefing on the latest developments of the course in a vice pandemic let's listen in racine an extraordinary meeting of leaders from the g. 20 countries my message would threefold we must fight unite and unite fight to stop the virus with every resource at our disposal unite to confront the pandemic together we have one humanity with one common enemy no country can fight alone we can only fight together and ignite the industrial might and innovation of the g 20 to produce and distribute the toulouse needed to save lives we must also make a promise to future generations saying never again viral outbreaks are a fact of life how much damage they do is something we can influence . i thank the g. 20 countries for their commitment to fight the pandemic safeguard the global economy address international trade disruptions and in hands global cooperation this is specially important for countries who are not part of the g 20 but will be affected by decisions med by g 20 countries earlier today we held a briefi