health. this means an organization with authority and means to act. epidemics, no matter what part of the worldy infect, are a potential danger to all other nations. the world health organization will make for use of every existing means education, prevention, cure. all peoples of every race and belief will be helped by doctors of all races and nations. a tremendous movement of all solidarity is now born. inoculation widely used will be extended. millions of people will be given prophylactic injections. a worldwide system of medical control will exist everywhere. ♪♪ >> enormous quantities of syrums, vaccines are all being manufactured a increasing cost. they are being shipped all over the world. every nation in every tongue now makes it possible to apply the latest discoveries of modern medicine. cholera broke out in egypt, shortly before the first assembly meeting of the world health organization. the first cases were instantly reported, and from cairo, every nation was immediately alerted. new york was then the clearinghouse for the incoming orders for vaccines and equipment needed to fight t

the world health organization is warning 3 new covert $1000.00 variance in india may have contributed to the coronavirus surge sweeping the country it also says large public gatherings may be said blame for the devastating 2nd wave that's overwhelming hospitals and christmas orients with 300000 cases have been reported for the 6th day as elizabeth purana reports from new delhi. mass cremations and burials have become the new. in a country where the bodies of coronavirus are victims are piling up credit organs and burial grounds are working day and night and even burning bodies in parks and car parks families of the dead to mourn for their loved ones who succumbed not just to the virus but to the shortages of beds and oxygen the country i'm feeling really bad i have money i have everything but i can't give my sister. got me no did nothing nothing like that i'm not going to not forget no very good we can do good we can do. international aid has started arriving but family members of the sick of still lining up to find wherever they can they say the government should have been better pre

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health. this means an organization with the authority and means to act. epidemics, no matter what part of the worldtion will make full use of every existing means, education, prevention, cure. all peoples of every race and belief will be helped by doctors from all races and nations. a tremendous movement of world solidarity is now born. inoculation widely used to be extended. millions of people will be given prophylactic injections. a worldwide system of medical control will exist everywhere. enormous quantities of serums, vaccines and new and powerful drugs such as penicillin are also being manufactured at increasingly lower cost. crates of am puls are shipped to all parts of the world ready for emergency measures. constant flow of up to date information from every nation and every tongue makes it possible to apply the latest discoveries of modern medicine. cholera broke out in egypt shortly before the first assembly meeting of the world health organization. the first cases were instantly reported and from cairo every nation was immediately alerted. new york was then the clearing house for the inc

much official explanation from the government and from the medical experts and from the world health organizationon't have almost nothing. so, how can governments best offer simple explanations about what's a complex subject to the public? given you addressed the world health organization directly, i think we should go to margaret harris, who was smiling at your question, hopefully a positive smile. margaret, over to you. nice to meet you. i'm really sorry you have not heard anything from us because at the beginning we had daily press conferences and we still have twice—weekly press conferences on this very subject, and also our regional director, dr kluge, gives weekly press conferences. but perhaps you are saying you wanted to hear the more simple information about what the public can do and what they need to know. and sometimes it is difficult to get that. but i promise you, we've got it, but from what you are saying, we need to do better. so, it's important to hear. thank you, margaret. zeynep tufekci, the question is how can government best offer simple explanations about the virus from offi

the world health organization also said math gatherings contributed to india's surge in cases but despite. the rapid spread of the virus hindu pilgrims gathered again in the northern town of hadera for the cool male a festival the government has been criticized for allowing large religious and political gatherings to go ahead and both the central and delhi governments have been accused of insensitivity to people suffering and blatant inequality and setting their priorities as people continue to die because of a lack of hospital beds and oxygen delis government is planning to convert 100 rooms in this 5 star hotel to set up a covert mine health facility for staff at the delhi high court and their families a controversial move that was forced to scrap one criticism from the public and the high court it sells and let's get an update on the situation now where the list who joins us live from new delhi so much needed medical supplies finally arriving where are they most needed. so we have seen over the last few days international aid mostly in the form of oxygen concentrator his oxygen. cylind

vaccines no cure for the virus that spreads through mosquitoes and sexual contact in 2016 the world health organization declared seek out public health emergency of international concern the outbreak started in brazil spreading to cape verde as a result of the epidemic more than 3700 babies worldwide were born with birth defects. at the time countries issued travel warnings including asking citizens to delay pregnancies there was this fear that it would spread from the islands of cape verde to the rest of africa on to the rest of the world but that did not happen the virus suddenly disappeared just like it appeared dr george noel but it too from the country's health ministry believes zico ran its course infected a large portion of the population and herd immunity developed halting the spread still he fears eks lurking in the capital's drainage system that's a breeding ground for mosquitoes saying there could be another outbreak. can be lost as the years we believe can be also can be again. unprotected and can be infected again surveillance of infected secret children has stalled due to the covert pande

to the program the world health organization says 3 new covert 19 variance in india may have contributed to its latest surge it's also warning large public gatherings may be to blame for the crisis the devastating 2nd wave is overwhelming india's hospitals and trauma tory arms are with a shortage of medicine and oxygen new cases of stayed above 300000 for the 6th day the surge has left families and patients pleading for oxygen outside hospitals and as of parana has the latest from new delhi. despite the international aid pouring in we've seen it coming in the last few days the world health organization has said that they are preparing to send 4000 oxygen concentrator. has said that they are planning to set up tens of oxygen generation plants we continue to see those pictures of hospitals oxygen stockists time lines full of desperate people trying to find beds and oxygen supplies for their loved ones which is why the announcement from the delhi government on tuesday that they are setting up. that health facility in a 5 star hotel for the delhi high court judges and their families that ann

because really and very critically all vaccines have to be reviewed and approved by the world health organization and right now the vaccines from china and the sputnik 5 actually from russia are not completely through the process yet although the world health organization did say that that the chinese actions were safe enough acacias they stopped short of saying that the vaccines were approved and that means that there are not a lot of alternatives and particularly there are not a turn is that are available in the supply is necessary in order to vaccinate as many people as possible as quickly as possible. meanwhile for the sarah day in a row iran has hits and you corona virus infection records at least 20000 scientists in new cases for confirmed on choose say the country has been grappling with a huge spike in cases after the persian new year holiday the health minister has ordered all non-essential shops in the capital and other major cities to close iran has now confirms within 2000000 cases in the 64000 deaths another 3800 deaths were reported in brazil on wed and stay with iran's 90000 new in

india is running out of space to cremate its dead it's battling a 2nd wave which the world health organization blames on a perfect storm of conditions. you're watching al-jazeera live from headquarters and. also coming up. we may study progress the u.s. is a current a virus restrictions for people who are fully vaccinated but the president warns there's still a long way to go. somalia's president decides not to extend his term by 2 years after protests and calls for early elections to ease tensions the f.b.i. launches an investigation into the death of a black american and the family want police to release the body count video. it was a few hours to the package. thanks for joining us much needed medical supplies have begun arriving in india which is struggling to stem the spread of cope with 19 the world health organization says mass gatherings low vaccination rates and new variants are to blame for the surge one person is dying every 4 minutes and crimmins warriors are at breaking point several countries are sending aids elizabeth purana reports from the. mass cremations and burials have beco

in 2016 the world health organization declared zika a public health emergency.k started in brazil spreading to cape verde. more than 3700 babies were born with birth defects. at the time, countries issues travel warnings, including askin citizensg to delay pregnancies. there was this fear that zika would spread from the islands of cape verde to the rest of africa and the rest of the world. but that did not happen. the virus suddenly disappeared. just like it appeared. this doctor from the country's health ministry believes zika ran its course, infected a large portion of the population, and herd immunity developed, halting the spread. he fears vzika is lurking in the drainage system, a breeding ground for mosquitoes. >> the immunity can be lost as the years pass. people can be also, can be again unprotected and infected again. >> surveillance of infected zik children has installed due to the covid pandemic. >> children with cerebral palsy need continuous physical therapy and good nutrition, support from parents means a lot of different. >> because of the pandemi

on al-jazeera i'm kemal santamaria these are the headlines heartbreaking is how the world health organization is describing what's going on in india right now for a 5th day it's reported the world's highest number of new coven 1000 infections more than 350000 an unprecedented number of indian deaths 2800 the most critical shortage is still oxygen but beds equipment and medicine are all in short supply so the u.s. u.k. a united saudi arabia turkey are all sending emergency aid to india even new delhi's regional rival pakistan and china say they are ready to send supplies the world health organization says it is doing everything it can to provide support and the situation in india is beyond heartbreaking w 2 is doing everything we can providing critical acute mental and supplies including thousands of oxygen concentrator is prefabricated field hospitals. and doctors in india fear the worst is actually yet to come as both purana reports from new delhi. india may be experiencing the world's worst outbreak of cholera that 19 but millions of people still turned out to elect to regional leaders in t

welcome back now the world health organizations reiterated his concerns at the idea of introducing a covert vaccine passport it's highlighted the uncertainties surrounding post vaccine viral transmission and social inequality risks we would not like to see the vaccination passport as a requirement for entry or exit because we're not certain a distaste of the vaccine prevents transmission there are all those other questions apart from the question of discrimination against the people who are not able to have the vaccine for one reason or another ok live now to roger k. who's founder and president of and point technologies associates also with us is political commentator stephen both who's a former european parliament and pay and martin called office professor of medicine at harvard medical school gentlemen welcome to the program stephen 1st of all to you we've had passports for centuries we also have to get malaria vaccines we also have to get visas what will be the problem of adding one more document. because this is not just like being called a person of a state or a country which i

on day number one we have rejoined the world health organization at being at the table pushing reform so that we can rapidly respond the next biological threat. congress recently provided more than $11 billion for the global covert response including an equitable access, providing aid to those impacted and helping them boost pandemic preparedness. it's built on a long tradition of american leadership in the united states is the largest donor including international efforts like the world health organization and for our own global health program to help bring the world to the cost of the first aids free generation and we have also made a donation that will provide vaccine and another $2 billion that will provide other countries as well and we have ari loan vaccines to our neighborhoods of mexico and canada. and we will work with partners on manufacturing and supply is to ensure that there will be enough for everybody everywhere. and as we get more confident in our supply here at home we are exploring more than we are in a position to do more now. and that includes the scope and scale o

the united states is the world's largest donor to global health by far, including international efforts like the global fund and world health organization and our own programs like pep farm which has helped bring world to the cusp of the first aids free generation. we made a billion-dollar donation to the covax program that will supply vaccines to low and middle income companies and we pledged and another -- we pledged another $2 billion and have loaned vaccines to our closest neighbors, canada and mexico. we will work with global partners on manufacturing and supplies to be sure there will be enough vaccine for everyone, everywhere. as we get more confident in our vaccine supply here at home, we are exploring options to share more with other countries going forward. we believe we will be in a position to do much more on this front. many countries are asking for the united states to do more. some come with growing desperation because of the growing scale of their covid emergencies. we hear you and i promise we are moving as fast as possible. we will be guided every step by core values. we will not trade shots in arms for political favor

just tell me, the world health organization _ now. e world health organization is saying _ now. just tell me, the world health organization is saying the _ now. just tell me, the world health organization is saying the marked l organization is saying the marked increase in infections and debts is the result of new variants. is that your experience? —— infection and deaths? can you hear because net i think we have lost a line there to kolkata. we were hearing from the cricket care consultant dr saswati i , who was telling us about their difficult situation there —— critical care consultant. there's growing evidence that the coronavirus lockdowns have adversely affected the language skills of young children. a study has found that reduced social interaction, and the wearing of face coverings in public, have deprived youngsters of experiences essential for increasing vocabulary. of 58 primary schools surveyed across england, 76% said pupils starting school in september 2020 needed more support with communication than in previous years, 96

it is the world health | organization's position that uk. it is the world health . ely. these safety events that we have seed - very rare? indeed, absolutely. these safety events that we have seed of i safety events that we have seed of the blood clot disorders are extremely rare adverse events and just to also outline here that the who is looking into the cases beyond the european union member states and the european union member states and the uk across the coven that is what the uk across the coven that is what the global advisory committee is looking into more wider in a domain. because a number of doses of the astrazeneca vaccine which have been used in other countries outside the eu and the uk also comes in the purview and we need to see what are the safety events or signals that we are getting from those countries and at this point in time as you have correctly mentioned, these are very rare events and the benefits of vaccinations still outweighs the risk of anything that can happen from the vaccines. find risk of anything that can happen from the vaccines.— ri

the world health organization seeing cases everywhere around the world pickup except europe.e is still on lockdown. manus: that is the point you made, which is that europe is in lockdown, india is the eye of the storm. you said india is the manufacturing hub of the world for the vaccine. what i find interesting from narendra modi, the prime minister, is that he has taken a lot of political flack and i will not have an opinion on that but what he did they was to everything but do not shut down and i think that is the rub of the issue. do everything to avoid a shut, push on with the vaccine. annmarie: a really good point coming from mark cudmore this morning is that you are seeing in india the covid cases surge in the city and then potentially what he sees happening, a lot of those people want to migrate back to their communities outside the big cities. this is what we sow this time last year happen. i know so many anecdotes of this happening in italy where you had all these workers going back to their families and infecting people that potentially would not be exposed and for

daryn jordan this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up unacceptably slow the world health organization slams the european union's vaccine rollout. protesters mark 2 months since the military seize power as unsung suchi start with the most serious criminal charge yet plus. percent tina rivers birth argentina pays tribute to the controversial composer who revolutionized tango and divided the music of. george floyd's girlfriend told the story of how they met and both struggled badly with an addiction to opioids courtney ross testified on day for the trial of the former police officer accused of floyd's murder drug use is expected to become a major focus of the trial cable is under reports now from minneapolis. this image of george floyd adopted by the black lives matter movement after his death is recognized all over the world as a symbol of police brutality and it is based on a selfie kind of for us. that's according to george girlfriend courtney ross who was the 1st to testify on day 4 of the derek show ven murder trial. in her often emotional testimony she described how the pair met in

going there you go but the world health organization said no way is the situation worse than in india india is really heartbreaking as the director general has said in the in the exponential growth that we've seen in case numbers is really truly astonishing we have seen similar trajectories of increases in transmission in a number of countries has not been at the same scale and it has not had the same level of impact and burden on the health care system that we've seen in india. the world health organization also said math gatherings contributed to india's surge in cases but despite the rapid spread of the virus in the pilgrims gathered again in the northern town of for the cool male a festival the government has been criticized for allowing large religious and political gatherings to go ahead and both the central and daddy governments have been. houston tentative a-t. to people suffering add blatant inequality and setting their priorities as people continue to die because of a lack of hospital beds and oxygen bellies government is planning to convert 100 rooms in this 5 star hotel to

in other news the world health organization says sri nuke over 1000 variants that are present in india may have contributed to the latest it also says large public gatherings may be to blame for the crisis a devastating 2nd wave is overwhelming india's hospitals and come a toy along with a shortage of medicine and oxygen new cases a state above 300000 for the 6th day and the health ministry has reported another 2 fouls and 771 deaths the surge has left families and patients pleading for oxygen outside hospitals health officials in new delhi and neighboring states have been making calls and posting appeals on twitter seeking emergency supplies the government has called for help from the military which will release oxygen supply from its reserves retired medical personnel will also provide help australia has now joined a growing list of countries that have banned or restricted flies from india a shipment of medical aid is the 1st to arrive while the us is lifting a ban on sending raw materials abroad allowing india to make more of the astra zeneca vaccine our correspondent elizabeth has

the world health organization also said math gatherings contributed to india's surge in cases. but despite the rapid spread of the virus independents gathered again in the northern town of the for the commander festival the government has been criticized for allowing large religious and political gatherings to go ahead and both the central and daddy governments have been accused of and tentative aetate people suffering and blatant inequality and setting their priorities as people continue to die because of a lack of hospital beds and oxygen delhi's government is planning to convert 100 rooms in this 5 star hotel to set up a call that 9000 health facility for staff at the delhi high court and their families a controversial move that was forced to scrap one criticism from the public and the high court itself elizabeth piron al-jazeera you daddy people in the us who are fully vaccinated can now socialize outside without a face mask that's the latest advice in the centers for disease control and prevention president joe biden says it's another reason for people to get their shots t

the world health organization guidelines? >> they go up to 87 and we are talking 1200, so in excess of 12 or 13 times. >> again you are not suggesting to the jury that mr. floyd died of carbon monoxide poisoning. >> not exclusively, no. >> how would you be able to determine the role of carbon monoxide played in a particular death? >> the easiest way for a medical examiner to do that is to have the blood tested by a laboratory for what we call hemoglobin saturation and it would come back from the laboratory giving us a percentage of saturation. >> to your knowledge, was mr. floyd's blood tested for carbon monoxide? >> i couldn't find a reference to it, no. >> previous articles we looked at, i think you said from the late '80s, are there more recent studies on the affect of carbon monoxide exposure in open spaces? >> yes. [inaudible] i don't think i put this into the powerpoint, mr. nelson. this is a recent study or case report that came out of poland where a taxi driver committed suicide by taking his vehicle, parking it in an

more now i'm joined by tariq he also rabid she's a spokesperson for the world health organization in geneva switzerland thanks for being with us this morning 1st of all we've seen pictures of hospitals in india being overwhelmed for days now can you tell us whether or not the pandemic in india is peaking or quit there's still the worst to come there. well morning to it's very difficult to predict. how the situation will all but it's important really that you need for the health system in india. people try to protect themselves as much papers possible and if they follow the device that is being human how so aren't these as in any country when you have a sort of a combination of factors such as new variants that are likely to be more transmissible. gathering when the vaccination levels are low and people are reacting you know personal protective behavior we can see do sort of explosion although we had not seen in any other country on the scale that we need to need to stand with with india now and try to help as much as we can what role or the new virus variants that we're hearing about

this order but you claimed in a recent interview that you simply follow the science and the world health organization had originally instructed all covert bodies should be cremated that statement of yours was completely untrue wasn't it they never said anything of the kind. well if you look at the world health organization in need they're sent cremation of all call in body as it is they are of course they haven't they no they didn't mr secretary they did not get what one state what date was that when they could have that out but i will come back to you on this and then lead grounded change that to katie the burial is permitted and now that question is behind us a team we have buried $69.00 i know you are you change the subject but you told them you made a statement that was blatantly false since march last year the w.h.o. made it clear that the burial of covert victims was perfectly acceptable its statement called it a common myth that persons who have died of communicable disease should be cremated but this is not true commission as a matter of cultural choice and available resources to data there i

the world health organization also said math gatherings contributed to india soon. in cases but despite the rapid spread of the virus in the poems gathered again in the northern town of for the camilla festival the government has been criticized for allowing large religious and political gatherings to go ahead and both the central and daddy governments have been accused of insensitivity to people suffering and blatant inequality and setting their priorities as people continue to die because of a lack of hospital beds and oxygen delhi's government is planning to convert $100.00 rooms in this 5 star hotel to set up a covert mine health facility for staffa at the delhi high court and their families a controversial move that was forced to scrap one criticism from the public and the high court itself elizabeth purana al-jazeera new delhi while vital medical supplies including ventilators arrives from the u.k. while other european countries and australia are sending equipment the us president is also promising help after speaking with india's prime minister i've discussed

order but you claimed in a recent interview that you simply followed the science and the world health organization had originally instructed all covert bodies should be cremated that statement of yours was completely untrue wasn't it they never said anything of the kind. well if you look at the world health organization there said cremation of all korean bodies it is they are of course they and they know they didn't mr secretary they did not get what was great what date was that when they have the get out but i will come back to you on this and then lead grounded change that to katie the burial is permitted and now that question is behind us steam we have buried 69 i saw you when you change the subject but you told us you made a statement that was greatly false since march last year the w.h.o. made it clear that the burial of covert victims was perfectly acceptable its statement called it a common myth that persons who have died of communicable disease should be cremated but this is not true commission is a matter of cultural choice and available resources to data there is no evidence of persons h

because really and very critically all that scene's have to be reviewed and approved by the world health organization and right now the vaccines from china and the sputnik 5 vaccine from russia are not completely through the process yet although the world health organization did say that the chinese actions were safe and efficacious they stopped short of saying that the vaccines were approved and that means that there are not a lot of alternatives and particularly there are not ultra news that are available in the supply is necessary in order to vaccinate as many people as possible as quickly as possible to run in canada the director general of the international vaccine unsetting great to get your insights on out of here with us thanks so much for joining us once again. well still ahead here on out as. the u.s. commits to removing all remaining combat forces from iraq that questions remain as to read perhaps. he was not attempting to solve the officers cake punch or anything of that nature in the trial of a former u.s. . here's more evidence that the force used during his arrest was excessive and unn

are in jordan this is not a 0 live from doha also coming up unacceptably slow the world health organization slams the european union's vaccine rollout. mean mars antti to protesters mark 2 months since the military seized power. is slapped with the most serious criminal charges yet. on the rush for iraq's gold we'll look at how a country with none of its own has made billions. george lord's girlfriend has told a story of how they met and how they both struggled badly with an addiction to opioids courtney ross testified at the trial of the former police officer accused of floyd's murder drug use is expected to become a major focus of the trial defense lawyers for the accused cross-examined after she was put on the stand by the prosecution. it was your belief that mr ford started using again about 2 weeks prior to his death correct. and it is the change in. you that's when you noticed the changes in his vision. and you described some of those changes in his behavior in that time frame right. here do you recall telling the f.b.i. that there would be times that he would just be up in bouncing a

global cases have been rising for seven weeks and the world health organization has warned countriesdemic right now is growing exponentially. this is not the situation we want to be in 16 months into a pandemic. the world health organization says the pandemic could be brought under control in a number of months if governments take a consistent and directed approach. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: we take to the waters off cape town with the campaigners trying to preserve an underwater forest. pol pot, one of the century's greatest mass murderers, has reported to have died of natural causes. he and the khmer rouge movement he led were responsible for the deaths of an estimated 1.7 million cambodians. there have been violent protests in indonesia, where playboy has gone on sale for the first time. traditionalist muslim leaders have expressed disgust. the magazine's offices have been attacked and its editorial staff have gone into hiding. it was clear that paula's only contest was with the clock. and as for her sporting legacy, paula radcliffe's competitors will be chasing her

hello 'd i'm adrian finnegan this is 00 live from joe also coming up the world health organization slams the e.u. use vaccine rollout calling it unacceptably slow. me a mosque protesters mark 2 months since the military seized his own sense of g. is slapped with a most serious criminal charge it. at a shifting strategy the report says u.s. president joe biden has ordered the removal of some military assets and us now from the gulf region. floyd's girlfriend has testified at the trial of a former police officer who's charged with his murder courtney ross was questioned on day 4 of the trial of derek show then i described how addiction dominated their relationship drug use is expected to become a major focus of the trial not as it was gabriel as on the reports now from minneapolis and just a warning some of the pictures that you were. about to see you may find disturbing . this image of george floyd adopted by the black lives matter movement after his death is recognized all over the world as a symbol of police brutality and it is based on a selfie kind of. that's according to george girlf

the world health organization warns that brazil is yet to relieve reach its covid peak.ictim �*s family said the crisis there is now public health disaster. princes william and harry pay tribute to their grandfather, saying prince philip would want them to get on with theirjobs. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. the fatal shooting of a black man on sunday afternoon by a police officer in the us city of brooklyn center — it's claimed — was an accident. according to the local police chief 20—year—old old daunte wright was shot after the officer meant to use a taser, but mistakenly drew her gun instead, mr wright's death has sparked angry protests and an overnight curfew. tensions in nearby minneapolis — just 10 miles away — are high as the trial of an ex—officer accused of killing george floyd continues. us presidentjoe biden has said he's spoken to authorities in minnesota about the fatal police shooting and he's called for "peace and calm", noting that wright's mother was asking for the same. was it an accident, was it intentional? that remai

india records more infections than anywhere outside the united states — the world health organizationarns the pandemic has yet to reach its peak. princes william and harry pay tribute to their grandfather, saying prince philip would want them to get on with theirjobs. the fatal shooting of a black man on sunday afternoon by a police officer in the us city of brooklyn center — it's claimed — was an accident. according to the local police chief 20—year—old daunte wright was shot after the officer meant to use a taser, but mistakenly drew her gun instead, mr wright's death has sparked angry protests and an overnight curfew. tensions in nearby minneapolis — just 10 miles away — are high as the trial of an ex—officer accused of killing george floyd continues. from minneapolis, barbara plett usher reports. you plett usher reports. these have become familiar scenes you these have become familiar scenes in a year of civil unrest over police violence, with every deadly encounter reigniting a smouldering anger. there is a stand—off between police and protesters here, spoke bombs have been fired

the world health organization has criticized the european union's vaccination rollout as unacceptably slow this it says risks prolonging the pandemic as variant spread meanwhile suppose syrian leader and sang suit she's facing the most serious charge since being forced from power by the military she's been charged with violating the official secrets act it carries up to 14 years in prison the dutch prime minister's chances of forming a new governing coalition have been thrown further into doubt parliament approved a motion of disapproval against mark reiter saying he hadn't told the truth about remarks made during the talks he survived a separate vote of no confidence the u.s. is warning russia against intimidating its neighbors verified social media footage suggest russia is moving tanks and other equipment to areas bordering ukraine and the region of crimea which must go an extra ukraine in 2014. the head of egypt so as canal or thora he says the country expects more than a $1000000000.00 in compensation after a cargo vessel blocked the canal for nearly a week he said the amount sho

where would that fall within the world health organization? world health organization guidelines? >> they go to 87. we're talking 1200. we're talking 12, 13 times. >> again, you're not suggesting to the jury mr. floyd died of carbon monoxide poisoning? >> not exclusively, no. >> how would you be able to determine that the role that carbon monoxide played in a particular death? >> typically and the easiest way for a medical examiner to do that is to have the blood tested by a laboratory for what we call the saturation and will come back from the laboratory giving us a percentage saturation. >> to your knowledge, was mr. floyd's blood tested for carbon monoxide? >> i could not find a reference to it, no. >> now, the previous articles that we kind of looked at, the demaio from the late '80s are there more references of the carbon monoxide spaces? >> yes. >> may have gotten mixed in here. >> i don't think i put this into the power point. >> okay. >> mr. nelson. this is a recent study or case report that came out of poland where a taxi driver committed suicide by taking his vehicle, pa

, the head of the world health organization has concerns about the report that his organizationk. you do not have to be a scientist to understand the basic fact that if you want to understand the origins of the disease and the role the lab may have played, that you would want to look at the raw evidence, like blood samples. essentially, all they did was get briefings and tours. they were not given access to any raw data. as scientists, you can only practice science if you have raw data to look at. if you go to somebody and say, i did an experiment, but they do not tell you how they did the experiment. if you just look at the conclusion and say, fine, you are not being a scientist. so i think there is a problem of scientists not being allowed to do basic science. host: we are focusing on this issue. this headline from the south china morning post, "the report from the who led, on answered questions," adding that international teams agree that more research is needed. we are speaking with james carafano from the heritage foundation. donald on the line from just across the potomac.

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to the world health organization this is approaching the highest rate of infection that we have seen so far the pandemic. the coronavirus has now killed 3 million people across the globe with more than one in 6 deaths happening in the u.s. cdc director doctor rochelle walensky blames the continued spread of highly transmissible variance, which makes the race to stop the transmission even more challenging and threatens to overwhelm our healthcare system again on friday, the biden administration announced a new one 0.7 billion dollar investment in the nation's fight against variance to bolster the ability. >> of the cdc and state and local public health departments to monitor track and defeat emerging threats. health officials stress vaccinations are also vital in this effort more than one 5th of the u.s. population is fully vaccinated despite pausing the use of the johnson and johnson shot. the actions taken by cdc and the fda this should give americans confidence that our safety system is working for them the biden administration recently announced a partnership with japan india and

but 1st the world health organization is warning 3 new covert 19 variants in india may have contributed to the coronavirus surge. sweeping the country it also says large public gatherings may be to blame for the devastating 2nd wave that's overwhelming hospitals and crime and saurians with 300000 cases have been reported for the 6th day as most withdrawn and reports from new delhi. mass cremations and burials have become the norm in a country where the bodies of corona virus are victims are piling up credit or ems and burial grounds are working day and night and even burning bodies in parks and car parks the families of the dead to mourn for their loved ones who succumbed not just to the virus but to the shortages of beds and oxygen the country i'm feeling really bad i have money i have everything but i can't get my sister. got me no did nothing back to baghdad and now i've got to not forget norbit we're going to do good we can go. international aid has started arriving but family members of the sick of still lining up to find oxygen wherever they can they say the government should have

these are things that the united states has in excess right now. >> reporter: the world health organization calling on wealthier countries to step up >> the solution is straightforward. we need countries and companies that control the resources that could save lives to share. >> reporter: india is now calling on the u.s. to release an unused stock pile of astrazeneca vaccines, which aren't even approved for use in the u.s. and they want the u.s. to lift restraints on suppliers who make most of the world's vaccines >> unvaccinated populations in the world are going to spread new mutations and variants which ultimately are going to put american citizens and american businesses at risk >> reporter: pro-india policy that could put america first. >> beyond the u.s., how are other countries helping out? >> reporter: britain is sending nine planes loaded with supplies and the european union announced today they're going to be sending aid as well. kate >> all right matt bradley, thank you. >>> also overseas, there was a massive and deadly fire at a hospital caring for covid patients in baghdad, ira

the world health organization says in the past week india accounted for 38% of the world's 5 million cases. elizabeth peron reports from new delhi. >> after failing to find help in medical facilities, family members of covid-19 patients run to a tent outside the temple on the outskirts of delhi. volunteers are providing oxygen for free, driving long distances. >> we are providing auction for all india. to all japur and all over the nearby cities. >> family members of patients, too, have traveled for hours to bring them here. >> 2 and a half hours for me to commute from my place and come here for this oxygen. so, i have to give it to her. no matter how much time it takes. >> india is seeing shortages not only of oxygen but of hospital beds, diagnostic tests, and vaccines. vaccination centers in the worst affected state ran out of doses again on wednesday. sh they are telling us injections aren't available as vaccines have not arrived. i registered to come here three days ago, all the way -- i only found out after coming here there is no proper information. they tell us to call in numb

host: what evidence to the world health organization .2 when they say that it is most likely the scenario that the virus came from bats to humans? guest: i believe that the theory that they have been saying is most likely, and they have been saying this since they came back from their heavily stage-managed trip back in february, they have been saying that their most likely scenario is a jump from bats to some other animal source to humans. but they have, they looked at the wuhan seafood market, they have tested a bunch of animals and so far, there is no direct evidence of whatever that intermediary source may have been, and they have not found the bat that may have been the reservoir as well. a lot of this does just seem like it bit of guesswork at the moment and it is important to keep in mind that this who study was done in collaboration with chinese government scientists and chinese government scientists were weighing in on the final report. host: is there any entity doing an investigation about the origins, getting access to chinese officials, but not in this way of a joint collaborat

order but you claimed in a recent interview that you simply followed the science on the world health organization had originally instructed all covert bodies should be cremated that statement of yours was completely untrue wasn't it they never said anything of the kind. well if you look at the world health organization there said cremation of all korean bodies it is they are of course they haven't they know they didn't mr secretary they did not get what one state what date was that when they could have that out but i will come back to you on this and then lead grounded change that to katie the burial is permitted and now that question is behind us steam we have buried 69 i saw you when you change the subject but you told them you made a statement that was blatantly false since march last year the w.h.o. made it clear that the burial of covert victims was perfectly acceptable its statement called it a common myth that persons who have died of communicable disease should be cremated but this is not true commission as a matter of cultural choice and available resources to date and there is no eviden