Of all of us in this difficult hour pandemic has encouraged senator Bernie Sanders to drop out of the democratic president ial race. British Prime MinisterBoris Johnson remains in intensive care with corona virus but the government says his condition is improving. And u. N. Experts point the finger at syrias government for carrying out chemical weapon attacks on civilians. So then the head of the World Health Organization has defended the agencys handling of the coronavirus pandemic this follows President Donald Trump accusing the w. H. O. Of being chinas centric and threatening to cut funding the organizations chief says now is not the time for such threats. The focus of all Political Parties should be to save the people to please dont politicize this mindless it exploits the differences you have at the national level. If you want to be exploited and if you want to have many more. Body bags then you do it if you dont want many more body bags then you the frame from politicizing it my short message is please quieten team politicising cold feet lets go straight to our White House Correspondent can be how could these motions in d. C. Thank him be the chief they giving a firm almost angry rebuff to criticism from the u. S. President yeah very strongly worded and clearly irritated from the comments made by the u. S. President donald trump on tuesday and in fact those statements were acco by the u. N. Secretary general who issued a statement saying that there may be time to look back but now is not that time now is the time for unity for the International Community to Work Together in solidarity to stop this virus but again that didnt stop the u. S. President from on tuesday not only questioning the actions of the World Health Organization but also questioning whether china has had too much influence in fact he was very sharp in his criticism particularly when he accused the World Health Organization of being too slow to declare a Global Health emergency they actually criticized him disagreed with my travel ban at the time i did it and they were wrong theyve been wrong about a lot of things. And then a lot of information early on they didnt want to do very they seem to be very china centric. And we have to look into that so were going to look into it we pay for it give a majority of the money that they get they called it wrong they call it wrong they really they missed a call they could have called it months earlier they would have known and they should have known and they probably didnt now to be clear a little Fact Checking and what the president had to say there the United States does not contribute the majority of funding to the World Health Organization instead it is the largest donor to the World Health Organization contributing about 15 percent of the monies contributed but what we see there clearly is a u. S. President whos also feeling the heat the spotlight terms of his own response in the United States you have to remember u. S. President is running for reelection in november he was running on a very Strong Economy thats a vast paraded as a result of fraud a virus people being forced to stay home and now there is a lot of finger pointing going on in terms of who to blame our Committee Thanks for everything kimberly how can washington d. C. Well the death toll in the United Kingdom continues to surge with almost a 1000 deaths in the past 24 hours more than 60000 people have been infected across the country including of course the Prime Minister johnson he remains in intensive care but his condition is said to be improving is bach. The british Prime Ministers personal battle with covert 19 continues with him still in intensive care for the 1st time in days though some positive news on Boris Johnsons condition the latest from the hospital is that the Prime Minister remains in intensive care where his condition is improving i can also tell you that he has been sitting up in bed and engaging positively with the clinical team. The Prime Minister is not only my colleague and my boss but also my friend and my thoughts are with him and his family the 55 year old tested positive 2 weeks ago he was admitted to hospital on sunday evening with a persistent High Temperature and cough he was later moved to a specialist unit where he is conscious and has received oxygen Scientists Say the u. K. s entering the deadliest phase of the outbreak in east london an Exhibition Center converted into a 500 bed hospital in only 9 days has admitted its 1st patients in this London Hospital medics are handling a surge in sufferers but there are worries about the availability of lifesaving equipment weve got enough people thats difficult because inevitably weve had staff go off we have got enough oxygen our current problem today is having enough great ventilators some of those admitted are young and fit with no Underlying Health problems you dont know how bad it is until it actually hits you and. I would absolutely. Everybody to listen to the government guidance and away from all this is the hospital where johnson is under close observation just across the river thames from the houses of parliament the scene of so many of johnsons recent victories only a few weeks ago he was telling journalists how he was still shaking hands with people some of them patients in hospital but that was before current restrictions before the death toll started to accelerate and now johnson like so many others across the u. K. Have to put their faith in one thing modern medicine in his absence johnsons designated deputy dominic robb and the rest of the cabinet are debating when to lift the lockdown is costing british businesses billions of dollars. After facing criticism for failing to impose restrictions quickly enough theres now a danger of the government lifting things too soon a risk known all too well by londons transport workers 14 have died after contracting covert 19 most of them bus drivers the price of keeping our cities moving the farka aljazeera london or the coronavirus is taking its toll on economies in europe talks between the finance ministers they broke down on wednesday as they discussed a multibillion dollar rescue package that he barbara has more. Reminding people to stay indoors in space. Was the military drafted in to disinfect Nursing Homes and public transport despite a slowing down in the countrys rated coronavirus transmission the World Health Organization is warning the european governments to flee carefully before relaxing their lockdowns or social distancing measures one new report predicts spains economy will shrink by between 5 percent and 9 percent this year that could leave up to 800000 people unemployed depending on when restrictions were lifted on wednesday morning European Union finance ministers meeting Via Video Conference were close to a deal on support measures for southern economies worth around 540000000000. 00 but talks broke down amid a dispute between italy and the netherlands over how to apply the coronavirus recovery from portugals Marial Centeno head of the euro group of euro zone finance ministers tweeted after 16 hours of discussion we came close to a deal but were not there yet i suspended the euro group and continue tomorrow thursday my goal remains a strong e. U. Safety net against fall out of coverage 19 to shield workers firms and countries and commit to a sizable Recovery Plan france is now demanding the e. U. Use the existing mechanism set up during the eurozone crisis with no Strings Attached as well as some promote the need he knows i would just like to point out something obvious the european stability mechanism was created to deal with a crisis and what are we facing now a crisis which is serious and profound the spanish Prime MinisterPedro Sanchez has warned that e. U. Itself could quote fall apart if it fails to agree a plan to help Member States deal with debts incurred fighting the pandemic italy and spain have accused northern nations led by germany and the netherlands of not doing enough that germany has its own covered related economic worries 7. Financial institutions expect europes largest economy to shrink quite nearly 10 percent in the 2nd quarter thats twice as big a contraction as during the 2008 to 2009 financial crash chancellor merkels government now plans to tighten rules to protect german firms from hostile takeovers by noni new investors. Its about tightening up very liberal Foreign Trade laws which permit takeovers from Foreign Investors in a generous way this is in light of the significant German Security interests which for me include supplying the public with vital goods such as vaccines and critical infrastructure. Of course coronavirus is already hitting hard germany has announced it will shut down its low cost Airline Germany as part of a broader overhaul warning it could take years for the industry to recover. Across europe amid all the uncertainty there are moments of hope like this neighborhood in seville welcoming home a recovered college 19 patients. But recovering financially may also need a similar show of solidarity from. Algeria. Where theres been another casualty of the coronavirus pandemic Bernie Sanders bid to be the democratic nominee in the u. S. President ial election has ended his campaign and said he could not win he said that continuing to run would interfere with the work thats needed to battle the virus an official has more. The emmy sanders went back to his childhood home in new york to launch a 2nd run for the white house the only principles of our government will not be free. A trade and lifes. A campaign over his president ial ambitions never to be fulfilled but as i see the crisis gripping the nation exacerbated by a president unwilling or unable to provide any calling of credible leadership and the work that needs to be done to protect people in this most desperate hour i cannot in good conscience continue to about the campaign they cannot win and which would interfere with the important work required of all of us iran in 2016 and built in it want to support beast some would see a movement are you ready for a Political Revolution it would be believed you could deliver think about that the senate has been fighting for clean air Clean Water Health is a little right on i think those are those that are going to live. On one Campaign Cycle as the fight for the nomination got underway the oldest man in the race suffered a heart attack when we hear what the doctors tell you that he returned to campaigning a short time later insisting there was no long term issue but he suffered disappointment in the farce nominating contest in the administrative mess that was the Iowa Caucuses sunders came 2nd behind relative newcomer former mean people he won the next 2 states but lost in South Carolina to joe biden that seemed to energize the former Vice President s campaign i very much oribe because of the we gained momentum indorsements and most importantly supporters on super tuesday sanders won california but lost other significant states i think were also seeing is that there is a natural limit to sanders appeal to the Democratic Party writ large for many it was the. That sanders the independent senator from vermont attached himself i am a democratic socialist and his previous support for left wing regimes in communist dictators caused a media frenzy while he was talking about that he wasnt pushing his message he lost 3 more states like 2016 he little realistic chance of catching the Democratic Front runner to continue response in the party an accusation he reached 4 years ago with some claiming his supporters stayed home effectively handing the presidency to donald trump. His president ial ambitions may be over but he insists hes committed to removing the man he describes as the most dangerous president in American History donald trump must be defeated and i will do everything in my power to make that happens Bernie Sanders believed in universal health care higher taxes for a 1000000000 years and Free University education for a long time he was considered on the fringes of americas political debate but believes his ideas are no mainstream i just dont consider myself very radical in most of the positions that i held that i hold or consistent with the American People want but not enough of them believe to be able to deliver in the white house alan Fischer Al Jazeera washington. Now the iran is the International Monetary fund to grant a 5000000000 dollar emergency loan requested last month to help combat coronavirus president Hassan Rouhani says as a member of the i. M. F. The Organization Needs to fulfill its charity United States is set to block the loan saying it wont go to fighting the virus but to funding the military iran is one of the countries hardest hit by the outbreak and this call for u. S. Sanctions to be lifted so lets get a more positive perspective on the pandemic the original epi center where life is returning to normal the chinese city and its reopening its doors after being sealed off for nearly 3 months but its under close watch tight Health Restrictions to avoid a 2nd wave of infections sarah clarke has us story. Packed and ready for departure tens of thousands of people from the city of woo han are on the move after 76 days holed up in their home when i wasnt here when i planned to go home during the Chinese New Year but because of the epidemic i didnt get to do so my family asks me every day when i come home the lockdown has been gradually lifted over the last 10 days with inbound travel allowed but no departures on wednesday all major highways were reopened so too was the citys airport at least 55000 people trying to kits to travel to other parts of china. I havent been out since january 21st this is the 1st time ive left the house now im going back home to meet my parents checkpoints remain but for health scans those passengers carrying a green coat on a Government Health are considered low risk and can travel. We will have a follow up this infection of passengers at the entrance and exit on the Railway Station with the temperature screening and the health code checking we are very strict 11000000 people live in the city known as a key Industrial Hub of china in december hospitals in were had reported the 1st cases of the coronavirus with an increasing number of patients complaining of flu like symptoms in january the city was put in lockdown after it became clear that the flu like virus was highly contagious and potentially deadly residents were trapped so too will workers on the eve of the Chinese New Year holiday break including player who he works and lives in beijing but my out of france colleagues were actually Found One Day cancelled. Last minute but i didnt because i. Can. Still work. Really lucked out when everyone who had accounts for more than 3 quarters of coronavirus deaths in china or thought hes a warning of a 2nd wave of potential infections as lockdowns a lifted across the country and people return to work to feed we peeled the residents of our city not to leave for nonessential travel and continue to leave home as little as possible the recovery of we hand has been watched worldwide while the city attempts to return to normal the trauma could last for decades sarah clarke aljazeera. Lets return to the news of Bernie Sanders quitting the democratic race for the us a presidency we can speak now to Douglas Sloan whos a democratic strategist joins us on skype from washington d. C. Douglas welcome to the program this was not thanks for having me unexpected was that it was not bernies pathway to the nomination has been closed. Time before reality caught up with bernie and his supporters so this is not on its back. But a lot of people feel that it should have been a bit sooner digre