A spike in curb it 19 related deaths in sweden 170 people die in 24 hours sparking criticism of the governments soft approach. South koreas governing party is projected to win a parliamentary election that required masks gloves and Hand Sanitizer. Theres been strong condemnation of u. S. President Donald Trumps announcement that he and the u. S. Funding for the World Health Organization in the middle of a pandemic the u. S. Centers for Disease Control has been leading the american effort against covert 19 and has praised its relationship with the w. H. O. T. D. C. And jones had a long history of working together in multiple outbreaks throughout the world as we continue to do in this one and so weve had a very productive Public Health relationship we continue to have. The European Union says theres no justification for washingtons decision when quote the efforts needed more than ever and china is urging the u. S. To fulfill its obligations to the agency saying the decision to cut funding will affect all countries with keeping track of the Global Response to the president s move following the response in europe from london kimberly how could is in washington d. C. But 1st lets go to our diplomatic editor james bays who is at the u. N. In new york james whats the u. N. Saying about this. Well i think the u. N. Is very concerned about this given that the part of the u. N. That deals with Global Health and Global Health emergencies is the w. H. O. And we are in the worst Global Health emergency 400 years so the world needs the w. H. O. At this stage were going to hear the w h os response im sure theyll be diplomatic to what President Trump has said schuman because the w. H. O. Is soon going to have a News Conference and i think its worth reminding people that the w. H. O. Has been giving very regular updates going back to the end of january and whats been going on there been 3 times a week some weeks theyve been daily and they were going on i was in geneva in february for that stage they were having daily News Conferences on the spread of covert 19 you remember at that time even though President Trump says that they were covering things up the w. H. O. Was warning about the spread of the virus President Trump in the white house was playing down fears even comparing it to the flu so certainly some officials here at the u. N. And in the u. N. System are but me used they will admit to you that w. H. O. Is sometimes a little bureaucratic that its a Consensus Organization which means its not always very good at condemning any of its members when they make mistakes but diplomats and officials will tell you agent one of the reasons that china has grown in influence at the w. H. O. And in the wider u. N. System is exactly because of the trumpet ministration because of the efforts and the focus on america 1st theyve actually left a gap that chinas been filling our diplomatic editor james bays there at the u. N. In new york lets bring in our White House Correspondent kimberly hellcat at home in washington is it even in the president s power to cut funding for the World Health Organization. Yeah thats exactly what many in washington are trying to figure out because it is typically congress that controls the Purse Strings not the white house now we should point out that the white house has in the last hour sent out a statement defending the president s america 1st approach just suspending the payments to the World Health Organization pending a review of the World Health Organization the us president quoted statement saying that here he will never hesitate to take any necessary steps to protect the lives health and safety of the American People the statement goes on to accuse the World Health Organization of promoting Chinese Government claims in january that there was no human to human transmission of corona virus the statement also says that that was in contrast to claims by doctors and province that said there was human to human transmission so the white house calling for Structural Reforms of the World Health Organization the United States seeking to refocus the World Health Organization core mission of preparedness sold the white house defending its decision very vigorously but again the question becomes can the president do this because congress has already raised eyebrows about the president s proposal to cut the World Health Organization budget by almost 50 percent in the coming fiscal year and also we should point out that the member of the Coronavirus Task force dr Redfield Robert Redfield who is also head of the c. D. C. Has come out here in the United States in the last few hours saying that the c. D. C. And the World Health Organization have always worked well together this would underscore something sort of different from what the u. S. President is saying that theres a long history of working well together and a productive Public Health relationship and once again there is widespread criticism around the world and here in the United States about the president s decision to withdraw. And funding pending a review in fact one of the other top donors of the World Health Organization or 2 of the World Health Organization in addition to the United States is the bill Gates Foundation and bill gates has set out a statement saying that he believes the decision by donald trump is in his view dangerous a White House Correspondent kimberly how could reporting live from washington lets get the reaction from europe then Charlie Angela joins us live from london brookings says it has no plans to follow President Trumps move whats the rest of europe saying. Well remember that the w. H. O. Is based in europe it since geneva in switzerland has been around since 948 and it has never been threatened in this way so we have seen some outpouring of reaction from the im just going to read a couple of tweets for you festival from germanys foreign minister heiko mass who said apportioning blame doesnt help this virus knows no borders we have to work closely together against kovac 19 and one of the best investments is to strengthen the un specially the underfunded w. H. O. For example for developing and distributing tests and vaccines. The u. K. s Prime Minister who himself is still recovering from his own experience with corona virus sends out a statement through his spokesman saying as you said we have no plans to stop funding the w. H. O. Which has an Important Role to play in leading the Global Health response from from the spokesman for president emmanuel mak crawl said it is obviously a situation that we regret as you know the attachment of france and especially of the president to lateralization multilateralism in island another very strong response from simon coney islands foreign minister who slammed the decision saying it is indefensible in the midst of a Global Pandemic and in a tweet he said so many vulnerable populations rely on the w. H. O. Deliberately undermining the funding and trust now is shocking now is the time for Global Leadership and unity to save lives not division and blame to some very strong words there from ireland even russia has described the trumpets move as very alarming but i think the reaction that really sums up the mood here in europe was from the e. U. Foreign policy chief joseph also on twitter says we deeply regret the u. S. Decision to suspend funding to the w. H. O. There is no reason justifying this move at the moment when their efforts and needed more than ever to help contain and mitigate the pandemic only by joining forces can be overcome. But we seem to have lost in london out of there is Charlie Rangel reporting live from london as james space was saying just a few moments ago we are expecting the World Health Organization to give a press briefing which is due to start in the next few minutes as and when it does well take it live here on aljazeera also coming up here on the news hour we look behind the data to find out how and why Different Countries work out but coronavirus numbers. Fears the pandemic is spreading through palestinian neighborhoods undetected. And later in sports the day after it was postponed a new date support announced for the worlds biggest cycling race. Sweden has reported a shop rise in corona virus deaths a further 170 were confirmed on wednesday thats up from 114 the previous day more than 1200 people have now died with the virus the ability 12000 have tested positive sweetness taking a much more liberal approach to the pandemic resisting the National Lockdowns of other countries which is the us for racism elma and reports on questions surrounding sweetens more relaxed approach. One of the concerns is that the the mortality rate is twice in sweden what it is in denmark the Health Agency says well thats taking a different approach that they think is sustainable that they think will serve them better in the long term but thats based on 2 pill is really one of them is that 10 years ago here in ma they had a large scale pandemic simulation. Which is largely a policy this time around and the 2nd is based on Actual Experience pandemics have hit sweden before and one of the 8 particular peculiarities of sweden is that although it has population concentrations house a lot of isolated places as well and in previous pandemics those places were extremely isolated because transport wasnt what it is today and they notice thought when the 2nd wave of a pandemic hits those areas who are really ravaged because they havent had any buildup of immunity in the 1st wife now thats no consolation for the the people who had family members friends now theres more than a 1000 and sweden has recognized its failed to protect people properly in elderly homes a huge number of deaths there and also the Somali Community and the rink be area of stock i suppose what american viewers would say is a project have a very high number of deaths that there are people who have been badly affected well only know in the coming months as other countries open up whether this more relaxed approach has been correct or not. The virus appears to be spreading fast in russia more than 3300. 00 new cases have been reported bringing the total to nearly 25000. 00 the government says that at least 198. 00 people have died moscow has launched a system of travel permits as it desperately tries to slow the spread of the disease but it crew created massive delays on Public Transit on wednesday causing long queues critics say the crowds created a dangerous situation that will only help the virus spread to 06 on a brown is in moscow and says people there are upset with the new restrictions and also worried that theyll give the government more access to peoples lives in future moscow is the worst hit and russia im on all the other city that we have 25000 cases registered around the cut across the country and moscow is the worst hit with almost 50000 cases now doctors dont cope most authorities already saying that theyre running out of bed so they implemented these tough measures of q. R. Codes which basically people need to apply for if you want to use any type of public transport or personal transport so if you want to go by car or metro taxi you need to apply for one today was the 1st time when this measure became obligatory and it created havoc people who will go into work in the morning got stuck by the metro in huge crowds because policemen were actually chick every every and each of. You are codes individual 8 and that cost a lot of anger recently weve heard that theyve applied face recognition Surveillance System almost all across the city. And now they are offering this new q. R. Codes which people are a bit confused by it and struggling to use because yesterday. 100000 of them when the system was tested were canceled because people just put in wrong information or fake data and of course lots of activists and many people are worried about how this will play in the long term after this coronavirus of operates if the government will just have a tougher grip on the society. Top leaders are calling for Member States to Work Together before easing any lockdown measures the European Commission has issued a number of recommendations and warns that moving too quickly could have devastating effects are serious lawrence lee reports from london primarily what theyre trying to do it the moment is find a way of getting the European Union out of a not not as a whole a massive financial crisis. Because Economic Forecasts are so bad from crises you have this sort of the shape thing goes down then goes straight back up again what theyre worried about with this year economists saying its going to look more like an l its crested it will just flat line across the bottom for months and months and months the best they can hope for is that it looks a bit more like a u. Shaped recovery and so with that idea in mind the European Union summit next thursday is going to be absolutely crucial that we are talking about the budget which philosophy for 7 years for months because not European Countries most notably germany in the netherlands i want to spend less european money on the overall budget southern countries want to spend more here you have suddenly are sort of on the layout of the European Commission saying at next weeks summit theyre talking not about a 1000000000 but a trillion euros to try to basically kick start some sort of european recovery once once the borders are open and its important really partly symbolically because europes famous open borders and Free Movement of people goods a lot stuff thats thats nonexistent at the moment but clearly its also very important practically because even if very gently they have to try to start to open the borders and get goods moving a bit more freely to try to get a little bit of economic recovery in the system its going to take a very very long time because everyone so careful about a 2nd wave inspections but theyve got to make it look gradually as if they can start to restore the single markets take a moment to look at the Global Situation and numbers confirmed cases of power gone past 2000000 according to the Johns Hopkins count. Quite a figure my neighbor where the World Health Organization is holding its regular press briefing on the coronavirus pandemic speaking right now is the director general lets listen when the nations of the world met to form the United Nations in 1945. One of the 1st things they discussed was establishing an organization to protect and promote the held of the world this people. The expres that desire in the constitution of w. H. O. We say that they enjoy human of the highest attainable standard of held is one of the fundamental rights of every human being without distinction of race religion political belief economy or social condition that creed remains our vision today the United States of america has been a longstanding and generous friend to doubly joe and we hope it will continue to be so. We regret the decision of the president of the United States to order to hold in funding to the World Health Organization with support from the people and government of the United States w. H. O. Works to improve the health of many of the worlds poorest and most but notable people doubly joe is not only fighting corbett 19 we are also working to address polio measles malaria ebola hiv tuberculosis my littery sion cancer that it is Mental Health and many are there to do this and conditions we also work with countries to strengthen Health