About whether it will work. And canadians come together to help societies most vulnerable get the goods and services that they need. Hello welcome to the program the w hate show have just been giving of their Daily Press Conference from geneva and talking about the upcoming concert a global concert that will be that many will be participating in from the music world a world that continues james bays our diplomatic editor joins me now from the u. N. Of course a lot for the w. H. O. To talk about not just the Upcoming Events change and also their Daily Briefing along with the u. N. Lets just start with what the w. H. O. Had to say about the general pandemic news that were facing. Well all weve really had from the w. H. O. Of this briefing that happens 3 times a week is their latest figures 2100000 cases 140000 people dead around the world we know that the numbers that they publish are not going to be the complete numbers we know that many people are not being tested so certainly the number of confirmed cases is just the people whove been tested positive not the actual true number and it may well be that in many parts of the world the number of deaths is not being properly counted so you can always consider those figures to be on the low side. As you say so talking now about a concert one world together at home now this is the w. H. O. I think trying to play a positive role it has such grim news it has to impart such black news that they like to bring some light and shade to the situation trying to rally around people around the world thats why they bring on people like get lady ga gas addressing that News Conference right now to try and give some positive news to people the News Conference though will continue in a little later we suspect well get more information from dr ted ross when hes asked more questions medical questions and direct questions about the virus indeed and james in the lead up to that announcement of the concert that dr ted last actually mentioned 150000000. 00 u. S. Dollars had been raised for p. P. P. Equipment for poor countries and of course that links then to the u. N. Briefing because they were focusing on africa i believe of course africa is the main focus now as a potential hot spot in a real worry for the w. H. O. And the international community. Yeah the un is deeply concerned about the developing world and particularly about africa as you say while the w. H. O. Briefing was taking place i was listening to that in the other ear listening to a simple tony is briefing here at u. N. Headquarters from the spokesperson here the u. N. Secretary general antonio good terrors has been here in new york but virtually participating in the important meetings to be taking place in washington d. C. That is the seat of the international munt Monetary Fund and the world bank they always have that very big gatherings hundreds of people go to the most years their spring meetings this year theyre being totally virtually carried out there the secretary general made a speech as you say focusing on africa said he was deeply concerned about africa said the whole Global Impact of this virus will i think depend on how the world supports africa because theyre so worried that if it spreads through africa which has not very sophisticated medical facilities on the whole the way its. Spread through the developed world then theyll be a massive death toll hes also said that all the talk about a vaccine needs to be considered what he says is a Global Public good and be available everywhere he also said the u. N. Is starting what its calling solidarity flights trying to get the right supplies all across africa to other bits of news that have come from the u. N. Briefing one of the u. N. Spokes person saying the secretary general wants china to be as transparent as possible and secondly as you know the w. H. O. Will go back to their briefing in a moment as got this decision by President Trump to cut the funding will we hear that and tony you could terrace the u. N. Secretary general has been speaking to the u. S. Ambassador kelly craft about that and were told that secretary general has exactly the same position in private with ambassador craft that hes made clear in public and of course james. Is speaking i think still about the calls that were just dippin to see what hes saying do stand by what they would need is love and solidarity to defeat. This dangerous enemy more than 2000000 cases of k. 19 have now been reported to a deadly job and more than 135000 people have lost their lives while we mourn for those we have lost we also celebrate those who have survived and the thousands of people who were nobody covering deadly joeys updating our guidance to include recommendations for caring for patients during their Recovery Period and after hospital discharge we are encouraged that several countries in europe and north america and now starting to plan how to is social less strict ins we have said previously that is in these measures must be a gradual process and we have spoken about the criteria that countries should consider yesterday we published our guidance on consideration to see and i just think Public Health and social measures which we encourage countries to read and apply but although we seeing signs in some countries there are warning trends you know there is in the past week there has been a 51 percent increase in the number of reported cases in my own continent africa and a 60 percent increase in the number of reported deserters with the current charlie joe of obtaining testing kits its likely that theyre here numbers are higher dont report it. With doubly just support most countries in africa now have the capacity to test for 19 but there are is still significant gaps in access to testing kits we would king with partners to field those gaps and help countries find the virus the African Centers for Disease Control and prevention announced yesterday that more than 1000000 tests for one thing will be rolled out across the continent starting next week strengthening and supporting African Union institutions like the african c. D. C. We really have not only for them now but also for the future to further the strings in support for africa earlier this afternoon i spoke with president ramaphosa of south africa the cutting chair of the African Union and the mohammed the chairperson of the African Union commission u. N. Secretary general antonio good tennis the money doing director of the international Monetary Fund giver and the president of the World Bank David Malpass in i did in 2 tests we had also working hard to accelerate the Development Production and equitable distribution of a vaccine yesterday i spoke to president demand will mark carreau north friends bill gates and other partners to discuss how to prevent another part by getting vaccines from labs to people as fast as possible and as a deadly as possible the commitment from president marc grown from bill gates and also from Prime MinisterBoris Johnson is hard it would mean. I also spoke to the Prime Minister of barbados and the current chair of the caribbean countries about the challenges faced by small island developing states in gaining access to test kits and other supplies no country should be left behind and i would like to use this opportunity to appreciate the strong leadership by the Prime Minister of but a bit was steering the response in the caribbean today i also spoke to the president of the European Commission. One day lynn and the Prime Minister of finland sanomat in about continuing efforts across europe to fight the pandemic and support lives and livelihoods the commitment from bowser leaders president van de lame and pres Prime Minister of finland martin is very very heartwarming again i would like to clarify doubly just position on wait my tickets with my tickets as you know i dont import and sort of soften affordable food and livelihood for millions of people all over the world but in many places they have been poorly regulated and poorly maintained that religious position is that when these markets are allowed to reopen it should only be on the condition that they conform to stream gente food safety and hygiene standards governments must rieger as early in 4 response on the sale and trade of wildlife for food. Deadly joe has would causally with the World Organization for any hell and the food and Agriculture Organization file of the United Nations to develop guidance on the safe operation of markets because an estimated 70 percent of all new viruses come from and he mouths we also world together closely to understand and prevent pathogens crossing from any models to humans finally deadly is committed to keeping their would inform in as many ways as possible in as many languages as possible. Viber chat board is now reaching 2600000 people with reliable evidence based information and is a villa bill in 16 languages this week we launched tamil scene hala bull guardian greek italian and hungary m. And we plan to launch polish and bungler next week and im pleased to say that from monday we will be providing same milton is interpretation for this press conferences in all of the shill un languages at a big chinese for ange and i show on and despite each and we would we are also planning to expand to include other languages like swahili and hindi we look forward to having more journalists join us from all over the world i thank you. Youve been listening to talk to. Who is the director general there in geneva giving part of his daily announcement and briefing to the International Press corps confirming over 2000019 infections 135000 dead and real concerns about the increase by 51 percent of reported cases in africa or in a 60 percent increase in deaths lets bring in our diplomatic editor james bays he was also listening in to that and based on the briefings the u. N. As well today james one wonders about sort of the diplomatic fallout of all of this weve been hearing a lot about the war of words between china and the u. S. And President Trump has been tweeting again blaming the chinese i believe in covering up really the numbers of deaths this is not going to play out at a time when the w. H. O. And the secretary general of the u. N. Want uniformity in fighting the pandemic. They want to Work Together they say the only way to fight a disease that doesnt respect borders is for all countries to operate together interesting though he mentions the whole issue of wet markets because its suggested possibly that this started in will harm in one of those fresh markets saying that they do need to be properly regulated properly maintained i think a nod there against some of the allegations against china but this is a very savvy director general of the World Health Organization he does have a medical background hes an expert on malaria he is a doctor but he then made his way up through the political process of and he actually started off as a doctor born although hes ethiopian born in eritrea or what is now eritrea was then part of ethiopia and he says that he was inspired to get involved in medicine following the death of his brother at the age of 3 or 4 years old but later he became the Ministry Minister of health in ethiopia he became the foreign minister and pretty clear hes a savvy political operator as the director general of the w. H. O. Hes got President Trump warring with him but look at the names he name dropped during that News Conference president marcotte france hes spoken to recently hes spoken to the president of the European Commission hes spoken to the Prime Minister of finland making it clear he is still very relevant he is still the global coordinator trying to deal with this farce. And of course james what we are expecting to hear certainly from. The press conference that will continue at the w. H. O. Is obviously how the w. H. O. Will continue to try and procure the p. P. Equipment that is so so rare at the moment in terms of where to get it from and the countries that are all fighting for it including the u. S. Including the u. S. Including the u. K. Those are 2 of the richest countries on earth where this certainly is not over yet it may have reached a peak it may have reached a plateau but still theyre running out of supplies for example and in the u. K. They believe theyre going to run out of gallons potentially over this weekend thats a real worry there now if you cannot find these sort of supplies all of the protective equipment but also what you need to carry out the testing if you cannot find that into g 7 countries the u. K. And the u. S. The richest countries on earth then what hope of some of the other countries that are much further down the list in terms of their Global Wealth and in terms of the sophistication of their medical systems so yes real real worries obviously potentially one of the things that is good about the way this virus is spread is because people in richer countries tend to travel more it seems to a spread 1st in the developed world but the developed world is really struggling what hope for the developing world what help for africa what hope for places in the middle east the war zones in the middle east what about help your syrian refugee if youre living in yemen if youre living in libya very very worrying times indeed youll continue to monitor that press conference and we will speak to you later in the day for the moment james thanks for joining us from the u. N. Now to china where the coronavirus pandemic has stopped decades of Economic Growth while the countrys g. D. P. In the 1st 3 months of this year shrank for the 1st time since records began and the news comes as the government revised the death toll and where the pandemic began or officials now say 50 percent more people died than previously reported from beijing between a year reports. The coronavirus pandemic has Strained Health systems around the world and now its caused the uninterrupted growth of the worlds 2nd largest economy to falter for the 1st time in decades for the 1st quarter of 2020 chinas g. D. P. Contracted by 6. 8 percent thats when the current external situation complex domestic demand remains comparatively Weak Companies still face difficulties such years insufficient demand and the drop in orders preventative measures so chinas Economic Activity slowed to a trickle 2 months local infections have eased and some businesses and factories have resumed operations but Many Companies are on the brink of collapse feed this situation is dire or disastrous for me ive got no idea how i can get through this year chinas National Statistics bureau says the economy the bounce back in the 2nd quarter and long term growth born to be affected the Global Demand plummeting its economy faces an uphill battle the pandemic has been spread out early. Which leads to a lot of countries including the us and European Countries into our recession so our doubt will lead to the increase in demand of chinas. Chinas central bank has cut Interest Rates and provided tax breaks and subsidies to businesses in need but analysts say its broad enough to stabilise employment finding work will be more difficult for graduates and Migrant Workers especially. And while Economic Growth has plummeted chinas corvette 19 death toll has been revised upwards after a formal review officials in the original at the center of increased the number by 1290 saying previous records were incomplete chinas coronavirus count has been adjusted several times in recent months this latest change is further stealing suspicion over the accuracy of government figures many critics believe that the official tally is about 82000 falls well short of the real numbers on the ground katrina aljazeera. Now telling her means under investigation after nearly 200. 00 residents were found to have died since the start of the hour break the facility in milan is suspected of concealing numerous covert 19th a tallit east since february its one of the biggest in europe there are also allegations that staff were told not to wear personal protective equipment for fear of frightening residents well over the u. K. The government says it will start including care nursing home deaths in its official count after public pressure for not revealing those numbers Health Secretary matt hancock confirmed more than 2 percent of the total deaths from the virus is happening in care homes but comes as the top Public Health expert says britain was too slow to act on the corona Virus Outbreak professor Anthony Castello to question the areas that led to the slow response now the death toll has risen on friday to more than 14000. 00 people and staying in the country the u. K. Has announced a new government led task force and millions of dollars worth of funding for corona virus vaccin