Russia reports a record rise in new covert 19 infections for the 4th day. South koreas governing party is projected to win a parliamentary election that required masks gloves and hand sanitizer. Is global controversy this hour over the u. S. President s decision to cut the funding of the World Health Organization donald trump has accused the accusing the body of mishandling the covert 19 pandemic but the head of the w. H. O. Says that his organization is vital for handling this crisis and other major health issues. We regret the decision of the president of the United States to order the hold in funding to the World Health Organization the choice of reviewing the impact of our work of any of us funding and we work with our partners to feel any financial gaps we face and to eat sure our work continues and interrupted when we divided the virus exploits the cracks between has 2 of our correspondents following reaction to this company how could a standing by for us in washington d. C. But well start with the Charlie Angela in london what else did the director general have to say in his briefing charlie when he was trying to be very diplomatic was a very dignified response to pretty unprecedented attacks from president traps hes hoping they can avoid an escalation that might be some reversal in this decision by the president he explained what the mandate and mission is of the w. H. O. And it is the enjoyment of the highest attainable standards of health is a fundamental human right regardless of race or religion and that he said is their mission he did say that the u. S. Has been a longstanding friend to the w. H. O. But as you played that sound bite there he regrets the decision of the president now he was asked a number of times afterwards by journalists how this cutting funding is going to affect the w. H. O. Program and remember theyre not only dealing with this pandemic they have worked hard to eradicate polio measles. They also put a lot of money and time and effort into researching cancer Mental Health so it isnt just an effect on what was on the Coronavirus Crisis that we will see he pushed back against that question saying that they really need to assess that programs to see where the funding shortfall will be but he said he hinted that more details will emerge later on when they oversee done a thorough assessment of where the money is going but he did say that you know they always come to criticism and thats a form and in this crisis will be assessed by the Member States in jew course he said you know there will be a lesson to be learned but the time for that is not now now is the time to stop the virus and to save lives and he said repeatedly that so the darity is the name of the game and right now they just need to be left to get on with the job so you know a pretty diplomatic response from the director general of the w. H. O. Pushing back against those planes from President Trump that the organization has mishandled the Coronavirus Crisis the u. K. Says that it has no plans to cut funding to the World Health Organization what about the rest of your of whats been the reaction that. Well members of the regional is based in europe its based in Geneva Switzerland its been around since 148 its never faced this kind of threat before so yes there has been an outpouring to come that nation weve had from. Spokespeople for from various governments germanys foreign minister a high court mass tweeted apportioning blame doesnt help the virus knows no borders and then it was so said we have to work closely together on coverage one thing he also mentioned that the w. S. J. Was already on the funded as you said the u. K. Prime minister Boris Johnson who himself is still recovering from his own experience with coronavirus put out a statement through his spokesman he said that britain has no plans to cut funding to the w. H. O. Same message from france. Particularly simon kokanee the Deputy Foreign minister of ireland to really slammed trump decision he called it indispensable and then a tweet said that so many vulnerable populations rely on the w h a n undermining funding in trust now is shocking even russia has joined in that come condemnation pretty surprising for a country that normally has no love for multilateral institutions but i think that the e. U. That has really summed up the response that Foreign Policy chief joseph are out saying there is no justification for the us is decision only by joining forces can we overcome this crisis that really knows no borders and i think theres already quite a lot of anger in europe. Over a truck in hand. I think weve lost charlie thats from the efforts to acquire monopoly rights to china absent a signal is breaking up there will be leaders that point many things to be charlie i didnt personally live from home and london lets bring in White House Correspondent kelly how could his life for us in washington can be is it even in the president s power to cut funding to the World Health Organization. No its in congresss power so many are scratching their heads wondering how the us president believes that he has the ability to do this nonetheless right now there is this review underway in the United States of the World Health Organization and its one that the House Speaker nancy pelosi has pushed back on calling the decision by the white house dangerous illegal and will be swiftly challenged now the white house for its part is defending the america 1st approach the u. S. President in a statement saying we will never hesitate to take any necessary steps to protect the lives and health and safety of the American People the white house is accusing china or rather the World Health Organization of parroting the claims of the Chinese Government essentially that it was claiming in january that there was no human to human transmission of corona virus and that the white house says was in contrast to what some doctors were saying it will have province where of course the virus originated now the white house says its a is looking for structural change from the World Health Organization wanting it to refocus on its core mission of preparedness where it alleges that the body failed but again having said that this is not something that is a view widely held around the world or even in the United States in fact the head of the center for Disease Control whos also i should point out a member of the Coronavirus Task force has said that the United States has always worked very well with the World Health Organization and again the figures in terms of the budget being challenged by members of congress we do know that the United States is the largest contributor to the World Health Organization accounting for about 15 percent of its budget the white house in its upcoming fiscal year budget had already proposed a cut in funding and that was already being challenge because again it is not the white house that decides ultimately how much money the World Health Organization gets is the u. S. Congress and this is why as house correspondent kelly how could reporting live from washington could be many things. Heres a look at who funds the World Health Organization the United States is by far the organizations largest donor channeling at least 400000000. 00 in voluntary contributions and membership fees to the body every year thats roughly 15 percent of its annual budget the next largest in the country but the bill and Melinda Gates foundation it covers nearly 10 percent of the w. H. O. Has an e. O. Program budget the United Kingdom and germany are the next largest contributing nations in the u. K. Is now pledged even more funding to the body as part of its effort to fight the pandemic close by in germany is the Gavi Vaccine Alliance is largest in turn is also the bill and Melinda Gates foundation 20 of the Worlds Largest economies have agreed to put the debts of the globes poorest nations on hold the g. 20 nations have agreed to freeze debt payments for a year but averse to private lenders to do the same here as alan fischer reports now from virginia he says the International Monetary fund has called for more concessions from struggling nations. And the thinking behind it is really quite simple they think that rather than have countries the 25 poorest countries at the moment who are indebted to to many other nations and to people like the i. M. F. They need their day essentially suspended so that they can not whining about how theyre going to find the money to pay their debtors but in fact can try and transfer that money into fighting the corporate crisis is well theres a 2nd reason for doing it too obviously the economies of all these countries 160. 00 countries are impacted by this according to the i. M. F. Then they can take that money that would normally go to debtors and they can put it into fiscal stimulus plans in their own country which of course will help their Overall Economic impact theres also the idea that as long beside this debt suspension there should also be a tripling of concessionary funding concessionary funding what does that mean essentially it means that when i lend to you i do so much better rate than the banks when i give it to you at a much better terms i say that i dont want to pay back in 6 months i want to paid over a longer period so they want to see that tripling of concessionary spending with countries as well but the believe that that will help countries fight covert but also help to triple the double whammy of not only having a Health Emergency but having an economic emergency as well germany will begin to lift some coronavirus restrictions from next week some shops including bookstores will be allowed to reopen and finally have pupils will be going back to school early and may lodge events however remain banned until september lets go live now to berlin after serious dominic cain is there for us so paul lockdown measures will begin to be relaxed from next week dominic chancellor merkel says the germans must continue to practice social distancing. Very much so and supportive to practice social distancing and when mosques wherever possible some sort of protection against corona virus its very interesting the announcement from his magical came she was flanked by the federal finance minister by the Prime Minister of area and his equivalent from the city states and from the very senior officials senior elected officials effectively as it were not laying down the lol but making very strong recommendations to germans to listen to what they have to say so as you were saying then certain enterprises can reopen from next week souls that are no bigger than 800 square meters is and that means qandil ships and that sort of thing can reopen but with the strong recommendations i was saying from the states that those who use them when mosques interesting the in so far as other social aspects are concerned schools will not be reopening straightaway they dont reopen until whole of may and even then it will only be for the school years the final years all those rules not for all the children concerned and the interesting thing here is that the German Government finds itself on the homes of a dilemma a catch 22 they know that far fewer germans are dying as a result of the coronavirus than other europeans from other nations they also know they have to protect their economy wherever possible which means loosening restrictions where they can but not soon use the protoplasm to get out of there as tony came live for us and berlin dominic many thanks indeed. Were going to weather update next here on aljazeera then a broken promises have left migrants in cali stranded at the mercy of the coronavirus. When the crisis takes a toll on new yorks transit workers hundreds of them are getting sick. But. How the weather still very unsettled across parts of the middle east i mean here in doha we have seen a fair bit of rain nearly 40 millimeters of rain on this band of cloud which is starting to push away we have still got to shoot a few showers in our forecast and further north little cluster of showers up towards northern parts of saudi arabia for a time these will ease as we go on through thursday they will start off on the west side here in qatar the eastern side of saudi through the u. A. E. Out west the weather will clear through as you go on through the day by the afternoon it should brighten up and well start to see the temperatures recovering nicely could touch 28 by the time we come to friday 5 and dry and in light winds it will feel very pleasant in day still a few showers though down into yemen we have seen flooding here as well just around the southern end of the red sea those showers continue and they dried their way through the bin harlans as well want to see showers to see a little bit of localized flooding there into parts of somalia showers across the heart of africa again were looking at the seasonal rains those showers there sliding they way up into a good part of the gulf of guinea and much of west africa now seeing some lively showers or longer spells of rain say some rather wet weather raced into the side of south africa thats in the process of pulling away but staying very wet for eastern parts tanzania. Every generation has a higher purpose. In ours is to stay out. Frank assessments why is italy struggling to cope with the number of coronavirus patients failure to take really aggressive action with them behind the curtain and in depth analysis of the dates global headlines inside story on al jazeera. Al again this is al jazeera lets remind you of the main news this hour the head of the World Health Organization says that he regrets the decision by u. S. President donald trump to hold funding to the body he says w. H. O. Will now be forced to review the potential impact out. Of the Worlds Largest economies have agreed to put the debts of the globes poorest countries on hold debt repayments of up to 20000000000. 00 will be frozen until the end of the year and germany will begin to lift some coronavirus restrictions from next week but exam shops reopen finally a pupils will be going back to school early in may germany has one of the lowest courbet 19 fatality rates in the world and. The virus appears to be spreading fast in russia moment 3300 new cases have been reported bringing the total now to nearly 25000 the government says that at least 198 people have died moscow has launched a system of travel permits as it desperately tries to slow the spread of the virus but it created massive delays on public transport and what mistake causing long queues of 06 on a brown is in moscow she says the people there are upset with the new restrictions. Moscow is the worst hit and russia among all the other city 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 must go towards he is 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 stopped by the metro in huge crowds because policemen were actually checking every every and each of. You are codes individually 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 advocate confused with and struggling to use because yesterday. 100000 of them when the system was tested were cancelled because people just put in wrong information or fake data and of course lots of activists and many people are worried about holland this will play in the long term after this corona virus and operates at if the government will just have a tougher grip on the society. Across the Asia Pacific Region countries are responding to a dire Economic Forecast from the International Monetary fund the japanese government is considering whether to extend a cash handouts and ministers in new zealand or take a 20 percent pay cut aljazeera florence slowly reports. A stark warning from the International Monetary fund the Global Economy is forecast to shrink by 3 percent this year that would make it the steepest fall since the Great Depression in the ninetys. And asia countries are scrambling to respond to the economic fallout caused by the coronavirus. There is no doubt the pandemic has pushed down the World Economy which are recognizing its based on the fact that it is such a difficult situation as the i. M. F. Points out various people are saying various things about the duration of how long these measures to prevent the spread of infection will continue Going Forward the japanese government announced a one trillion dollars stimulus package last week and is under pressure to hand out even more cash that package includes payouts of 2800. 00 to households whose income is judged to have been hit by the coronavirus officials now say the government is considering whether to pay 900. 00 to every citizen regardless of income japan declared a state of emergency in tokyo and 6 other areas last week and urged people to cut social interactions by 70 percent. In new zealand Prime Minister just into our day and announced that ministers and Public Service chief executives would take a 20 percent pay cut for the next 6 months i absolutely accept that this is not going to change the government books but for us it was about leadership a lot of people are taking a huge hit right now i do not want the people who feel it to be the people on the front line are lower middle income in is Non Essential Services in new zealand have been closed for the past 3 weeks and Economic Activity has slowed significantly the country appears to have successfully reduced the spread so far but the Prime Minister has warned the low number of new infections does not necessarily mean the battle is won the government is due to decide next week whether it will extend the lockdown florence aljazeera south koreas president. Party has won a majority in the parliamentary election despite the pandemic voter turnout was the highest in decades bride reports from seoul. This was always seen i think as a referendum on how president moon j. N. Has handled the coronavirus outbreak regardless of any other issues that have been around at the moment he has been high in the given high Approval Rating and that does seem to be reflected now in the results we the polls have all now closed we are getting the 1st exit polls coming through and they do predict that moon j. N. Will secure his party the Democratic Party will secure a majority of seats in the National Assembly well over 50 percent now given the alliances with some smaller parties in the parliament then that could turn into and more than 60 percent of seats which is an important threshold here because that means then you have more of an effective working with charity you can overcome things like filibusters and so on which is important for moving jay and he still has 2 years as president left to run he can be a far more effective leader and push through bills that he still wants to get through so it is good for him it is also i think good in a wider context for south korea they have managed against advice from many not to stage the election they have staged an election a reminder of the world that we used to live in before the coronavirus came along and hopefully for Many South Koreans a reminder of the normal see that now this outbreak seems to be under control they are returning to we have seen a big turnout here they are still counting all of the final votes but it looks like weve got a turnout of in excess of 65 percent which already makes this the biggest election weve had here for a couple of decades. Health and other Vital Services are being hit hard by the coronavirus in new york as people get sick right around the world that includes of course public transport workers in new york drive as clean as an engine is a putting themselves at risk to keep the city moving its cable is all the reports. There the bus drivers and subway workers. The people they keep millions of new yorkers moving from point a to point b. More than 2000 new york transit workers have tested positive for corona virus and more than 50 have died from it like Ernesto Hernandez the 58 year old bus driver his son said his dads life was about work church and family. Go who worked the night shift as a subway station cleaner in the bronx who leaves behind 3 kids and a husband and Warren Tucker known to his colleagues and friends as big tuck he was a bus mechanic at the central Maintenance Facility in brooklyn. In a place like new York City Transit workers are 1st any would not be able to rest. Without our work force they are out there every day putting themselves in harms way exposing themselves like. A heavy price for it. Being a transit worker is very hazardous many times their lawns are exposed to diesel fuel or steel just amazing underground train tracks. And over a quarter of the workers 45 years old have some sort of preexisting better if you. Add it all up there are 374. 00 children to. The metropolitan Transit Authority or m. T. A. That runs new yorks buses subways and commuter trains ramped up efforts to sanitize everything sometimes as much as twice a day to make it safe for the sensitive in charge. Hundreds of thousands of masks and millions of gloves have been distributed to help keep workers healthy and theres a new campaign called heroes moving heroes to bring attention to all they do into the most difficult circumstances keeping a city moving in times of a pandemic even if it means risking their own health and maybe even life gabriels on doe. New york. Hundreds of migrants and refugees remain stranded in cali and france the northern port city overlooks the English Channel between france and the u. K. People there are in a more precarious situation than ever and promises by authorities to move them to secure premises have materialized but. Few ferries leave kalai for the u. K. These days the roads and streets of the northern french port are quiet people are staying indoors during frances lockdown but a drive around the edge of the city reveals the been inside is not possible for everyone. In the cold hundreds of migrants and refugees all crammed into tents with little opportunity for social distancing until he was left ethiopia 4 years ago like others here he wants to reach the u. K. Hes worried about coronavirus and says the police in cali are making a frightening situation even worse because from didnt know anything they just get the beauty of this is. Not to be thing its not too comfortable he said. But her life was to a good. Local authorities promise to shelter the majority of the migrants during the lockdown but activists say most are still outdoors some volunteers also say the police tried to prevent their work. The regional prefect has put restrictions on charities since the lockdown weve continued working but the police issue us with warnings when we distribute food or blankets this is the reality on the ground at a time when the president is calling for solidarity these days officials put more effort into disrupting charity work and clearing camps than helping people who are in need with limited resources the volunteers have had to find creative ways to adapt to the Health Crisis and minimize risk and weve watched change our distribution method. To reduce the amount of contact we have with people. Wearing. Protective equipment that were able to remove when we come back that or washable. The vans fitted with hand washing stations so we can keep washing our hands and cleaning the wilburys and we take the wood out people throughout distribution to try to make sure that everything says cleaners sanitary as possible Charity Workers across frogs of cold on the United Nations to urge the french government to do more to uphold the rights of migrants and refugees in cali and protect them against the coronavirus pandemic when you are not over them as you heard on a National Level weve seen strict measures schools cafes shops closed people combined indoors but here there are 1200 People Living in terrible conditions these people immune to the coronavirus know that they have the same right as everybody else to be protected against the virus and thats what were demanding at least 2 cases of coronavirus have been detected among migrants in cali activists say they could be many more emanuel has urged people around the country to stay home to protect the most vulnerable few could be more vulnerable than those who fled conflict and pull the t. And a forced to rely on handouts and sleep in the cold natasha aljazeera fronts. Finally a 99 year old british war veteran has raised 10 and a half 1000000. 00 for the National Health service to help it combat the pandemic captain tom moore was hoping to get around a 1000. 00 by walking 100. 00 laps of his garden for his 100th birthday at the end of this month the money just hasnt stopped rolling in and captain moore says that hell keep going as long as people keep donating as his tribute to n. H. S. Workers. So good so cheerful so still for. Now. It was a brave. Fellow adrian for going to here in doha with you on the aljazeera the headlines the head of the World Health Organization says the that he regrets the decision by u. S. President donald trump to hold funding to the body he says that the w. H. O. Will now be forced to review the potential impact of the cut we regret the decision of the president of the United States to order to hold in funding to the World Health Organization deadly choice of reviewing the impact of our work of any. Of us funding and we work with our partners to feel any financial gaps we face and to eat sure our work continues and interrupted when we divided the virus exploits the cracks between us. 20 of the Worlds Largest economies agreed to put the debts of the globes poorest countries on hold debt repayments of up to 20000000000. 00 will be frozen until the end of the year alan fischer reports they need their day essentially suspended so that they can know what to you about how theyre going to find the money to pay their debtors but in fact can try and transfer that money into fighting the corporate crisis is well theres a 2nd reason for doing it too obviously the economies of all these countries 160. 00 countries are impacted by this according to the i. M. F. Then they can take that money that would normally go to debtors and they can put it into fiscal stimulus plans in their own country germany will begin to lift some coronavirus restrictions next week some shops including book stores will be allowed to reopen and finally a pupils will be going back to school early in may large events though remain banned until september. The virus appears to be spreading fast in russia more than 3300. 00 new cases have been reported there bringing the total to nearly 25000. 00 the government says that at least 198. 00 people have died moscows launched a system of travel permits as it desperately tries to slow the spread of the virus south koreas president whom j. N. Is ruling party has won a majority in the parliamentary election the vote has been seen by many as a referendum on the governments handling of the covert 19 outbreak voter turnout was high despite the pandemic those are the headlines the news continues here on out 0 the inside story next. Taking aim at the World Health Organization donald trump makes good on his threat to cut funding to the agency he says its failed its duty in the time of chrono bias but what about trump himself and what kind of leadership has he shown in dealing with the pandemic this is inside story. Hello and welcome to the program im Richelle Carey it will disappear one day like a miracle thats how u. S. President all trump described the Coronavirus Crisis in the early days and he went on for weeks