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And we begin with breaking news from the United States where a Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader ginsburg has died of complications from pancreatic cancer the 87 year old has been a champion of womens rights and the leader of the courts liberal wing death gives President Trump a chance to dramatically expand the courts conservative majority at a time when america is deeply divided and the president ial vote is just over 6 weeks away i did jocasta begins our coverage with a look back at Ruth Bader Ginsburgs life and legacy. Physically Ruth Bader Ginsburg was diminutive but she loomed large on the u. S. Supreme Court Ginsburg was a blunt talking liberal who often challenge her conservative colleagues on the bench warrant to jewish immigrants in Brooklyn New York in 1933 ginsburg was a brilliant student she was one of only 9 women to enroll in Harvard University law school in 1956 later transferring to Columbia University where she graduated at the top of her class but as ginsburg told one Television Interviewer no law firms wanted to hire the married mother i had 3 strikes against me what i was jewish to i was a woman but the killer was i was the mother of the 4 you. Are but as the 1960 s. And seventys launched the Womens Movement ginsburg found a place in academia then as cofounder of a womens rights project for the American Civil Liberties union she wrote the 1st Supreme Court brief on gender discrimination after 12 years as an Appeals Court judge in washington d. C. President bill clinton appointed ginsburg to the u. S. Supreme court in 1993 ginsburg proved to be a consistent liberal voice on the increasingly conservative high court she supported abortion rights and gender equality she also advocated using International Laws to shape u. S. Laws the outspoken ginsburg was known to verbalize spar with her conservative colleagues and courted controversy over comments she made about President Donald Trump during the early days of his administration but her candor along with the biography notorious r b g helped make the Supreme Court justice something of a cult figure even spawning parodies of her on late night comedy shows still ginsburg took her role in her legacy on the Court Seriously i would do this. As long as i feel that i can do it ginsburg strive to maintain strong liberal voices on the Supreme Court to balance the conservative with. Now her own voice has been silenced castro aljazeera. Chief Justice John Roberts a nuns to death in a statement in it he said our nation has lost a justice of historic stature we at the Supreme Court have lost a cherished colleague today we mourn but with confidence that future generations will remember Ruth Bader Ginsburg as we knew her a tireless and resolute champion of justice. Before her death ginsburg dictated this statement to her granddaughter which reads my most fervent wish is that i will not be replaced until a new president is installed lets go live to an and fisher in the United States state of virginia it seems unlikely that despite 4 to Ruth Bader Ginsburg may have wished the fight is going to be on for the trumpet ministration to put somebody in to replace her. Well just to let you know exactly what. Supreme court of the United States on capitol hill from washington d. C. Hundreds of people have gathered here in the last hour since news of the death of brittany the ginsburg has broken the flags here lying and its incredibly quiet given the number of people actually here people sitting in by of contemplation about what this might actually mean many hours in the. Rain maybe youre right this is going to be a political battle if we go back to 4 years ago much earlier in the Campaign Cycle we had the day of the republican judge by the name of Antonin Scalia and at that point the one who was the leader of the republicans in the senate and of course still is the leader of the republicans in the senate said in an Election Year it would be wrong to bring forward the name of a nominee because it was really up to the people to decide the shape of the Supreme Court part of the problem of course for him was that it was rock obama who was the president and he nominated a gentleman by the name of Merrick Garland but never even got to the position of hearings in the senate never mind a confirmation hearing and there is nothing that barack obama could to ask recently if the same thing happened because everyone knew Ruth Bader Ginsburg was ill which he possibly bring forward and he said he absolutely would no doubt will lead to a problem constitutionally people watch the call will call him a hypocrite for doing it in an Election Year so close to an election as well but its going to be a very tight the republicans have a number of nominees that they can pick or people who have been there to 1st of all there has to be hearings in the senate and then there has to be a norman eating process on the floor of the senate with all 100 members heres the difficulty while they might be able to get through that initial process before the election he might not be able to confirm someone went to the Supreme Court before january 20th and of dont know. Loses now will need to widen the Supreme Court that has a majority of 63. 00 that will then lead to calls for a change in the makeup Supreme Court a poll just in the last few hours suggests that the democrats could actually win the senate and if they do they could then push through moves to expand the size of the Supreme Court essentially what is donald trump makes a move no to fill this speak and see the United States could be looking at a constitutional crisis and thank you very much indeed allan outside the Supreme Court in washington d. C. Lets bring in jeff from washington d. C. As well jeff is the executive director of the revolving door project at the center for economic and policy research is joining us on skype from washington d. C. Good to have you with us the revolving door project i understand is described as an effort to scrutinize executive Branch Appointees to make sure they use their office to serve the broad Public Interest rather to entrench Corporate Power or seek personal advancement what is your reaction to the passing of Ruth Ginsburg and the future of the Supreme Court. Its a tragedy Peter Ginsburg is among the most accomplished lawyers in American History 1st and foremost she was a lawyer who made enormous advances inequality for women in this country and for americans in this country she was an extremely historic figure even as a lawyer alone before he then spent roughly 15 years on the d. C. Circuit court or arguably the most Important Court net state that was not the Supreme Court and now obviously 28 years on the Supreme Court and throughout that time she has been. A force on behalf of the people who west power in American Society be they immigrants women africanamericans and a voice against Corporate America and her voice will be ness and the fight that is now brewing in the senate about what to do about the vacancy on a Supreme Court is going to be a fight for the ages one of the measures of the influence that you describe is of course the fact that people are gathering outside the Supreme Court which is unheard of given that you know on the pa saying of a Supreme Court justice lets talk about the process thats to come to democrats and independents have any leverage our influence against a trump nomination for the Supreme Court or is essentially the situation that the trumpet administration can simply put in place somebody that they want to have their. Yes the American People definitely have an influence Mitch Mcconnell the Senate Republican leader talks a very proud and confident game but his the situation he is facing is very very tricky he starts with 53 votes which means that he must hold. Economic boost for members of his Caucus Center mccaskey has been pretty clear that she would not vote at this late stage given what happened with maryland in 2016 she wouldnt give a nominee a vote at this point so then they mcconnell can only afford to lose 3 among the other senators there are senators who have expressed discomfort that discomfort with moving forward on confirmation at this late stage you couldnt Chuck Grassley there are other senators who are up for reelection right now who will be proud Susan Collins cory gardner and others will be crossed very hard in states that trump its likely to lose in the election and whether or not theyre going to empower trump to rush through a Supreme Court nomination in this narrow window if you can use the election so i think that if trump loses on november 3rd that task that mcconnell has to cobble together 50 votes to empower a lame duck president to make a further mark on a Supreme Court i have to extremely difficult challenge and how the public reacts to that challenge is going to determine whether or not mcconnell can succeed all we making too many assumptions in thinking that simply by adding a Trump Nominee to the Supreme Court so that will essentially set in stone the way that the Supreme Court is going to make decisions from that point we have seen in recent months in fact some members of the court making decisions that are not necessarily what one would expect given their political backgrounds. 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Supreme court chooses what cases to take and at right now it is essentially considering how much further to the right they wish to move american law and there are times in which at least 3 of the 5 republican justices not frequently but at least one of them will say that this step to the right is inconsistent with america written law and its with the tradition so youre right that the votes are not entirely automatic but theyre pretty close to automatic on a lot of very important issues from Racial Justice to a womans right to have an abortion and so i think while there are surprises that exists there is a wad of confidence one can have that a Trump Nominee will vote regularly with the far right in american politics and citing the biggest barrier of all to me is whether or not congress under a President Biden would shift the number of justices on the Supreme Court oddly enough that its not identified in the constitution and has changed several times in American History its perhaps counterintuitive that its not a constitutional issue how are 2 Supreme Court is it just a matter of law and like any other walk in america it can be changed by congress and signed by the president so i think for every action theres a potentially opposite and equal reaction would equate and so thats why what happened under mcconnell and trump in the next few months could reverberate into a biden ministration its really good to get your thoughts on this jeff from the center for economic and policy research we appreciate your time sir thank you thanks for having me. Well some more reaction on twitter us senator Bernie Sanders has said the posturing of Justice Ruth Bader ginsburg is a tremendous loss to our country she was an extraordinary champion of justice and equal rights and will be remembered as one of the great justices in modern American History former u. S. Secretary of state Hillary Clinton also tweeted Justice Ginsburg paved the way for so many women including me there will never be another like. Chairman of the u. S. House Intelligence Committee adam schiff said america lost a giant Ruth Bader Ginsburg was shunned from courtrooms when she began her career because she was a woman but she persisted blazing the trail for millions of women and others whod been excluded or oppressed b. G. Is a lioness of the law she is replaceable. And Kellyanne Conway a former advisor to u. S. President donald trump has also paid tribute saying justice with bet against drug led a remarkable life of consequence she worked with passion and conviction inspired many women offered hope to other cancer survivors Melanie Sloan is a former us federal prosecutor and attorney and she spoke to us a short time ago. It is impossible to overstate the implications Ruth Bader Ginsburgs death right now given what happened add to the last appointee when it in Barack Obamas turn america relented and how the republicans refused to confirm him saying it was too close that it was a year before the election democrats will not stand still while trump inevitably nominate someone and Mitch Mcconnell says he will try to confirm them i think were talking about the potential for riots in american streets this is its impossible to overstate. How serious rift Bader Ginsburgs death will be and the call to arms this will be on both sides democrats and republicans because the Supreme Court is so important should somebody be confirmed for her seat should mr trump be able to confirm somebody i think and then 5 new orleans this presidency and the senate is lost by republicans the democrats take it over and then you will see an effort to expand the Supreme Court which will inevitably happen and youll see democrats try to pack the court in the next term so were talking about a massive upheaval in American Life with brute Ruth Bader Ginsburgs death today at the same time of course no matter how prepared both sides of the equation have being for the death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg the clock is ticking and were very close are getting closer to the election. Possible isnt the Time Administration will be able to carry out all the steps that youve described head of the election. Its very difficult hes put forward a list before so we are he has a list of potential nominees so he can put someone forth and then there have to be hearings and a confirmation hearing i dont think all of that can likely happen before an election but it certainly can happen before january so the real question is is there anything the democrats can do to stop it and i think basically no there isnt so it makes mcconnell decides to go i had the only question is whether there are republicans in the senate such as mitt romney who has been somebody who has not gone along with everything that mcconnell wants and will Susan Collins as senator from maine who is up in a very tough reelection battle right now will she go along with this so that there are very few republicans wing senators whose voice votes are going to be incredibly important here and find a center correctly though just recently there was a trump pick for the Supreme Court who was put in place and subsequently voted in and in a fashion that surprised many liberals that there was no real gallantry that any Trump Nominee for the the court is necessarily going to follow what his administration might want. No there is no guarantee that anybody you put in place will will go along with all of the trumpet ministrations policies and yet it is certainly they can know that if they put somebody in for example who replaces Ruth Bader Ginsburg that the. Right to an abortion in the United States will disappear and there are many many other issues as well that are at the at the top of mind that will be changed dramatically Ruth Bader Ginsburg is one of the courts most liberal members and she was very reliable on that and so to be able to replace her with a conservative will change the outcomes of the court and and if they are able to put it another conservative it gives the republicans the control of the court for a generation thats why i think that if senator if vice President Biden wins and the senate is also taken over by democrats youll see an effort to expand the court it will not be the democrats will not allow the court to remain in this composition. Well u. S. President donald trump has been campaigning in that minnesota for the last a few hours he was asked about the death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg is reported to have said she was an amazing woman it is sad to hear she has died so i heard on al jazeera early voting begins and for us states including minnesota where both president ial candidates are being campaigning. Local restrictions are imposed across europe as france records the highest number of coronavirus deaths in 4 months new cases also warning of new curbs. Myths destruction and despair a group of friends resist. Rescuing books from the rubble they build a refuge for freedom and democracy. A secret library of hope from which they endeavor to rewrite their story and that of their country. To witness. 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When the news breaks and the races of protests continue in a number of cities across the United States when people need to be heard in the council area 1000500 coins were destroyed and about 80 percent of this land that aljazeera has teams on the ground people are just talking about wind and solar as if thats going to solve the problem if want to bring you more room good whom documentaries and life moves on air and online. Youre watching all jazeera reminder of our top stories this hour the u. S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has died of complications from pancreatic cancer the 87 year old has been a champion of womens rights and the leader of the courts liberal wing. Senate majority leader Mitch Mcconnell says President Donald Trumps nominee to fill the Supreme Court vacancy created by her death will receive a vote on the floor of the senate in 2016 he refused to consider Barack Obamas nomination because of the upcoming election at that time. But of course this is all having implications for the upcoming president ial and president ial election in the u. S. Its just 6 weeks away now and then a voting has begun in 4 states people have been casting their ballots in person in minnesota virginia such a coat and wyoming voting by mail is already underway in some other states john hendren is in minneapolis with more from one of the polling stations. We did talk to a number of people who came out after voting and they said with code 19 in with concern about mail in ballots they were taking no chances they told us that they wanted to make sure their votes were in and in some cases they wanted to get out and campaign and ensure that their friends were voting as well and because were in minneapolis the most liberal part of this state the voters we talked to were largely joe biden fans its a democratic area and they said they wanted to make sure that all votes were counted early and one of the reasons for that its not just the covert 1000. 00 crisis is that President Trump has been really sowing fear that mail in ballots would be problematic polls show that democrats are overrepresented with mail in ballots and so the president has been discouraging them saying that if the post office couldnt handle it they might not come in time that that there could be widespread fraud despite the fact that there is no historical evidence to suggest that that is the case in any case all of the uncertainty in the possibility of crowds during kovac 19 have left many of the voters we talked to saying they just wanted to get this vote over. A surgeon coronavirus cases has forced several governments to reimpose some restrictions infections worldwide have now topped 13000000. 00 spain is limiting movement in and around the capital madrid and the british Prime Minister has warned that a 2nd wave is inevitable that he reports. Early on in the pandemic spade was hit just about as hard as anywhere in europe now in the capital madrid the Health System is under a new pressure with covered 19 cases rising one in 5 hospital beds in the region is now taken up by someone with corona virus. We have set your aged with people who need health care and patients that need care we are doing the best we can but we need more health which is we need more resources. Spains one of many european nations now bringing in localized lockdown. As worried about a 2nd wave of covered over winter months for this bus driver bringing his son in for a test its the right approach and i understand that we need to save the economy and move forward the health is the most important thing but our health we dont have money in the Czech Republic there were more than 3000 new cases on thursday adjusted for population only spain and france within the European Union have seen a bigger jump in the last 2 weeks now bars are having their Opening Hours reduced and in prague people will have to wear a Face Covering it Outdoor Events with more than 100. 00 attending in the u. K. Covered cases have doubled in a week and Health Officials are worried about rises in infections and hospital admissions among all ages next week people in more regions will be told not to mix with other households just like nearly 2000000 in the north east of england have i think its a fast because and one hand shes got people going honey it is its the people who can go into james its a paper that were going to restaurants in popes up to 10 oclock at night but you cant have your own family tree house i mean i dont understand just wheres the sense in western logic if they hadnt if we hadnt come out of lockdown actually you know people that have been checked more nor. We wouldnt be in the position i would be so they dont know along the u. K. Governments considering warnings from its scientific advisors that restrictions may have to be imposed across england next month to drive down transmission we are now seeing a 2nd wave coming in that we saw and seen it in the provinces in spain across across europe its been absolutely im afraid inevitable you would see it in this country in scotland the 1st ministers calling this the most decisive moment since march we may not be on a 10 airlie or a stage or a similar path to that that has been taken in recent weeks by france so our task is to make sure if we can interrupt that and we dont end up. We are now here in london the mayor city carney is warning that the citys about 2 weeks behind those regions of england already under local lockdown hes also hit out at problems experienced by londoners needing a coveted test citing government incompetence across europe governments are having to act fast winters approaching and with it predictable pressures on Public Health facilities but persuading the public to abide by new curbs on their freedom could prove a tough challenge the dean barber aljazeera london well israel has imposed a 2nd nationwide shutdown how do you force it has more from west to lose them. Well the 2nd National Lockdown has come at the beginning of a 3 week period of jewish religious holidays and theres no coincidence in that there was a concern that the usual mixing the traveling around the country household or household families and friends getting together that that could really have exacerbated what is already an extremely worrying situation in terms of numbers for several days this past week those new case numbers per day have exceeded 5000. 00 Benjamin Netanyahu the Prime Minister on thursday night said that the Health System had raised a red flag and that is why the government had to act in this way but even then even on the eve of these restrictions they were still changing some of them it was going to be just 500 meters that people were allowed from their front door. Unless for some particular exempted reason that was changed to one kilometer on the eve of the restrictions coming in and that kind of thing has been a problem throughout israels handling of the pandemic many people have complained of contradictory or confusing instructions and regulations coming from the government and there are concerns that people simply wont observe the rules this time around to the same extent that they may have done in march in april during the 1st National Lockdown there are 7000 police and soldiers that have been mobilized to try to enforce these regulations guatemalas president has tested positive for cover 1964 year old on a 10000 allotting is not hurting his entire cabinet to get tested is the 4th latin american leader to contract the coronavirus language appollo as in mexico city with the latest. Guatemalas president they did confirm over a radio announcement on friday that he is indeed he did indeed test positive for 19 the president added that hes instructed his entire cabinet and staff to be tested ordering his staff and cabinet to 2 to work from home now we should note that this announcement by the president of guatemala for testing positive for coping 1000 coincides with the government reopening its economy reopening borders with restrictions reopening airports with restrictions so this news of the president testing positive for cocaine 1000 as you can imagine has invited criticisms of the guatemalan governments handling of the ongoing outbreak of corona virus in the country all run through the latest numbers as of friday evening from guatemala as ministry of health 84344 confirmed cases 3076 confirmed deaths compared to other countries in the region with large populations countries like mexico countries like brazil that lead the region in terms of contagion and lead the region in terms of deaths it doesnt seem. Like such a massive outbreak but guatemala does have the highest death toll in Central America from covert 1000 it is considered one of the worst outbreaks in the region so it has invited criticism but regarding the news of the president testing positive for covert 1000. 00 he isnt the 1st world leader from the region to test positive he now joins the ranks of the not too of brazil and one would lead to a band is a ponderous who have also tested positive for coping 1000. 00 since the start of the outbreak in the region. 2 Police Officers accused of killing a 46 year old man have been arrested in colombia theyre facing charges of aggravated homicide and torture the death of javier or dont have sparked violent protests in bogota after a video showed police pinning him to the ground and shocking him with a stun gun police say the law student had violated coronavirus restrictions 13 people were killed and hundreds were injured in several days of protests. This is all just here are these other top stories u. S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has died of complications from pancreatic cancer the 87 year old has been a champion of womens rights and the leader of the courts liberal wing a death gives President Trump a chance to dramatically expand the courts conservative majority at a time when america is deeply divided and the president ial vote is just over 6 weeks away alan fisher has more from washington d. C. Hundreds of people have gathered here in the last news of the day that will be the ginsburg has broken the flags here flying at half staff its incredibly quiet given the number of people actually here people sitting in a quantum place what this might actually mean many. Hours in the. Senate majority leader Mitch Mcconnell says President Donald Trumps nominee to fill the Supreme Court vacancy created by her death will receive a vote on the floor of the senate in 2016 he refused to consider but obamas nomination because of that upcoming election better ginsburg said shortly before her death it was her most fervent wish she would not be replaced until after the election early voting has begun in 4 states minnesota virginia such dakota and wyoming voting by mail is already underway in some other states both joe biden and donald trump have been campaigning in minnesota. Spains capital madrid is going back into lockdown after a rise in corona virus cases in the u. K. The Prime Minister says a 2nd wave was inevitable and that another lockdown might be necessary israel has imposed a nationwide lockdown for the 2nd time its come at the height of the jewish Holiday Season in a blow to already struggling Business Owners guatemalas president has tested positive for covert 1964 year old out of hand the reality is now urging his entire cabinet to get tested the culture minister is also contracted the coronavirus is the 4th latin american leader to have tested positive for the virus and those are the headlines the news continues here on aljazeera after people in power good buy. With around 28000000 people infected and approaching 1000000 dead the global corona virus pandemic continues to exact a heavy toll but after the 1st appearance of cope with 19 could the World Health Organization and a free morris said hes innocent it would have made him the International Response a few months into the crisis a team of swiss italian filmmakers went in search of answers. We have the 4 men system and quoted 19. 100. When the director general of the World Health Organization made this announcement on march 11th 2020 it came as little surprise to anyone by then from its origins and one china the coronavirus had been spreading internationally for at least 2 months already infecting 118000 people and a 114 countries. As we now know tens of millions more would eventually be infected and to date at least almost a 1000000 people have died as things stand the covered 1000 pandemic is far from over. Yet back in those early uncertain weeks as the world was waking to an unprecedented threat the w. H. O. Came on to face attack. The agency is responsible to the United Nations leading the global response. To contagious disease but critics accuse the organization of failing in its mission and every acting too slowly to the appearance of the coronavirus some even claim to have been too ready to believe what it was 1st told by the Chinese Government about the nature and severity of this new disease. As these criticisms grew we went to w. H. O. Headquarters in geneva to find out if it senior officials could have done more sooner to allow the world. Reality. The mother left. Me a drunk. Also feature c. N. N. Pickiness. Who featured gina. In soma. A moment in. The mask. On january 5th the w. H. O. Issued a reassuring press release about a mysterious new disease on the 31st of december 2019 the w. H. O. China Country Office was informed of cases of pneumonia of unknown etiology detected in rwanda city a total of 44. 00 patients with pneumonia of unknown. Based on the preliminary information from the chinese Investigation Team no evidence of significant human to human transmission had been reported earlier joe advise is against the application of any travel or trade restrictions on china. But if all was still common geneva in taiwan an Infectious Disease specialist had been having sleepless nights but i was december 31st the last day the end of the year. I saw it around the 530 because i woke up really early that day just happened i couldnt sleep well. Young many copies there pick up that message then the postcard to our lying group and about the very. Interesting but also. There was a post about. A mysterious outbreak of pneumonia in china. Talk to louis is the Deputy Director of Taiwan Center for Disease Control he says that from the outside there were 3 crucial indications that something very serious was happening in china. Of growth is the opie show announcement by the elves or storage to the hospitals these were reminding our beetle there is a outbreak on your morning. Happening in hospitalized patients so be careful about taking old cases and the 2nd message doctors reminding each other while be careful because it could be dangerous to us so be careful that these patients were isolated and that a certain message was about a doctors chatting about well in my hospital ive found so many cases of pneumonia and they seem to be associated with the full market and preliminary Laboratory Results says its. The 2003 sars epidemic which also began in china infected over 8000 people around the world and killed 73 people in taiwan one of the worst affected countries it had left the taiwanese very sensitive to the dangers posed by viruses capable of human to human transmission in order to limit any such threat the authorities knew that very strict containment and isolation measures would be necessary. The around 630. 00 its still early. Its ok for me to post in our colleagues web chat group so i i send a message on that chat group saying well there is an Important Message i just saw earlier on and we need to clarify that with the chinese authorities. At the center for Disease Control didnt just ask beijing for more information on december 31st it also raised the matter with the w. H. O. The leather says news resources today indicate that at least 7 were to be called pneumonia cases were reported in china their Health Authorities replied to the media that the cases were believed not sars however the samples were still around during the examination and the cases have been isolated for treatment i would have greatly appreciated if you have relevant information to share with us thank you very much however chan and his colleagues at the c. D. C. Believe the w. H. O. Ignored the early warnings about the virus because taiwan over which china came sovereignty is barred from full member status. Check number one the house was sort of teasing beijing already. They are on top of these event events really are even a number to come for it starts or not. Nastar it be and are used the only investigating or not. That email has since been at the center of a route between taiwan and the w. H. O. According to taiwan the fact that patients had been placed in isolation was an intrinsic alert of a human to human transmitted disease. They. May said that they wanted to. Know. Me scoop of. They want. Me. To inform its own influence and i saw as the other for me that. We thought well the message you we provide. In addition to requesting more information. You have to pay really careful attention to these events they say they are there in. That you dont reply that they were out thank you we have received. Taiwan decided it couldnt afford to wait for the w. H. O. On december 31st it began implementing its own emergency containment measures their response was to prove highly effective taiwan has a population of 25000000 and sits only 93 miles from the chinese mainland to date it has had 498 piece of corona virus and only 7 deaths meanwhile louis chan says the chinese authorities kept denying the problem. Press release on these numbers 31st and said well its not its not stars and theres no evidence of human to human transmission but we still think ahead we cannot risk the possibility that its really sars. So after all these question internally at the agency the. As the Prime Ministers office we decided to start on board. Inspection of all the direct flights coming from things that day and those who do not come we had the wrong 12 the right a weekly basis down. By now the residents and mohan will also becoming alarmed. The border. Of course i. Want to reach him so much and come at the back door. I want to put. Them up. Should a car open up it could mean shortage of. Water in the runs i must try to as an italian whos lived in new hand since 2006 when all my cock typical because it. Just looked at the discussion must get back up again subject to you. All for top dollar at your office of course i had a crystal ball hoss. On january 23rd 3 weeks after the 1st news of the mysterious virus had leaked and was knocked down by then over a 1000 people have been infected what happened in those crucial 3 weeks in january has yet to be fully explained and for all that those 3 weeks no one will hoard almost to issue a press release on a daily basis. And all these press release just indicates calling for to message number one its being controlled well and i think there was at least one week there were like all of the on your case new on your case needle simoni ok so it is providing wrong reassurance to the world while these outbreaks being well controlled in one dont worry about that still number 2 they kept saying there was no evidence of human to human transmission. The taiwanese c. D. C. Had already implemented containment measures but it remained in contact with china. On january 13th along with experts from hong kong and macau it sent a delegation to hand to study the virus we have a meeting with the Public Health law because central provincial public has already to discuss to ask more questions about the can you of course is. As i mean to. Report. There are 41 cases of the typical morning 28 war associated with one man the full market. And 13 cases totally no association with while and she feels like it is a point i think we need to nor about the effectiveness of them in origin of the protein case. The chairperson of the meetin who came from low cost already has said that. There is no evidence of human to human transmission the 1st and now we have it another discussion and finally the Central Government officials said that what you said was always a commission now we are seeing the immediate you want to human transmission cannot be included on. Shewn there were reported average or really soon. That crucial news doesnt seem to have reached the w. H. O. On january 14th tokenize ations director general to draw scuppering sauce tweeted that there was no evidence of human to human transmission. Looks like they just totally trust beijing. And all but all these 2 weeks 1st 2 weeks in january. They were basically copycat. Remember stay organized. To the members they. Cannot Member States. In the mean time i think they need the Chinese Government right to call for a write. In the beginning youre basically whatever that the. Chinese government. Is a professor of Global Health studies at sutton hole university in new jersey and an expert on the chinese Health System. That is not. Government giving was the National Health commission in china and the return is my understanding and my research suggested that even the National Health commission was and you formed the severity of the true nature of the outbreak so there was clearly local government. By your twentys even though by that time it was an open secret in the front line. You know there was human to human transmission i should steal you know basically stopped at the official. Snow. You mean to human transmission. The very poor in pain that because you have achieved so much for them into normal notified of aids and so on a regular basis on a call about this you know theres a. Lot of us but i think that all may be saying but i. Dont want to be there. On this course of work because. Yet and early january Data Collected by chinese hospitals late to published by the new england journal of medicine confirmed that there had been human transmission. It is proven that since mid december human to human transmission happened among people who were in close contact with each other. The 1st 6 people came from the Seafood Market from january 1 to january 11th but over 80 percent of the patients had never been there. According to the same data 70 percent had never had contact with the patients therefore they had been affected by asymptomatic people. 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They care support what out in the schools is purcell this election was for the better than session t. V. Live events. Dog the chicken or apart ladder my to measure the distance of science on my screen no longer say i want a quest but a few days after this interview was recorded on june 5th the w h o changed its guidelines on mosques which are too general to address. In light of evolving evidence doubly advises that governments should encourage the general public to rid of mosques where there is widespread transmission and physical distancing is difficult its this kind of apparent inconsistency that has brought the w. H. O. Criticism which the Organization Says is unfair. You know everything. Because youre noncommittal. They are already. On a c c. But what still puzzles many is why it took the w. H. O. So long to declare events in china a Public Health emergency of International Concern this fake notice would have galvanized the International Community into an earlier and arguably more Effective Response but weeks after the w. H. O. Was notified about the roof outbreak the matter was still under discussion actually was the director general decided to. Be declaring. Just. Its action. He used basically the government Chinese Government provided. Is working without a partner it is night and day in china and the other affected countries at the regional level and here at the headquarters to fill the gaps in our knowledge as quickly as possible wives shining. The fake. Trying to make disease reagans fish a new country. Shining. Finally on january the 29th 10 truscott france sauce flew to china on an official visit. To. Start. Those measures. Or to. Instead. Phrasing you few sea leaves a chinese response you have to also recognize the mishandling of the you know if they could just say well you did a great job of responding to the outbreak a you know even though were in the beginning you miss and you know that there may act and theyll call never you know i think that would howl. More credibility on his return on january 30th the w. H. O. As director general finally declared a state of international emergency. Health checks were now among the measures it suggested to Member States 4 weeks after taiwan had implemented the same procedures but surprisingly the w. H. O. Did not recommend any travel restrictions with china and. Doesnt. And actually open. Any regions for travel and trade or under. But that probably is that. Consistency. There to guide us. Crazy right then the Chinese Government for taking those drastic. Measure like you need me to write the students moved back into writing. But in the meantime you were telling other countries like dont impose those travel restrictions you continue to accept. The passengers from china. And i could organize its own accord. What is clear i like you. But what a command. To go i mean its only been you see this she very little course of that so. It would be another 2 weeks before the w. H. O. Sent its own group of experts to study the situation in china initially the official program didnt even include a visit to hand the epicenter of the epidemic where there were 56000 cases of infection after pushing back the expensive venture he spent 24 hours in the city. To the surprise of many the final report continue to emphasize the w. H. S. Position that contagion from asymptomatic patients was not clear and was in any case ran. Into a big red cross as a. Political. Issue. You know. Thats. 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