Pursuing solutions for americas neglecd needs. Anby contributions to this pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Anchor thiss outside source on bbc news. We are covering all of the latest coronavirus of allotments for you in prison and globally. Countries agree to an independent inquiry to the World Health Organizations response to the coronavirus pandemic. Many are likely to lose their jobs. We see the follow from the coronavirus. More than 11,000 people have died in care homes since the start of march. The government has been criticized for not acting fast enough and millions are evacuated from coastal areas of india and bangladesh as a cyclone approaches the bay of bengal are. Bengal. The World Health Organization has defended its handling of the coronavirus pandemic. They have been sharply criticized by the United States and will be the subject of an independent inquiry. I thanl k Member States for adopting the resolution which thank Member States for adopting the resolution which calls for independent response. As i said yesterday, i will initiate such an evaluation at the earliest appropriate moment. Babita the u. S. Has been a harsh critic of the w. H. O. The President Trump has isolated his attack on the world health body, threatening to permanently cut off funding over its response to the pandemic. He tweeted this letter, accusing the w. H. O. Of failing together and share information and demanding changes in the next 30 days. He reported repeated his charge that they have been too soft on china where the virus originated. The w. H. O. Has responded saying it is considering the contents of the letter. China had stronger words for the president. The u. S. Tries to use china as an issue to shirk responsibility and bargain over its International Obligations to the w. H. O. This is a miscalculation in the u. S. Has picked wrong target. Babita Donald Trumps fourpage letter laid out thevidence of the probe the administration carried out a we have heard some of the allegations from the president before. This is a regular theme of his. The w. H. O. Failed to share information in a timely and transparent fashion, while unpacking all of that is chris morris from the bbcs reality check team. The w. H. O. Says it was informed by china of a pneumonia of unknown cse last year. Within a few days they put out an official statement asking for more information from china. By the 20th of january, it sent a team to wuhan investigates. By the end of the month is declared a Global Public health emergency. You can argue it could have acted quicker, but you can make arguments against many governments around the world as well including that of the United States. The w. H. O. Does not have the power to force or compel any government to do anythin including handing over information. It seems like in the absence of that power it decided that by praising china publicly it would be the best way to get what is still a secretive sociy to cooperate. Babita all of this comes as members of the w. H. O. Agree to adopt a resolution for investigation into the crisis. What shape and form will this take . Our Global Health correspondent joins us. What is this review going to be all about and how is it going to work . This was a resolution that was tabled by the e. U. And australia. It has been accepted by all of the Member States. At least that was the consensus of the meeting. The World Health Assembly will see whether certain countries might opt out of certain parts. Essentially it will investigate how this pandemic started, how it was able to spiral out of control so quickly. One of the questions will be what was the animal source of this virus. We understand it came from a fish market in wuhan. We dont know what the animal source is. We will look into that as well area it was carefully worded. The resolutions have to be agreed by 194 Member States. It did not specify investigating interest any particular country. It did say the World Health Organization but it will look at the International Response and look at Different Countries responses. Im sure china will come up in that as well. Babita we were talking about scrutiny yesterday. I am wondering how much scrutiny those countries will be open to when they move forrd with this. Wondering if we have lost our sound. Can you hear me . I can hear you now. I think you cut out. Babita i was asking about scrutiny. Does it live countries like china opened to a detailed investigation . I think it probably does although china was not specifically mentioned. If you are lookingt how this pandemic started, what happened in the early days, and there has been criticism not just from the u. S. To the World Health Organization but australia and other countries saying they were too close to china, that china was not transparent at the beginning but the w. H. O. Did continue to praise it, there will be investigation into that as well. The u. S. Will be lobbying very hard for that to be rt of this investigation. All of the countries speaking of the assembly the last couple of days have talked about the importance of solidarity. One country alone cannot beat this. Countries have to work together, otherwise it will not go away. That is something that will be inforced as part of this investigation. The pointing fingers, it doesnt help the pandemic now. What needs to happen is look at how this was dealt with at the beginning to make sure lessons can be learned so it doesnt happen again when a virus like this does it again which it will. Babita thank you. Lets move onto another big story being developing that has been developing out of the u. S. Trump said he had been taking an unproven drug, hydroxychloroquine, to protect against coronavirus even though officials said it might cause harmful side effects. Despite the dangers, the president has been defending his use of the drug. If you look at the reports from italy, from france, a lot of our frontline workers take it because it possibly and i think it does people will have to make up their own mind. It doesnt hurt people. It has been out for mark on the market for lupus and other things. I get i think it gives an additional level of sety. Many doctors and frontline workers are in favor of it. Many will not go on the say have the hydroxychloroquine. It has had a great reputation. If it was somebody other than me, people would say isnt that smart . Babita the revelation he was taking this was during an event he was hosting for the struggling restaurant industry. Katty stock market, the Dow Jones Rose 900 points. The event was meant to be one celebrating the reopening of the american ecomy and talking about economic good news. And then in that eventually revealed with some delight saying he was, couldnt wait to see the look in the reporters eyes yet been taking hydroxychloroquine for a week and a half and that blew all of the other news about the water out of theater. The only thing he will talk about afterwards, the front page , the fact that president is taking hydroxychloroquine. If it was meant to be a deliberate strategy to distract from things like the fact america has 90,000 deaths, it was distracting from what was members was meant to be a good fact about the american economy. It is hard to tell if it was political strategy and if the president said you know, many doctors are taking it, frontline workers, many people have told him he has a tendency to save money people have told me, without naming specifics. Most of the doctors, in fact all i have heard across television in the u. S. Today said this is a bad idea and not a good idea, not one they would recomnd to their patients. Babita millions of people around the world have lost their jobs and many more are likely to because of the fallout. Weave had some stark numbers from the u. K. Lets have a listen to this from the International Labor organization. Figures are truly grim right around the world, not just in the u. S. And the u. K. The figure for the Second Quarter of the year points to a loss of 305 million job equivalents around the world compared to the end of last year. We have never seen this before, this scale of job loss. It blasts away what happenedn 2008 to 2010. The question is, how soon is this going to bottom out and how quickly will it come back. That depends on a large number of factors and a great deal of uncertainty. Babita lets talk about the latest details. These are the first set of figures that have been affected by the coronavirus lockdown. 2. 1 Million People claimed Unemployment Benefits in april, increase over 850,000. A number of Job Vacancies fell by nearly a quarter. While the chancellor has warned there is no guarantee the economy will bounce back immediately, there could be longter sky scarring. I wont be able to protect every job in business. We are seeing that in the data. There will be more hardship to come. The lockdown is having a very Significant Impact on our economy. We are likely to face a severe recession the likes of which we have not seen and that will have an impact on employment. Babita there is analysis now. Just how far unemployment will shoot up is being limited by the governments paying the wages of one in three workers. That is a bridge for their liveliods of 10 Million People that will not last. Now the chancellor, whose schemes arbuilt around the idea of a rapid bounceback in the economy, says it is not obvious that will occur. Babita still to come india and bangladesh is accurate millions of people from coastal areas as a cyclone approaches the veil of the bay of bengal. Scotlands first minister Nicola Sturgeon has announced a Government Fund for helping the young disabled and lone parents get back into work. Taking further action to tackle the employment challenge. It was first established around 2. 5 years ago will now coordinate rapid action across skills agencies. Doing so will ensure actions are helping to equip people with the skills they need for the future and report back to us in june with additional measures we need to take. I can confirm we will be investing 43 Million Pounds to support people back to work as we get the economy opened up again. The initial funding, allocated to fair start scotland, will have a particular focus on helping those most adversely affected in times of economic downturn which our young people, disabled people and lone parents. Babita this is outside source live from the bbc newsroom. Setting up an independent inquiry into the Global Response to the coronavirus pandemic. India and bangladesh are evacuating millions of people in the bay of bengal as one of the biggest cyclones in 20 years powers towards them. It is expected to make landfall wednesday. Cyclone which was the first super cyclonic storm to form in the bay of single since 1999. It has been downgraded slightly, but nevertheless, it is still an extremely severe cyclonic storm and has the potential to cause devastating impacts across northeastern states of india and bangladesh. Not just because of the strength of the wind and the huge storm surge across the line areas of four to five meters high, but the rain. This storm has been forming and growing across the bay of bengal for nearly a week. It looks likely to make landfall during wednesday. Northeastern states of india and into bangladesh. Then it is going to grind with halt as it comes up the huge bounce in this himalayas near bouton and i could have devastating impacts because the volume of the rain will cause significant flooding. The bright yellow and green denoting the intensity of the rainfall, this storm will be with us the next few days. Babita our reporter tracking the cyclone. Aid agencies fear for People Living in one region of bangladesh where they have put persecution in myanmar. Our correspondent reports. Bay of bengal, one of the most vulnerable coastlines in the world. Now bracing itself for a powerful storm. Officials fear it could be the worst to hit the road the region since the one in 2007 which claimed at least 3000 lives. Now in the middle of a pandemic, they are moving thousands to safer ground. Fears for hundreds of Rohingya Refugees stranded at sea. They had escaped hardship in bangladeshor a new life in malaysia. Beaten and starved bthe smugglers they paid, they are adrift after malaysian authorities turned them away with fears of covid. Last month hundreds were rescued and returned to bangladesh. The country will not accept any more of the mainld. It sent more than 300 to an island in the bay. Aid agencies fear that it is flood prone and calling for them to be moved as the storm approaches. This 17yearold is one of those on the island. We talked to his mother before the cyclone warning. I just want my son alive in any country. But for her and other rohingyas, living in the Worlds Largest refugee camp, the risks are many. If the cyclone hit, these settlements dont get a chance. And coronavirus reached the camps. One of the most densely populated places on the planet, the social distancing is tough, cases are rising rapidly. Health care facilities are basic. Isolation wards have been set up for coronavirus patients read in the camp was to one Million People there is not a single ventilator. Refugees fled genocide in myanmar. They live in poverty in bangladesh it now with coronavirus in the cyclone to contend with, the resilient is being tested. Resilience is being tested. Babita further attention to care homes in the u. K. And whether the government is adequately supporting them. Ross atkins has the latest. Ros more than 11,000 he will have died in u. K. Care homes during this pandemic. The Government Faces questions whether its decisions exacerbated the situation for lets hear from the head of the organization which represents the industry in england who has been giving evidence at a Parliamentary Committee today. Despite what is said, there were cases of people who did not have covid19 status or who were discharged into care homes. Given care homes are full of people with Underlying Health conditions, we should have looked at focusing on where the people at most risk were rather than thinking about particular organizations. Ros the former Prime Minister has had fears criticism. He has interpretedo a think tank report on this issue and has been speaking to the bbc. I come to this not because i want to involve myself in the legal arguments but because i have seen two friends die, watching people risking their lives in care homes and in scotland where we did this or, it is tragic that even today not all care home resence and not all care home workers have been tested. Ros while the government says most care homes, 60 remain free from covid19, the Health Secretary has said the industry is given unprecedented support from. Support. In early march we. 3. 2 billion pounds into social care, half through the nhs and half we put 3. 2 billion pounds into social care. Ros once the u. K. Has passed his first wave of covid this first wave of covid19, there will be plenty of lessons to learn. This is about who went who might be to blame and is about learning lessons and making sure it doesnt happen again particularly with what has happened in care homes. You could really hear anger and frustration. The have said they think the Health Service and the care sector, they need to be more integrated. We have heard that from various governments for years and years and it has not happened. I think the epidemic has exposed some of the flaws in the system. Ros there are three things to bear in mind. March with the month when the virus started to spread rapidly in the u. K. We know that in march the government abandon efforts to trust test, track and trace and they chose to lock down later than european neighbors despite the threat of the virus being known. And it allowed patients to be distorted transported from hospitals to care homes without tests. They have impacted on the uks ability to contain the virus although the government has defended its actions throughout. The number of new deaths in care homes today has fallen for a second week in a row in the u. K. While the political row continues, this is an issue affecting a great number of countries. The World Health Organization has called the impact of covid19 on care homes and unimaginab human tragedy an imaginable the virus is a far greater threat to people over the age of 70, but it is not that simple. British mps heard evidence from hong kong because despite being close to the source of the outbreak in china, it has had zero deaths in care homes. We do a good job in isolation. Once you have any person infected, we isolate that person in hospital for treatment. We isolatell the close Contact People into separate Isolation Center for observation. They do tasks. They make sure they dont have the virus. Ros questions are being asked whether strategies like this should have been used in countries which have seen far higher death tolls in care homes. One of those is canada. This article from the Washington Post highlights 81 of its 6000 fatalities have been in longterm care facilities are you perhaps this statistic demonstrates how longterm care facilities. Less attention perhaps was paid to the vulnerability of care homes and the People Living in them. This is canadas Prime Minister last month. With your angry, scared, you are right to feel this way. We can do better. We need to do better. Because we are failing our parents, our grandparents, our elders, the greatest generation who built this country. Ros lets hear from georgi smith, a cbc reporter. The countrys first outbreak and death occurred here in bc and a care at a care home in vancouver in march. But the hardest hit parts of the country are eastern provinces like ontario and quebec, which last month requested the assistance of the Canadian Military to contain the virus in seniors and longterm care homes. More than 60 were deployed and in a sign of how difficult it is to contain this virus, one dozen of the soldiers that were sent are now infected. Ros for more on the care home situation in the u. K. , i recommend this article by but why the bbc health correspondent. He knows there are calls for Public Inquiry intthis part of the notes there are calls for Public Inquiry into this part of the story. People watching, if they want t read that article, find it at bbc. Com news. Babita lets listen to the ukraine radio Symphony Orchestra holding its first conference first concert since the coronavirus restrictions eased there. There was no live audience, and the conductor and players saturday safe distance apart. 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