Battling the new disease. More on westbound on lockdown in the french capital with some of pariss poorest suburbs registering some of the highest mortality rates from kovac 19 in all of france also ahead. Of a stop the export of these viruses from china the virus was spawned in china as the largest state sponsor of pandemics washington ramps up the pressure on beijing with threats to sue china over the pandemic that of donald trump says hell cut all u. S. Ties to a chinese virology lab which was significant Financial Support from the a bomb a administration. A very warm welcome to you youre watching r. T. International with me nick. Lets begin with the latest figures on covert 19. Since the outbreak of the new virus in december last year over 2500000 have been infected with it the number of fatalities currently stands at over 179000 but more than 704000 people have managed to recover from that deadly disease. The u. K. s Health Secretary has responded to allegations that medical staff