A road map for recovery from the coronavirus trump now says that state governors should set the pace and a phased approach to getting things back to normal. Or listening to. The proof. In a d w exclusive indian author our own dr brawley accuses Prime MinisterNarendra Modi of using the corona virus to spread hatred of muslims. And south africa prepares for the worst but will it be enough its virus cases number their numbers have stayed low so far but there are fears that they will soon start to rise fast. Im sorry kelly welcome to the Program China is reeling as the full impact of the coronavirus lockdowns become clear. 1st the economy has taken a hit with figures for the 1st 3 months of this year showing the 1st drop in output in almost 30 years the 2nd blow is new figures revealing that the death toll in the city of han where the virus was 1st detected is 50 percent higher than previously reported well our analysis starts with the slump in the economy the lockdown may be lifting but the virus has left its mark for the 1st time in decades chinas economy has plummeted people can return to work but with virtually no demand many businesses remain closed. Car sales that 1st dropped then plummeted down 21. 6 percent in january then down 92 percent in february according to the China Association of automobile manufacturers. China home to the worlds 2nd largest economy has released its 1st quarter g. D. P. A drop of 6. 8 percent millions of workers do not qualify for Unemployment Benefits and many businesses are on their knees what should be peak season for many is now the worst in recent memory. Not. Because the situation is dire awful its as us was for me. Ive got no idea how or how to get through this year. Since theyre hiding from reality my business might not survive this year that i might be unemployed. Next year i dont know. Ive been through the chinese officials released another startling figure the number of coronavirus deaths in who has been raised to almost 4000 thats a 50 percent increase from earlier numbers the news has fuelled concerns that china has covered up the true extent of the outbreak and accusation the country denies. So lets get more now we are joined by a member of the German Parliament young at heart he is the Foreign Affairs spokesperson for chancellor Angela Merkels conservatives welcome to the program and thanks for joining us because our. Id like to begin by asking you are you concerned that china has covered up the true extent of the outbreak there. There were some concerns going certainly to china 1st would like to mention that in case the international has done us like the euro and us would be also respected in china and certainly live stock market and right in the middle market its potentially. A jump from the virus for an animal to human beings could be. Think we know about the risks that. We have iris might be transferred from animals to people since decades and therefore our china government also w. H. O. What can we do to make Higher Standards boats. That Something Like road in chile have to do and not happen again talk to us a little bit more about how this happened because u. S. President donald trump says that his administration is looking into reports that the virus could have been accidentally leaks from a lab and will high on where they were researching sars virus is do you think that that theory is credible and is it something that the German Government is also looking into. I have no information that this is louder than yours but its going to mention. I think. Eights and. We know about the risk that potentially and highly infected virus might jump from you at any last human beings this is the results of all the science in the last decades on zodiacs development and it was obvious that once a day Something Like that might happen in case that introduced. All of it was case its not. Just big problem any mode to you would be i think this is the maybe most biggest risk also for the future and their coalition concentrate on that im not sure that people are potentially might find out the whole truth about what happens maybe a lot of the china government is not every that were to hold the chair of the starting point is that were now at. How much of the whole picture are we not getting from the chinese government. Who 1st we saw that the chinese government. Was not aware enough of that case because potentially there is no risk of flu virus infection from any move to being but. They had the ability and it would be not jump probably would be to be this was our own assessment but it was the 1st government we have had it was that challenge we as those who had this was later knew lot more about it i think one of the toss was the next month is to establish an International System to make sure that the standards of providing the standards of investigation the standards of testing of the standards of scientists are own to. Potential risks for the whole. It should be handled in the same way in china in the u. S. In europe in every pot plants or on the road and theyre all potentially as the place to automatic that a time when its funding is being cut from one of your allies youre going to hart joining us as we mentioned Foreign Affairs spokesperson for Angela Merkels conservatives thank you so much for sharing your view for thinking about it. And heres a quick round up now of coronavirus developments around the world the German Health minister again john says that the outbreak in germany is under control and quote manageable again new data shows that the infection rate has fallen significantly saudi arabias grand mufti the highest religious authority in the country says that muslim prayers during ramadan and eat should be done at home if the corona virus continues and indonesia has become the country with the most cases in Southeast AsiaHealth Officials say that nearly 6000 people have been infected with the virus. Indias 1300000000 inhabitants are halfway through a 6 Week National lockdown the government insists that the restrictions are the key to breaking the chain of transmission but the battle against this virus also has a religious dimension d. W. Correspondent mission gys wall has travelled to the Northern City of may want to find out why muslims are being targeted for supposedly staging what some locals are calling corona jihad. 3 more weeks of lockdown businesses closed of restrictive movement. But these men are fuming about Something Else abdul rashid a shop people in the Northern City of made it says islamophobia in india is at an all time high. He squarely blames the indian media. Corona has arrived this is what they say when they see muslims. Theyre beating us or shouting at us saying here comes corona is this a way to behave so if there is a limit to our patience the discrimination started off to an event by the kids or mot and islamic sect was recognised as a kid on our wireless hotspot many who attended the gathering in delhi became covert 19 carriers across India Several media time thats what quick to claim that this was a deliberate attempt to undermine india some even alleging good or not jihad. These allegations have also had a severe Economic Impact moment if the us would normally travel to different neighborhoods hawking has with some of these were predominantly hindu. Now people refused to let him in so when everyone is turning so away the residents say dont sell food here go back to your own neighborhood. Police are stopping us to beating us. These muslim vendors can now only sell goods in their own majority muslim neighborhood business has dried up elsewhere and made out rumors are circulating about malicious intent. Locals here at us fighting the ports of multiple incidences of muslims entering neighborhoods and spitting in them to spend the coronado at us residents here standing guard in batak eating gates to prevent this from happening even lead us from the ruling b. G. P. Have claimed that members of the jamaat sect have deliberately spread the why if youre going on about india should have been free of coronavirus by now but in denmark but these members this collective like suicide bombers form these suicide bombers that should place the strictest possible legal action against god are they should be punished in a way that generations to follow starting with will be too afraid to commit such crimes. If the allegations the sect has spread the virus on pope was are still unfounded bought fewer and anger across communities. But these men their religion has become an added burden during the long lockdown. And lets get more now we are joined by these claims novelist and political activist our own from delhi thank you so much for joining us here on news id like to begin by asking you because lockdowns around the world have been having disastrous consequences the viruss implications as well what would you like people to know about what is taking place in your country in india where inequality really exacerbates the situation. Well i think what has happened is that a crisis in fact its not a crisis yet in india if you look at the numbers which. But leave it exposed seems about the are so that all of us knew you know its its will it on full display just as you were reporting were seeing were suffering not just from but from a crisis of hatred primark races. And of course the lockdown in india is not a lot darker as there is no physical distance just physical compression. But really this crisis of against. Its coming of course from the that of massacring the rich was the result of of you know since december people protesting against the muslim citizenship a lot more and now actually even as we speak. Under the cover of core with the government is moving to arrest Young Students to cases against lawyers being senior. Against activists and true. To their recently thought into doing so given that i mean you describe this crisis of hatred and what is your message then to the hindu nationalist government which is apparently inflaming these tensions further. Its the city since limiting the centuries for the day and spoke to know the whole of the organization of the r. S. S. To which more the law of which is the mother ship of the. Has long said. Should be in the lead in its got sense have likely been the most in the premier to the jews of germany and if you look at the religion you know using call who it was very much like. Diceless was huge events the jews together were stigmatized so theres nothing i can see to want to the government its all out. To people and to the world outside not to do this lightly because obviously the security is the proof. You know because the governments agenda has this and it says the sky muslims have been lynched was them have been hunted down but now the stigmatize it even with this illness how is the left you know Government Policies on street now you can hear it everywhere and the of the it comes with the threat of extreme violence and of really i mean already started building the Detention Center of the cities for that new law book now you know this for the duckie with this illness to do and to create something which the word should really keep its i thought i cannot exaggerate. More so you say you say that the crisis here is approaching genocidal i mean but it is really shocking if it has if it has gotten to the point you wrote recently in a case sort of related to this you said that the tragedy is immediate it is real it is epic but it is not new it is the wreckage of a train that has been careening down the track for years whose eyes have been closed and who is eyes need to be open right now in order to prevent what you see as the threat of a of a genocide. Well that i wrote actually that was i was talking with the u. S. Health system but it would that will apply to what i have seen in our whose articles it was i supposed you know every International Leader who is being. Well the meaning the Prime Minister who is really. You know part of this full of joining the even looking tries to cuba still is why when the violence breaks out in fact the last accordingly did happen well you know in terms of no one says anything and you know the indian media the. Mainstream media disagrees genocidal media for the passions it is with not all of it but a lot of it to the t. V. Anchors and single of the member of the lynch mobs you know sitting in their studios so you see what happens in places like rwanda that the media really there and you just see the start to has repeated and its a very good thing and here im not even beginning to talk about the crisis or how that is the millions of people in the millions of. The country when it was actually a 1000000 people who were shut down before i was looked at each be every allowance did the Lockdown Team and millions of the stranded on the streets with no food with nowhere to go and walked hundreds of along with this home to their villages where they were not allowed. And the crisis is deepening the crisis of. Thats a really Important Message and we thank you so much for joining us to share at our entirety boy as we mentioned youre an acclaimed novelist political activists youre also one of indias most acclaimed intellectuals so we thank you very much for joining us to share. Youre watching coming up later in the Program South africa prepares for the worst but will it be enough there are fears that its so so far low. Start to rise very quickly. U. S. President says that healthy americans will be able to get back to work as soon as local conditions allow he has set out a plan for a phased return to normal daily life in the United States he says the reopening will take place one careful step at a time the plan is a set of recommendations for state governors not orders back down from his insistence on monday that he had total authority to direct states on what to do. These are just some of the 22000000 americans signing up for Unemployment Benefits only a few weeks ago the u. S. Could boast record employment numbers the booming economy was President Trump signature achievement but the coronavirus wiped out 3 years of gains in a matter of weeks now trump says its time to start gradually opening up the economy again or approach 3 phases in restoring Economic Life we are not opening all at once but one careful step at a time and some states will be able to open up sooner than others to lock down would remain in places like new york the epicenter of the pandemic theyre all stories of ordered shops businesses and schools to remain closed for another month but other areas with declining infections and strong testing could ease restrictions the end goal a return to the way things were this is not going to be a new normal where somebody has been having for 25 years a 150 seats at a restaurant and now hes got 30 or hes got 60 because that wouldnt work thats not a normal normal will be of he has the 100. 58 or 68 seats and thats going to happen going to going to happen relatively quickly we hope but with food banks reporting skyrocketing demand its increasingly ordinary americans who are struggling to put food on the table as we coronavirus look to him takes its toll. And heres a look at some other stories making news around the world meon maher has released almost 25000. 00 prisoners in a president ial amnesty to mark the countrys new year mass amnesties during holiday celebrations are common though the number freed this year was higher than normal human Rights Groups had called on the on march to reduce overcrowding in its prisons due to the corona virus outbreak. 3 astronauts who spent months on board the International Space station have returned to earth landed safely in tasks and after more than 200. 00 days in space due to the coronavirus the 2 nasa astronauts and one russian underwent special Safety Measures upon their arrival and european car sales fell by 55 percent last month due to the coronavirus measures the European Automotive Manufacturers Association said that all 27. 00 e. U. Markets experienced dramatic contractions but nowhere worse than in italy where new car registrations collapsed by a massive 85 percent. Millions of jobs in the Global Tourism industry could be lost due to the covert 1000. 00 pandemic according to a new report by the uns World Tourism Organization it says that 96 percent of all worldwide destinations have imposed travel restrictions and it has called upon governments to lift as soon as it is safe to do so. One tourist attraction that is deserted is the 600 year old inca settlement of much of p. 2 in southern peru its probably a huge draw for visitors from all over the world but its been quiet for the last month because of the coronavirus for a country whose economy relies on Foreign Exchange times are tough for peru. The ancient incan town macho picchu is one of the 7 modern wonders of the world last year 1500000 tourists came to visit it now except for some lamas its deserted not only there but also proves capital lima is oddly empty due to the lack of tourists many restaurants are suffering since the government imposed a partial lockdown a month ago. 5700 hotels in lima are completely empty right now and the Tourism Industry and all of the workers depending on visitors do not expect relief any time soon. What is more i think its going to take much longer than a year for the Tourism Industry to recover much more than a year because things that want to be in the same i said let me small. Tourism experts estimate in 2020 only a quarter of the normal amount of tourists will visit per room and that the sector will lose around 4000000000. 00. South africa has enacted some of the strictest shutdown roles anywhere in the world no walks no alcohol no cigarettes but while some say those measures go too far others applaud the government and point to its success after all south africa has fewer than 2000 kovan 1000 infections so far and a death toll of 11 our correspondent dan creech reports. This isnt because we need township in the city of power the cramped conditions mean residents specially vulnerable to the cruel enough virus to prevent the spread of covered 1000 here and throughout south africa thousands of Health Workers are carrying out door to door screening. You just going to ask people i mean this other people in the south sometimes although i dont know why it is even if anything really fed into the nearest clinic we dont build slopping and stuff like this you know leading into it and yet its going towards the south africas corona virus infections are growing slowly not exponential but even the government is skeptical about the official numbers the hope is that screening can pinpoint unknown outbreaks. The countrys 1st converts 19 cases have traveled from northern italy in early march since then south africa has closed its borders and bans most incoming flights south africa has implemented very strict measures already after the 1st few cases like a very strict locked in the entire country but can these measures help to avoid a shop increase in the number of cases. By religious says its too early to tell you foresees problems in areas like Testing Capacity and the availability of protective gear but he says the country has experience in managing. Africa i think that at the moment south africa is in a good position and were doing everything that can be done and behind the scenes were hard work to optimize things takes a lot of effort which is unshaven and not properly dressed. I get a call on zoom at 8 pm and then one the next morning so i dont get around to do other things thats been going on 7 days a week and a lot of competent people are spending their time on what happens room 7 days a week and really doing their best. Hospitals throughout the country are getting ready and setting up testing stations 80 percent of the population depends on the Public Health care system and it was already overstretched before the virus crisis started. I think is what were planning to leave. The unknown base to the issues so we normally see on every day 150 patients a day. We can probably manage up to about 26170 patients a day but to that unknown over im going to see 20250 patients a day and then remember to get my resources from if we do jump up to that number. Its unclear how the pandemic will ultimately play out these days in south africa theres little sign of this barrel resignation and the fight against 98 of you some news now of the weird and wonderful scientists have discovered what they believe is the worlds longest animal off the coast of Western Australia socalled zoids have merged into a floating colony about as at least 46. 00 metres long it was found by an underwater robot that allowed researchers to explore deep sea canyons and coral reefs around australia that had never been seen before all these animals they clone themselves thousands of times and then they Work Together in order to form a gelatinous strain. Absolutely stunning and with that now youre up to date to forget you can always get all the latest news and information around the clock on our website www dot com you can also follow us on social media im sarah kelly and thanks for watching. Odd. When others give up. Natalia keeps on fighting. Many russian mothers are in similar situations. Their sons have run afoul of the countrys arbitrary justice her only hope is protest. And shes not on long. Odds against russia out. Next on a d. W. I. Looks like. Theres simply. Too big. Thank you scott. Thank. Subscribe. Documentary. Hello and a very warm welcome indeed to focus on europe with me peter craven and we begin in Vladimir Putins russia a russia that tolerates little in the way of protest and those who do have the courage to take part in demonstrations such as this rally last summer are increasingly branded as a stream ists who then face the full force of global