A road map for recovery from the coronavirus trump now says the state governor should set the pace in a phased approach to getting things back to normal. Or mostly this in. June sounded good in a g w exclusive india off there are a duck to throw you accuses Prime MinisterNarendra Modi of using the coronavirus to spread hatred of muslims. Im sorry kelly welcome to the Program China is reeling as the full impact of the coronavirus lockdowns becomes clearer 1st the economy has taken a hit with figures for the 1st 3 months of this year showing the 1st drop and output for almost 30 years the 2nd blow is new figures revealing about the death toll in the city of new han where the. Virus was 1st detected is 50 percent higher than previously reported now our report begins with a slump in the economy. And the lock down 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 at 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. Because the situation is dire. Its as us was for me. Ive got no idea how to get through this year. Theres no 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 an accusation the country denies so lets get more now we are joined by a member of the German Parliament your good heart he is the Foreign Affairs spokesperson for chancellor Angela Merkels conservatives welcome to the program and thanks for joining us. Id like to begin by asking you are you concerned that china has covered up the true extent of the outbreak there. You know we have some concerns going certainly to china 1st i would like to mention that in case that international has done us like in europe and us will be also respected in china and certainly live stock markets and wild animal markets potentially. Jump from the virus for an animal to human being could be hindered and i think we know about risks that. We have iris might be transferred from animals to people since decades and there are Chinese Government also w. H. O. What can we do to make higher standards. That Something Like rotationally have to do and not technically 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 han where they were researching sars virus as 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 a liner that books are d used but its going to mention it i think. And so. We know about the risk that potentially highly interactive virus might jump from it and it looks to human beings this is the result of all the science in the last decades comes out of this development and it was obvious that once day Something Like that might happen in case that turn up of course all of it was case its not. Just the problem anymore to you would be i think this is a mate most it is risky also for the future there what we should concentrate on that im not sure that we brought her potentially much of a time out the whole truth about what happens maybe a lot of the time the government is not heavy that there were to hold the chair on the starting point of that world out there. And that was member of the German Parliament youre going to hearts with me earlier heres a quick round up of coronavirus developments around the world German Health minister again sponsor of the outbreak in germany is quote under control and 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 should be done at home if the coronavirus continues and they dont need to has become the country with the most cases in Southeast AsiaHealth Officials say that nearly 6000 people have been infected with the virus that. Indias 1300000000 people 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 the virus also has a religious dimension correspondent in the should fall has traveled to the Northern City of meru 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 movements. 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 that all time high. He squarely blames the indian media oh yeah corona has arrived this is what they say when they see muslims. Theyre beating us here 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 after an event by the tbilisi jamaat and islamic sect was recognized as occurred on our wireless hotspot many who attended the gathering in delhi became called 19 patios across India Several me get on this were 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 6. 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 this residence here a 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 sect have deliberately spread the wireless youre going to india should have been free of coronavirus by now but in denmark but these members this collective like suicide bombers or these suicide bombers you should place in the strictest possible legal action they should be punished in a way that generations to follow start to not be too afraid to commit such crimes. As. If the allegations the sect has spread the virus on purpose are still unfounded bought fewer and anger across communities. But these men their religion has become an added burden during the long lockdown. And earlier i spoke with the Booker Prize Winning author and leading political activist. In delhi about her take on the situation in india. In fact its not a crisis yet in india if you look at the numbers which of course but little exposed seems about there are so that all of us knew you know its its late on full display he just as you were reporting were seeing were suffering not just from corps but from a crisis of hatred progresses. And of course the lockdown in india is lot a lot darker as there is not physical distance either just physical compression. But really this crisis of against. Its coming of course on the back of a massacre which 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 against Senior Editor against activists and true. To their recently thought into doing so theres nothing i could see to look to the government all the. People i can speak to people and to the world outside not to do this lightly because obviously the situation is approaching. You know because the governments agenda has been and its just the sky muslims have been lynched was them have been hunted down but now the stigmatizing even with this illness has left you know Government Policies on the street now you can hear it everywhere. A strong warning there from one of indias leading intellectuals are in the team roy now u. S. President donald trump says that healthy americans will be able to get back to work as soon as local conditions allow has set out a plan for a phased return to normal daily life in the United States he says that reopening will take place once careful steps are excuse me 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 outlines 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 at 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 158 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 158 or 68 seats and thats going to happen and its 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 this week coronavirus look down takes its toll. Now amid all of those challenges from around the world regarding the crisis and were going to bring you some news that is a bit weird and wonderful because scientists have discovered what they believe is the worlds longest adam all off the coast of Western Australia socalled zoids have merged into a floating colony that is at least 46 meters 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 and these animals they cloned themselves thousands of times and then they Work Together in order to form this really beautiful to lot in this string they are looking at right now. And with that now youre up to date news im sarah kelly and berlin dont forget you can always get the latest news on the go on our web site t w dot com and you can also follow us on. Combating the corona pandemic. Where does research stand. What are scientists learning. Background information and news. Hour carona updates. From the covert 19 special next on d w. Stand for. Language courses. Video audio. W. B. s. As the penn demi groups through the world shattering National Health systems and economies a Global Response to help pick up the pieces has never been more central but International Corporation has sagged under the weight of the coronavirus United Nations the World Health Organization and the g 20 all unable to take the lead. Countries have closed themselves off each locked into a contest to secure supplies of limited resources like face masks protective clothing and medication. But how it is now is not how it has to be make remains a chance for countries to come together and create opportunity from crisis so will the how will the world look after all this. Welcome to overnight in special here. It is good to have you with us now when looking at the what the future might bring is good to remember what shakespeare wants that past is prologue meaning looking back can help one look ahead of the duchesse story bregman has made a career of looking at the great crises of the past millenia hes concluded that theyve always lead to major interventions and eventually beneficial shifts for him the coronavirus. The kind of solidarity that humanity is capable of heralding positive changes for greater society. 6. So lets bring in the man himself historian bregman its good to have you on the program and your new book humankind a hopeful history you say that empathy compassion and kindness make us human beings not how do people hoarding toilet paper buying loads of noodles and spreading fake news during the Current Crisis fit into that argument well thats a great question you know this is all theory that within western culture and scientists call the new year its the idea that civilization is only in the air and this is something happens say a Natural Disaster it should not be here an earthquake or a pandemic that people go back to their true selves that they show who they really are because theyre basically selfish animals beasts so they start hoarding stuff and they panic etc etc this is very popular story in the media you see it always after Natural Disasters you know think about katrina in 2000 by thats what people have been experiencing to originally. Thats what people are experiencing is the opposite actually i think its pretty much the opposite so if you zoom out a bit i think the vast majority of the behavior that we see right now is pro social in nature and you see you really see an explosion of cooperation and continents on the local level and surely there is some panic buying there is some warning but even there i mean id love to talk about toilet paper by the way because the fascinating thing is that most of the toilet paper shortages was just a supply delivery problem right so there are 2 kinds of the paper commercial toilet paper and the sort of paper that you use a whole right so the kinds of vapor that you use at an office is different from what you use it at home and suddenly theres this huge increase in the amount of you know that sort of a for the user because people are known so they go to that oh so easily i mean thats the reason why they are suddenly such a shortage but will he tend to do because this is such an old idea within our culture is to say oh that must be because of selfishness in order and sure theres a little bit of that but i think the zoom out and if you look at the science we have all this you find that actually most behavior is prosocial in nature and people are actually helping each other so what specific signs of a change for the better do you see. Ok so what we have seen in the 15 to 20 years is that there has been a kind of signage revolution within different time to convey segments so whether its about after apology or archaeology or psychology or sociology well the science is that move to a much more hopeful view of human nature and the fascinating thing is that they often dont even know it from each other so for example biologists have been arguing in the last couple of years that we have evolved to be friendly they didnt really call this survival of the friendlies which means that for millenia when we were in that nomadic hunter gatherers it was actually different use them only to do it and as kids so the big chance of passing on their genes to next generation psychologists have been discovering something very similar you know for example theyve studied the behavior of people during an emergency say someones drowning or attacked in the streets and based on real evidence from c. C. T. V. Footage they found that in 1000 percent of all cases people actually help each other so its very much the opposite of why i say the nudes of our culture or the holywood movies always tell you. Also claim that the era of neo liberalism has come to an end thanks to the coronavirus why. Well i dont know if you seen the the editorial in the Financial Times you know from 2 weeks ago i mean this is the biggies maybe one of the most powerful newspapers in the globe and even the Financial Times is saying right now in an editorial that there needs to be an end to the policy direction of the last 40 years and for 40 years weve relied on values like individual isnt selfishness and you know the central idea of you know what most people called it the old rule is the idea that most people are selfish and youre in the midst of a bit in the midst of them and then you realize thats not going to get you anywhere and what has been happening is that i did it just 56 years ago were seen as crazy and very unrealistic are now moving into the mainstream you know the idea well taxes they seeking you know a bigger role for the state all these ideas are becoming much more prominent right now. Recur bragman historian and we certainly hope that youre making the case for a Better Society often that make does come to thank you so much for talking to us. Thank you. Well for picturing what the world will look like after the pandemic on to the issues of the here and now the questions youve been sending us about the coronavirus and there are so many our science editor Derek Williams hardly gets to leave his almost. If youve had over 1000 and recovered do you still need to wear a mask. Although the effectiveness of wearing a mask as a measure to prevent you from catching cove at 19 is still being debated theres no a pretty broad consensus that it certainly makes sense to wear one if you have the disease because it will make you less of a danger for others in theory if you had the virus and recovered you shouldnt have to wear a mask for at least a while because theory says that after fighting off the disease you should be immune which means you can no longer produce the virus and infect others or on the flip side you cannot be reinfected by others the problem is that this is all still very much theory as experts still have to Little Information about things like the possibility of reinfection they cant get make real science based recommendations about people who have recovered they need more time to gather data so if you want to continue to wear a mask even after having covert 19 i dont think anyone at this point would consider that silly. When we have a vaccine with people who have already had coma 19 be vaccinated as well. This is an interesting question because it touches closely on the question of the munity take over at 19 which we still dont know much about but by the time the vaccine becomes available which despite a lot of hype nobody expects to happen before next year we will have a lot more information about how long your immune response is likely to last and when youve had this disease that will of course informed decisions about who needs vaccinations mode. Whats clear is that if and when they become available Frontline Health workers will be the 1st to be vaccinated and i imagine that will include those who have already had the virus even if theyre only given it as a precautionary measure depending on what we know by then about the length of the average american response its quite likely i think that people who havent had the disease will be prioritized over those who have had it but this is all still really hypothetical because we still dont have the data we need on a large number of critical aspects and any potential vaccines are still quite a way down the road. John di is affect how vulnerable you are to covert 19. Probably no other factor has more of an impact on your health in the long term than your diet i havent seen any specific scientific studies showing that a particular diet like a plant based one makes you less vulnerable to cope at 19 and the other diet that would probably be impossible to show anyway in the middle of this pandemic but there are recommendations that Health Bodies and doctors are continuing to make pretty much across the board 1st and foremost even though they might not be easy to come by where you live you should try to eat a range of fresh unprocessed foods every day 2nd drink plenty of water and of course no matter how great the temptation try to avoid comfort foods loaded with sugar and fat and salt they might lift your mood temporarily but in the long run they wont give your immune system what it needs to put up a fight. That was data science editor Derek Williams and if you have a question for him about the pandemic simply posted in the comments section of our d. W. You tube channel and that wraps up this edition of coven 900 special for more i highly recommend a website d. W. Dot com which is dedicated covert 900 pages and 30 languages im chris coburn bolen thanks for watching and well leave you now with pictures of the last part of the globe yet to be hit by the. Remote list of antarctica is a blessing and a curse its kept covert 19 at bay but would make sending help difficult if it does spread there all the estimated 4000 people there can only hope that doesnt happen thanks for watching and to keep. Environmentally conscious living. With maximum comfort. There north korea from tanzania is helping make it possible he started with sustainable ideas in his own home. Getting out hes inspiring others to innovate at his invention school eco africa. Next t. W. Go to india. Point 3000000000. And they all need electricity but. Where does it come from healthy coconscious is the Energy Supply in the country. India and its bright prospects for with. 60 minutes. Are always a symbol of a long complex in the philippines between the muslims and the christian population. As fighters occupied the city center in 2000. President due to his response was. This is not the kind of freedom that we. Coded morale when you become a gateway to islamic terror. An exclusive report from a destroyed city. In the sights of i. A. S. Starts may 20th on d w. Hello and welcome to another edition of africa while we highlight environmental topics on ideas from europe and africa. To nobody oh and these week well be looking out