Im sumi so much kind of good to have you with us in the u. S. President donald trump has caused alarm by suggesting people infected with the coronavirus could be treated with ultraviolet light and disinfectant trump made those remarks during a White House Press briefing after a presentation by a Government Official suggesting he to end sunlight could weaken the virus trump has since claimed he wasnt encouraging people to ingest disinfectant but his comments dismay doctors present at the briefing. Donald trumps claims left Health Experts beach lets hear it and the president s own advisers scrambling to undo any potential damage before its too late which if theyre in the White House Press briefing trump suggested disinfectant injections and u. V. Light could be used to treat patients infected with the coronavirus this is at a time when supposing we hit the body with a tremendous whether its ultraviolet or just very powerful light. And i think you said that hasnt been checked but youre going to test it and then i said supposing you brought the light inside the body you can which you can do either through the skin or. In some other way and i think you said youre going to test sounds interesting very good right and then i see the disinfectant that knocks you out in a minute one minute and is there a way we can do Something Like that. By injection. Or almost a cleaning very marks were criticized by Health Experts who say this infected slick bleach are dangerous when injected or ingested when i said suppose its not that alerts time that trump has made claims that even scientists in his own administration have had to debunk and only a month ago trump promoted the use of hydroxy clora keen a drug used to treat malaria as a potential cure for coated 19. The next day the governments top Infectious Disease expert reviewed his claim during a press conference and surgical procedures is there any evidence to suggest that as with most areas it might be used as a prophylactic if you can suppose you know the answer is no and the evidence that its ok about john is anecdotal evidence trumps recent remarks and his handling of the coronavirus pandemic have been widely criticized the since the pandemic spread to the us his Approval Ratings have been dropping. A recent poll showed that less than half of Americans Trust the information theyre getting from the president on the coronavirus. But for some its not only a question of mistrust for this group of protesters trump statements are causing people in the u. S. To die they laid out dozens of fake body bags a symbol of the lives lost to the corona virus and of the many more who are expected to suffer from the virus in the United States. All right lets get some perspective on the story now we can speak to dr mohamed were near hes a viral infection and vaccine expert at Lancaster University in england mohammed thank you for joining us lets talk about Donald Trumps comments 1st of all the suggestion of injecting disinfectant to clean the body of the corona virus what did you make of this well it is as dangerous as it so really i think the important thing for german public is to understand that the virus when it is outside the body is different than what is inside the body side the body you can see by the way you wanted with the disinfectant u. V. Light it whatsoever where once why does enter into the body it doesnt respect all of these detergent because it is hiding within an individual cells one of the 2 or 3 trillion cells in our bodies so disinfectant wouldnt reach they are what disinfected would do it does all remember a and all the cell of all their body and it will turn out to be extremely toxic and probably one would survive in the corner waters but wouldnt survive by injecting disinfectant what about the other theory a u. V. Light youre saying that also would not work. Yes u. V. Light or Heat Treatment are also working very fine for the white house is open site but example we use u. V. Light to studio lights on for medical appliances we use to also disinfect our glossier and the plastic we use in the laboratory so those are proven of days but just to remind once again outside of d the body but once why this is inside the body you the light does not reach at to the minus cule scale also the cells they have the virus is breathing and they are the light is about the getting and the same is the case with the temperature so great it is something that we and all of his coat on d that it is the mechanism went through a mechanism that i leave it to temperature would certainly have a negative impact on to divide us for example about our body temperature increases in terms of see where that isnt really a defense mechanism because what he want to have that may prove inappropriate in water meant for d the widest so that widest doesnt breathe but when it comes to the action of why this interaction it doesnt completely block so all of these 3 approaches that are being proposed are extremely dangerous and should be taken very cautiously before and he Action Action is considered ok so these are not treatments but mohamed we know that a vaccine probably wont be available to at least a year from now so what can be done in the meantime to fight the virus. There are 2 important remedies coming up the 1st is the and you arent im guessing the are there are strong evidence is that it will be performing a lot better than chloroquine or our proxy clerking of each has been claimed by trump before d as well but the intermediate solution is really the kind of illicit sera sera the blood a part of the yellow part of the blood that is collected from the recovered patients will have a mode of antibodies and if those will be collected can be used to treat frontline work but also people who are healthy all would have a lot more leisure it is ok dr mohamed money joining us from england thank you very much like you are lets talk about the political aspect of all of this data if you step on the monza standing by frost in washington stefan good to see you weve seen quite a backlash to President Trumps comments tell us more about the reactions that youre seeing there. All of this face could say anything about speechlessness or disbelief good for everybody because thats was actually the reigning emotions or judgments in the United States disbelief and utter surprise of how the president could come up with this suggestion to ingest or inject disinfected if materials or cleaning solutions and of course the companies who are making those disinfectants went very very quickly to say please please please anybody out there do not ingest. Any of our products no clorox no lysol no nothing it is dangerous as the doctor just explained so the reactions beyond that is that the analysis i want to say is that this is clearly a sign that the president is still searching for the magic bullet and he needs the magic bullet to cure the virus to bring the economy back on line in the country back apparently because he is so say many experts and observers is really really rattled by the perspective that november did president elect is coming closer and closer and closer and the only chance he has to interact with his clientele with his platforms with his supporters is via the Daily White House coronavirus tends to force press or thats why this whole presser is not about information and if theres information from the president its mostly role it is about campaigning all right stephanie you know just very quickly a lot of criticism of the way the white house is handling this crisis but what did the poll say about his Approval Ratings. Approval ratings of how hes handling the. Coronavirus crisis here in the us are not that great but i have to also say you have to if theres many polls out there and they swing quite a little bit theyre republicans or people who voted for trump and likely to vote again for trump are still in stark support of what the president does and for who the president is this is of course very very different if you look at other polls who are more who are focusing on democrats specifically of course through the roof the numbers of this this believe and displeasure about the performance of the president and in general and thats where were standing at the moment in terms of polls. The stuff on the most reporting for us from washington thank you and just a reminder as we mentioned President Trump has addressed the controversy over his comments he says they were meant to be sarcastic now heres a look at some other stories making headlines around the world a Government Official says suspected hutu militia have killed at least 16 people in the democratic republic of congo the attack took place in that they dont go National Park most of the victims were park rangers protecting a convoy of civilians. Russian and mergence these services are battling wildfires and at least 3 regions of siberia no casualties have been reported but the fires have destroyed dozens of buildings temperatures havent been about 15 degrees celsius higher than usual last year wildfires in siberia burned huge swaths of land in berlin fridays for future activists have placed thousands of protests about posters rather in front of germanys parliament to demand action on the Global Climate crisis the protesters obeyed coronavirus restrictions on climate strike events were also staged in other cities and online. Chancellor Angela Merkel has reiterated germanys willingness to help fill the World Health Organizations funding gap she made that comment on a w. H. O. Conference call today her message comes after u. S. President trump announced last week his administration will halt all funding to the w. H. O. While it reviews how they were in a zation handle to cope with 1000 crisis michael said it is imperative that any vaccine is made available to everyone across the world. More immature well have to find new ways both in how to develop a vaccine and how to produce it. This should happen in many places in the world. And we know that there are regions that are particularly affected by this on the stork. South africas president who also presides over the African Union has pointed this out to me. And thats why our engagement for africa and generally poorer countries is so important. To do it. One of those countries in need is sudan the country was already facing a Health Care Crisis before the pandemic suffering from a shortage of doctors and infrastructure many medical workers left the country under the previous dictatorship and that has left mostly young doctors to handle the corona Virus Outbreak and some doctors say theyve been attacked by patients families who blame them for the Health Systems failures. Good a moment of rest before the early shift begins doctors and nurses board a shuttle bus from their temporary housing to the nearby clinic they cannot keep a safe distance apart and they arent allowed to see their own families. These Health Workers have to get by on one meal a day. Khartoums gobbler clinic is the main Treatment Center for sudans coronavirus patients it already has 16 intensive care beds and 15 ventilators but there are nearly 40 patients being treated already every day brings new arrivals. Doctors like on a. Work 12 hour days often much longer. They are poorly paid and at high risk of infection but feel a strong sense of duty. All. The money we make isnt enough to live on we also work in other clinics and have other applications but its ok were not here for the money. Crisis torn sudan is struggling after decades of dictatorship and economic mismanagement a unity government made up of the army and opposition leaders took over after mass protests last year the economy is in ruins food and fuel are in short supply economic prospects are bleak. Little. Things that very difficult even for doctors because our country is going through hard times i can only hope that the Economic Situation will improve soon in the meantime we will stay here and try to help people as best as we can although in the not all sudanese doctors take that view because of the low pay and poor facilities many highly qualified Health Professionals want to move away to europe or the us. Hundreds have already left and now there are not enough doctors with feelings running high some have been attacked as people blame them for the pandemic. Attacking doctors is completely unacceptable this type of behavior should be severely punished. So dunn is now under lockdown the all thora ts are hoping to avoid a shop increase in corona virus cases which would overwhelm the health care system. Thank you for watching he gave you news well see you again at the top the hour. Combating the pandemic. Where does research stand. What are scientists learning. Background information and news. Hour carona update. 19 special next on d w. How the virus spread. And. Just through the