Former british Prime Minister gordon brown warns that the west will be to blame its a w h os efforts to help contain the bars in the developing world to fail. As some European Countries gradually lift their lockdowns will germany follow suit transvaal going back when the nations 16 regional leaders are due to hold a Video Conference decide what to do next. Hello im terry martin good to have you with Us Donald Trump has instructed his administration to halt funding of the World Health Organization says the w. H. O. Failed in its early response to the coronavirus us president who has himself come under fire for his handling of the pandemic said the w. H. O. Should have done a better job of investigating initial reports in china u. S. Secretarygeneral responded by saying that was not the time to support for. He said its work was absolutely critical to the global effort to combat. The w. H. O. Failed in its basic duty to save lives those were the words of president trumps United States freeze on funding for the u. N. Agency today im instructing my administration to halt funding of the World Health Organization while a review is conducted as the organizations leading sponsor the United States has a duty to insist on full accountability trump has repeatedly criticized the w. H. O. Throughout the pandemic this time claiming its biased towards china is responsible for the viruses rapid spread to other parts of the world. Had the w. H. O. Done its job to get medical experts into china to objectively assess the situation on the ground and to call out chinas lack of transparency the outbreak could have been contained at its source with very little death trump says the roughly 400000000. 00 in annual donations will now be paused and decision drew a sharp rebuke from the German Foreign minister. Said in a tweet blaming does not help the virus knows no borders we should Work Together closely against kuwait 191 of the best investment is to strengthen the un especially the underfunded w. H. O. For example in the development and distribution of tests and vaccines bill gates to call the move dangerous the us is the washed affected country in the world with more recorded cases and deaths than anywhere else. Trumps handling of the pandemic has also been whitely criticized and his opponents say this latest ones meant amongst a nothing more than a deflection tactic. Before u. K. Prime minister gordon brown has been calling for a stronger Global Response to the pandemic and he joins us now from fife in scotland mr brown thanks for being with us what to make of Donald Trumps decision to stop funding the World Health Organization where you know in march the 26 dont which arent signed or communicate that he was present at the meeting of the g 20 when he said he would strengthen the w. H. O. As mandate they would increase the funding for Disaster Response they would give more money so it could develop a new virus and they would help it deal with the problems facing the developing countries this is not only in the logical step by the president its an act of self wrong because to protect ourselves locally in germany or in america we have to act globally and if this disease has a 2nd or 3rd round in africa or in the developing world and then comes back to the west then we will be to blame for not helping those african countries at the w. Jurors in total supporting protect themselves when they have underdeveloped Health Systems and through social social safety nets who counted oct social distancing are not the measures that we were docked to in the west i want to talk about those african governments those african countries in this pandemic in just a moment but 1st which so National Governments leading the response to this pandemic so far have transnational organizations like the w. H. O. Or the un failed. I think each individual organizations trying its best but you know when i had to deal with others with the Global Financial crisis in 2009 we were only able to say we will do what ever it can do which is what you got to be able to say when we brought everyone together we brought the International Organizations i met from the world bank of the u. N. To the w. H. O. But wed also brought National Leaders together in one forum the g 20 and whats missing at the moment is this concert to action together by World Leaders and even if america is reluctant to start with and even if china is operating bilaterally i think the European Union japan the rest of asia africa pushing us along i think we can get this global coordination and its necessary one to finance the search for a cure and for a vaccine and for diagnostics and therapeutics secondly to build capacity because were building each other at the moment for limited capacity weve got to build capacity in test kits and build it and ventilators never thing else and suddenly of course driven the 2nd and 3rd round of disease which has to be done by acting collectively they recently helped pen an open letter to the g. 20 it was signed by more than 200. 00 former World Leaders and called for a coordinated Global Response to the crown a virus do you think should lean that response. I think we need 2 things 1st of all a pledging conference to deal with the financing of global howth and i do believe that the European Union has a major role to play in in leading this bringing and japan canada korea and then bringing in china of america and i think secondly we need a g. 20 task force that we need this coordination on a week to week day to day level if were going to get the World Economy back to growth then there will be a moment when we need to expand demand in the economy at the moment were in employment protection soon we will have to restore demand and that are work right coordinated fiscal munna trade and Central Bank Policies and it will also require the interaction is that you shouldnt the i. M. F. And the world bank to be given by the politicians the power in the money that will enable them to support developing country economies g 20 finance ministers are about to release their Global Action plan as a former finance minister yourself chancellor of aspects checker in the u. K. Do you think that plan should include debt relief for africa. Definitely ive got an article in the Washington Post today with the Larry Summers which is saying 76. 00 of the low Income Countries in the world should get immediate relief well this year and for next year not just for a few months but they are spending more on debt Interest Payments or the moment when they are on their Health Systems it is against our self interests that they not spending on health we have got to help them do that one of the quickest ways is debt relief we will have to decrease a special drawing rights of the i. M. F. We will have to give the world bank and the i. M. F. The power to lend and to grant more money all these things are going to be necessary and it ought to be synchronized and brought together in 1. 00 plan and i hope and try to win the i. M. F. And world bank meet theyve agreed that a plan that includes debt relief is gently required and has to be pushed forward mr brown thank you so much for talking with us that was former u. K. Prime minister gordon brown thank you. And heres a quick look at some of the other coronavirus developments around the world the World Health Organization says is certain the world has still has not seen the peak of its help break it says 90 percent of confirmed cases are so far in europe and the United States a french court has ordered Ecommerce Company was on to limit deliveries to is sensual and to conduct a thorough assessment of Health Measures that its warehouse has denmark is reopening Child Care Centers primary schools and some shops today it was one of the 1st countries in europe to impose a law then finland is lifting roadblocks around its capital its 1st measure to ease restrictions there well with some countries in europe now starting to ease flocked down restrictions the European Commission has released preconditions that it says you Member States should fulfill European Commission president ryssdal if underly and said the lockdowns had come it quote an enormous price but theyve been necessary here in germany the number of new cases has gone up after 4 days of decline the current restrictive measures imposed to combat the virus or due to expire on sunday ches on michaels consulting with the premiers of germanys 16 states about what should happen next its been 3 weeks since restrictions were implemented schools have remained closed restaurants of clip that tables indefinitely and social distancing has largely become the known now as the number of new cases in germany slows opiate plateauing as a high level the German Government faces the grave decision begin relaxing measures or extend them beyond april 19th german chancellor Angela Merkel will discuss the possibilities in a telephone conference on wednesday with leaders of germany 16 States Health ministry and spawn is already hinted at a rollback but with caviar. We should do it step by step and keep control of the bee outbreak and make sure that were able to keep treating patients for inspiration to 100. Suggestions from Germanys National academy of sciences will be closely considered in talks including the gradual reopening of elementary and middle schools shops stores and nightclubs would fall or restaurants would open next as long as social distancing was upheld facemasks would be obligatory and publicly available g. P. S. Data could be used for Contact Tracing but according to media reports on wednesday an extension of the current measures until may 3rd could still be on the table either way the consequences could be enormous easing restrictions could risk a spike in cases but there are also economic and societal risks to keeping them in place. Those who are some of the other stories making headlines around the world today new zealands Prime Minister just sent a durned says she and other top officials are taking a 20 percent pay cut for the next 6 months a dance step was a symbolic acknowledgement of the struggle many faced by many new zealanders frontline staff will know if fact it is. German police have arrested 4 suspected members of the socalled Islamic StateOfficials Say the 4 men are believed to have been planning deadly attacks in the country including on u. S. Installations all 4 suspects or touchy just. And millions of people have flocked to the polls in south koreas National Parliamentary elections with unprecedented measures in place to deal with the coronavirus pandemic course were looking at pictures of there we go the vote is seen by some as a mid term referendum for president moon chain exit polls project his party will win a majority. For. Free we have to return to the 2 story we were looking at just a short while ago regarding the restrictions in germany the countrys government. Is meeting with the heads of the 16 federal states to try to decide on a timeline for putting the country back to work. Earlier i spoke with with a professor who was on the committee that helped advise the government on how to possibly reopen the country the question is what impact a walk down is having on Mental Health of people who who are having to live through this locked out and put that question to Frank Loesser hes a psychology professor at the university of hamburg and a member of the German Academy of sciences leopold deano that gave its recommendations to the German Government. Of course this is a situation of severe stress. Might be more severe in some families Family Violence or them might be excess tension threats due to bankruptcy or unemployment and all this will leave marks on those were softer of course and we know we have no proper date or right now but we know from other areas from saudi long time im employed what might happen and such stressful experience is often lead to psychological and also physiological diseases. We do not know for the time being how many and whole severely people would be affected. I see these problems coming to us in the European Countries but i see even bigger problems mother countries to a lockdown and in your for example would put thousands of people into existential borderline situations and they will not die of covert but of starvation professor thank you very much for talking with us today that was professor a psychology professor and member of the academy of sciences here in germany leopold dena. And then a 9 year old war veteran has raised the equivalent of around 7000000. 00 euros for Britains NationalHealth Service after his campaign went viral captain tall more initially aim to walk 100. 00 laps of his garden by thursday to raise just over 1000 euros but then as efforts were featured on National Television and seemed to resonate across the country hes now about to keep on walking for as long as the patients keep coming in. Youre watching the news from berlin or seeing it all the latest headlines on our g. W. App or on our website thats steve w. Dot com im terry marsh and thanks for watching. Combating the corona pandemic. Where does research stand. What are scientists learning. Background information and. Our corona update. From the 19 special next on d w. Ringback mean you mean how does it feel to have covered 90. Somebody had taken a scuba diving under water trying to. I was immobile even the time i couldnt move my head i looked out of the corner of my eye and i saw people falling. I didnt know if it was real or not. People were seeing. Everything. But always thought id seen death and i wished for that if. They were lucky to survive the global tally of coronavirus thats has already passed the mark of 100. 00. 20000 in hospitals everywhere medical staff give their all towards slowing the rise. Or im seeing young patients old patients people of all age ranges who are just incredibly sick and you can even hear it now as im walking through patient rooms ever hallway you just hear oxygen and. The virus has not been selective with its targets and each case has its own story so what exactly happens in the body of your own code 19 and are there any Long Term Health effects. These are some of the questions on which were going to focus on this edition of covert 19 special im chris coburn bilin it is good to have you with us now high fever a dry cough and difficulty breathing those are the most common symptoms of covert 19 some people shal mild signs of the disease other more severe ones so lets take a look at how long a person actually stays sick after contracting the virus. If they caught the virus on day one they will probably be contagious starting on day 2 or 3 and this lasts 2 for about 2 weeks symptoms might start of them later and might even be present when people are not contagious anymore on average some 14 percent of patients with symptoms have to be admitted to hospital for up to 20 days and half of these hospitalized patients on average end up in an intensive care unit. Now for more lets bring in professor klaus abi is a palm unary doctor and former president of the German Respiratory Society its good to have you on the program how does covert 19 differ from other respiratory diseases and what does it mean to the people treating patients. 1st of all. Thank you for having me this is a relevant question thats been asked doctors like me all the time listen they are commonalities and if its commonalities obvious is a virus infection it means that it gets a certain subjects cough such as disney and some patients someone else or times as you describe to the program they are differences and that is what weve learned weve learned that people who may have certain source today said basic 78 they become severe they need to develop this. Sort of if you teach shouldnt throw it down. And then make sometimes the oxygen fall it makes these people 2 percent with most of the diseases when this is when indeed intensive care treatment what is the biggest problem with people that need this intensive care treatment. One of the things all of us the meat of the capacity have to post them and to treat them in hospitals that have seen the reports from around the world shortages and thats a good bands has been. A major shortfall in this this is gosh getting systems like o