麻豆约拍

The coronavirus crisis has pushed past the grim milestone of 200,000 deaths in India. Mumbai and Delhi have been the cities most affected by the pandemic but there is now a rapid increase in the number of cases in Banglaore and Kolkata . We hear from Dr Randip Ray in Kolkata.

Also in the programme, over the years a number of cities have changed their names. The latest is South Africa's Port Elizabeth, which is now called Gqeberha. The 麻豆约拍's Matthew Davies explores why cities take this course of action, and asks whether part of the essence of a city's past is lost when its name changes. Plus, Malawi in south-east Africa has ambitious plans to transform its economy, which is currently largely sustained by growing tobacco. Blessings Chinsinga is professor of public administration at the University of Malawi, and discusses how hard it will be for the country to kick the habit.

(Picture: Health workers attend Covid patients in Delhi. Picture credit: Getty Images.)