an exclusive report from a destroyed city. in the science of virus starts may 20th on g.w. . this is state of the news live from greenland the current virus falseness oil action rescue oil prices the pandemic had cut to moderate to a big drop in income for the oil produces now they've agreed to a record stash in al close to bolster the price i mean. we look at one point if it's 2 feet and if it's moscow's medical workers as they battle the coronavirus.

and the app developed in kenya that's now being used worldwide to help close the gap. and i'm christine want to welcome to the program oil prices have risen off to the old major oil producing countries agreed to slash output the production cost opaque joined russia and others and if it should be the oil price and an energy market ravaged by the coronavirus pandemic global oil supplies will be cut by 10 percent. it's being called the biggest oil production cut ever opec plus which brings together the oil cartel with other producers like russia said it would cut world output by 10 percent. in the next 2 months opec and opec plus countries will reduce production by $10000000.00 barrels for the 6 months after

that they will cut production by $8000000.00 barrels per day and for the subsequent 16 months 6000000 barrels will be cut per day. oil prices it down into freefall on worries about the fires and a price war between saudi arabia and russia but low prices also threaten the u.s. shale oil industry president donald trump welcomed the agreement calling it a great deal for all. but with oil tanks filling up around the world and energy hungry industries shut down many analysts are warning the agreement may do little to stabilize the oil market. at all from a business department is at the table with me off of what is this deal mean for the wildlife economy christine the 1st thing that it means really is it's a little bit of rest and it's a little bit of stability for the hopefully the oil price and for the energy sector there remains to be seen exactly how markets are going to react we've had some

initial reaction this morning seemingly quite positive in that some some minor reduction increases in the oil price of 5 percent 6 percent in the longer term it's just to a great degree of uncertainty as to how much investors are going to embrace this whether the courts are sustainable and whether it will be enough to compensate for the massive loss and reduction in overall demand in the world economy for oil so it's rest but for the sector but uncertain yet we need to wait a little bit longer to see if there's any longer in fact this deal that's very difficult until recently what changed well it seems to be that the big thing that changed is the intervention of the u.s. political system basically donald trump and also u.s. senators so ordinarily saudi arabia and russia essential to carve up the global oil market in terms of the price they generally control it through opec and opec plus russia isn't going to remember but it's been a lot of pressure in recent days from trump and 2 u.s. senators and did those reports over the weekend of a number of u.s. senators directly contacting the saudi energy minister talking about changing the

longer term relationship between washington and riyadh unless saudi agreed to what the sanctions u.s. wanted so that would explain a lot of donald trump's happiness at the deal because it seems to underline his influence in terms of getting it struck on. the households one of the world would have benefited from the recent oil prices does this deal change that is bad news for the consumer well it's i would say it's christine it's not quite as simple as that and more stable times when when the global economy is not going through the kind of existential crisis we're just going through at the moment rickover 19 of the pandemic that might be generally seen as a good thing of course lower oil prices has an impact across the economy and it generally helps consumers but what's not good for consumers and what's not good for business in general is when the entire energy sector as a whole is threatened to the extent which a turkey 5 percent drop in demand which is what we experience at the moment is affecting it that could lead potentially if things continue to advance to the requirement for government bailouts of large state or companies that could lead to chaos across the energy sector many many thousands in fact hundreds of thousands of

jobs are risk so no is the simple answer it's a question is it is it is not really a case where it's simply a good thing for consumers in the price prices low what you need to stability 1st and foremost ok. thank you. now. rochelle. you even met a woman who has made it her mission to help medical staff fighting on the front line in the battle against the coronavirus. honest to god has converted her parking spot in an garage in moscow into a horrid space she is coordinating donations for doctors treating coronavirus patients things like disinfectant kettles disposable plates and utensils and protective gear here we have very for everything. here because we. believe right now yeah yeah here is the main

goal here is to say thank you to the doctors because so i really appreciate everything that they are doing right doll that they're fighting every day you know and that we leave. you know we need to get back to all where coleman life despite a lockdown in moscow honest and go god wants to ensure her donations reach doctors as quickly as possible there are now 8 moscow hospitals treating coronavirus patients and a new hospital with 500 beds is being completed but until it's operational the majority of patients are being treated here in co monaca at the capital's outskirts as well as needing protective clothing just about national staff and also have to start your. honest succeeded in getting a canteen kitchen quickly on board it was already producing up to 10000 ready to

eat meals with fresh vegetables for regular clients. request they're also now delivering $650.00 freshly made meals to doctors and nurses in moscow every day for free. we consider it our duty to help the doctors they bear the most responsibility right now we're making special finger food for them so that they can eat quickly and get back to their patients that are going to do much more for you isn't what the question is what i'm . worried of as initiative has spread throughout moscow she's managed to convince more than 40 companies and organizations to donate goods for me and this is a good sign because it's showing how important is to be together to be connected and how easy to do this and this is probably. better to say that but it's probably a good side of the mirror because this means that people can be still very

connected no one knows when russia's coronavirus up the demick will peak but for honest and got it's clear that her help is needed now more urgently than ever. the author of the reports you just standing by hi gary how many cases has been confirmed in russia and how many people have died from clovis 19. well the station christine is very serious the rush of the country is a few weeks behind to europe in terms of new infections the record live more than 17000 people infected with a girl a virus 130 patients died at least that's the official number nobody can really say how high is the real number is another warning thing is that 85 percent of all new infections are people under 65 and most of the infected people live here in moscow

most the hospitals are running out of space and there have been videos going around on social media of dozens of ambulances queuing in front of some emergency rooms all of the authorities are doing a lot experts warn that russia is far from reaching its peak in effect moscow's mayor sergei's to be and has said we are only at the fruit of the mountain. how has the of russian government responded to the crisis is the public health system prepared nationwide. well there are now a several hospitals in moscow that have been a repro file for grown in patients unfortunately christine is there are also cases of infections among doctors and when that happens the whole hospital has to close immediately but russia seems to be a long way from spanish italian or let's say american the conditions the situation appears to be under control so far but the problem is not so much moscow but the region's medical care in the countryside is sometimes catastrophic and often

underfunded my mother lives for example in volgograd and of russia and she had to go to the hospital to these 2 years ago i visited her there and i have to say i really don't wish of those conditions and by anyone. here in la times are in place in moscow and at the city has the russian public been adhering to the instructions . well the russians have been in seoul cold isolation prescribed by president putin for several weeks until the end of april that means that everyone who doesn't have to go out must stay at home people can go out for example to buy food to go to the pharmacy or take out the trash shops are closed many companies aren't working trains and buses are running but they are almost empty and by the way from wednesday this week there will even be electronic passes for cal georgists and travel on public transportation in moscow anyone who wants to leave the house has

to get an electronic code and get permission from the city every time so we'll see how that we'll be working in the coming days by the movie's peaceful and calls of all. that's you know in moscow thank you. and time now to take a look at some of the news in the other possible strong storms pounded the southern united states on sunday he's making it he's 6 people in mississippi and damaging up to 300 homes and buildings the national weather service said strong winds was sweeping through other parts of the states as well. and to president richard one has rejected the resignation off his interior ministers to name a new who took responsibility for this weekend's much criticized play that 900 curfew the announcement of the 4th quarter 1000000 surprised and prompted panic buying 2 hours before it took effect on friday night. and spain's prime minister pedro sanchez has said his country remains at high risk on the coronavirus even the

it has reported its slowest growth in confirmed infections for 3 weeks now spain is to allow workers industry and construction to return to work off to a 2 week shutdown. the french navy's only aircraft carrier has arrived at this a. 50 naval personnel test positive for clear that 19 the entire crew all for. $900.00 same is will be tested for the bias and isolated for 2 weeks. now in times like these to get help way to get tested or perhaps just nearest hand-washing station is vital information now they say can help and. is a kenyan crowdsourcing taking on a job that has in the pos been used to collect data for disaster relief elections and crisis responses now organizations all over the world are using the platform to navigate the current crisis. in data and information that's

job he's the project coordinator at mapi bera an organization that has been mocking up its biggest mom for the past 10 years with the corona virus outbreak has shifted the focus from his digital maps now he's documenting handwashing stations clinics and aid efforts we. like some of the watching board would be like this one it's on the mob but we also. where we set it. up. about how so many could beat up people we've got. facebook reduced like you did with where we have huge numbers of you beat up people. joshua and his team have also started documenting all corona cases confirmed by the kenyan ministry of health. if heath information into digital maps on the open source platform a shady the platform allows users to create their own topical maps and adding

information to geographical points from that you better have a collecting data like this for years i've been the ships around the world i'm now using the shaky technology to collect data about corona related responses and problems in that part of the world. to show he website shows it's being used in europe asia the us and latin america and italy for instance and initiative maps are places to get food and medical supplies and in japan users are reporting the corona testing experiences. so in the last few weeks you see more than 300. on the ocean even platforms and it's being used across the world i think one thing that's come up yet is that for us to be able to deal with this crisis we're going to have to rely on you know people's collective responsibility right you know people are being asked to stay in the cup that also a lot of informational guts that exist out there that people on the ground or people who are experiencing some of these issues will be able to bring to light and

involve people who can then jump in and and support while the kenyan technology is making its way around the world the hope is that the data will also help governments and international organizations and responding to the crisis. he watching the news from berlin remember you can get to the latest headlines on the d.w.i. at all on our way of psyche w dot com and you can follow us on twitter and instagram too as for eckstein of the new south pristine world and i'll be back at the top of the hour when al thank you for watching enjoy music and. what secrets lie behind the wall. discover new adventures in 360 degree. and explore fascinating world heritage sites that. double your world heritage 360 to get you out now. how does

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