this is it news live from berlin corona virus infections in russia skyrocket in the last 24 hours authorities registered more than 10000 new cases of. as more and more medics become infected there are fears that hospitals are outside of moscow could become overwhelmed also coming up. ready for takeoff with nowhere to go but the pandemic wiping out international travel airlines have taken a battering billionaire investor warren buffett sells his stakes in a 4 major u.s.

carriers. and on world press freedom day honors journalists with their annual freedom of speech it would highlights the courage and determination of reporters reporters persecuted for exposing the truth about the coronavirus and damage. welcome to the program despite a strict lockdown across russia the number of corona virus cases there is rising sharply authorities recorded more than 10000 new cases in the last 24 hours bringing the total to almost 135000 more than half of the new cases are in the capital moscow there is concern that as the virus spreads russia's medical facilities could be overwhelmed. moscow is entering its 6th week of

corona lockdown but despite these efforts infections are on the rise across russia over 10000 new cases were registered sunday more than half in the capital alone while hospitals in moscow are relatively well equipped that's not the case elsewhere in russia since hospitals lack sufficient personal protective gear many hospital employees and doctors have become infected until recently russia's official corona count was relatively low but assisting increases so too is the number of confirmed cases in st petersburg last week ambulances were lined up outside hospitals medical staff only admitting suspected corunna patients one by one. the last time we had to wait for 10 hours. from 4 30 pm until 2 30 in the morning. according to the moscow times newspaper many ambulance drivers and paramedics are infected over 100 alone in st petersburg. for

several days now in moscow as austin keno television tower has shown this beating heart a thank you to the country's medical professionals officials say 70 doctors and nurses have succumbed to the corona virus across russia. and that spring indeed of your correspondent you're a shadow in moscow yury as we've just heard you're experiencing a record one day increase of 10000 new cases in russia why the big job. while the high numbers of new infections see in russia of course sound dramatic and are they on actually dramatic but there is a very simple explanation and that is that the number of tests being carried out in recent weeks russia has really upped its testing efforts apparently it's one of the countries with the highest number of tests worldwide most of the testing is taking place here in moscow which has been the hardest hit by the virus the authorities recently changed their policy testing people in the beginning you have to have

clear symptoms and you have to have had contact with someone who had gone out to get tested now it's enough to have a slight a runny nose or other symptoms of a cold you can call the hotline and get a visit from doctors who will test you ok and how early russian authorities are reacting. well directions to vary of course the new numbers of infections and deaths are at least every morning here so with one hand and i'm not excluding myself here you wake up in the morning and get several push notifications with all these frightening and numbers but because of the set up for the trend has been going on for days and with a new numbers of cases being reported people have also gotten used to it what's a problem for thor exist now is that there is a lot of my holidays across russia at the moment people usually after parties and barbecue in big groups and with the weather getting better this will be a really tough test for the russians in south isolation but authorities have taken

additional measures to keep people at home for example the national guard is going to deploy helicopters and drones to money told to lock down during the holidays and up until may 11th and moscow's mariya sabean has south of that 13 security 13000 security forces will be patrolling the city which is a very high number even from moscow and the fact that to the russian prime minister tested positive for the virus was shocking news that could be a wake up call for some people here ok to use your earshot of reporting from moscow thanks for that. it's time for a brief look at some of the other stories making headlines around the world. british prime minister boris johnson has offered more insight into his recent hospitalization for corona virus in an interview he said doctors had been preparing a strategy in case he died johnson spent 3 nights in intensive care during his week of treatment in a london hospital. students in israel are returning to school after 50 days at

home the oldest and youngest are the 1st back the remaining classes will return later this month. south korea says its troops extend exchanged gunfire with north korean forces along their tense border seoul says north korea fired 1st shooting towards a south korean guard post early on sunday no injuries were reported washington says it believes the north korean gunshots were accidental almost 3000 people on a cruise ship under quarantine in the german port of cooks haven't are being tested for covert 19 at least one person on board has tested positive and now everybody is being tested those on board our crew members from the cruise fleet of the to the travel company. ditto views michael elson and sent us this update from the port in cooks haven't. the crew ship is currently under strict quarantine here in cook's

how often they're almost $3000.00 people on board none of them are tourist they are all crew members of the entire 2 a fleet which normally operates at this time of the year in the mediterranean sea or the canary islands now put all of its crew members and employees together on board of this vessel and brought them to germany just a few days ago everybody on board has to be tested for the virus and health authorities say that test results won't be available until late monday evening we hear there's a great amount of anger and frustration on board because it's really difficult for people who are already stuck there for weeks to exercise social distancing when they even have to share cabins as we hear so it's completely unclear at the moment when the odyssey for the 2 young chloe's will come to an end billionaire

u.s. investor warren buffett one of the world's richest men says he remains confident that the battered american economy will bounce back after the coronavirus crisis however is not so sure about the future of the airline industry he has sold stakes in 4 major u.s. carriers. they might be ready for takeoff but the demand just isn't there thousands of planes remain grounded as u.s. airlines cut hundreds of thousands of flights airports are deserted and there's no clear timetable for passengers to return to the air at pre-crisis levels the few passengers that are still flying have mixed feelings about it as fears of infection prevail. and i was wrong on the plane i don't understand why they have us so close . good flight that's a lot of people claim got up fast plane landed fast. u.s. travel demand is down by 95 percent now the 4 biggest airlines in the us delta

american southwest and united airlines have lost one of their largest individual holders berkshire hathaway the conglomerate had only started investing in them in 2016 chairman warren buffett says the industry's outlook has changed rapidly the world changed per on sun i. wish him well but it's one of the businesses we have we have businesses we don't directly that are going to be hurt significantly the virus will cost berkshire money the announcement comes a day after berkshire hathaway reported a nearly $50000000000.00 loss in the 1st quarter of 2020 reflecting the outbreaks toll on the company's investment portfolio but it's not just the u.s. aviation industry that has been hit hard now bush chief executive wanted could take the sector 3 to 5 years to recover his core profits fell by 49 percent in the 1st quarter over industry no place in the greatest crisis in its history many customers

are seeking to disprove that it is simply physical your navel to think that it will be archived we've gotten to the new reality. with airlines and plane makers struggling all over the world readapting might once again prove the key to survival. today is world press freedom day and every year on this day g.w. gives out its freedom of speech award this year there were highlights journalists who have been persecuted because of their reporting on the coronavirus pandemic were only naming 17 individuals but they represent all those journalists bloggers and citizens around the world who have defied restrictions on press freedom to report on the coronavirus michelle bachelet the united nations high commissioner for human rights paid tribute to the winners i'm here to honor the courage of the generals who despite such attacks speak up and continue to investigate and report

critically without fear i pay tribute to the courage of those who have been disappeared arrested or threaten for their work my office of the united nations will continue to stand up for their rights as the un high commissioner for human rights we have this closer look now at some of the journalists were singling out for their career courage is reporting. threatened attacked arrested press freedom was already a contentious and often dangerous issue in countries governed by repressive leaders the corona crisis is giving autocratic regimes a welcome excuse to clamp down even further. they're using the pandemic also to bring pressure on journalists and we see this in china in russia and turkey in iran you see the around the globe so that these countries which i have a very problematic. edge of to don't press freedom they're using this not to.

january 2020 these images was secretly shot by chinese citizen journalist fun been inside a hospital in rwanda the epicenter of the pandemic his reports divorced me from the image of the country portrayed on state television. as you know. a short while ago i saw 3 corpses here he says on the video now there are 8 he. was the most prominent citizen journalist in one han whichever have been viruses right in front of me are china's criminal prosecutors are behind me i'm not afraid of death do you think i'm afraid if you come in this party of china or holland called out well it was gently she's lost video before he disappeared without trace just like fang been his last footage shows police knocking at his door here that our. holiday let me know that i will. bring the world over his direct appeal to limburg criticized china's blocking of investigations into the viruses origin and a free press would have really helped to to find the reason and at the end would

have saved lives of china. in russia where press freedom is strictly curtailed government friendly media outlets have been spreading misinformation about the corona crisis independent journalists to feeling the pressure. elaina mulish ina internationally renowned investigative journalist received death threats after reporting on the coronavirus in chechnya allegedly from chechen president ramzan kadyrov himself the organization reporters without borders has documented a record number of arbitrary acts of violence against reporters in venezuela dubuisson rojas was detained by special forces for 12 days for reporting on covered 1000 on social media. in countries where press freedom is already under threat the corona pandemic is making things even more difficult and more dangerous for journalists. and you can find out more about all 17

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