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trials for a potential corona virus vaccine the country has also rolled out new measures to curb the spread of $1000.00 we visit a moscow airport. there are 3 of thermal control that were arriving passengers. for red camera there's a thermal camera and the passenger's temperature if they could a brewer the place. the number of infections surges in the u.s. the secretary of state pointed the finger at russia using it of spreading false information also this hour. last orders in the u.k. as of the prime minister orders that the closure of. medics working around the
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clock to treat 1000 patients complain of pressure and abuse. there's a lot of. questions left on. we need to the help we can get. from broadcasting live direct from our studios in moscow this is our t. international thomas glad to have you with us right now the number of virus cases worldwide has now reached almost 260000 the pandemic has claimed more than 10000 lives with over half of those in europe meanwhile the world health organization says at least 20 possible vaccines are being developed in a massive global effort. you know.
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russia is one of the countries to have started trials of a potential covert $1000.00 vaccine country has $253.00 confirmed cases which is relatively low officials say the strict measures taken early on appear to be working so far they include comprehensive checks at airports as artie's but i have went to find out. welcome to sherry and that's in the airport where officials have invited us to reassure the russian public that they are doing everything possible to prevent the spread of the coup with 19 virus here in russia now personally i would have taken them at their word and left it at that but juicy cool's i was here last a month ago when strict travel controls just came into play i don't have 4 memories i did up in quarantine for almost 3 weeks.
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sanitation here is on steroids the coding the latest studies the virus can survive in various services for up to 9 hours so obviously they need to keep everything very clean. so here the front line troops the medics the needs and greet the arriving passengers in russia monitor them pass them analyze them and send them to quarantine just heading to their desks a new jet has landed from europe. that was just so sanitation specialists use thermal cameras on board they walk through the aisles pointing this cameras a passengers in their seats is a person has
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a healthy because they can leave the plane there are 3 layers of thermal control that all arriving passengers have to pass through there's this infrared camera there's a thermal camera and the passenger's temperatures if they can a brood the blade. the they gave us mosques which is good we also have to feel out of for i don't know what's happening at this they're checking us with thermal cameras i think they're doing the right thing. this is the baggage claim area they've just passed passport control at this 3rd their temperature has been taken 3 times 3 times already they have been robbed
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forums where they've been who've been in contact with whether they be experienced ready with the infected. when passengers go through sheremet of a terminal f. they complete a form indicates impossible data for a number and address we check their flight and seat numbers give them a list of anti epidemic instructions and explain that they need to comply with these rules and the medics who are going to check when they're going to take their at they could advise them they're going to check through it. takes web samples and 7 minutes to get tested after that one of these people are going to be said for santa clara the medics however at the stations day and night working in shifts while the infection may have slowed international travel to a trickle of its former self there are still thousands and thousands of people waiting to get back who. they hire is technically known as sars c
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o v to this is how it looks under an electron microscope the image was provided by scientists at the c beers at the lab in novosibirsk they have it deciphered the complete genome of the molecule they used to sample from a patient suffering from a covert 19 the disease. caused by the virus the majority of russian coronavirus patients are being sent to moscow's hospital or to discuss the pandemic with the hospital's chief doctor he explained why the virus has spread relatively slowly in russia. most of. the situation in moscow is very open we get constant updates on the overall situation which are accurate the age ranges going up the 1st patients were aged between 30 and 35 people returning from that travels no it's the people who came into contact with them are typically 37 and older so far we're not seeing an exponential spread of the virus this is no miracle its due to the tough
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measures in place in moscow relating to contacts in corn. i see several ways this crisis might go if russia follows the chinese example then i expected to end in may or june but if russia season italian style response then it won't end till september. the u.s. secretary of state has accused russia of spreading false information over the coronavirus pandemic artes kim up and has the story. as the united states struggles to cope with the outbreak of corona virus fingers are being pointed at russia china and iran for spreading disinformation related to the outbreak this is what we heard from u.s. secretary of state mike pompei oh issue of deceit information is there any particular locus for this decision or mission or is a diffuse it's pretty diffused unfortunately but we've certainly seen it come from places like china and russia and iran for their coordinated efforts to disparage
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what america is doing in an arc to the to the to do all the things the president trying to set in motion here no evidence has been presented to back up these accusations and now we've heard from the russian foreign ministry which has made clear that these accusations themselves are distant from ation as russia is not engaged in any dissin from asian operations and such accusations are in effect dividing the global community and hampering relief efforts this the well accusations against russia disinformation and thanks about the coronavirus spread in europe and the whole world are a big disinformation and craig going to solve let's take a look at the presumption of innocence here is their occupations an avid institution out of them there can be any clean gesturing you know it can be used as a part of such an aggressive or informational program in fact u.s. leaders continue to hurl accusations such as donald trump continuing to refer to it as the chinese the virus and to claim that china is somehow responsible for the
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outbreak because they hid information or somehow engage in behavior that hindered relief efforts now this is donald trump and the response to his words from chinese officials if we had known about this a number of months earlier it could have been contained to that one area in china where it stood and certainly the world is paying a big price for what they did in the world is paying a very big price for not. for not letting them come out everybody knows that. recently some u.s. officials have made insulting comments about china amidst the pandemic outbreak these comments know the correlate with with the decisions of the world health organization. rage among chinese people express condemnation the resoundingly demand of the global community seems to be for a united international effort to defeat covert 19 and to end the pandemic now it
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seems however countries continue to exchange these accusations and that international tensions haven't diffused despite the fact that there is such a widespread call for united action to stop the pandemic. italy has recorded its highest a single day increase in deaths due to cova 1627 people passed away on friday bringing the total to more than 4000 large scale loss of life has put a strain on funeral homes and catch hands of one of the worst hit provinces some mccrimmon toria have said that they are not able to take any more coffins it due to overcrowding. and obviously this situation creates an abnormal amount bringing us to an emergency phase making us very likely to hold for a few days in order to be able to recover some space. for us to use our premises dedicated for the final farewell as you can see this farewell room has become
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a provisional space meanwhile as italy remains in lockdown soldiers are patrolling v.m.p. streets of palermo in sicily they were deployed to help local police other cities and regions are considering also calling for army patrols roberta. and infectious disease specialist says the lockdown needs to continue to prevent a full blown catastrophe. epidemic is a dramatic and we are facing a very big epidemic we should keep very strict measures. down in order to reduce delivery still spreading the virus at the same extent that in the center. in the in this sudden pocket of it so you have to remember that especially in the north the reason a shortage of. such as a physician and nurses able to face at these it demi very.
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infectious disease expert to our of the level of now with the and that is a whole sort that the vet that they consider old number. has been called them in the in the not working up to me. stic view is a defective that day by day. constant percentage it could easily have been new cases the respect of the total number of target our goal is to reach as soon as possible ready the level below 10 which means that the transmission has a celebrated that and we can look at that if you share it with a little more hole. british prime minister boris johnson has ordered the closure of all pubs clubs and restaurants after people ignored official advice to stay at home it comes as the number of those infected with covert 1000 is over 4000 with deaths
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standing more than $180.00 there and counting. but we need agreement between all the formations of the united kingdom all the devolved ministrations we are quick to be telling. tele cafes pubs and restaurants to clues tonight as soon as they reasonably can. u.k. health officials are introducing new measures to cope with the pandemic with the health secretary using a wartime slogan. we are writing to have a 65000 nurses and doctors who have recently come off the register recently retired or left the n.h.s. and saying that your country needs the n.h.s. and the n.h.s. needs you. england's top doctor nurse have asked former colleagues who have left in the last 3 years to really register to help tackle what they call the world's greatest health threat in 100 years also final year medical students will be
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offered temporary paid jobs. there are enough trained who are who are experienced to do to deal with with the issue with coronavirus patients they're bringing in student nurses they're bringing in retired nurses a lot of doctors and nurses were concerned that it wasn't. the appropriate p.p. it be the protective equipment it's like mosques and surgical gowns and the base there is that cover you from droplets the protection that you have when you're dealing with queries isn't enough you're literally just hoping that it will test negative i mean these these tests come back 3 days $3.00 to $5.00 days is fair enough if they come back 2 hours 8 hours after they've been tested but the fact that we're not getting. the appropriate people and the government is addressing that and i'm hoping they do address it quickly because it's just been then going to
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encourage the spread of the disease if the nurses and doctors are protected and then that would then further lower the staffing levels rise over health worker we just heard from also says she was assaulted and racially abused recently on her way to an overnight or an overtime night shift out of nowhere and just elbows my ring and pushes me to the side and then the female partner came from the right hand side then started screaming racial abuse saying at least where whites you effing see and code my nursing idea and i showed it said look i'm a nice we're nasty and we're about to go into shit blowing up here with different different color. of the experience loads of different types of races and this fear and anxiety are causing people to look for someone to blame and the asian
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the asian. people are getting victimized come into work and people i hear the other day i was just standing and someone told me to go back to china to who hires me definitely this this pandemic is i'd say it has it's definitely been instrumental in increasing the amount of racial abuse being. directed to the asian asian population and while the government is busy with the n.h.s. and to try to stop people socialising polly boyko went to have a look at the u.k. supermarkets amid a wave of panic buying. things you only see. that because there's no trolleys. was. just the one lonely trolley. people are freaking out.
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that people. hearing from bridge. one. section is pretty. basic fish and chips and one. and all the meat but suddenly it was become a common here at home searching to come. and now there's no meat and loads of vegan stuff on the shelves whereas the bread. nothing. what do you do. nothing in the frozen food section. oh no wait there is something there is a massive huge for the checkout so i thought it would be a good idea to go to a chinese supermarket. i was wrong to wait to
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get a one in one hour. what to believe them for the 1st ok. one minute you know you're wrong about that. why did you come here. did you think you would be smiling if you feel relieved to hear. france is under a nationwide lockdown and police have issued more than 4000 fines for those who break quarantine rules the number of coronavirus deaths in the country has jumped to 459 and as people continue to breach the lockdown french government has accused citizens of not taking the situation seriously enough. when i see people still going to the park to get together or heading to the beach or to open markets they seem not to understand the message from the authorities a lot of our fellow citizens are still taking this too likely there are people who think they're modern day heroes by breaking the rules while they are in fact e.d.'s
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france went into a 15 day quarantine on tuesday people are only permitted to leave their homes for specific reasons for example buying basic necessities or helping a relative or anyone caught leaving without a written explanation is fined 135 euros and before the lockdown took effect many persians packed their bags and fled into the countryside but many locals in the regions are now afraid the virus will be brought right to their doors are too strong reports. for many parisians the idea of a look down meant one thing only the holidays had come early and with that and those that could vacated the city before the confinement began but as parisians deserted their city or mass at their destinations they weren't exactly being welcomed with open arms i understand that presents want to go to the countryside but our ecosystem is fragile we must be careful we hold the present did not bring
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the virus read them is pressure since our hospitals here are small but regions who go to il durant despite being potentially contaminated do you think we have your hospitals no we have small hospitals which are overcrowded in normal times stop go into 2nd homes to flee will your potential cure yours in some rural areas signs have appeared essentially accusing parisians of spreading the virus others are concerned that those scenes we've seen at supermarkets and ransacked by desperate shoppers who are. food could now be about to hit their communities some say that's already happened there are also concerns that if the forest does take hold in the regions health services will be overwhelmed and able to cope. there is clearly a risk of overcrowding for a local hospital we do not have an intensive care units and we have to evacuate
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patients to the mainland concerned about the influx of people trying to escape the city so my sources have taken action in one part of brittany or rental accommodation has been banned or for islands until the end of march warnings have also been issued to parisians reminding them that they are not on holiday things may not be about to get any easier 15 days of confinement already felt like a lifetime to many fronts but it seems that they're going to have to buckle in for an even longer journey the country's director general of public health has warned an extension will be very likely necessary. paris. world's biggest carmaker volkswagen is suspending production worldwide the german company built more than 10000000 vehicles last year c.e.o.
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herbert dice explained the move. given the present significant deterioration in the sale situation and the heightened uncertainty regarding parts supplies to our plants production is to be suspended in the near future factories operated by a group bronze volkswagens decision follows similar moves by other car manufacturers toyota b.m.w. renault and others have shuttered their plants during the global health crisis in the e.u. alone the sector is responsible for around $14000000.00 jobs in the pandemic is causing huge problems for the u.s. job market as well with the country's unemployment claims seeing one of the largest spikes on record the u.s. labor department has reported several $100000.00 claims filed forecasts are dire with some predicting there will be millions of jobless americans by next week. and it's an oriole director of the american institute for economic research jeffrey tucker says the global economy is facing increasing pressure by the day. this is
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a kind of decision of that the private sector has to make amends to some extent also the responding to demands to is for social doesn't c.n.n. and there's a lot of public pressure public sector pressure on private companies just to shut down riches and many ways tragic and i think there's going to be a lot of things to discuss after all this is over about who called for the shutdowns and why and to the extent to which there was actually in a kind of a rational calculation between the health risk and the obvious catastrophic economic costs of what's taking place in the world economy right now the pressure is growing by the day by the hour by the minute for for the politicians to line up their decisions public policy decisions with the actual documented health risks as israel's battles of the spread of cova 1000 with more than 700 cases registered the country's caretaker prime minister and his party have been accused of using the
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crisis to hold on to power after inconclusive elections while hundreds of protested the anti outbreak measures imposed despite a ban on mass gatherings. people were carrying black flags as a symbol of a black day for democracy for protestors were detained by police problem and building but by shutting down the court system netanyahu has effectively postponed his own corruption trial parliamentary proceedings have also been suspended which opponents say stops them from pushing forward planned legislation against the prime minister netanyahu is also under fire from anti surveillance activists for approving emergency spy powers to stop the run a virus spread. prime minister says the moves are essential to deal with the pandemic but opposition groups and analysts warn they are undemocratic we need to
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be very careful not to even approach the margins of dictatorship the 1st coronavirus dictatorship netanyahu lost the elections so under the pretext of fighting karuna he's closed the israeli parliament or the people to stay in their homes and this issue and lots of emergency decrease he wishes this is called a dictatorship that last tweet has angered netanyahu son who lashed out at the israeli historian we asked to give a columnist at israel's herod's newspaper if netanyahu is indeed gaining political benefit from the spread of the pandemic in the country. with a always menage ing this krises in quite a reasonable way i would show if these were the right measures in the same time he benefits politically and he does anything possible to benefit as much as possible from this crisis 1st of all because reading fears is sickening. and secondly
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because he as i said before seems to handle it and many people want to see him right now if the prime minister office at least until this. crisis would be over in order to lead this someone who has no experience and was never prime minister was never a minister running this crisis so he gains a local profit lodo the afghan government has reportedly ordered military operations to be resumed against the taliban on thursday the defense minister urged the militant group to declare a cease fire so it can concentrate all resources on tackling the crown of virus he also stated afghan forces would move from defense to active defense status or heat related there has been no decrease in enemy attacks today we instruct all our forces to adopt a more active defensive stance this means it will be fewer limitations and wherever the enemy chooses to attack we will have the right to defend ourselves. and this
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all comes less than a month after the signing of a peace deal between washington and the taliban agreement was reached after more than 18 years of war it included the complete u.s. withdrawal from the country a pledge to hold talks between the taliban and afghan government as well as a prisoner swap however kabul has not been was not party to the agreement. political analyst of our heem believes the deal was doomed from the very beginning of the negotiations. well the responsibility for the given situation must be shared by all parties are the moment right from the beginning of the peace process the americans have been pushing the of one government close to the wall on making them to take decisions in favor of the taliban at the time where the taliban have been trying to to be sure that as if they don't recognize the current state and they don't want to talk to the state institutions it's
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a very delicately poised situation it can ease and it's quite for a giant situation where the the americans would have a deal with the taliban 'd but that won't be an intra avalon agreement on the future of the country which leaves a country a very much exposed to. to a proliferation off the civil book and out of the format will vex mourners of the tavernas arts international glad to have you with us. the washington consensus led by the united states says the liberal world order must be defended at almost all costs said differently the foreign policy blog demands
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