of. a terrible choice between. in the headlines from moscow this choose to be the 24th of march the russian government announces tougher preventative measures curbing the spread of covert 19 including steps to track those people who've tested positive. how to stay at home when you've got no home to go to how migrants and other people are living on the streets coping with the order to remain indoors leading medical charity tells r t about the scale of the problem. we have can park 500 people in the streets in a very bad condition of course we have the risk to have. issues regarding. nigeria's. farmers so the

stringent restrictions on movement in the e.u. could hit the supply chain and it's already leaving them struggling to find work it . follow this is art international from moscow welcome to the program has just turned 11 am here now this tuesday i can let you know we've got a slightly new show julian place for the time being i'm kevin now in with my colleagues will be here with you every day at this time to update you on the latest in a full 30 minute world news round. there are currently over 382000 corona virus cases worldwide with over 16000 deaths and over 100000 people have recovered. other developments the russian government has announced new measures to tackle the spread of covert 19 it includes bigger penalties for breaching quarantine rules and

new system to track people who've had contact with others who've been infected the kremlin's refuted claims meantime that such surveillance might violate civil liberties let's get on top of this see what's happening in more detail in moscow egos down off is down there in the center hi there we go looks like a nice day out there big quote of the normal how is russia. responding so far what's the latest state of play. well it is indeed a very quiet here there is literally no tourists and it is quite a sight i have to say for being here literally meters away from the red square but to get to the actual city coronavirus situation as of now russia has more than 400 confirmed cases of covert 19 most of them are here in moscow just under 300 now on top of that and more the 93000 people remain under medical supervision now doesn't mean that they're showing any symptoms and just those people who came into

contact with those who have been confirmed to have covert 19 and they are supposed to be under quarantine now over so as of now it looks like overall more or less the situation in russia is under control even though a new case is new coronavirus cases are adding up daily by the dozens just poured in by the russian government as well take. well absolutely absolutely so basically the russian government has outlined the most pressing problem and that is people basically ignoring the quarantine because those. $93.00 more than $93000.00 people that i've just talked about they are supposed to stay home they're supposed to be self isolated and on top of that for instance here in moscow it's also senior citizens and people with preexisting conditions like asthma also they also must not leave their homes unless it's just

to go to supermarket and so on and so forth but a lot of people here are ignoring this so the problem was how to how to enforce the quarantine measures to prevent the spreading of covert 90 so the russian government has come up with a nonsense and here it is. the ministry of digital developments communications and mass media of the russian federation has been tasked with establishing a system for tracking down citizens who have been in contact with those infected with the novell coronavirus on the basis of their mobile phone geo location data provided by telecom companies citizens will be notified via messages if they have been in contact with infected individuals and informed of the need to shelve koren teen with the data also being transmitted to regional authorities in charge of tackling the outbreak. so essentially the authorities will be using the triangulation data from mobile carriers and informing sending text

messages to people that they're supposed to be quarantined but the new measures don't boil down to just that because one thing is to inform people another thing to enforce these measures so the russian government is working on a plan to toughen up these penalties for those because right now if you break the quarantine you will be you're supposed to be fined if you are in fact someone that's a different story that's already criminal responsibility it's a criminal offense so also the russian government is staking up more steps when it comes to informing to keeping citizens informed if it comes to both. informing about the current situation in the country with the corona virus infection and about the dangers again about the dangers of breaking quarantine and how for instance some young people might think oh the death rate of the mortality rate is really low in my age group so i'm going to be fine so explaining to them that even

though the selves will be fine their loved ones of those who are in the group of risk they will be endangering their lives. we've seen how various european countries have gone into law most recently in britain a meeting of the more than 2 people etc but still not russia at the moment no. no russia is not under quarantine i'll talk to you about the just just in a minute because i think what's most interesting is because there have been concerns that this data tracking might violate human rights but here russia is essentially following the chinese model the only model so far proven to be successful in. the new coronavirus infection this is what china has been doing this with hong kong and south korea south korea countries with one of the worst affected countries by covert 19 they have been tracking citizens down as well to enforce quarantine to crack to keep to stay up to date on the actual situation with the

spread of the new pandemic israel is up there to israel is using such methods to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus which it would normally only use to prevent terrorism thailand is giving out special sim cards to travelers again for the purpose of tracking them as for the quarantine that that you that you've just talked about indeed russia is not on lockdown russia it's not like russia is not its only russia it's not like in the u.k. where all gatherings of more than 2 people have been banned right now in russia it's only those. all those again more than 93000 people they must stay at home and here in moscow it's those who are in the group of risk but largely people are advice to spend as little time outside as possible but it's not a rule it's not a law and it looks like russia is hoping to keep it that way or igor for now thanks

for the uptake keep us posted following else more developments come in already headlines happen throughout the day it goes down off there in central moscow. so the race is on to get a truly accurate picture of just how pervasive infections are worldwide scientists at oxford university in the u.k. are developed and developing a mobile app that could help trace the spread of covert 19 they hope if all goes well the is expected to be widely adopted in europe in the u.s. we're not going to do this in a way that has been done in china but there are ways of using these techniques just because we live in a democracy doesn't mean we don't care about other people and we're not going to act responsibly well is a brief look at how it will work in theory the upset to track where the who uses come into contact with if a person then test positive for the corona virus anyone who's been in contact with them over 2 week period will then be notified despite the not yet being available

it's already stirring debate though on handling private data ok big bro i get the big privacy concerns and they're really worried me too but this is definitely what will be needed so the sooner the better probably no thanks was they have it they'll never give it up sounds good i was already thinking that technology and big data could really help us here we're all walking around with highly accurate g.p.s. is these days why not put surveillance capitalism to good use. last week singapore launched its own smartphone app to help trace and alert people of corona virus cases via bluetooth over the united states a texas based company meantime claims that it's deploying thermal cameras to detect people with fevers and in the coming weeks it'll be introduced to shops hospitals and airports other developments china also has a new app which color codes your health status and helps people decide whether or not they should go outside but there are concerns that the app shares again all

that data it collects with the authorities so last think about there we've got some insight from innovation and technology expert norman lewis he stressed the importance of the crisis but says it all needs to be balance to with privacy. of course there's always a danger there joe this can go too far and i would argue there. when you have a situation of lockdown when you start using data likeness and the division between useful data and using this to survey people and whether they're behaving not becomes a slightly blurred area and that becomes quite difficult we do need rationality and proportionality and we do need a balance and we shouldn't allow this to creep in in such a way that it does begin to challenge and threaten civil liberties and. i think that's a very fundamental principle to keep in mind because this virus will be defeated

you know where will we be wafted that's what we should be thinking about as well. france currently has some of the toughest restrictions on movement in place as it handles $20000.00 known infections nearly $200.00 died on monday taking the country's total to $860.00 while most citizens a head in the order to stay at home not everyone of course has that option charlotta bensky in paris looks at what that means them for the homeless who are among the most vulnerable to the virus. stay off the streets the french have been told yet for the homeless that's an impossible situation to be in doctors charities are warning that those in the most precarious situations are perhaps the most vulnerable to the disease we have a camp or 500 people who are in the streets in a very bad sanitation condition of course we have the risk to have.

some issues regarding. nigeria's of course we need to provide everything to do everything possible to ensure that they can get access to care and begin get access to shelter to avoid it in weeks in the last few days there has been evidence of the authorities are rounding up homeless migrants as part of the fight against the virus but the reality is that they are likely to be transported to shelters or gyms with hundreds of others so while the official advice is to self isolate they won't be able to if a single person already has the virus or is a career that could be catastrophic we need to monitor or receive tuition and to have another view of all the people living in the streets to have clearly some su

stations to be able. to take care of them and in particular of course the friends governments to ensure that we have shelters provided very quickly and we needs to have centers for. those it is cases as well medics answer all the equipments and we are actually in france in shock to each of masks herbs and everything to take care of the people and to ensure the security have security of the medical staff that can see. spreads beyond france on the greek islands where thousands of migrants are packed into camps without access to basic hygiene facilities even the simplest of preventions washing your hands isn't easy while in germany the police had to intervene following a brawl at an asylum seekers center more than $500.00 migrants were placed under

quarantine ensued after one resident tested positive for cove it 19 there have been significant disruptions since the start of the quarantine measures which is why 17 people who significantly ignored the quarantine have now been moved to another facility the domino effect of the lock down and the fear of infection has also hit food distribution many charities are struggling to carry out their activities following a show drop in volunteers many volunteers cannot continue their work due to age or health constraints we're experiencing an exceptional and unique situation places have been made available to shelter people but there simply aren't enough and that's been made pretty clear to me as we've been working across the city of paris during the cofee 19 pandemic people are still living on the streets here now while perhaps more saying their time with the idea of having shelter for the night may

have been the priority for the homeless the growing fear of being on lockdown with hundreds of others some who may already have the virus sleeping rough may just for now be the safer option so much even ski arty paris. but all that said by far the most vulnerable people right now are the elderly in france that scott carers on high alert in retirement homes the industry says given the mortality rate is around 15 percent the worst case scenario could see 100000 lives put at risk there are urgently appealing for the authorities to provide half a 1000000 masks a day so that staff can help shield residents from infection r.t. friends talk to the deputy director of one retirement home who says the situation is critical and there have been no answers there is no security all we know is that we have 5 masks per person per week given that it is necessary to change your mask

every 4 hours given that it is also necessary to change the mask when a person leaves the room when it comes to the staff you can figure out that it doesn't add up we understand that this will not be enough it is necessary to take this precautions which in essence are basic matters we need to apply the measures we need to make a choice at the ethical therapeutic and professional levels but 1st we need to reduce the use of masks at least for the moment and initially prior to new government accommodation there was an instruction that when asked follows use mass only in confirmed cases khurana virus now it's too late for that crime tone or movement around europe may help prevent people spreading disease but the food industries warning it could also see shop struggle to get supplies. delays and disruption at country borders have been observed for the delivery of certain agricultural and manufactured products there is also concern over the movement of

workers notably due to certain border closures and travel restrictions as well as potential labor shortages star follow national movement restrictions to mitigate the crisis. so in a preemptive move to try to keep supplies flowing the e.u. commission established measures last week when the issues internal open borders were all but suspended the guidelines allow for the free circulation of goods without the need for extra permissions transport workers should be able to cross borders to get vital goods where they need to be but europe's farmers are now flooding up another problem the closed borders and restrictions mean they're struggling to find work is. we need the european parliament to understand the emergency situation not put restrictions on it we need our products to move without setting boundaries as the virus itself i consider closing the borders the right decision we need a glimmer of hope when it comes to goods and production the availability of labor has always been

a problem and from now on it will only get bigger we believe that the crisis of coronavirus will not be resolved in the short term and consequently labor coming from foreign countries will be stopped or in any case restricted. the fact today is that the border between hungry in romania is closed it's completely closed nobody can cross the border between poland and germany's close to with the czechs as well that means no workers are coming from the whole eastern blog no matter where you look i am sure that we won't find any germans to do the field work in asparagus for minimum wage moment out of this probably at the moment we see that poland has closed its border and therefore we are looking at an uncertain future the big question is whether we can get workers across the border and how many of them so far only 6 poles have arrived and we are trying to get another 7. the united states is now grappling with more than 46000 confirmed coronavirus cases half of them in new york state alone 582 people have died across the country but

nearly 300 others are recovering the markets continue to slide meantime after congress failed for a 2nd time to pass an economic stimulus package worth almost 2 trillion dollars senate democrats blocked the relief deal claiming it mostly aims to protect big businesses republicans hit back accusing them of trying to force through measures unrelated to the health crisis. but when. market. related issues left and right spare me the righteous indignation about democrats trying to settle outside political scores if we're going to spend 2 trillion dollars that we spend it wisely i don't think our republican colleagues would want to give any administration a blank check to spend $500000000000.00 how are they want the fairy fairy disappointing to splay us of putting partisan politics ahead of the immediate needs of the american people so as to spoil them over the stimulus package

meantime business is to continue to close across the country america's racial blevins reports next from washington. as the united states prepares for the worst of the coronavirus hundreds of thousands of businesses have been closed and boarded up like this one behind me resulting in massive job loss that experts warn will have a devastating impact on the u.s. economy while residents are ordered to stay home and practice social distancing at all costs the increasing list of business closures and layoffs are coming at a major cost to the u.s. economy from popular clothing stores to famous restaurants to historic museums the national push to halt all gatherings of more than 10 and the boarded up businesses here in the nation's capital are a reflection of what is happening across the country with stocks falling and unemployment numbers skyrocketing in response to the latest calls to the economy the president of the st louis federal reserve is warning that national unemployment

could hit 30 percent higher than it was during the great depression and 3 times more than the 2007 to 2009 recession experts are now warning that the shutdown from the coronavirus could cause a layoff like the united states has never seen before they note that while the worst month for job losses during the financial crisis was 800000 in march 2009 forecasts for april 2020 range from 500-0025 1000000 while cities across the u.s. are moving to protect residents by expanding eligibility for unemployment insurance offering financial assistance for businesses and stopping evictions and utility cut offs many americans warn that won't be nearly enough as they face life without a paycheck i have 2 kids at home i know take care of a few them and get through this we don't know how long when you have no idea how long that will be how can you predict if you will make it shelter in place orders are being put in place across the nation from philadelphia to dallas here in washington d.c. the attorney general shared his support for the move and said he believes it would

reduce the spread of coronavirus and keep residents safe but with millions of americans staying home is the closure of all non-essential businesses implemented. happy impacted the coronavirus many worry that its impact on the economy is only just beginning reporting in washington rachel bloggers are seen as many thousands of stale americans are left wondering then where the next wage is going to come from this won t. make it a clause something budge from their former boss they're suing billionaire michael bloomberg who had promised to pay is no despondent presidential campaign stuff up to election day in november but instead he's donating $18000000.00 to the next stage of the democratic party campaign as cullum open reports billionaire michael bloomberg was running for president and hired thousands of people to work on his campaign throughout the united states now it was understood that after bloomberg campaign was a flop he would keep those people on staff and they would work to support the

democratic nominee in defeating donald trump in these hard times holding onto a job as both difficult and precious one in 5 americans has lost either a job or significant income due to the pandemic so imagine how these staffers felt when bloomberg changed his mind abruptly i guess it's cheaper to give the d.n.c. 18000000 than keep promises because mike bloomberg just fired his whole campaign staff including those of us promised jobs through november on his i eat disappointed i don't have a job not surprised but a billionaire is choosing scum. well we're going to announce that his original plan to keep them on his staff is history he's instead cutting a check of $18000000.00 to the democrats while we considered creating our own independent entity to support the nominee and hold the president accountable this race is too important to have many competing groups with good intentions but that

are not coordinated and united in strategy and execution so starting the 1st week of april bloomberg employees will be out of work and they'll only get to keep their benefits until the end of april i'm so sorry i have worked for this guy i thought he was totally different he took me out of my job for his own gain just got off the phone with the bloomberg campaign leadership already keeping their promise to pay staff as through november spoil that they aren't that concession was also insulting apply for campaign jobs through the d.n.c. no guaranteed positions pay as much lower so staffers are now speaking to the press anonymously and their anger is certainly not in short supply saying things like i'm affectively homeless and the d.n.c. is complicit remember how bloomberg had himself as a jobs creator just to get the kill jobs and let you get a. little for president jobs creator leader problem so this is the

way rich people work here you know for them it's a business expense and they're trying to cut their business and trollish and compare so. i'm not surprised and that is the way capitalist clapper ain't nobody ordinary people are just what they call them because they call them him put you know the inputs into the business. like buying paper or buying paying the heating bill. on his offices for his news organization and so you know he tries to save money on heat we can actually who oil purchases are who. i make money on payroll he lays people off i think these were people that were working for and be sure he left whenever they were doing in order to work on his campaign so you know for some of them unless he hires them back at his business that would really be a dirty trick. and the board which oversees new york city's prisons is pushing to release

more than 2000 low level prisoners from custody now it's up to $38.00 people mostly inmates tested positive for corona virus in the main rikers island facility and other jails the director of prisoners' rights group told us the tightly packed conditions could rapidly spread infections i was a person myself for 17 years at washington state and for several years i was held in a fish in a cell that was 54 square feet was another man. when you think about that. and this is far from a common you have preserve being held in very tiny spaces oftentimes communal cells for 78 temperatures and in many states and russia southern united states reserves are held in dormitories you have a $2300.00 man literally locked in a dormitory and they're sleeping 5 feet away from each other these are all situations that are almost ideal for

a pandemic she woke row and spread the u.s. federal bureau of prisons says almost a 5th of inmates are among the most susceptible to developing severe complications from covert 90 for now federal and most state prisons have banned visits to limit contact and some prisons have also started to release some of the at risk inmates because they're unable to isolate them properly there are currently 2200000 prisoners in american jails more than any other country in the world pull right again says prison chiefs on equipped to cope with a health crisis like this. but i think it's important know that the people who run our detention facilities are not medical experts who are probably they don't listen the medical experts and they make their decisions based on how best to cage people and the only thing that discussion officials of the united states are good at is locking people up they are not making medical decisions that are reducing we sort of as at keeping our communities safe all they know how to do is lock people up so

i think who are very prepared predictable results which is i think a very horrendous demick with probably a very high death toll a much higher one that needed then we would need to have if we had medical professionals having a type a say in our president jail system. at 28 minutes past 11 the morning moscow time for this live update from marty's main studios here in moscow well it was kevin and thank you for watching i can tell you at this time every day we will continue to bring in live bulletins from here in russia and also later on in the day more coverage from our london stateside studios and teams there too for you around the clock you can find the latest headlines at r.t. dot com and across the various social media as well these are rather uncertain times for all of us but you can rest assured we will continue to do our utmost to keep you informed and entertained over the coming weeks with news from our studios around the world our documentaries and talk shows all here for you on r.t.

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