in the headlines for moscow this wednesday 25th of march spanish doctors say the medical system in the country is a breaking point with the surging of cases of coke at 90 overwhelm spain is now the 2nd worst hit nation in europe behind this to me. here anger anguish sadness a very difficult to handle. russian president meets patients and medical staff on the front line of a coronavirus battle is moscow 'd looks at measures to avoid a so-called italy's scenario that. help is on the way. big help and quick. 5 days in the making it took to washington

eventually reaching the story this deal with trillions of dollars to assist the public at the world health organization warns the u.s. could be the next global epicenter of the pandemic. hello there this is art international from moscow welcome to the program has just turned 1 pm here now this wednesday we got a slightly new show joy in place of the moment on this channel for you for the time being i'm kevin know in with my colleagues will be here with me every day at this time to update you on the latest in a full 30 minute world news round up ok well let's start by looking at the big picture this today the overall number of coronavirus cases confirmed around the world today as a past 425000 the death toll veering towards 19000 but

that said there is plenty hope to let's look at that more than 100000 people have recovered since the outbreak started late last year. billions of people around the world are now being told to sit tight at home one of the nations currently on lockdown in spain where the numbers of infected continue to surge hundreds of dying there daily making it the 4th worst hit country globally health workers a stretch to the maximum as they try to get any kind of handle on the outbreak it is a courageous huge admirable job they're doing but a role that also comes with great risk according to the latest figures medical staff account for almost 14 percent of the country's total cases doctors say that besides equipment shortages they're fast reaching capacity when it comes to helping

those in need. passing on their mosque or we find ourselves in an extreme situation in which we've all experienced extreme emotions and a stance and wish emotions that many of the professionals may have experienced previously but this iteration of will make it even more intense fear anger anguish sadness a very difficult to handle and i don't think we're lacking woodworkers and when people go out to the streets you know what happens they get sick where like an equipment and medication or elsewhere in europe meantime in germany they also face of course a huge number of coronavirus cases nonetheless it remains and keep its mortality rates pretty low compared to spain at least our europe correspondent peter oliver next looks at how both countries are dealing with the break. here in berlin we haven't seen the type of lockdown that's being put in place in other parts of europe although social distancing itself isolation being practiced germany

thankfully hasn't seen the type of cases and fatalities of covert 19 that have been seen in countries like italy and most recently spain patients are having to lie on the floor as there simply aren't enough beds to treat them in hospitals while in a car but twist of necessity this ice rink normally a place of enjoyment is having to be used as a makeshift mortuary so far spain is the 2nd hardest hit in europe but the pace at which the deaths of saud to almost $3000.00 a shocked many and those figures continue to grow madrid has been the epicenter of the spanish out brick authorities have had to put in place the strictest measures in their attempt to stop the spread of the momo and very tough waves coming in as the difficult days are coming they're going to test on a boat with a very limited capacity of resources and that about without doubt our

balance as a society the corona virus has overwhelmed some of spain's medical facilities so quickly in fact that some of those that were most at risk from the virus were left behind in the panic dozens of elderly and sick people were found dead at home the situation made all the more harrowing when the army had to disinfect their resting places the army during certain visits found some older people completely abandoned sometimes even that in their bats spanish health care services fighting against collapse this is a significant problem for our healthcare system this collapse which is being talked about could happen in some places germany seems to have the spread of covert 19 under some semblance of. role a quick glance to our neighbors elsewhere in europe like spain shows just how quickly the situation can degenerate and with such tragic consequences peter all of

our r.t. berlin well here this news in to tell you about vladimir putin is soon expected we hear to address the nation on the current coronavirus break here in this country as what happens we'll take it to it see what he's got to say the total number of cases here now is reached $658.00 as it stands so far earlier the russian president in full yellow hazmat suit indeed was visiting a brand new hospital set up for to handle the crisis on the outskirts of moscow putin was talking to staff and to the wards to speak with victims of the pandemic. it's going to hold true. in the world. when you get you know notice that for people to go to get him to move. we.

do want. to go. through the media in a rather surreal site was there but the visit welcome nonetheless as the number of cases here in russia continues to rise or discuss the russian capital's readiness to tackle a pandemic then with saskia taylor. on tuesday the russian president on his own initiative apparently made a very unexpected visit to the state of the hospital just outside of moscow and we saw him that donning a full house must suit a respirator a glove and gloves as well as he walked around the wards talking to people now that's just one of many facilities housing suspected that 19 patients are much standing right in front of the renowned. research institute of much in the center it has the biggest intensive care unit in the whole capital and it's currently treating the 20 coronavirus patients they're actually being treated in

a run of ated wing of the institute that just reopened after a major 3 day overhaul brought a new hospital is also being built right here in the russian capital and the mayor says that it's probably going to be up and running already in 3 weeks time so it's clear that while russia feels it is still slightly ahead of the cuff to take any and every opportunity to prepare for and tackle this pandemic head on so far at least russia is. very few cases compared to other parts of europe how the authorities responding to these testing times are they getting through it while russia has just 650 reported cases of coronavirus the lion's share of being right here in the capital the good news is that so far 29 people have made a full recovery we also know that around 112000 people are under a close match a cool watch which means that they're not necessarily exhibiting symptoms but they have been in contact with an infected person so it's basically just a precautionary measure that said dozens more new cases are being discovered on

a daily basis which we could probably have expected i mean we've learned now that corona virus is relentless and most is a matter of policy it's an enormous city of 13000000 people are well aware of the reality and are not being complacent. you know those dynamics ohio a serious situation is unfolding all the more so as we see quite a lot of people coming from abroad so korans into their homes and who have not been tested they're feeling fine thank goodness but the fact is there are far more infected people in reality so we're not seeing the dramatic but we've gotten it silly in spain in the u.k. but as the director of the of the hospital that vladimir putin visited said he said we are of course hoping for the best but it is our job to prepare for the worst which is that. there are 2 medical scenarios for me as

a doctor it is very important to prepare for the italy scenario if suddenly there is a big spike and moscow is headed there our hospital will be ready to transform to take in a huge number of patients if we suddenly have a china or korea scenario and all this ends by april may and the doctors will be over the moon but it seems to me that we must prepare for the worst. time again we're hearing there's a room for complacency as we saw what happened didn't london in the u.k. yesterday this pretty much full lockdown even builders can go and do their jobs no that was in question a lot of people still mixing around despite that law but most european capitals now imposing a full law is that the case in moscow any time soon you think well from the get go russia was pretty proactive so all the way back in january for example it shut its 4000 kilometer border with china it's barred entry to all foreign citizens until at least may the 1st so we're not getting the situation that at the moment the

government scrambling to come up with a last minute plan to keep the fires out because it has been systematically putting in a preventative measures that's probably why at least at the moment there's no particular pressure to put to impose a citywide or a nation wide lockdown the city. is noticeably quiet it's noticeably emptier and i really think that that shows that people are calm but that also being responsible and practical so here as we stand by for putin to address the nation more news in european stock markets breathe a little sigh of relief when the booking recent trends with a jump in prices on opening it comes after the u.s. reached its biggest economic stimulus package in the country's modern history 2 trillion dollars is set to help businesses and individuals impacted by the virus outbreak this agreement is really an outstanding agreement to them to all americans i say help is on the way big help and

quick help. to deal with strong after 5 days of intense debate and after democrats twice blocked it going through insisting on concessions legislation will provide direct payments and unemployment benefits as well as loan programs idea however the international monetary fund isn't so beat with its predictions for what lies ahead the low before the storm may be saying that the coronavirus pandemic will cause a global recession this year. look human cost of the corona virus pandemic our already measurable and all countries need to work together to protect people and limit the economic damage is the outlook for global growth for $20.00 twentieth's negative and recession at least as bad as during the global financial crisis or worse but we expect a recovery in 2021 we heard from steam jakobson he's chief economist and c.e.o. of saxo bank he says covert 19 spread on the back of globalization. so i think it's

important to understand from here you have said this is the worst crisis i've seen in 30 years for the western markets this is only parallel to that we can find 1920 s. and 1930 s. in terms of magnitude be shifty remember that 3 things happened at the same time the global supply chain broke the global demography down because people got contained and had to stay ahold of the social distancing and finally we had the oil war that at a time where the market needed a little bit of support and treasure and created a huge amount of capital destruction in the energy sector a little bit a national level but also a company that will i've never seen 3 macaroon poles at the same time comes to the market and hitting it in the way that it sort of this is the biggest prize that are there it's pretty clear that the pattern of travel holiday and business trip over the last 1020 years has just exploded you preceding the airline companies the

demand on producing new airplanes the amount of discount travels around the world a country like china in his own sense 500000000 people into the risk there will in the database sort of cause globalization through travel has become a global and interconnected basis and best one of the ways we see the at the virus spread so quickly. and affecting life in so many ways no matter how big or small some of the giants of business are reeling from the pandemic one in particular has been slammed for asking the public to make donations to help out with talking animals and it's been under fire over stuff safety the only agreeing to paid time off after coming under intense scrutiny kellam open next day examines why the richest man in the world might be asking for the average joe's help. amazon is one of the biggest companies in the world owned by the world's richest man jeff bezos but now the online giant is begging for money from the public or its

employees who've been exposed to covert $19.00 this fund has an initial donation of $25000000.00 from amazon the company will continue to make additional contributions to the fund as it's needed while we aren't expecting anyone to do so you can make a voluntary donation to the fund if you desire to do so jeff bezos makes $25000000.00 in less than 2 hours but amazon is expecting the public to cover the rest the website has been updated to say they don't expect more contributions but that's not what they said before the fund relies primarily on individual donations from individuals and support from amazon dot com services l.l.c. to fund this program every contribution helps and when combined with the donations of others can provide a tax free grant to help a fellow individual in need when they are facing the unexpected amazon's move has garnered a strong reaction from the public. i can't even process this amazon you know the

one run by the richest man the one the sales have shot up during a pandemic is doing an online fundraiser asking all of us to donate to support its warehouse steps and flex drive as he by called it a mess and set up a relief fund for his employees and he's asking us to donate amazon is worth nearly one trillion dollars and paid in negative federal income tax rates in 2018 they paid nothing but got millions in government subsidies how is this real so if amazon employees are exposed on the job they don't automatically get assistance they have to apply for a grant from this charity that the company set up with american stuck in their homes do that pandemic amazon deliveries are their lifeline amazon is hiring employees like crazy right now obviously there are big risks and amazon warehouse in new york has already been exposed to the virus amazon staffers are concerned so

are members of the u.s. congress and the failure of amazon to keep its workers safe because not just put their employees at risk it puts the entire country at risk americans who are taking every precaution might risk getting infected with cove 19 because of amazon's decision to prioritize efficiency and profits over the safety and wellbeing of its workforce or gap my mother about roma virus or amazon's problem we know what to do knowing we can feed them disregard for the value of our lives. you can't tell us that we got the right deal by it and are now amazon has been kinder to its employees in light of the pandemic it has extended shade over time however the fact that if amazon employees get exposed to code that 1000 on the job they have to beg for private charity doesn't exactly make jeff bezos look like the world's greatest boss. well it's your base those said billionaire

worth over $30000000.00 and you. call upon the american people in this time who are credible hardship self-sacrifice so many donations seems to amazon's doing better than ever those so many people are relying on line shop but what this really shows is the deep polarizing issue in the united states the 'd c.e.o.'s and thinks wall street all depends on the everyday workers but the work is a saying you know we don't want to risk the health of our parents and our children to meet you rich so we're certainly at a crossroads in terms of the american it local economy. yes is going to childish and a lot of people's outlook is not after this coming up but you can stick around the reporting on more events will wide as countries work tirelessly to fend off the deadly virus on the way some great news china is city of where the outbreak began

at the end of last year and a plan to lift quarantine measures next month and tell you all about it a moral on the back. it's all little bit messed up by our d.n.a. in some way on the other. i'm not sure this is such a great thing you know i'm sure you are better now than when he had hair. well it's nice of you to say so but i went back when i was 25 wasn't so great. join me every thursday on the alex salmond show and i'll be speaking to guest of

the world of politics sports business i'm showbusiness i'll see you there. when else seem wrong. why don't we all just don't all. get to shape out just days after. and in detroit because the trail. when so many find themselves worlds apart we choose to look for common ground. hygienists repos one of the afternoon here in moscow and i thank you for watching us go back to where the pandemic all began the chinese city will. so good to report the same daylight at the end of the tragic tunnel there as authorities know say

they plan to lift the law measures on april the 8th traffic will be allowed into the former virus at the center as it was while locals will be able to leave the city if they're healthy and here's why it's starting to revert back to normal life numbers of new corona virus infections have dramatically decreased into both province and around the country 2 out of the $47.00 new reported cases none were found in will and china says all were people returning from abroad elsewhere in china covered 19 related restrictions have already been lifted or at least started to be relaxed in the city of nanjing residents for instance are no longer required to wear face masks super markets are reopening schools are expected to resume in the next few weeks of course we saw there be huge ramifications for the olympics in japan that's been spoken for a year but. something was happening a bit of energy back on the streets a marathon has gone ahead in southwest china now runners had to have their temperatures checked before taking part but it's nice to see isn't it smart the 1st

event of its kind since the outbreak in the country china expert joseph chang explained to us why he thinks beijing has been so successful here on the face of it in dealing with the coronavirus. chinese authorities certainly have demonstrated tremendous mobilization power. for social control. the region has been a boat on stand. medical services medical personnel from the people's liberation army and from various provinces. and the problems at the same time the chinese people were very aware of the and those of the downy they had ample experience from the science at the down into all 3 so these tools factors contributed to a very effective to a very effective corentin and apparently this sense for current

quarantine worked things do look good at the moment the chinese authorities of course are very eager to demonstrate that china has set a very good example could a world that is system. is political situation is superior. so while china is witnessing positive results in its fight against covert 19 countries in europe at the moment or only at the door of their own battle against the virus only now beginning to adopt some of the strict measures that china has already applied or monday the british prime minister boris johnson outlined a lockdown across the u.k. that range from non-essential shops closing on a ban on public gatherings of more than 2 people are to charlotte to penske looks next how the world is turning slowly to china's methods to defeat coronavirus to previously criticizing beijing. there are drones monitoring the skies to

see who is all know move we are being tracked so lauren force wind agencies can find us to check our papers i need r u d with me at all times i'm only allowed to go for specific were strict of functions my neighbors are ready to report any gatherings as this is now illegal when measures like these were being taken by china the world was shocked. the measures required to stop transmission completely maybe to socially or economically extreme there has to be a balance between protecting people's lives and their livelihoods now these are the decrees being made in democratic countries no socializing limited exercise we are told it is necessary. we are at war i urge you at this

moment of national emergency. to stay at home it's the most difficult crisis that our country is going through since our postwar period could you imagine that just a few weeks ago that a simple walk outside would require a permission slip and without one you could land yourself in jail yet despite the fundamental crackdown on our basic rights the masses are following the rules anyone who wants to raise a debate about this is being shut down very often and the log downs that are imposed or not target it sufficiently so that for example i think you need to provide a bit of space who are children to play in the parks for people to get a bit of fresh air that can be done in a sensible way what i worry about is that many government just in a black and white way so they stay indoors and i think that that can have all kinds

of negative effects and people will eventually go against that more than a 1000000000 people or self isolating in more than 50 countries 34 countries have made this compulsory including 80 least spain and greece countries in europe the continent that gave birth to democracy and while we are not being sealed in our apartments as people were in china high tech surveillance is being used to ensure we comply mobile phone operators are in talks with governments or health authorities about using geo location data to monitor where we are when epidemiological point to you there's a good argument for using the g.p.s. systems of understanding the direction and trajectory of the infection and we know the cause but obviously it raises all kinds of issues about previously and freedoms

legislation is being passed without the normal. scrutiny that's because lawmakers also have to abide by social distancing measures emergency bills giving to kone and powers to elected governments all while the guardians of our civil or human rights say cattail mint is ok as long as it's limited rights should not be subject to the restrictions 6 of those which are provided by war to protect public health but human rights watch also says a broad quarantines and lock downs of indeterminate length rarely meet the criteria in spain in italy france the u.k. there is no definitive lockdown duration and what about our roi to the highest attainable standards of physical and mental health self isolation for weeks often months is hardly the gold standard so if the price to pay is relative imprisonment

at home economic collapse and the end of liberties and the values that we have been taught to hold on to so tightly so dearly is the cure worse than the disease challenge even ski r.t. paris well any which way your health is always the most important thing from this live update from marty's main studios here in moscow i'm kevin and thank you for watching doing ok at this time every day we'll continue to bring you live bulletins from here in russia and also later in the day more coverage as well isn't so much all of the various studios around the world london and stateside in the teams they're working around the clock for you you can also find headlines and he don't calm across the various social media we've got it covered these are uncertain times but between us we'll continue broadcasting to you keep you informed him to tell you that over the coming weeks with news most studios around the world are documentaries and great talk shows and the big news in this hour before i leave you is that president putin here is expected to address the nation imminently soon as

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