when somebody find themselves worlds apart we choose to look for common ground. in the headlines from moscow this wednesday march the 25th any time now the russian president is expected to give a nationwide address on the coronavirus situation here in russia it comes after you've met patients and medical stuff earlier on the front line of the front them a battle here also. spanish doctors say the country's health system is out breaking point with the surging cases of covert 90 overwhelm to spain is now the 2nd worst hit nation in the world in terms of fatalities clear anger and rage sadness a very difficult to handle. on it took 5 days in the making which is a lot of money involved washington reaches an historic stimulus deal with trillions

of dollars to assist the public but the world health organization warns it's the u.s. which could be the next global epicenter of the pandemic. hello there this is our to denationalize from moscow welcome to the program it's just 14 pm here this wednesday with a slightly new show julian place for you for the time being to give you the best service my name's kevin o. in with me i'm a colleagues will be here with you every day at this time to update you on the latest in a full 30 minutes for world news roundup from russia ok well let's start with the overall starts around the world the overall number of coronavirus cases confirmed around the world this supposed 500 in 400 let me get this right 435000 with the death toll over 19000 but that said there is plenty of hope more than 111000 people have recovered since the

outbreak started late last year. so to be a world leader during these times well here in russia vladimir putin is expected to address the nation on the current coronavirus break here where it stands in russia it's been for the last hour or so the total number of cases in the country here in russia moments reached $658.00 let's go to central moscow says it turns across it yes we've been keeping an eye on the feed coming out from the kremlin this thing is imminent of course there's a lot of information for putin's advisors to take on board for him to take on board to make the best plans here and i suppose the plan is it's going to be very much up to the minute and this is changing by the minute so hence i suppose the delays here

what exactly and also washing president making an address of this kind is actually pretty unusual so barring new year's televised address as that happened annually the last time that president putin did this was actually back in august 28th and so clearly it's an important event as you quite rightly said with coronavirus things are changing our numbers are going up and down borders are opening and shutting so i think we can be rest assured that he's making sure that he has the very latest information before he steps out especially since it was very last minute and quite unexpected in fact he was due to be in some petersburg today on a walk trip but then we got an announcement from the kremlin press secretary who said that actually no he's going to be in moscow and he's going to give a nation wide address so let's actually listen to that announcement that was made. the president has rescheduled his trip to st petersburg and will stay in moscow today he's currently working on his nationwide address which he will finish in the

coming hours that's after yesterday's lengthy meeting on the me a logical situation before his visit to the hospital one after another meeting on supporting citizens and the country's economy and. so given the urgency it's clear that he has something very specific that needs to be said and given the whole world from the people on the street to the news the only thing that anyone seems to be able to talk about is coronavirus that's likely to be the primary topic of conversation russia has not been immune to it carney there are $658.00 cases within the russian borders and it's hit $55.00 of russia's 85 regions on top of that we have around 112000 people who are under constant medical watch which means that they're not exhibiting symptoms but they have been in contact with an infected individual so it's a precautionary measure so it's possible that president putin will be discussing measures that are already in place things like quarantining certain risk groups

like people over the age of 65 for people with chronic illnesses as well as indeed future measures that might be taken in order to try and deal with coronavirus for example we've heard that the defense ministry has said that putin did ask them to check their readiness in the fight against coronavirus it's possible that one of the measures that might be used might involve the military similarly we've heard today that the senses have approved a fixing of retail prices on medical equipment and medication also unconfirmed but there are rumors that potentially what would also be mentioned in that is dress is how certain measures that would be used to support the national economy which i mean we've seen the russians not unique can be struggling at the moment. coronavirus has caused global markets to crash and then also we're hearing

a potentially might be a discussion about moving the referendum on changes to the constitution which is carney to take place in april 2020 april april the 22nd of this year so but we don't know about a potential date and that's a. that's not confirmed. we know that on tuesday putin was very busy spending. several hours with many people from different spheres he spoke to the moscow mayor as well as the other politicians like the minister of health talking about the situation he also did speak to medical professionals and in fact visited a hospital on the outskirts of moscow where we can actually look at a moment where he was dressed up in full hazmat suit respirator gloves taking absolutely all the necessary precautions and speaking to coronavirus stricken patients on the wards. now. you.

can go to. prove. you're going to movies that are really going to get you. were. you. were we are we now figures in russia are considerably farther behind european countries we've of course seen those terrible images from it's me from spain on the lockdown now of course in london but nonetheless it is sensible all preparing for any scenario here in russia and it's the medical services who of course are going to suffer the most that they are taking the most preventative action we're seeing new testing aborts these open with seeing what's being reconstructed in hospitals in fact most i was saying

a brand new hospital being built and the moscow mess says that he's very hopeful that it's going to be running already within 3 weeks so they are preparing for any potential eventuality of development of the situation and they are not taking anything for granted or being complacent. the dynamics are higher in a serious situation is unfolding all the more so as we see quite a lot of people coming from abroad self quarantined at their homes and have not been tested they're feeling fine thank goodness but the fact is there are far more infected people in reality. so why at this is at the moment the situation in russia seems to be fairly calm and seems to be under control we've learned anything over the last couple of weeks is that things are changing by the net so many now anticipating that nationwide address from the russian president vladimir putin and hoping that he'll provide some clarity and monks in this unprecedented situation 2

. you just saw in there about that big hospital will be finished in a few weeks on the outskirts of moscow would lead you think to believe that maybe the authorities are thinking the worst case scenario isn't quite here yet it's what you know because this storm going to be this is the low but how small can they keep this storm well thank you for a very diverse as soon as president putin speaks we'll go across to it now and really get on with give us more info from his conduct was later. while talking about the situation elsewhere around the world so much worse than russia at the moment really sad to report billions of people around the world being told to sit tight at home but one of the nation's currently unlocked is spain where the numbers of infected have grown by 20 percent overnight hundreds of dying the daily making it the 2nd worst hit country globally in terms of fatal cases at the moment health workers to stretch to the maximum as they try to get any kind of handle on the break it is a courageous admirable job what they are doing but it comes with so much risk to

letting you know that according to the latest figures medical staff there are accounting for almost 14 percent of those infected doctors say that besides equipment shortages they're fast reaching capacity when it comes to helping those in need. icing on the most call find ourselves in an extreme situation in which we've all experienced extreme emotions and stance anguish 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 we're lacking workers and when people go out to the streets you know what happens they get sick where like an equipment and medication i mean well despite germany also facing a huge number of coronavirus cases it's been managing to keep it small the rate very low compared to space in so what's the difference here europe correspondent

peter all overlooks mexico both countries have been dealing with the brakes respectively. 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 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. look about without doubt our balance as a society the coronavirus 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 dead in their bats spanish health care services fighting against collapse this is a significant problem for our health care 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. roll a quick glance to our neighbors elsewhere in europe like spain shows just how quickly the situation can do generate and with such tragic consequences peter all of our artsy berlin you know just look at what's happening in britain the c. boris johnson is just talking to parliament very says a quarter of the world's population is current some sort of a lockdown over this one european stock markets there's talk about them they've been breathing a little sigh of relief when this day bucking recent trends with a jump in prices on opening for a bit it comes after us announced plans to unveil its biggest economic stimulus package in the country's modern history 2 trillion dollars set aside to help businesses and individuals impacted by coronavirus this agreement is really an outstanding agreement to them to all americans i say help is on the way.

big help and quick help the deal was struck after 5 or long days of intensive debate and after democrats twice blocked it going through insisting on concessions the legislation will provide direct payments and unemployment benefits as well as loan programs but the international monetary fund all that said is not so upbeat with its predictions of what lloyd's head health aside it says that the health crisis will cause a global recession this year. the 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 recovery in 2021 to get more on it we also spoke to the chief economist and c.e.o. of saxo bank who told us covert 19 a 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 use in 1920 s. and 1930 s. in terms of magnitude if you shift you 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 inclusion 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 machree in polls at the same time comes to the market and hitting it in the way that it sort of this is the biggest president ever so it's pretty clear that he had an off travel holiday and business trip over the last 1020 years has just exploded you precede the airline companies the demand on reducing your our planes the amount of discount travels around the world

a country like china in his own sense 500000000 people into the risks that are well in the database so of course 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. infecting coma so much no matter how big how small businesses are reeling from a pandemic no one giant this is a surprise to you maybe in particular has been slammed for asking the public to help make donations to help it out this time we're talking amazon it's been under fire over stuff safety of late and only agreed to paid time off after coming under intense scrutiny but caleb maupin next reports on 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

co-write $19.00 this fund has an initial donation of $25000000.00 from am isn't 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 donations 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 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 who won 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 there's 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 copd 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 it right you don't buy it and are now amazon has been kinder to its employees in light of the pandemic it has extended fade 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. baze those $70000000000.00 they're

worth over a $1000000.00 is an individual call upon the american people in this time who are credible hardship self-sacrifice so many donations seems the amazons doing better than ever those so many people are relying on online shop but what this really shows is that the polarizing issue in the united states the 'd c.e.o.'s in the banks wall street all depend on the everyday workers but the work is a saying no we don't want to risk the how of. russia's top 20 pos for this wednesday afternoon we're waiting for him put him a protein is about to address the nation on the state of the corona pandemic here in russia areas. we see that the situation with the corona virus in the world is becoming more and more serious in many countries where we see the confirmed cases rising the whole global economy is being dealt

a heavy blow for a cause say that there will be a downturn in global economy growth thanks to the measures that we apply we've been fending of the spread of the disease. whether we need to understand. that russia do you do graphical position cannot isolate fully from the rest of the world when our borders we have countries severely damaged by the coronavirus. we cannot block. the spread of the disease due to objective reasons. but we already do a lot we work professionally in an organized manner we work proactively to deal with the problem in our priorities here is the health of our people. but if you look to we have deployed the highly efficient system

for preventive treatment and diagnosis we apply in everything we have and i do as she nurses doctors and health care professionals working at the hospitals which the national emergency units and scientists as well you are on the front line today. and i would like to thank every one of you for your committed and dedicated work and i urge everyone to be full strictly the suggested you call a shins and ways of protecting yourself a lot depends on them especially so for the high risk groups the elderly population and people with chronic diseases. yes for them and for every other citizen it is our primary concern today to lower the risks as much as possible

of course we cannot but amid the question of the amendments a vote we have established that it will take place on the 22nd of april. you know how serious i am about this vote and i will of course ask you to come and cast your vote express your opinion on this critical issue for our country for our society however as i said before. our absolute priority is the health of our people their safety that is why i believe that we need to devote. we will assess the situation in the regions of russia. based on professional expertise of our doctors and scientists we will make the decision when to have that vote on

the madman's to the constitution because right now it is important to prevent fast proud of the disease so that is why i'm seeing the next week or so as the week that will not see anyone working and everyone will have their cellar marked as do you so up to april the 5th no one will be working of course all the critical services including medical institutions pharmacies store. banking institutions transportation institutions as well as governor and thought this will continue working with you again. that will be a one week free of work that is what we are doing to stop the disease from spreading i call upon everyone in russia let's not. work hoping we will fingers crossed that the situation will resolve itself let's

not think that it will never. go as far as you know it can affect you it can affect everyone we see what is happening in the world in europe. that can be our future if we do not act we need to follow every recommendation out there we need to care about ourselves about our relatives and families let's be disciplined let's be responsible but believe me the safest way is to stay at home. a separate note i would like to dwell on the current dr social economic situation we need to apply more afeard to ensure social guarantees for the people told that people will not lose their income will not lose their jobs or need to support small or medium sized companies because millions of people are employed in that sector. and that context i am announcing

a number of measures to take place 1st of all social benefits. for people that are expected to be given in the next 6 months will be prolonged automatically you will not need to present any additional documents you will not need to attend any institutions and let me give you an example if you are entitled to it on utilities you will not need to confirm your current income to get that discount those are going to also see. the benefit payments to the veterans of war and labor. 75055000 roubles are to be delivered before the holidays which are due in may. we will also support families with children in the next 3 months starting with

april we will be paying to every family. or entitled to maternity capital additional $5000.00 roubles per month for every child younger than 3 years 3 years included that kind of support will be important for the families whose children are not good to keep a garden today or nurseries for pam elise where parents are currently on medical leave or on vacation to care for their children as for additional benefits for the children between 3 and 7 i instructed the government to accelerate all the necessary work to make that happen so that the people would not get these payments in june but in june already in use with payments will be given to the families i also call upon the government to act faster so that the information will

be circulated in a expedient manner. thirdly we need to support those who are on medical leave or who has lost their jobs medical leave being calculated . in regard to the salary and. work experience that is why some people do not get it the king a lot of money one on medical leave this is unfair my suggestion is as follows to install norm a quota for the salary to be paid for those for medical leave that should not be less than one minimum wage that will be in force and will last until the end of the year economic russia's economy economy continues as well as economies of other countries experiencing a lot of negative pressure because of the epidemic and there's a sad we need to support those who might be affected who might lose their jobs

today except for some categories of people the maximum going to unemployment benefits are capped at $8000.00 roubles per month you mean i say we increase that to the minimum wage $12000.00 rubles $12130.00 roubles per month key for fully lawns and credits is another zone of risk of course income is shrinking and it's hard to pay your debt. sometimes impossible to pay your debts but that is why we need to. introduce your alone. policy if a person experiences a difficult situation because he's or her income has decreased by more than 30 percent that person should be entitled to. a pause in credit payments

so that the lord will be prolonged without any. punishment any additional. interests and i call upon banks to work. harder to ensure that small. companies interpret years and individuals can rely on these guarantees people have no income they should not feel that they are in a deadlock we should not be. taken hostage to loans. i call upon the government and the parliament to speed up their work on introducing these changes to the legislation. the small and medium sized companies micro companies especially if they work in the field of services are today constructed by any number of difficulty.