within 4 green walls. to leave this room. in the headlines for moscow this thursday march the 26 russia registers its 1st 2 deaths from. measures to hold the spread of coronavirus come into force coming up with russians being part of the country's 1st line of defense self isolating after returning from viral hotspots of all. from italy i thought it would be safer to just get out and back to moscow i'm currently in the safest place. for our military driven operations to clamp down on the spread of covert 90 as the global economy tries to batten down the hatches and survive an ever growing public. u.k. court denies wiki leaks founder. despite him not currently serving your sentence

amid fears of a corona virus outbreak in prisons we hear from his legal team it was good to listen. to the. judge it is just an illusion a little too close to the. horrors and reality struck a painful cold and as the nation comes to terms with the scale of the pandemic one church in the north has been turned into a storage unit now for the day. hello this is art international from 2 pm here now this thursday i'm kevin 0 in so welcome to this 30 minute world news round up. 1st corona virus is rapidly spreading out around the world the current number of covert 19 confirmed cases

globally stands at nearly half a 1000000 as of today the death toll has moved beyond 22000 the amount of recoveries though is also on the rise over $117000.00 recovered now that's roughly a quarter of all known infections. so let's talk about the picture here in russia the latest developments to tell you about russia's registered its 1st 2 deaths from covert 19 so far it currently has 840 cases with more than half of those infected here in moscow all international flights are said to be grounded from midnight tonight i.e. tomorrow except for those bringing citizens home moscow and regions across russia have started introducing a series of tight restrictions to halt the spread of the deadly virus has got across all of this known to the central moscow our senior correspondent there murat

hi tell us about these 2 people that have died in these 2 patients what do we know . well unfortunately they were in the demographic that is most vulnerable to the. virus a 73 year old and an 88 year old with underlying health conditions so they develop severe pneumonia and all of their other illnesses came forward and unfortunately both of them died there had been reports of another casualty earlier on the victim of the virus but doctors later reclassified that to. do a blood clot so so far 2 casualties to the world of ours in russia 840 people confirmed infected russia has so far carried out more than 200000 tests coronavirus tests and 140 about 140000 people remain under medical

observation in self isolation and quarantine musher from the initial from the get 2 took took the entire epidemic very seriously it was among the 1st countries that clues that border with china restricted air travel and now they have ended all air travel with every country in the world aside from charter flights that are bringing back russian citizens from abroad people who have been stuck in stuck in other countries moscow itself russia itself is going down on something of a quarantine vladimir putin came out yesterday with a wide variety of proposals on how to limit the spread of this virus so far russia has been spared the worst of it it isn't suffering anywhere near what europe or the united states are for example and the government seems determined to keep it that way so starting in the 30th of march there will be a paid week of the everybody so everybody stays at home and the government

guarantees by law that they'll be paid for it federal employees are. noise of other . 'd businesses and organizations that are vital for the functioning of the country will continue to work but as many as possible of them will work from work from home as is the practice internationally by the way that the world health organization has welcomed what russia has done the said that russia has prepared thoroughly fuel for the epidemic and mitigate the damage as much as possible obviously the you can't completely barricade yourself away from the rest of the world and escape the epidemic entirely moscow itself some of the harshest measures in russia coming into effect in moscow actually started on the 30th of march all restaurants will be shipped out shutout cafes and detainment venues gyms and swimming pools of already being closed down parks as well for the 1st time in living memory parks shut you

know any time of the day you'd find thousands of people in moscow's parks now it's a goose down the traffic either but there's also the international response which is so far been lacking to say the least the united states and china. is now being engaged in a propaganda war about the origins of the coronavirus and there will be a g 20 for the 1st time that video conference in which leaders hope to come to some sort of. a joint response to this crisis see if they can work together but russia for now preparing for the worst but hooping for the best year this next week next series could be crucial isn't to say which way it's going to go have a senior correspondent central moscow thank you and skis host of the epidemic series on r t he spoke with people returning home to russia from viral sports about what

they've been through in the quarantines. how did you end up in this hospital. i write by plane at 11 am from bologna or to moscow and i went into self isolation the next day to 815 i opened my door and was met by a medical school or i was really afraid that i would like people in plague suits yeah exactly i noticed i had a message at 8 in the morning which i only read later that said al flight had people infected with corona virus they moved promptly they gave me just 20 minutes together my stuff and then took me away in a medical vehicle i scored an ambulance. yes and i was taken here welcomed children documents then they made me on dress and all my clothes were put in a bag and disinfected all my things were wiped clean i pads telephones everything i had on me they gave me temporary clothes for

a day while my clothes were being disinfected. so you were here for how long day 6777 say you are here what exactly do you do. in the evening and i have a class with my students online i teach painting at the circus aud institute. in the morning i have an online sports class i do this every day with my personal trainer i think i'm already thin. i flew out from italy because my friends and i couldn't get through on the phone to hospitals even the ones not dealing with the coronavirus i thought it would be safer to just get out and back to moscow i'm currently in the safest place to take care of yourself at home those of you who can . actually there as well alexi did you wear your olympic tracksuit on purpose you love as a don't don't shake my hand you're in quarantine where tell us how did you end up self isolating and muscle stalls. we still had 2 stages of world cup left one had

already taken place in luxemburg they've been postponed a 1000 times already. initially it was supposed to be in rome and then only luxembourg could take us later cyprian also news of all these delays were because of the coronavirus to move into the studio we train for 4 days fenced then the whole team got on the coach. we arrived in frankfurt and flew back to moscow. they called me later saying you were in frankfurt you have to self isolate a little of the police to some incidents. so you got a phone calls we have to put it's accountable to muslims i can't argue with that it's quite normal and i want to use this one who if i can save myself then in this epidemic i can save dozens more or maybe even a 100 more people which is a snapshot of life here in russia elsewhere the french president has given the green light to operation resilience a military plan that will see the army deployed to help with the logistics and

medical support there in defeating coronavirus. i have decided to launch operation resilient it will be entirely devoted to providing aid and support to populations as well as to supporting public services to deal with the covert 19 epidemic both in mainland france and in the french overseas departments. and on your mccrone announced the plan for the army as he visited a makeshift field hospital on wednesday it's been forced to take patients as regular hospital struggle to keep up with the virus paris has also promised a huge investment for the health care system but medical workers in france feel it's been a long time coming the demands going back for more than a year already but investment speaking promised by governments worldwide on the back of mass quarantines shall i do belsky next looks at why the money wasn't injected before and how long nations can keep up the spending. economies across the world have ground to a halt kilian measures have been announced. to governments offering to

pay full salaries to cannot work there is a scramble to inject amounts of money into the system to counter the economic fallout of the pandemic the costs are expected to exceed germany from economic crisis to natural disasters in recent decades as knock downs are implemented with no clear end in sight the real question perhaps is now how long could the world afford this this pandemic has brought the 3rd and most serious economic financial and social crisis of the 21st century the strict measures applied around the world all the essential to control the spread of the virus plunge our economies into an unprecedented paralysis from which they will not come out easily or automatically already we know that some $67000000.00 us citizens

are worried about how they going to pay their credit card bills because of the pandemic other fears about finding money for the more essential basic needs of life accommodation and food while the multi-trillion for now will keep things taking a long and over some point that will end governments will have to choose between keeping the economy running or treating populations it is impossible to leave even in self isolation and to cure people if we do not continue the economic activity that quite simply allows us to live in this country our daily life so that eating out to restaurants going to the cinema meeting friends perhaps for a drink or even having a haircut these are all activities that contribute to. we think our economies taking over the money top sliced off by our governments in taxes then goes towards

paying for essential services be that the doctors and nurses who are currently at the frontline of the war against. all the ability to purchase ventilators and other essential medical equipment governments need money and money comes from a healthy working economy we have already been warned that when containment measures finally and this will not be over the virus will not magically disappear. this idea that if you close schools and shut restaurants for a couple of weeks you solve the problem and get back to normal life that's not what's going to happen this virus is going to be circulating potentially for a year or 2 so we need to be thinking on those times goes. social distancing may provide a respite from infection peak rates the so-called flattening the curve model but

the impact that could have on wrong term economies could some believe provoke spikes in deaths elsewhere in the u.s. state of mass she says a suicide prevention hotline has seen a surge in cools the majority of people calling lately a mention in all talking about fear of contract in the virus economic impact and prison loneliness or isolation we anticipate and there will be an increased need for services like ours for a time to come in countries where social safety nets 0 and particularly robust or perhaps nonexistent this is a real concern president trump is well aware of this despite lawmakers agreeing on a 2 trillion dollars stimulus package trump knows like china he may have to prioritize the economy we have people get tremendous anxiety and depression and you have suicide over things like this when you have

a terrible economy you have death probably i mean definitely would be in far greater numbers than the numbers that we're talking about with regard to the various governments who they enact a draconian lockdowns now face an even bigger di lemma given that a vaccine for the virus 'd is still possibly a year or even 2 years away and that we're being warned by health experts that kovac 19 will remain a deadly force when recess or taishan of the financial system becomes the more pressing issue how will they sell the exit strategy from containment we kill exerted to julian assange has been denied bail in the united kingdom is health concerns over co with 19 strike fear in prisons just recently one prisoner has been confirmed dead in the country because of corona virus the australian whistleblowers lawyers say he's a great risk in britain's high security belmarsh jail wiki leaks has spoken to play

me at least $100.00 workers at that facility are off sick with symptoms of the virus. it was 30 solicitously. to the national court judge rely on the prison authorities reliable because there was no colvin 19 paid is inside the almost prison while we look for the last 100. years our lives with asian 10 years of the detention. in a very poor health is a very vulnerable individual this moment it is only just an issue made in light of the crisis that we face. alice international chips into it's now calling on the u.k. authorities to release children a sanch if indeed he is at risk he's currently awaiting possible extradition to the us after british police forcibly removed him from the ecuadorian embassy in london

after it's been 7 years holed up there a cell just lawyers say that on top of existing health conditions connected to the isolation he's also got a lung problem now we spoke to a member of his legal team. yes. considering the possibility of an infection outbreak in overcrowded belmarsh prison you understand his health condition after almost 7 years of imprisonment he should be released immediately the peculiarity of the prison is that there is a large turnover of people besides it's overcrowded already so prisoners are in close contact with each other the british government itself warns about the situation can appear in prisons in all countries besides saunders not convicted officially in britain he's just going through an extradition process he hasn't been convicted he's not serving a sentence. of course if he's a extradited to the u.s. he could face up to 175 years in prison for leaking confidential data lawyers fear is hearing and possible trial that could be politically motivated over his publishing of alleged u.s.

war crimes now on wednesday the judge looking into a sanchez bail declared he still posed a flight risk but a former you're an expert on arbitrated tension we spoke to told us that the coronavirus pandemic now means that that argument falls flat on its face. 1st of all she sought refuge asylum in an at an american embassy sit well. is it likely that he could seek refuge in refuge in any similar embassy and now i don't think so and secondly it's free movement much more restricted today than it has been only a month ago so the likelihood of somebody being able to to flee the united kingdom under the extreme form of political police surveillance that mr sonner misleading would be in addition to to use it as a site in press following him it's not very likely he's house has the terror it is going to tear it that's not a question of the finally real argument it's

a question of the man being in a situation where he's health is well he's life he may not survive this the extra at the added risk of the current and be demick is extremely serious this man should be kept in isolation in a private facility and not in a prison. live from moscow this is our to international hi there thank you for watching us today coming out with the u.k. bringing in strict new lockdown measures on monday some britons are still ignore the warnings we take a look at that and more when we're back. you. the i. almost choked song seemed

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again this is art international with me kevin 0 in authorities in italy are hopeful they've started to turn the tide on the pandemic the number of confirmed cases have gone down for a 4th consecutive day still the country's seeing hundreds of people succumb to the virus on a daily basis with italy remaining the hardest hit nation in terms of fatalities and desperate times of call for desperate measures in one northern town this is sad to say isn't it were a church has been turned into a holding place for coffins row upon row of coffins there the situation is so bad that queues are forming around the province for funeral services a priest for the church said they are expecting many more coffins in the coming

days to mean time ever more countries are coming to italy's aid to help with the crisis as best they can because of course i've got the road stuff to deal with but a convoy of $22.00 trucks with russian medical experts and special equipment reportedly reached berger mo considered to be the epicenter of the outbreak there in italy as rome reached out for support it's not only russia but china and cuba have responded to we heard from residents in milan who seemed surprised that it was not on e.u. members end of the day that the so far show greater solidarity in italy's fight against coronavirus. should be thankful to russia but also to china and cuba as well as to other countries outside the european union. it is ready to help each other in this instance we too will be ready to help other countries when the need arises. events of in into the general think in such circumstances any kind of help regardless if origin or ideology must be accepted from my living must unless it's

a welcome hand because italy has been left alone so for me they did agree that. on european aid has been greater than aid that came from within the e.u. commune. you see what i mean when germany or france need help we're always there for them when is the opposite not so much over the u.k. no country braces itself for those 24 health updates from officials on the effects of the corona virus across the country hospitals in london say they're facing an unprecedented wave of patients on wednesday it was confirmed that the heir to the british throne indeed had been infected prince charles tested positive parity but only reporting mild symptoms the 71 year old prince of wales is self isolating after u.k. prime minister boris johnson's unprecedented step to sets a per nation wide lockdown for at least the next 3 weeks but some britons are finding the measures necessary and inconvenient they think continuing to go daws it's been called reckless by fellow citizens who've indeed started their hash tag

called cove idiots on twitter. 1 and you want. these bloody idiot seem to think they're enjoying a summer's day in the park the u.k. is in lockdown for seek it's a lockdown people not a holiday still at home the longer you persist in behaving like idiots the monger this is going to continue people ignoring the key log down and treating it as a special holiday event it's well the backlash over ignoring social distancing is also happening in british rural areas too can report where locals have been telling visitors to go home while some tourist areas and parks all their busiest days last weekend we spoke to a number of stars from local authorities who were left stunned by the volume of

visitors they said the confusion has been down to mixed messages initially coming out from westminster. i don't know whether it was a deliberate ignoring or whether it and. the advice at the time just wasn't clear enough. and i think unless you you've had something directly impact on you and last a member of your family has been impacted are unless you specifically. and i think he i don't think he'd let that the seriousness of the situation you know we're very reliant on on people coming to the area for the local economy and i think it just hasn't. is my hope that it just happened people and they just didn't stand in the gravity of the situation unfortunately that was an element of their digital until he is and is very pleased to see you the mayor of the town of course

called him on to the airwaves to put a more rational case forward i think those views it as. misguided wouldn't call them stupid because those rules are not at all clear and we've had the u.k. government which was encouraging people to go out and gain who'd immunity you prime minister as far this scene is going down the pub seconds after the prime minister advised people not to so you have to. be aware that there are very mixed messages and that's the challenge. as people come to turn some of those dead a day challenges parts of the u.k. lie empty aside from the odd posting or traffic warden since they're still out but it's not just the streets of britain artist polly boy who has been on the hunt for that medicine cabinet staple process of all. i'm going out to some essential oils

and some painkillers if i can find it but it's. starting outside so. near reality. i think you have power seeking all. you know paris see tomorrow. there are new parts of the street. but there are still parking wardens. excuse me thank you by the way out here. and it's a very considered essential ok this is an amazing thing essential was being carried out there is the post man hello there so thank you for the work that i think. essential work is see the post man i understand. you to get into the pharmacy excuse me sorry do you have our seats

a mile how long haven't you had it for. the. latest sorry do you buy some parsley tomorrow. how long have you had it for. 2 weeks. ever see tomorrow. again. fruitless trip get back inside the poly. let's see if this live update from our studios here in moscow i'm kevin owen thank you as ever for watching this time of the day every day we will continue to bring you live bulletins from here in russia and our team around the rest of the world are on it as well before you around the clock you got great coverage coming up from london. studios in washington d.c. as well check it out again from moscow that's been updated and across various social media to over all this is r.t. international.

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