simon sure and i'll be speaking to us of the world of politics or business i'm sure business i'll see you then. the british prime minister boris johnson is in intensive care 11 days after falling sick with coronavirus the foreign secretary is taking over his duties. the world health organization marks 72 years since its founding the w.h.o. representative to russia spoke to us about the global effort to overcome the pandemic. the epidemic does not have a life of its own believe people can change it and this is the critical moment. for the couple in their eighty's keep their romance alive through the law and despite being separated by the german danish border we'll bring you their story.

with your global news update this is r.t. international thanks for joining us. let's begin with the latest figures on the covert 900 pandemic the number of cases worldwide now has passed 1300000 the u.s. has the largest number of infections followed by spain and italy 75000 people have lost their lives 290000 have recovered. the british prime minister boris johnson is be moved to intensive care in a london hospital 11 days after contracting covert 19 officials say his condition has worsened or those exact state of health remains unclear and the foreign secretary dominic is taking charge temporarily. the problem is this condition

worsened and on the advice of the medical team has moved in to a critical care unit so in light of those circumstances the prime minister asked me his 1st secretary to deputize for him when necessary boris johnson has had kind of tested positive for it about a little over 10 days ago and for the majority of about a week and a half he was downing street self isolating but the end of last week he began to show continued to show symptoms i'm sure not reason on sunday evening rob 8 pm he was taken to some thomas hospital which is not too far from where downing street is and where are the houses of parliament and he's been treated to that now when he initially when that overnight he was told that the government was telling people the media briefing obviously saw one about the problems that the comfortable night in hospital and that things were said to be ok but last night things so it's for

the worse it became clear that his condition was more serious from being left on as he had been moved to an intensive care unit now the prime minister just a few weeks ago was speaking about this crisis and. really revealed something which in hindsight is quite shocking and might give that insight into what's taking place and i knew shaking hands can decide that i was at a hospital the other night where i think there are a few that are actually if you create a virus of patients and i shook hands with everybody you'll be pleased to know that i continue to shake hands so it's not clear exactly how the prime minister has contracted this disease but it's definitely as i mentioned taken a look for the worst he's now in intensive care it's unclear exactly when that base is just a proportion because the governments have reached john the latest stop the prime minister was finding it difficult to agree but in any case we've seen. all across

the glitz spoke from his own solo so to. speak with such as outgoing labor leader or former labor leader nor should we all who are wishing the filing are still well ours starts with much most of the time so all eyes will be on thomas hospital and the hope friends. look over 90 pandemic has highlighted the crucial role of the world health organization which today is marking its 72nd anniversary more than 70 countries have joined the w.h.o. trial program to find effective treatments for covert 19 and the body is coordinating the global race to find a vaccine. representative to russia spoke to us about the challenges facing frontline medics. the americas and the device are in the center in the very at the center of the fight against coverage not only fighting against the corona virus but also maintaining all other health services which are necessary to our own going.

are all going record ducted hout needs of the planet are not the initiating and they have to be maintained rhyolite the same time we are seeing that also many devices pregnant women are getting in fact did but births go wrong unlike h one n one the spine influence of which was killing pregnant women directly here fortunately we are not seeing this trend but nevertheless caution is really needed g. epidemic does not have a life of its only people can change it and this is the critical and this is why russia has been searching to see spared for a many weeks because the measures taken were all very good obviously at some point we had a group of unrecognized contacts which always can happen but this is now being dealt with russia has increased its testing to 61000 of test for

a day so this will enable really identified not only people who are sick or dare immediate contact of us also to identify potential carriers of people who are completely healthy but have been in contact and also there is a possibility opened up to do testing requests so people who may think that there have been in contact somewhere but cannot really put their finger on it also be able to test that is by large going to enhance our knowledge about their virus is finding its hidden ways through the population and really insist on social distancing isolation treatment of those who need treatment so to interrupt the transmission i think that's that's a seeker. of russia development and i think this is exactly what the strategy is about this is a precious time to learn and to reinstate some critical principles

and human values but there are also programs coming into place or to assist to support are to actually give more sense into this time together and really use it badly not just the certain way that it passes but really use the time and every moment that we can be together to cherish our each other and to really be productive in this new i would say world that we are seeing today. russia has almost 7 and a half 1000 confirmed cases of covert 192 thirds of them are here in moscow the chief doctor of the main hospital treating coronavirus patients tested positive himself last week but he remains on j.t. crew went to the facility. all right let's have a look at the patient this patient has tested positive for coded 19 wasn't a viral treatment so you're giving him it's calyptra hasn't been effective it has the fever has gone how well the easy he's 38 when we received the 1st group of

patients and started analyzing the cases we were shocked i understand because all of them were under they expect the bache yes but you want to thank you so much guys for your work thank you. the night between april the 1st and 2nd it took us just a few hours to organize the clinic it was the notion that training. as i wanted to make my own contribution to the fight against the pandemic i wanted to help the doctors. i volunteered because i saw the to help was greatly needed there is a shortage of medical stuff when i go home i start thinking i should have stayed longer which. was how long do you usually wear this protective suit of. the longest time was 6 hours but you get used to it. the worst case is. the sports

indicator low intensity. is this how viral pneumonia. the way he takes that isn't dangerous for the person but what is frightening is that it might be contagious. are you scared of working here why what's the point is being scared it won't change anything should i just hope coming to work. the u.s. death toll from cova 19 is now approaching 11000 new york is by far the worst hit state with nearly 5000 fatalities the governor that under cuomo has described the situation as frightening and disturbing to mr chavis reports today the javits center now america's largest hospital officially taking coronavirus patients. originally dedicated to non kovan 1000 patients the now 2500 bed facility is staffed with over a 1000 doctors nurses and other medical staff to help care for the drastic influx

of infected patients governor andrew cuomo reporting the total number of confirmed cases in new york now surpasses 130000 with over 4700 confirmed deaths nearly 3000 new cases in new york city alone overnight it's very hard to see the number of deaths we're having. it's frightening it's disturbing that amount of loss the undeniable truth here is that this virus is a deadly enemy and we will lose and we are losing people who are vulnerable to the virus many overflowing facilities having to store bodies of virus victims in street trailers this as officials warn they may begin burying the city's code in 1000 dead in local parks but i'm not going to go into those kind of details i'm only going to say we will have the capacity need we need as i said over the weekend we met

a way we may well be dealing with temporary burials. so we can then deal with each family later but again i'm just not going to detail when we have something to say oh we will doctors and nurses around new york city sounding the alarm demanding additional protective measures and much needed personal protective equipment as they remain on the front lines we are demanding that we get all of the horn. supplies that exist of p.b.s. so that we can protect ourselves our families and our beloved patients and communities we can't do it if we're dead every day when i go to work i feel like a sheep going to slaughter my colleagues and i are writing our last will and testament i'm 28 years old we fear that we may not survive this pandemic and yet we show up every day to this hospital to take care of our community while officials say they have enough and 95 masks to last through the week the mayor says that the city still needs p.p.s.

because hospitals are at risk of running out to be a tough week people have to be careful and conserve on the crisis standards we're working on. meantime the governor is also calling on local governments to crack down on social distancing violators increasing violation fines from $500.00 to a $1000.00 and i want to be frankly more aggressive on the enforcement because all the anecdotal evidence is people are violating it a higher rate than before while the governor's extending new york's pause once again this time until at least april 29th the state posted its 1st drop in daily deaths suggesting that social distancing is working and flattening the curve reporting in new york trinity chavez r.t. . most european countries saw a lockdown due to the crown virus someone older couple living on the other side of the danish german border found themselves cut off from each other but hasn't stopped them keeping their relationship alive.

i think i mean we can't be apart she can't sleep neither can i we call one another at least 3 to 4 times a day and even at night. i'm writing in my. saturday outline that i make out to have that time of slower when you're sitting her menards but it is what it is and we can change that we never saw it we would leave her something like that. up. for us there were no borders we're seeing

each other and we holding on to it and it doesn't matter if it rates if it's windy as we see it here every day and we'll keep doing it until the board is so good. at it i never thought in my life that i can be this much in love when i'm 89. so it's going for this i will look at some of the most bizarre conspiracy theories over the coronavirus pandemic that's coming up after this break.

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welcome back covert nineteen's provided fertile ground for conspiracy theories one of the most popular one sting the rounds on social media is that the virus is being spread by chinese 5 g. technology in the u.k. some people have even for back by setting fire to 5 g. cell towers the government has condemned theories as dangerous nonsense idea to stash the reports from london. as the corona virus spreads around the world getting accurate information about the disease becomes ever more important but as waves of new cases continue to pop pop so to a covert 19 conspiracies the latest one being that there is a link between 5 key in the virus so much so people are now setting fire to 5 g.

must across the united kingdom. with a world in lockdown in the social media age there's a heavy reliance on the internet which is becoming a breeding ground for those wanting to spread conspiracy theories since the beginning of the year a series of fake news posts have surfaced online and scrolling on any web form or platform you'll quickly come across that thing crude polls polls and polls prevention measures rumors of scheming geopolitical plots the virus 2 as a biological weapon even an experiment gone wrong but one of the most prominent is linking 5 key to corona virus and the box hysteria has pushed the world health organization to intervene and to even declare it. to be high demand for

timely and trustworthy information about 19. technical risk communication and social media teams have been working closely to track and respond to myths and groups. some serious believe that 5 g. is the root of the global corona virus outbreak because they claim it systematically breaks down the immune system on top of that viral post claim that the technology originated and who had the very same chinese city at the heart of the initial outbreak of covert 19 off the comprehensive analysis though the claim was debunked by fact checking organizations in january not to mention that of radiation watchdog found no 'd scientific evidence that 5 g. post. a threat to the human health system while it's widely accepted knowledge back by experts that the virus came from a natural animal source but even with 5 g. being found to be safe the number of mass targeted by vandals has increased sadly we have experienced cases of vandals setting fire to mobile mass destruction

critical infrastructure and spreading false information suggesting a connection between 5 g. and the covert 1000 pandemic there is no scientific evidence of any link between 5 g. and corona virus and despite the scientific evidence some celebrities are even jumping on this 5 g. misinformation bandwagon a lot of my friends have been talking about the negative effect of 5 g. though i haven't fully verted i find it very interesting i don't think 5 g. gives you call that 19 i've seen good can confuse slow the body down in human process. doctors in world health organization as governments to halt roll out of 5 g. i would say no to 5 g. and the fight against misleading information is taking us a real turn the u.k.'s communications regulator ofcom was even forced to intervene and punish a community radio station for broadcasting unfounded claims about the roll out of 5 g. with the government even stepping in to denounce the so-called fake news as dangerous

not only point but the full e.g. most thank you again for mentioning. the stories i have got about that they play a role in the in the spread of the disease that's just not dangerous nonsense as well but considering the government has advised the public to stay at home the internet has unsurprisingly been relied on like never before meaning separating fact from fiction especially when it comes to the link between 5 g. and coronavirus is vital but there's no doubting the tenuous connection has for some people across the united kingdom to disconnect from their technology so i don't stash the r.t. london. there are also plenty of false allegations circulating in the u.s. over china's alleged role in the crisis china now seems to have the situation under control with no new coronavirus deaths registered in the past 24 hours but some u.s. politicians are saying beijing should not be trusted artie's kill them or put explains

. the u.s. surgeon general says that the worst of the pandemic is still ahead memories of dramatic events from u.s. history this is going to be our pearl harbor moment our $911.00 moment only it's not going to be localized it's going to be happening all over the country and i want to america to understand that usa is now the country that's the hardest hit no doubt about it and some pretty big mistakes were made while the clock was ticking here's a list of some of the experts made about what went wrong. mistake number one back in january the u.s. centers for disease control refused tests from germany and us last crucial time you can now not everyone has access to tests it's hard to track who is infected. we know that it is an underestimation mistake number 2 the u.s. government miscalculated thought it had proper supplies and resources right up to the last minute we have tremendous numbers of ventilators but there's never been an

instance like this where no matter what you have it's not enough mistake number 3 us states have been left to manage the crisis on their own support through the federal government has been weak we have a state emergency management agency but if he were right why would we ever need a federal emergency management agency it's because individual states can't possibly do what the federal government can do but it's always easier to blame someone else now got us officials saying that china hit information the world health organization a recent intelligence community report confirms that dissent from ation began as early as november when it misreported the seriousness of the disease based on chinese reports there was an outbreak of a serious a but not communicable disease that was easily contained and will harden the chinese government's early handling of the disease and failure to adequately report information to the w.h.o. breached article 6 and 7 of the international health regulations at treaty to which

china is signatory and legally obliged to uphold these breaches allowed the outbreak to reputably spread outside will han its blaze of origin the chinese nonetheless have been lying since the started if the chinese had been honest from day one if they had talked about how serious this was in the flight bans would have started much sooner travel would have been restricted much sooner and the world could have really prepared for this and we weren't and so now we're suffering and we're losing american lives now the u.k. has also signed on to the plan to blame china a british think tank recommended an international lawsuit saying that up to 4 trillion dollars could be paid by china to just g 7 countries and that's after a 20 trillion dollar lawsuit from some. confirms meanwhile should be pointed out that china is sending medical personnel to europe right now and supplies to europe and it's sending supplies to the u.s.

to fight the coronavirus so it out to me that you in the u.s. should be grateful to china instead of. inciting more hostility. the world health organization is also being accused of covering up for china reevaluation of world health organization leadership is urgently cooled for by consistently bending to the chinese communist party from downplaying the severity of the coronavirus to systematically excluding taiwan it is lost the credibility necessary to be effective will tell organization is supposed to fight disease is not tyrants we're in the middle of a public health crisis but off the americans be this far as we need to have a serious reckoning with the world health organization but why would they do that it's a pretty serious allegation to make against a bydel international body that does so much important work the us is very proud

not to take responsibility for its own failures the u.s. prides itself on being number one the best in everything with it and so when it fail so miserably as it has in this crisis it looks for a scapegoat and this in this case it is chosen to blame china we have an election in november at all receivers and the trumpet ministration is deathly afraid that if they get properly blamed for their failings as a drum lives i mean it's really as simple as that and so they're trying to defend elected plain by calling this the china virus and blaming china and it's absurd and it's disgraceful the spread of the coronavirus isn't really anyone's fault and every country wishes it had been better prepared isp. actually the united states which is now the worst year but instead of trying to learn from their own mistakes u.s. leaders have decided to point fingers it would martin are seeing new york.

brazil is seeing a rapid rise in corona virus deaths 566 people have lost their lives and more than 12000 cases have been confirmed but the president also now is still claiming there is nothing to worry about. it will be with my kids due to my track record as an athlete what that means were infected i would not even worry that is because i would not have symptoms that i think were at most it would be like a flu it is a cold way to a commute huge market is the largest number of infections in brazil officials there are warning of an impending catastrophe also hundreds of cases have been registered in the amazon region among indigenous communities and they're alarmed by the lack of help coming from the government many people in the country's big cities share those concerns. but we can and we ask god for help because if we can't on the government we won't get anywhere. this is he ation is very difficult we are under great pressure and our hands are tied not knowing what will happen where we're

going to do now should we just wait now we have to do something. most people here are self-employed they work a street lenders or run small businesses so the only money they have is what this saves before the outbreak people are getting desperate. both scenarios surge brazilians to keep going out as normal despite the advice of health experts we spoke to another tour of opera monday who believes that the president is putting lives at risk for political gain. also that is the central problem in the war against the voters here in this war i think because he is subordinate to the idea to bring. in through all this all the. and because he was to take back all the way he gave it could

not make a good public health in order to reinforce his influence among business people and some fraction of the working class who are. we in the loyal we've forward and even with hunger it's still bad for both scenarios about. his position even resilient politics. as the coronavirus pandemic continues rest assured that we're out here for you with all the latest information bring you coverage on our website and on social media of course round the clock live broadcasts from our studios in moscow london and washington stay informed stay with us.

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