to deal with dogs don't. be number of hospitals. double. to monitor movement saying too many people are still. coming off the us becomes the 1st country to register to corona virus deaths in a single day refrigerated musgrave's are no seen in the main infections new york city struggles with. i mean if you. experience. speed. helplessness the fact that you don't know

you can do. just to get. from. the french president meets medics including one promoting a controversial treatment for 19 french health care workers continue to real against the government's effort. on a 1000000000 people could be pushed to property by the pandemic according to the leading british. from moscow to the world this is your r t international my names you know neal hello and welcome to the program. let's begin with the latest figures this hour on the covert 19 demick the number of cases around the world it's still on the rise 1700000 people now are infected

another grim milestone has been reached to more than 104000 have succumbed to corona virus but it's also known that almost 4 times that figure $390000.00 people have caught it and they have recovered. well let's start here in russia which is to curry clinical trials of a vaccine against kobe 19 initially 60 volunteers the countries now registered over a 100 deaths and more than $13000.00 infections and the mayor of moscow meanwhile has announced that the city will gradually realised a pos system designed to tighten control over people's movement some of those measures will come into force on monday this. was seen waiting to transfer of patients to a hospital in moscow that's been repurposed to focus on coronavirus patients the

number of admissions has doubled since last week and more than 85 percent of the patients have pneumonia the authorities say the pic is still to come and are ramping up restrictions in the capital taking us through the latest developments. late on friday evening it was announced that there is going to be a new system of tasks is to be used in the russian capital and that was announced on the moscow mayor's website where he said that it was a question of the health and the safety of all the people living in moscow because the situation has only gotten worse recently that he was really left with no choice but to implement this which in those but they didn't aggressive towards the virtual since the beginning of this week the situation with the corona virus has been worsening previously hospitals has been receiving 500 patients daily now the number has surpassed 1000 a past regime inside the city is an inevitable restriction which will be implemented gradually starting from monday. now over the past few days there really

has been a sharp increase in new cases in the russian capital almost every day has seen about 1500 cases and just on friday there was almost 2000 along with 18 deaths as well now another announcement that we heard was that for the next week there will be further restrictions on businesses in moscow and all but the most essential ones will be shot for the week and that could possibly be extended. remember mina due to the more most of moscow's organizations and enterprises who temporarily stop working for a week with the possibility to prolong it only essential enterprises will keep operating. it's just those people who work at those essential businesses who'll be the 1st ones affected by it and seeing how this past system works because the 1st stage that's being rolled out will be passes given to people and order for them to get to their places of business the 2nd round whenever that is released will be for other trips around the city and the 3rd if necessary will actually be

passes for people to leave their houses at all in order to move around their neighborhood to go to the local store or their pharmacy or anything like that and of course that's something we've seen and a number of european countries but it does seem like the moscow thirty's do want to avoid that situation but are prepared to do it if necessary and the governor of the wider moscow region has put up a warning to that effect starting from monday we will actually increase the number of policeman national guard and traffic police who will stop people to ask them why they are outdoors that's why i'm asking you to stay home and take seriously all the precautions we are facing now to prevent the spread of the virus that increased police presence that he was referring to really does seem necessary at this point because i can tell you even looking out my own windows on my balcony i can still see quite a bit of activity people just out with their kids walking and lots of cars still are on the street so it's really hard at this point to say that people are

following the restrictions that are already in place and that all started back on march the 28th president putin came out and said that he was announcing a week off work where people would still be paid but they would not be going to work and that has actually been extended until the end of april those were for all businesses where it was possible to not actually physically go to work and of course on the 30th of march that's. moscow's mayor put out restrictions saying that people should only leave their houses in the event of a medical emergency if they have no choice but to go to work and to go to their local shops and pharmacies but like i said it really doesn't feel like people are following those restrictions and that is something that the moscow mayor commented on saying that that was one of the reason that this past system is being rolled out so hopefully this is enough at this point for people to really listen and stay inside it just expanding on what jacqueline was speaking about moscow law enforcement we know has registered over 400 solution violations around 2 dozen

people just over that so far have been hit with fines previously officers only find violators who or where suspected of having the virus are only down of spent a day with the police to see how they are dealing with the challenges faced people are only allowed to leave their homes to go get groceries in the nearest supermarket to get medical help or to walk their pets within a 100 metre radius from their homes so right now i will be joining the most school police force who are right now on the beat to see how they are dealing with those who have well fall into the temptation on this perfect summer like day. police follow the self isolation rules. unless it's absolutely necessary please do not leave your homes take care of your

health and the health of your family but. you should love people we're all different. people don't even argue they say yeah we understand everything i'm just going to the shop and back to the pharmacy. people really understand that we have to conduct this patrol there are considerably fewer people around as you can see everywhere. russian tag giant yandex has recently ruled out a self isolation rating for city's most school has been graded a solid 3 out of 5 a good but still far from perfect school so i asked police if they're going to switch from words to action fines. issuing a fine is a last resort measure at the forefront of self isolation is prevention so we're just asking people to follow suit and many people are listening to this while one group that simply const a home the police even worse talking to underage of people every day now is

literally their job description. the united states has registered the world's largest number of deaths in a single day more than 2000 died in the country on friday bringing the nation's total to almost 19000 fatalities among efforts to cope with the rising number of bodies dozens of refrigerated trucks some being parked all ready to be used as makeshift morgues a doctor working in the bronx saying is his experience fighting coronavirus is worse than tackling it. i mean if you sent over if you sent over if you sent out i'm nice colleagues from different parts of the world giving you all every day and night i grew up in nigeria i was born and raised and also trained and i experienced the polar people up here but disses crazier than what i would have ever imagined the change of experience to be despondent me to speed is that feeling of

helplessness sometimes like the fact that you don't all you can do and just to get the negative all come from is in my personal experience he was i would see moderates and don't i was quarantined for more than 7 days at least 7 days and it was scary the major part of this experience was fear and we would have seen in the hospital and with the cases i've seen seen young people die from this you know i think there was a very large component of fear for me because there are 2 ways you can go you can get better or you could go to the i.c.u. again to beat it up probably die from this and i will. the fear part but i know i mean mine of feet so i as much as possible just try to put things through thoughts and i go heeled. first hand testimony their health workers of course arguably the most exposure to the virus hospital staff here in new york held

a vigil on friday for colleagues who lost their lives fighting they punt emic party america's trinity junkies has more on the strain the city's hospitals are under right now. today new york city the crossroads of the world has more confirmed cases of cova 19 than any other city on earth hospital still heading capacity and medical staff pushed to their brink everything we're trying. pre-op spittal we were giving our overview of every year keep her medical history here and there. is even more than they ever have while the u.s. navy hospital ship comfort to the javits center are supposed to help alleviate stress of the city's hospital system the 500 bed vessel comfort just has over 60 patients while the 1000 bed convention center field hospital has seen about 225 patients new reports suggesting the army and the navy are handpicking and

transporting small numbers of hospital patients while the virus continues to strain e.r. rooms 1st responders also on the front lines the f.d.a. and why reporting that nearly $480.00 a mass workers including firefighters tested positive for the corona virus we've dealt with for scale events before you haven't dealt with a state serious call volume now going on its 3rd with no end in sight and roughly 3000 of the departments 15000 were out sick by the phrase you know what you sign up for this as much as we may have no we didn't notice you haven't seen. no one. but we know why you signed up. the perhaps some hope the governor now saying the curve is slowing while the curve may be leveling off the city is still dealing with the mounting coronavirus death toll the national guard now using rental vans to pick up hundreds of dead bodies from new york city homes more exposed in the city

dwindling the city now using an island off the bronx waters called hart island as a temporary burial site an aerial view shows hired contractors wearing protective gear digging graves and lining up dozens of caskets in those deep trenches. under a new policy the medical examiner's office will keep bodies in storage for 14 days before they're buried in hart island's potter's field which is a burial site for people whose families can't afford a funeral or who go unclaimed by relatives the number burials increasing from about 25 a week to now 24 a day reporting in new york trinity shabbas r t. the french president being meeting health professionals to hear 1st what it is like talking coronavirus comes in the midst of criticism focused on the government's response no one encounter in particular has been raising eyebrows at charlotte dubin ski explained. as the race is on to find some

way to bring covert 19 to its knees it seems the french president isn't leaving any stone unturned emmanuel mccollum spent a day visiting medical stall although some may have been a little surprised to learn that on his list was professor. who is the head of the i.a.e.a. she made the time infection institute in moscow say and some of his ideas about 19 have raised eyebrows. i am a practitioner and doctor and i'm shocked to see this survey that says that only 37 percent of doctors in the whole world prescribe hydroxy chloroquine in france the amount of people who prescribe it without saying anything is huge. he claimed following a small study that chloroquine a malaria drug was the cure and should be used immediately even one of states in donald trump is a real chance that it could have

a tremendous impact it would be a gift from god if that were those claims caused controversy among the medical community here in france there were criticisms that his trials were choose small too fast to be meaningful and concern about potentially dangerous side effects for those with heart problems but it seems that most people in france believe it has tapped into an effective treatment one poll found that 59 percent of people in france believe that clara queen was the miracle cure rowe has gone even further since then organizing for mass testing of the virus at his clinic to find official policy that was struck such experiments to symptoms people queued outside his hospital this point being locked down the french government later caved

in and the creed that the drug could be prescribed but questions and now being asked if this visit by president back on has only added fuel to the hype over what remains without a full series of clinical trials and proven treatment. the message that president macron has sent in is one of support which is due to mental to the scientific community professor all certainly has an interest in person. anality but one doesn't heal but personality. visit of more than 3 hours was in private but terms being splashed across the french news his advisors say it wasn't an indorsement but rather intended to show that the president is listening to wide swathe of scientific opinion but this visit came before the results of clinical trials which are underway adieu to be released and some suggest that this

is more about macro bowing to popular pressure or perhaps even politicizing the issue i am a bit surprised by the president's visit to professor old because it's a little unexpected to endorse this treatment while we are still awaiting a real double blind study with a control group it is starting to become showbiz politics which is not good though general opinion polls have surged in support from macrorie as the pandemic has unfolded it seems amongst the medical community medical staff the president is not pretty popular they raise their voices demanding protective gear and they were not the only ones on the same day calling had visited a hospital here in paris there to he was greeted by angry medical stuff.

going has said front's is out with code 19 and as the commander in chief he is aware that this is a war he must win even if getting that means veering away from the usual tried. untasted. artsy paris. on the way to the crowded congregations celebrating easter this year instead the world's 2000000000 christians are helping to mark holy week. church leaders address empty spaces after the break we look at heart religions are adopting the lockdowns .

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led. by. what is true what's his face. in the world corrupted you need to descend. to join us in the depths. for a mate in the shallowness. 20 minutes past the hour welcome back it is estimated that corona virus could push half a 1000000000 people into poverty the grim forecast from leading british humanitarian charity oxfam comes as the economic fallout widens the gap between the world's richest and its most vulnerable quarter reports. as government lock downs around the world continue without an end in sight the writing is on the wall worse things are on the horizon we anticipate the worst economic fall outs in the great

depression the world is confronted with a crisis like no other covered 19 has disrupted our social and economic order at lightning speed and on a scale that we have not seen in living memory more than 16000000 american workers have lost their jobs in just the past 3 weeks that's about double the american jobs lost throughout the entire 2008 recession as for europe where lockdowns were imposed earlier many don't even have enough money to put food on the table in other parts of the world the worst of the pandemic has yet to come oxfam predicts that more than half of the global population could be living in poverty when the smoke of this crisis clears the estimate is based on world bank dainton so we looked at the numbers of people living in poverty currently and then we move to what a 20 percent drop in people's income would do when estimates in the impact of the coronavirus crisis could be to increase. the numbers of people living in poverty by

500000000 or whole 4000000000 people which would set back the poverty has been reduced in recent days so this would set back the fight against public tuned. to sarah huge impact on the poorest people across the world where there's tragedy for some there's prosperity for others billionaire filmmaker david geffen is a living example of how the rich are literally sailing away from their problems sunset last night isolated in the granite dean's avoiding the virus i'm hoping everybody is staying safe how lucky we pledge zar for gaffin is concerned there are those from the ruling class that did stay behind though and they're not too happy about having to self isolate one thing that i learned from being. and teen is that people this is like being in jail is what it is if prison is anything like allen's house we might soon see a serious spike in crime adding to how out of touch the wealthy are seeming these

days is a video of hollywood stars singing imagine. and. it probably seemed like a fine idea at 1st but the video didn't exactly play on everyone's heart strings. i will never get over gal gotos singing imagine there's no heaven and smiling into the camera as thousands of poor people die of coronavirus her rif ache some rich people are even trying to join in the fun of working people struggles look one if pal charlie even found a mask to match her dress too bad many medical workers don't have one that matches their scrubs or even one that doesn't the world was already more unequal than ever before this pandemic hit but with this new economic crisis on our plate the gap is only getting much wider well instagram ing celebs aren't the only ones getting something out of self isolation british and pays have been handed on additional

$10000.00 puns for expenses to work from home lawmakers have already received an extra $25000.00 pounds to cover soft costs thoughts on top of the pay rise they got the start of april which took their basic salary to over 80000 the news housing gone down too well with their fellow countrymen the who are stuck trying to work from home too. it's actually doing my head in and the m.p.'s have been given 10000 pounds each to work from home yet my mom who is working in the front line for the n.h.s. has to share i protection because there isn't enough why do m.p.'s need a 10000 pound allowance working from home many others are having to work from home and they get 0 allowance 10000 pounds minds travel expenses minus sundries not incurred would equal far more than this they're already getting a good deal on 0 allowance well echoing the founder of britain's largest independent food bank believes the extra money would be better spent on others more

in need. of a repeat supposedly representative of the people who are here they are you know bill can the truck $10000.00 or about $10000.00 pounds many of them not doing surgeries many of pieces are not really helping in any shape of my career community support network in my area not just bruce is actually doing the job with the council the council service is a closed and so we're actually crowdfunding to raise money to pay to feed people in crisis may you all m.p.'s are doing absolutely nothing in this crisis nobody seems to understand that you know if you're a low paid if you're clean if you work in a coffee shop if you're a bus driver you get very little money you don't have savings to fall back on the elites are completely oblivious to the reality of what it's like to be poor in the world in 2020. it's the holiest celebration of the year

for the world's $2000000000.00 christians but easter this year is not going to be the normal family and religious get together usually this weekend you would see in catholic worshippers crowded into st peter's square the vatican to hear the pope not this year instead the faithful are having to make do. watching it from home services are conducted under lockdown conditions peter overby takes a look at how many faiths are reassessing their services as congregations are told to stay away. with coronavirus having the impact it is all over around the world this is exactly the time you may think people would be turning to religion for a little bit of comfort and this time of year is usually when we would see the largest religious gatherings taking place.

to. share. with them not possible because of the virus religious practice has had to adapt services are being broadcast online allowing believers to take part from home the vatican is even published special rules for easter mass the faithful should be informed of the times of the celebration so that they can prayerfully unite themselves in their homes pope francis even offered the full removal of scenes for anyone who choose even while in the united states some churches are trying out drive in services and which the celebrants don't leave their vehicles our message even this easter sunday is there is the reaction has not been cancelled the russian orthodox church has also moved

services online the patriarch of moscow karylle saying that people should stay away from churches for their own health and the health of this. for 51 years i have been preaching from the pulpits encouraging people to come to church and overcome the inclination of their evil will and external circumstances i have dedicated my entire life to the. skoal i hope you understand how difficult it is for me to see today refrain from going to church in the greek orthodox church services are being held behind closed doors with east the celebrations postponed until may in islam daily prayers are being held online for christians and muslims their religious worship transfers online not exactly easily but with a minimum of fuss the jewish people the celebration of passover involves large social gatherings called say it is day 2 of how to go online almost 100 percent of jewish people attend

a seder this year family gatherings are out and people have a seder on their own often just one person and it will be bittersweet celebration not everyone is in bracing the necessary changes in the united states expected that some church groups will break social isolation rules it appears to be out of line extreme and clearly in violation and they did violation of our fundamental rights these are testing times to be sure for people all over the world from all different faiths and staying away from one another may seem strange at this time of year but it is the best way to stop the spread of the coronavirus peter all of a party. a lot as high as some of these top news stories are looking for now i'll be back in 30 with all your latest updates to close now though because more great our t.v. programs get going in moments. that i think. the

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