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almost 4 times not figure 395000 people have recovered from the disease. well let's start here in russia which is set to clinical trials of a vaccine against kobe had 19 initially on 60 volunteers the country is now registered over 100 dead and more than 13000 factions meanwhile. the city will gradually roll out a pos system designed to tighten control over movement from weapons they passes will be compulsory for travel by personal or public transport those process can be applied for online starting monday and this. was seen waiting to transfer patients to a hospital in moscow that's been repurposed focus on patients the number of

admissions has doubled since last week more than 85 percent of the patients of. the authority say the pick is still to come. in the capital to get 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 state 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 when they didn't agree to boards a virtual local since the beginning of this week the situation with the corona virus has been worsening previously hospitals has been receiving 500 patients they know the number has surpassed 1000 a past regime inside the city is an inevitable restriction which will be implemented gradually starting from monday. 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. menadue as well as more most of moscow's organizations and enterprises will 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 will 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 7 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 desiree 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 when 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 chanting speaking about the battle on other regions of russia are also implementing measures in order to fight the pandemic we will bring you more in what's happening across the country later in the program. the united states has registered their worlds largest number of deaths in a single day 2108 people died there on friday the country's total number sits at

over 20000 fatalities among efforts to cope with the rising number of bodies dozens of refrigerated trucks something. parked up ready to be used as nic sheff morgues a doctor working in the bronx a's his experience fighting coronaviruses worse than talking about. i mean if you sent over if you sent over if you sent out i'm always colleagues out 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 thought of every magic 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 use to get the negative all come from is in my personal experience he was i would see

a moderate syndrome i was in town 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 that too is 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 was the ship part but i know i'm a man of feet so i as much as possible just try to put things through god's and then i go healed. health workers arguably risk the most exposure to coronavirus hospital staff as you can see here in new york holding a vigil now last friday for colleagues who lost their lives fighting opponents and like our team eric is trying to be chavez has more in the strain the city's hospitals are all right now. today new york city the crossroads of the world has

more confirmed cases of kobe 19 than any other city on earth hospital still hitting capacity and medical staff pushed to their brink. everything we try the 2 preoperatively we're giving our over nearly every year keep her medical history right 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 hand picking 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 the state serious call

volume now going on its 3rd week with no end in sight and roughly 3000 of the departments 15000 were out sick right the phrase you know what you signed up for is as much as we may have known we didn't know this we haven't seen. no one. but we know why you signed up. to 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 space 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 is r t. let's turn attention on the program back to europe where they french presidents been meeting health professionals to hear firsthand what it is long talking coronavirus battle comes in the midst of criticism as well focused on the government's response in country in particular has been raising eyebrows a charlotte dubin ski explains. as the race is on to find some way to bring coated 19 to its knees it seems the french president isn't leaving any stone unturned emanuel mccollum spent a day visiting medical staff although some may have been a little surprised to learn that on his list was professor did you know. who is the

head of the i.a.e.a. she made to run infection institute in my 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 from the amount of people who prescribe it without saying anything he's huge. he claimed following a small study that chloroquine a malaria drug was the cure and should be used immediately even one stateside 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 will change 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 cleric queen was the miracle kewl row 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 looked down the french government later caved in and a 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 treatments. the message that president macron is sent in is one of support which is due to mental to the scientific community professor all certainly has an interest in personality but one doesn't heal but personality. visit of more than 3 hours was in private but was being splashed across the front page news his advisors say it wasn't an inducement 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 do you 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 for macrorie as the pandemic has unfolded it seems amongst the medical community and medical staff the president is not really popular they raise their voices demanding protective gear and they were not the only ones on the same day michael had visited a hospital here in paris there too he was greeted by angry medical stuff.

going has said wrong is out with code 19 and as the come. andrew and she feels that way that there is a war he must win even if getting that means veering away from the usual tried and tested. to see paris. on the way crowded congregations celebrating easter this year instead the world's 2000000000 christians are helping to mark holy week home church leaders address empty spaces after the break we'll look at how religions are doing to the lockdowns .

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minutes into the program welcome back it's 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 the only quarter brings us more. 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 up to the estimate is based on the road buying into. the numbers of people living in poverty currently and then we move to what a 20 percent drop in people's income would we 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 this would set back the fight against public tuned by. sir 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 jane 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 and magine in. it

probably seemed like a fine idea at 1st but the video didn't exactly play on everyone's heartstrings. i will never get over gal gotos singing imagine there's new haven't been smiling into the camera as thousands of poor people die of coronavirus. some rich people are even trying to join in the fun of working people struggles look one of pal true even found a mask to match or 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. now is the holy a celebration of the year for some $2000000000.00 christians but easter this year is not going to be the normal family and really just get together usually this weekend you would see catholic worshippers crowded into some peter's square at the vatican to hear the pope not this year instead the faithful are having to make do

with watching it from home services are conducted under lockdown in conditions peter over takes a look at how many faiths are reassessing their 'd services as congregations are told to stay away. with coronavirus having the impact it is all over the world busy this is exactly the time 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. with not possible because of the virus religious practice has had to adapt services being broadcast online allowing believe is to take part from home the vatican is

even published spec. the 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 the 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 choral 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 this call 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 to 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 for 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 will 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 our r.t. . let's expand the story we talked about earlier with the russian capital said to rule out a new person system in order to fight the pandemic from monday all the regions are implementing their own measures to with more and the largest nation in the world is regulating it all here's artie's maria from arsenal. one country one virus but you can walk freely down the streets of your town or get fined for leaving your apartment depending on where you live. in moscow the pandemic has taken its most aggressive hold and therefore the measures here are among the most strict across russia the most recent include

a past system for all outdoor movements and the partial lockdown with fines for breaking south isolation a ban on mass gatherings and the clay show jeems spas and restaurants schools and universities are close to but most goes not the only region getting tough. thousands of kilometers away russia's southern caucus republic of chechnya has already gone even further was the president delegated decision making authority to local heads republics leader ramzan kadyrov slammed its borders shot from the 5th of april we are closing the chechen republic to the entry of all transport and people from the 3rd of april we will totally prohibit the movement of transport and pedestrians in cities and villages from 8 pm to 8 am these strict measures are needed to defeat covert 19 moscow decided this was too much to do not mix

regional powers and federal power all the restrictions should be appropriate and suitable to the situation the measures were relaxed a little but still no free movement within the region. they says chile happens russia's 7th biggest city population wise following the presidential address to the nation the region just like chechnya was quick to close its borders and restrict movements but so often that approach later one man in a human hamster ball decided to join the authorities efforts to count to call the 19 from inside his safe shelter his. on his compatriots to stay home and self isolate. and this is tatarstan russia's central republic where almost 4000000 leave the 1st region where a system of s.m.s. control over all loud movements was introduced it means you cannot leave your house until you send

a message to local authorities with your personal date her and explain your purpose and most importantly until you get a positive response to your quest. tatarstan was the 1st but not the last nizhny novgorod followed with a q.r. code control system the system has been created for your convenience and for helping the author it's he's responsible for your safety but still the main thing i'm counting on when we talk about the self isolation order is your consciousness and sense of responsibility. in russia siberia and east of the famous lake baikal and message war has been waged not only against the coronavirus. so probably people found out there would be no sale of alcohol starting today from social networks and so they started to come not just come they bought everything we had and again most go step in reminding people that it is not alcohol that the

world and russia are fighting now but call that 191 stores a reopen their doors with bottles back on the shelves again. but some regions still remain carefree saying they don't see any reason for any quarantine if we don't have that many people in fact and i don't think it's necessary to moscow i have a mask and protection stuff like sun ties there's but while hoping for the best people are preparing for the worst of this sort of a couple so everybody's scared on the eve of it's arnold. and with the russian authorities stressing that the peak of the thing danica is still to come this is what people all of course russia need to be ready for. hillary if national with the report will love is how our news update looks for this hour just approaching half past 10 here in moscow hope you're safe and well this weekend if you're staying in who is in these things do so with r.t.

so yes. i'm after tanzania watching going on the ground the whole team here hope you're all safe we're away until wednesday the 22nd of april but in the meantime we're screening somebody a favorite episodes of the so far coming up in this year with a global pandemic weighing heavily on the mind of the only animal in the known universe aware of its own mortality humans we are the theoretical physicist who helped bring string theory of the multiverse into the public eye professor brian greene about what we could about deaths from the ever present called mchale's the good in that they destroy our reality plus why is.