sunday the 12th of april the headline stories of the week from r.t. international residents here in moscow will from tomorrow need digital permission to leave their homes as the mayor says too many people are still not complying with self isolation medical workers talked to r.t. about efforts to stay on top. are you scared of working here why what's the point of being scared it won't change anything should it just help coming to work when i got home i started thinking i should have stayed longer. infections take a devastating toll on care homes across europe with residents dying without treatment saw their families with them to say goodbye the director of a retirement home in italy describes the diet conditions. i would describe what's

happening as a tsunami losing so many people at the same time is terrible. hurrying images from overwhelmed new york mass graves and makeshift morgues in a city struggling with huge numbers of deaths. for good morning sure this is art international from moscow i'm kevin 0 in on this is the weekly a 30 minute roundup of the main stories of the last 7 days and of course one subject continues to totally dominate our coverage we'll start with the latest figures this morning that on the covert 19 pandemic the number of cases around the world is still on the rise with more than 1700000 people now infected another grim milestone has been reached to more than 108000 have succumbed to the virus with billions sitting on the lockdown over 404000 people have recovered there is some

other encouraging news too the 1st trials of a vaccine are now under way some experts are confident that it could be ready as early as september. from next week people here in moscow need to start getting special digital passes to leave their homes the mayor has been giving more details about how it's going to work it will be introduced in stages 1st for people wanting to move around europe's largest city in a vehicle right now the russian capital accounts for 65 percent of all infections in the whole country the numbers almost reach $10000.00 here among the few exclusions will be military service personnel medical staff and also journalists they'd simply have to show their credentials to get around taxi drivers can only take a passenger under the new rules if they have a valid q.r. code it won't be needed by people who are shopping for food or visiting a pharmacy or hospital the mayor says it's being introduced because too many people

despite the order to stay home i've been going out onto the streets a number of confirmed coronavirus cases here in russia currently than stands at 157-7130 people have died president putin says the peak is still yet to come this week he announced 2 of pay rise for all medical staff involved in combating the outbreak and compared medics treating coronavirus patients to the military fighting on the front lines giving them the same insurance guarantees as military personnel indeed those who r.t. serious the epidemic spent a day with russian hospital staff. 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. for the night between april the 1st and 2nd it took us just a few hours to organize the clinical it was emotionally draining. and i wanted to make my own contribution to the fight against the pandemic i wanted to help the doctors. and volunteers because i saw the to my house was greatly needed there is a shortage of medical stuff when i go home so i start thinking i should have stayed longer. what do you usually wear as a protective suit was 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 walking here why what's the point is being scared it won't change anything should i just hope coming to work. in the we talked to the world health organization's representative here in russia about the challenges ahead and to get her assessment of russia's containment measures. nurses and midwives 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. on going reproductive health needs of the planet are not diminishing and they have to be maintained rhyolite the same time we're seeing that also with virus pregnant women are getting in fact did but births

go wrong. in academic does not have a life of its only people can change it and this is the critical moment this is why russia has been certain to see spared for many weeks because the measures taken were early on 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 the asper day so this will enable really identified not only people who are sick or share immediate contacts but 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 request 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 and large going to enhance our knowledge about their device is finding it's he didn't ways. the coronavirus is taking its greatest toll on the elderly was a picture of devastation emerging from homes throughout europe deaths in the facilities of surge but exact numbers on no because of a lack of testing and delays that in reporting in italy the health threat for one nursing home says there are no resources to help them cope with the crisis. i would describe what happened as a tsunami and losing so many people at the same time is terrible i have not even had time to process what happened and mourn her those who have died of course the close proximity of residents all of whom are in the most vulnerable category means the risks of infection is severe in care homes but in many european countries they are being left to cope alone by health services receiving little or no treatment mashallah do bensky reports. as the grim toll from covert 19

continues to mount official figures often amid deaths outside hospitals including those in nursing and care homes a picture is now emerging of how the virus is laying waste to some of the most fragile while many older people have been self isolating a home and hopefully safeguarding the health as much as possible it seems that others in care homes are more at risk in front the death toll rose rapidly off due to merge how many people in care homes had lost their lives to the virus those deaths now account for more than 30 percent of total fatalities but this isn't surprising from the very start we were warned that older people were at highest risk the most important task would be to protect our elderly and most

vulnerable people during the peak weeks didn't assume it to put a priority of the nation is to protect our elderly you must do it responsibly with common sense and discipline strong words from those in charge yet words that some say have wrong hollowing as the elderly bear the brunt of the virus in spain nursing and care homes have been struggling to stop the spread of covert 19 it's estimate. that in march alone nearly 5000 people in care homes in the madrid region died a correspondent from our sister channel r.t. spanish francisco told me that in some places care homes have become defacto hospitals when the euro's spread out. and it's very equal to keep you know. there were different parties. there's a lot of activities they were defined inside. here's.

a copy 19 and it. is this equation becomes very difficult for care homes because. for them they need to act as our hospitals francisco's mother was living in one home but following complications she's been transferred to a hospital where she's fighting pneumonia although it's not yet been confirmed she is also being treated as if she's been infected by kuwait 1919 is very cruel because you cannot your mother you cannot piece here you cannot be weak hair . is very tough for the patient and for the relatives we cannot be close to her in these circumstances the outbreaks in care homes in spain have led to

a collapse in staffing last month the military was called to help but over time and it found elderly residents who'd been abandoned and in some cases dead in their beds meanwhile in a chilly infestation has been new watched after dozens died at a nursing home in the lungs while you work at the facility said the true extent of the risk of infection had been played down what stuff had been told not to wear masks and. this situation isn't good this covered everything up there were even 4 people who came including a female doctor who terrorized us sane we didn't have to use masks. in the u.k. government guidelines say 1000 patients can be safely cared for in care homes if precautions are taken but some care home managers say that by doing so the government is sacrificing the elderly. that would be tantamount to importing into

care homes and i think to add insult to injury by asking us to take coded 19 positive patients is asking us to basically make health suicide notes for people in care we are taught from a young age to respect our elders to look after our elderly yet as the panic has ensued with the pandemic those key lessons those reassuring overtures from leaders feel like in some cases they have evaporated show that even ski r.t. paris. meantime in the world's worst affected country the united states has now recorded more than 20000 health care workers in many areas so they're unable to cope with the influx of patients and a lack of protective equipment it's most keenly felt in the country's infection red zone in new york. we are demanding that we get all the hoarded supplies that exists

a p.p.a. 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 i see it 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. more than 8000 lives have been lost to new york state alone among efforts to cope with the rising number of bodies dozens of refrigerated trucks a big. musgrave's of being dug a city morgues become overwhelmed by the huge numbers of dead new studies suggest that black americans 2 of the worst affected demographic for a range of reasons this kind of moped explain. someone rich and famous referred to the pandemic as being a great equalizer. doesn't care.

who you are. the great equalizer well the queen of pop was dead wrong as the united states tops the world in terms of coronavirus cases and voices compare it to $911.00 or pearl harbor it's anything but equal and who's being affected we are seeing the disparity because right now slightly more than 70 percent of all of our deaths are among african-americans and that's a state where less than a 3rd of the population is black these kinds of disproportionate results are playing out around the country in michigan african-americans are only 14 percent of the overall population but they are 40 percent of coronavirus deaths you know illinois 15 percent of the population is black but so far african-americans account for 29 percent of coronavirus cases and 40. 2 percent of deaths the mayor of chicago

a major city where african-americans represent over half of corona virus cases and 70 percent of deaths did her best to explain the situation this is not just about racial and ethnic disparities in the outcomes the distribution of this disease is tells a story about resources not in any quality a story about unequal health care access job access and community investment it would be naive and in fact scandals to ignore the point that the virus there is a disproportionately negative impact of one of the low income you oftentimes are afraid to say so that 8 people in a native american hold living in sort of the rewards so yes this is a question of a bow quire us and rates but it's not only in terms of direct infection the unemployment rate is expected to go as high as possibly above 30 percent and for

many african americans losing a job doesn't only represent loss of income it also represents a loss of health care this is a post from a nurse in new york city that went viral who's going to pay for it last words i'll never forget the response my patient goss' doubt between labored breaths to me and my team have to explain that he needs to be intubated and placed on a ventilator. if you test positive for coded 19 and require treatment you could be financially devastated hospital bills for coronavirus patients usually add up to between 42074004 those who are uninsured or for those who get treatment that is deemed out of network by their insurance company and even for those with insurance using it in network providers out of pocket expenses can add up to $21000.00 or even 38 $1000.00 that's not a bill most americans can afford it because of our of for profit health system.

hospitals have been closed clinics have been eliminated oh and you have a does the force of that number of core people who like those basic health services and so what we are seeing with this pandemic is that supports the fact that is the pandemic itself but the pandemic has exposed the structural contradictions of economic system this is a big issue that goes across communities there are real serious clients current actions in the u.s. that this pandemic is is exposing in a very graphic ways growing numbers of observers are saying that the u.s. mishandling of this crisis isn't simply about a shortage of masks and ventilators it's about the long standing inequalities and the irrationality of the profit based health care system up and artsy new york more

the headlines of the last 7 days to come hot break in at could all but coronavirus victims bodies of ng to be left in the streets and cardboard boxes use it improvised coffins desperate residents tell their stories when the weekly returns after this. the world is driven by a dream shaped by. the day or thinks. we dare to ask.

the outbreak and spread of the corona virus has become a black swan event for the global economy is no longer whether the u.s. and other economies will slip into recession the question now is how long the recession will last it's going to get worse before it gets better. again ecuador is now one of the worst hit countries in south america officially 315 people have died of the corona virus but testing is still very limited even the president admits the actual figure is much higher with hundreds dying at home on

a daily basis and in many cases grieving relatives have no way to bury their loved ones. yeah i was god i came here to look for him i said well it's really papers i can't find the body one day see days 3 days 4 days 5 days and they called find it. i get this i'm sleeping here outside the building i have fever on taking care of seeds small my bones hurt and all that because i want to bury my mother in law and .

yet i know that he was. taken that you know. that they believe they did good donating those things but they are worthless and worthless because they. when our relatives bodies it can't be long in their coffin could they get away but if they go one cardboard gets wet what happens it does integrate doesn't it imagine transports in the course and it starts raining and it will just integrate. hospitals across they're unable to cope with the influx of covered 900 patients many of being refused treatment they've. been president told an investigation into the handling of the bodies then of covert victims we spoke to on talk to us to

remain anonymous he says dozens of medics have also died. this year. we see shortages in all pharmacies both public and private hospitals where there are not enough birds no ventilation devices key to save lives unfortunately we often had to wait for one patient to die to give another his bread and breathing apparatus more than 40 health workers have died in the pandemic doctors and nurses this is hidden from the public it is important to understand that medical personnel cannot work in such conditions so for example on friday hospital and will have to be closed as there were simply no protective equipment the situation with abandoned decaying bodies will cause the pandemic to worsen due to diseases caused by the decomposition of corpses if i could contact the w.h.o. in the pan american health organization i would ask them to intervene in ecuador and provide this distance to the city of gaia quil needs. elsewhere the british prime minister praised hospital staff for saving his life for the week just gone

from corona virus boris johnson appears to be on the mend in a week when britain's daily number of deaths reached a record high of more than 100 on both friday and saturday in total the virus has claimed almost 10000 lives in the u.k. johnson's brief comment was the 1st time people are directly heard from him since he left intensive care he was admitted to hospital a week ago when his symptoms deteriorated the prime minister apparently received oxygen treatment but did not require a ventilator with concerns that prison conditions are ripe for spreading coronavirus the u.k.'s releasing thousands of low risk prisoners but is standing firm on keeping the wiki leaks founder behind bars even though a fellow inmate at london's belmarsh prison died from the disease on tuesday 2 am pays from julian assange is native australia are appealing to britain to transfer him now to house arrest. so they've agreed to relace table. as per my understanding nonviolent people who only have

a few weeks to go of their sentence now julian assange is not a violent person he's not been accused of any crime on and in fact he hasn't even been sentenced yet so that's why he should be added to this list i think that's that's clear and that's what a lot of people including mr parliamentarian's assigning u.k. prisons have coronavirus ripping through the spike i'm enjoying a songes mother she has told me that julian does have preexisting health conditions which my came i guess a bigger target for being a critical patient for bank someone who catching this war so it could potentially. and that's why we have. the appropriate precautions now need to be taken by the u.k. government and join us and should be replaced and put in home detention so you sanchez waiting hearing on extradition to the u.s. right now there he could face a 175 year sentence for publishing leaked evidence of u.s.

military wrongdoing in iraq in afghanistan a british court has ruled that a songes hearing will go ahead in may despite the current lockdown his lawyer had asked for a postponement he argued that he'd been unable to communicate with his client for 3 weeks because of the pandemic and that it will be impossible to hold a fair trial in may the judge though seems that refused saying it's too early to tell whether the courts will even be operational it may weaken leaks is question the court's decision 2 weeks ago judge refused bail to julian a songe saying that he and all other prisoners would be safe in belmarsh prison today the b.b.c. is reporting 1st deaths in belmarsh with many other prisoners infected. it is absolutely absurd to not take into account the situation and not to move for the hearing which is planned for may 18th down the road it's not just the situation probably will be still very bad and there's a lot of witnesses that have to fly it's not possible to to continue with their

presence in the courtroom also keep in mind that now for 3 weeks the lawyers have not been able to see do they have not been able to meet him documents on and actually discuss the case how on earth can you continue as nothing has happened when the lawyers have not been able to confer with with a client he was not even able to take part in the hearing of the video link because it's simply not safe to move around inside the prison and to go to a holding cells and then into the booth were other prisoners are using to appear the video. while most of europe's in some form of lockdown sweden has so far taken a more relaxed approach the public's advice to practice social distancing and gatherings of more than 50 people have been banned but primary schools bars and restaurants still open sweden seen almost 900 coronavirus deaths and has more than

10000 registered infections and the numbers show it's by far the most affected of the nordic countries locals told us what they think about the measures taken so far . i don't think that a quarantine it's needed like it. is really bad because. late to stop everybody here in europe with the care of their nation i don't go to public places that much anymore and i think it's good that we take our own responsibility i think you should just have a. say thinking about it and maybe not too close to people i trust sweden i don't really think about that so much you people are like sitting close and it's like a pack a bar i don't go in there but. i don't really care. people everywhere so and a daydream even know it so yeah but you have to go home also so you need to go to

need to go to work so we have no choice. the swedish epidemiologist we spoke to says the measures are based on the belief that people in sweden more disciplined than in other countries. you have to sit or whether that degree of comfort is such really a sweeter sun that people acting according to a stick of indonesian and we're not seeing that completely we see that after those recommendations of not traveling for instance people continued travelling to commendation of stay home people continue breaking those recommendations because they're not specifically rules there is no any punishment additional any penalty for anyone not total when there are limitations which are basically in that notion that 3 people in sweden would be even more disciplined united country or they would have more trust or more confidence in their lives or it isn't and therefore it would be more willing to do photos recommendations. well that's it for now in the

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