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 talk to us 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 stop coming to work when i go home i started thinking i should have stayed longer. infections take a devastating toll on care homes across europe with residents dying without treatment or their families with them at the time to say goodbye the director of a retirement home and it's really describes the dire condition. i would describe

what's happening as a tsunami losing so many people at the same time is terrible. and harrowing images from overwhelmed new york mass graves and makeshift morgues in a city struggling with huge numbers of deaths. hello there this is our international from moscow i'm kevin 0 in this is the weekly of 30 minute roundup of the main stories of the last 7 days and of course one subject continues to totally dominate our coverage and we'll start them with the latest covert 19 pandemic figures as we know at this hour the number of cases around the world are still on the rise with more than 1700000 people now infected another grim milestone has been reached to more than 109000 people have succumbed to the virus with 1000000000 sitting on the locked over 405000 have recovered and

this mean courage in used to report the 1st trials of a vaccine and now underway some experts are confident it could be ready as early as september. so 1st off here from next week people in moscow will need to start getting special digital passes to leave their homes the mayor has been giving more details about how it's set to work it'll be introduced in stages the 1st stage for people wanting to move around europe's largest city in a vehicle as it is right now the russian capital accounts for 65 percent of all infections in the whole country the numbers almost reach 10000 the few exclusions are military service employees medical staff and journalists who only have to show their credentials taxi drivers can only take a passenger if they have a valid q.r.

code no future for monday it won't be needed by people who are shopping for food or visiting a pharmacy or a hospital the mayor says it's being introduced because too many people despite the order to stay home have been going out onto the streets the number of confirmed coronavirus cases in russia currently stands than at 15770 with 130 people having died president putin says the peak is yet to come this week he announced a pay rise for all medical staff involved in combating the outbreak compared medics treating coronavirus patients to the military fighting on the front lines giving them the same insurance guarantees as military personnel most of artie's seriously epidemic spend a day with russian hospital staff. let's have a look at the patients 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 because just a few hours to organize the clinical it was emotionally draining. and so as i wanted to make my own contributions 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 i start thinking i should have stayed longer which. i want to do usually whereas a protective suit of the longest time was 6 hours you get used to it or show you the worst cases. these ports indicate a low intensity. is this how viral pneumonia yes the way he takes that isn't

dangerous for the person but what is frightening is actually might be contagious. are you scared of me working here why what's the point is being scared it won't change anything should i just hope coming to work now. the chief doctor from that hospital tested positive after that was filmed that immediately was transferred to working from home the crew also went into self horenstein as a caution as well we can tell you. in the week we talked to the world health organization's representative in russia about the challenges ahead and to get her assessment of russia's containment measures right now. and there is then the devices are in the center in the very at the center of the fight against coverage not only fighting against the coronavirus but also

maintaining all other house services which are necessary in china and going. on going reproductive health needs of the planet are not the initiating and they have to be maintained via live the same time we're seeing that also with virus pregnant women are getting in fact it but births go wrong. epidemic does not have a life of its only people can change it and this is the critical moment this is why russia has been searching 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 $61000.00 of test for a day so this will enable really identified not only people who are sick or dare

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 large going to enhance our knowledge about their device is finding it's he didn't wave. the coronavirus is taking its greatest toll on the elderly with a picture of devastation emerging from throw europe deaths in the facilities of exact numbers aren't yet known because of a lack of testing and delays in reporting it italy the health director of oneness. says there are no resources to help them cope with a crisis. so. i would describe what happened as it's not losing so many people in the same time it's terrible to have not even had time to process what's

happened and mourn her those who have died the close proximity of residents all of whom are in the most vulnerable category means the risks of infection are severe in care homes but in many european countries they've been left to cope alone by health services receiving little or no treatment a shallow dubin ski reports next. 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 at 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 it clearly didn't assume it to put the priority of the nation is to protect our elderly you must do it responsibly with common sense and discipline in 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 or. care homes have been struggling to stop the spread of covert 19 it's estimated that in march alone nearly 5000 people in care homes in the trade region died a correspondent from our sister channel to spanish francisco bay you told me that

in some places care homes have become defacto hospitals when the euro's spread out. and it's very deep equal to keep. and there were different parties community crowd there's a lot of activities they were defined inside is the pipeline buicks case it's a copy 9 team and it. is this equation becomes very difficult for care homes because. for them they need to act as a 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 have your mother you come the peace here you cannot be

weak pair. it's very tough for the patient and for the relatives we cannot be close to her in the soup was francis 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've been abandoned and in some cases or dead in their beds meanwhile in a chilly investigation has been a new watch after dozens died at a nursing home alone one who worked at the facility said the true extent of the risk of infection. had been played down what stocks had been told not to wear masks and. this situation isn't good this covered everything up and there were even 4 people who gave including a female doctor who terrorized

a scene 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 will be turned to month to importing into care homes and i think to add insult to injury by asking us to take over 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 so that even ski arty

paris. in the world's worst affected country every u.s. state is now under what's called a disaster declaration which means federal funds could be used on the local level to dealers best they can with the crisis more than 20000 deaths of no been recorded which is more than any other country health care workers in many areas say they're unable to cope with the influx of patients and the lack of protective equipment is most keenly felt in the country's infection red zone in new york. we are demanding that we get all of the hoarded supplies that exists at p p e 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'm going to slaughter my colleagues and i are writing our last line 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 in new york state alone

among efforts to cope with the rising number of bodies dozens of refrigerated trucks have been parked up mass graves of being dug a city morgues become overwhelmed by the huge numbers of dead new studies suggest that black americans are the worst affected demographic for a range of reasons as caleb maupin reports next. someone rich and famous referred to the pandemic as being a great equalizer. doesn't care about. how rich. the great is or 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 throughout the country in michigan african-americans are only 14 percent of the overall population but they are 40 percent of coronavirus deaths in illinois 15 percent of the population is black but so far african-americans account for 29 percent of coronavirus cases and 42 percent of deaths the mayor of chicago a major city where african-americans represent over half of coronavirus 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 local income you oftentimes of afraid to say so that 8 people in a native american hope living in sort of 3 was so yes this is a question of a bow quiesce and rates. but it's not only in terms of direct introspection 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 in network providers out of pocket expenses can add up to $21000.00 or even 38000 dollars that's not a bill most americans can afford because of our of for profit health system. how spittles have been closed clinics have been eliminated oh and you have a disproportionate 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 systems this is

a big issue that goes across communities of their real serious clients current fictions in the us 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 thanks for watching us this sunday more the headlines of the last 7 days to come from odd to a hot break in ecuador coronavirus victims' bodies adding to be left in the street and cardboard boxes used as improvised coffins the desperate residents tell the stories of when we can returns after this.

well reduce and lower. that's undercutting but what's good for markets is not good for the global economy. i don't trust medical authority at all ever and the reason for that is i had this horrible water i mean just sort of growing up and it turns out it was completely alleviated with very drastic dietary measures and i went to a number of doctors to discuss what happened to me and i was basically laughed at like diet has nothing to do with our immune disorders so my suggestion to people who have health issues they can't figure out if they're going to see

a medical professional and they've been going for 10 years and they're still in the same place they should probably take it upon themselves to start testing things out testing out diet testing out exercise and try and figure out things on their own. door is no one of those 2 countries in south america officially $315.00 people have died of the corona virus but testing is still limited even the president admits the actual figure is much with hundreds dog 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 relative with the papers i can't find the body one day she days 3 days 4 days 5 days and they call find it. yet. 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.

they believe they do good donating those things but they worthless and worthless because they. went to relatives bodies it can't be long in their coffin. they get wet but if they go one cardboard gets wet what happens it disintegrate doesn't it imagine transports in the course and it starts raining it will just integrate. hospitals across ecuador say they're unable to cope with the influx of covert 1000 patients many have been refused treatment and have died at home dorian president told an investigation into the underling of the bodies of covert victims we spoke to a doctor who us to remain anonymous he says dozens of medics have also died. we see shortages in all pharmacies both public and private hospitals where there are not enough beds 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 was simply no protective equipment the situation with abandoned again bodies will cause the pandemic to worsen due to disease is 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 queer needs. the british prime minister's praised hospital staff for saving his life from corona virus boris johnson appears to be on the mend now in a week when britain's daily number of deaths reached a record high more than 900 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 directly heard from him since he

left intensive care he was admitted to hospital a week ago when his symptoms deteriorated the prime minister received oxygen treatment but apparently didn't require a ventilator. and with concerns that prison conditions are ripe for spreading coronavirus the u.k. is releasing thousands of low risk prisoners but it's standing firm on keeping the wiki leaks founder behind bars even though a fellow inmate it's london's belmarsh prison died from the disease on tuesday 2 and paintings from julian assange just native australia are appealing to britain to transfer him to house arrest. so they've agreed to replace paypal who. understand 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. 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 parliamentarians assigning u.k.

prisons have coronavirus ripping through the spike i'm enjoying a son who's 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 banks someone who catching this war so could potentially fight will and that's why. the appropriate precautions now need to be taken by the u.k. government and join us and should be replaced and put in 100 tension. during the songes awaiting a hearing on extradition to the u.s. of course where he could face 175 years sentence for publishing leaked evidence of u.s. military wrongdoing in iraq and afghanistan a british court has ruled that the songes hearing will still go ahead in may despite the current looked at his lawyer had asked for a postponement that he'd been unable to communicate with his client for 3 weeks because of the pandemic and it will be impossible therefore to hold a fair trial in may but the judge refused saying it said too early to tell whether

or not the courts will even be operational in may when he leaks is questioned the court's decision 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 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 continue without their presence in the courtroom also keep in mind that now for 3 weeks the lawyers have not been able to see do muscles 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 their client he was not even able to take part in the hearing the video link because it's simply not safe to move around inside the prison if you go to a holding cells and then into the booth where other prisoners are using to appear the video only. last if now i'm kevin owen here out international h.q. in moscow a reminder fear they'll be life bulletins at these times every day to keep you posted and at our web and social media teams are working around the clock for your place see if you download our app you can get any breaking news as it happens straight to the device for now please stay safe and thank you for watching us this weekend.

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