sunday the 12th of april the headline stories of the week then from r.c. international residence here in moscow will from some more only digital permission to leave their homes as the mayor says too many people have still not been complying with self isolation medical workers talked to r t about efforts to stay on top. are you scared of me working here now why what's the point of things going to change in the pain today just coming to work when i go home i start 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 to say goodbye the director of a retirement home in italy describes the dire conditions. i would describe

what's happening as a tsunami losing so many people at the same time is terrible. and throwing images from overwhelmed new york mass graves a makeshift morgues in a city struggling with huge numbers of deaths. hi there this is art international from moscow my name is kevin owen and i'm here with a 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 so we'll begin with the latest figures this hour on the covert 1000 pound demick 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 109000 have succumbed to the virus with billions sitting on the lockdown over 406000 have recovered and there's some

encouraging news the 1st trials of a vaccine and now underway some experts are confident that it could be ready as early as september. so from next week people here in moscow will need to start getting special digital passes to travel around the region right now the russian capital accounts for 65 percent of all infections in the whole country the numbers almost reached $10000.00 the mayor's been giving more details about how the permit system is set to work it will be introduced in stages 1st for people wanting to move around what is europe's largest city in personal vehicles or public transport among a few exclusions of military service employees medical staff and journalists taxi drivers can only take a passenger to if they have a valid q.r. code it won't finance 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 have been going out onto the streets the number of confirmed corona virus cases here in russia currently stands at 15770 with 130 people having died president putin says the peak is yet to come this week he announced to a payroll is 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 the host of our series the epidemic spent a day with russian hospital staff. let's have a look at the patient this patient has tested positive for cope with 19 what in several treatments are you 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 so as 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 i start thinking i should have stayed longer. what do you usually wear as a protective suit if it was the longest time was 6 hours you get used to it. the worst case is. these ports indicate

a low intensity. is this how viral pneumonia yes the way he takes care isn't dangerous for the person but what is frightening is that it might be contagious. are you scared of working here you know why what's the point is being scared it won't change anything should i just hope coming to work now. you will as a footnote we can tell you the chief doctor from that hospital tested positive for after that was filmed and was immediately transferred to working from home our crew also went on to solve according to these precautions. in the week we told the world health organizations representative in russia about the challenges ahead now and to get our assessment of russia's containment measures so far. nurses and midwives 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 trango eyeing her thoughts are on going record ducted house needs are of the plan are not the initiating and they have to be maintained rhyolite the same time we are seeing that also we devise pregnant women are getting in fact did but births go wrong. demick does not have a life of its own we 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 of the asper day so this will

enable really identified not only people who are sick or dare immediate contact 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 virus is finding its hidden ways. the coronavirus is taking its greatest toll on the elderly with a picture of devastation emerging from care homes throughout europe deaths of the facilities have surged but exact numbers to law because of a lack of testing and delays in reporting in italy the health director of one nursing. says there are no resources to help them cope with the crisis. so. i would describe what happened as a tsunami and losing so many people of the same time is terrible i have not even

had time to process what 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 as 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 doob and 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 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 it clearly 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 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 and 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 off the 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 in a rescue bands out there where the different parties community crowd there's a lot of the t.v. t.v. as they were defined inside is the type of u.s. bases they could be 19 and it. be this equation becomes very difficult for care homes because. for them they need to add nicer 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 repaired. it's very tough for the patient and for the really. 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 of the military was called to help but there were time and it found elderly residents who've been abandoned and in some cases all day in bed beds meanwhile in a chilly investigation has been new which after dozens died at a nursing home alone one who worked at the facility said the true extent of the risk of him. action had been played down what stuff had been told not to wear masks and so on and remember. this iteration isn't good this covered everything up so

there were even 4 people who gave including a female doctor who terrorized us 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 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 r.t.

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 to the local level to deal with a crisis more than $20000.00 deaths have now been recorded there 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 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 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 a sheep 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 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 the 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 explains. someone rich and famous refer to the pandemic as being a great equalizer. doesn't care about. the great. 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 you know 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 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 on the low income you oftentimes of afraid to say so that 8 people in a native american whole living it sort of 3 was so yes this is a question of a bow quietness and rates. but it's not only in terms of direct infection the unemployment rate is expected to go as high as possibly of bov 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 gosp doubt between labor 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 our clinics have been eliminated oh and you have a disproportionate number of poor people who like those basic health services the so what we are seeing with this pandemic is that so most of 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 of their real serious clients contradictions in the west that this pandemic is is exposing a very graphic waves 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 ylem up and artsy new york thank you for watching our channel today more the headlines of the last 7 days to come off the break heartbreak in ecuador where coronavirus victims' bodies have been to be left in the street and cardboard boxes used as improvised coffins desperate residence tell their stories when their weekly returns.

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again ecuador is now one of the worst hit countries in south america officially 315 people have died of the convert a virus but testing is still limited even the president admits the actual figures much-i was 100 strong at home on a daily basis and in many cases grieving relatives have no way to bury their loved ones.

get what i was got i came here to look for 100 relatives with me in the papers i can't find the body one day she days 3 days 4 days 5 days and they call finally. i get to go to me and i guess i'm sleeping here outside the building i have fever i'm taking care of seeds small my bones hurt and all of that because i want to bury my mother ling. know that he was.

taken that you don't personally that they believe they did good in 1000 those things but they are worthless and worthless because they put on our relatives bodies they can't belong in there you can't go coffin. they get wet. but you know one cardboard gets words what happens it does integrate doesn't it imagine transport in the course and it starts raining it will disintegrate. hospitals across ecuador say they're unable to cope with the influx of cope with 19 patients many of been refused treatment and have died at home dorian presidents ordered an investigation into the handling of the bodies of covert victims we spoke to want us to remain anonymous see says dozens of medics of also.

shortages in all pharmacies both public and private hospitals where there are not enough beds no ventilation device is key to saving 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 one guy a quail had to be closed as there was 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. british prime minister's praise hospital staff to 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 of 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 received oxygen but apparently did not require a ventilator. meantime with concerns that prison conditions are ripe for spreading coronavirus the u.k. has been releasing thousands of low risk prisoners but is standing firm on keeping the wiki leaks founder behind bars even though a fellow inmates at london's belmarsh prison died from the disease on she's day 2 and pays from tunis on just native australia have been appealing to britain to transfer him to house arrest so they've agreed to replace table who. understand nonviolent people who only have a few weeks to go of the 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 australia 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 bank critical patient for bank someone who catching this farce it could potentially be a fight will and that's why we assign that 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. during the songes awaiting a hearing on extradition to the us there he could face 175 year sentence for publishing leaked evidence of u.s. military wrongdoing in iraq and afghanistan a british court has ruled that his son is hearing will still go ahead in may despite the current law 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 therefore to hold a fair trial in may but the judge refused saying it's too early to tell whether or not courts will even be an opt in operation in may we can league says question the court's decision. 2 weeks ago judge refused bail to julian assange which saying that he and all other prisoners would be see from 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 here in 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 if you go to a holding cells and then into the booth were other prisoners are using to appear video. so this is to sunday's world news now elsewhere the pope has to live as easter address of peter's basilica but without the usual crowds of catholic worshippers a strange scene isn't it the faithful had to watch it from home as services are being held under lockdown restrictions pope francis says he was sending a message of hope having compared the current fight with a pandemic to the suffering of jesus. elsewhere the

temptation to get outside during the sunny warm easter holiday is proved too much for some people in some european cities despite advice to stay home people in london are still hurting at the parks while in berlin similar scenes showed busy green spaces making social distancing all but impossible for these people you seeing there. just briefly away from the coronavirus of destruction and here are some russian. cosmonauts on the international space station marking a pioneering date april the 12th today's cosmonaut 6 day no less commemorating the 1st time and eventually in space it's exactly 59 years since the soviet cosmonaut yuri gagarin made that world changing trip usually the republican vents here to celebrate and worship at this year's course as mentioned as concerts in exhibitions are being done online as best.

strange times by down here on earth well that's it for now i'm kevin and here about international moscow or mind they will be live bulletins at these 10 times every day to keep you posted in our web and social media teams are working around the clock as well because if you download our app to get any breaking news straight to your mobile device as it happens for now do stay safe and thank you for watching us this weekend. i don't trust medical authority at all ever and the reason for that is i had this horrible autoimmune disorder 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 autoimmune 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. jackson in georgia. town of 4000 people in the southern united states. a place where executions in the nearby prison are a way of life. in a few hours one will take place by lethal injection.