sunday the 12th of april the headline stories of the week from r.t. international residence here in moscow will from tomorrow in a digital permission to leave their homes as the mayor says too many people are still not complying with self isolation as medical workers talked to r.t. about efforts to try to stay on top. are you scared of working here why what's the point of being scared it won't change anything it is just coming to work you know when i go home i start thinking i should have stayed longer. confections 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 harrowing images from overwhelmed new york mass graves and makeshift morgues in a city struggling with huge numbers of. hello this is art international from moscow i'm kevin 0 in with the weekly 30 minute roundup of the main stories of the last 7 days and of course one subject continues to totally dominate our coverage as you would expect i'm going to start with the latest figures this hour on the covert 19 pandemic the number of cases around the world is still on the rise with almost 1800000 people now infected another grim milestone has been reached to more than 109000 have succumbed to the virus this 1000000000 sitting on the log over 410000 people who have recovered and there's more encouraging news the 1st trials of

a vaccine are now under way some experts are confident it could be ready as early as september. so today's developments 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 so almost reached $10000.00 now 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 the few exclusions are military service employees medical staff and journalists taxi drivers can only take a passenger if they've got a valid q.r. code it won't for now be needed by people who are shopping for food overs during a pharmacy or a hospital the mayor says it's being introduced because too many people despite the

order to stay at home have been going out onto the streets the number of confirmed coronavirus cases here in russia currently stands at 15770 with 130 people having died president putin says the peak is still yet to come here this week he announced a 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 the host of r.t. series the epidemic spend a day with russian hospital staff. all right let's have a look at the patients this patient has tested positive for cope with 19 wasn't a viral treatment so you're giving him it's calyptra hasn't been effective it has sort of the fever has gone how well the 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 of which the longest time was 6 hours you get used to it. the worst case is. the sports indicator low intensity. is this how viral pneumonia yes 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 working here why what's the point is the scare it won't change anything should i just hope coming to work. instantly the chief doctor from the hospital did test positive after it was filmed immediately transferred to working from home the crew also went into south korea as a precaution. but you know. in the week we told the world health organization's representative in russia about the challenges ahead and the better assessment on russia's containment measures so far. i'm nervous 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 and john going. are all 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 virus pregnant women are getting in fact it but births go wrong. epidemic does not have a life and so we 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 already 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 identifying 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 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 with the picture of devastation emerging from comas throat europe facilities of surgical exact numbers on known because of a lack of testing and delays in transporting that news perk in italy. the health director of one nursing home says there are no resources to help them cope with the crisis. i would describe what happened as a tsunami and we're losing so many people in the same time is terrible but i have not even had time to process what happened and mourn her those who have died

because proximity of residence 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're being left to cope alone by health services receiving little or no treatment as 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 really didn't assume it to put its 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 a march alone nearly 5000 people in care homes in the trade region died a correspondent from our sister channel to spanish francisco got 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 that receive 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 you really you. really cannot be close to her in the soup was versus the outbreaks in care homes in spain have led to a collapse in staffing last month 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 a new watch after dozens died at a nursing home. one who worked at the facility said the true extent. the risk of infection had been played down what star had been told not to wear masks and. this situation isn't good this covered everything up there were even for people who keep 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 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 show 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 can be used to the local level to deal with the crisis more than $20000.00 deaths have now 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 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 of the hoarded supplies that exists a 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 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 in new york state alone among efforts to cope with the rising number of bodies dozens of refrigerated trucks have been popped up mass graves of being dug 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 caleb maupin reports on the 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 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 of one of the low 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 quietness and rates. but it's not only in terms of direct introspection the unemployment rate is expected to go as high as possibly a vote of 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 of their real serious clients current

positions 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. thanks for watching our channel to tell you more the headlines of the last 7 days to come. in ecuador but coronavirus victims' bodies are having to be left in the streets and cardboard boxes are used as improvised coffins desperate residents tell their stories when the weekly what's.

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in the depths. aura made in the shallowness. again ecuador has now one of the worst hit countries in south america officially 315 people have died of the corona virus but testing is still limited even the president admits the actual figure is much higher with hundreds dying at home on a daily basis but in many cases grieving relatives have nowhere to bury their loved ones. get what i was got i came here to look for 100 relatives with me in the papers and they can't find the body one day she days 3 days 4 days 5 days and they called for

and it. hit me and like this 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 moderately. you. know that he was. taken that you don't personally that they believe they did good donating those things but they are worthless and worthless because they put on our relatives bodies they can't belong in that coffin. they get away but if they go you know when

kabul gets wet what happens it disintegrates doesn't it imagine transporting a corpse and it starts raining it will disintegrate. hospitals across ecuador say they're unable to cope with the influx of covert 900 patients many have been refused treatment and started home dorrian president told an investigation into the handling of bodies of covert victims we spoke to one doctor who wanted to remain anonymous he said dozens of medics have 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 they 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 the cisterns to the city of gaia queer needs. the british prime minister's praised hospital staff for saving his life from corona virus johnson appears to be on the men 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 that people have 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. is 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 choose day now 2 m.p.'s from his native australia are appealing to britain to transfer him to house arrest. so they've agreed to replace paypal. 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. 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 them i've spoken with julian 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 signed the appropriate precautions now. and join us and should be released and put in 100 tension. during the songes awaiting a hearing on extradition to the us that 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 son just hearing will still go ahead in may despite the current looked and his lawyer had asked for a postponement the argued that he'd been unable to communicate with his client for 3 weeks because the pandemic and therefore it would be impossible to hold a fair trial in may the judge refused those saying it's too early to tell whether or not courts will even be open operating in may which the league said it's explain to our why the hearing shouldn't go ahead under current conditions there. 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 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 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 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 where other prisoners are using

to appear the video. so we'll see sunday's world news in brief the pope has delivered his easter address in some peter's basilica but without the usual crowds of catholic worshippers the faithful who watch it at home quite seems as you can see services are being held under lockdown restrictions pope francis said he was sending a message of hope i mean compared the current fight with a pandemic to the suffering jesus. the temptation to go outside during the warm easter holidays prove just too much for some people in european cities despite advice to stay home strong advice people in london still heading out to the parks while in berlin similar scenes showing busy green spaces making social distancing all but impossible for these people say here look at them. just briefly little destruction away from coronavirus for a minute sure way well they got here. cosmonauts me i assess the international

space station marking a pioneering date for all the 12 today is cosmonaut 6 day commemorating the 1st time man ventured into space exactly than 59 years since solve it cause more eureka guarin made the world changing trip usually there are public events here in russia to celebrate of course this year also different the concerts and exhibitions are being done online as best they can your big wave back it goes up there but down here on earth funny times aren't they but thank you for what you will be all getting through it together as we go i'm kevin owen here at international h.q. moscow reminder there are live bulletins at these times every day to keep you posted on our web and social media teams are working around the clock as well if you download or up to get any breaking news to devices this as it happens for now though do stay well and thank you for watching this weekend. off.

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