residence in moscow will for all next week need digital permission to travel around the city. people are still not. medical workers have been speaking to our efforts to stay on top are you scared of working here why what's the point of. change anything should i just hope coming to work when i go home i start thinking i should have stayed longer. factions devastating toll on care homes or europe with residents dying without treatment or their families able to save the director of a retirement home in italy the stripes the dire conditions. i would describe what's

happening as a tsunami losing so many people at the same time as terrible. images from overwhelmed new york. and more. struggling with huge number of dance. with the top stories from the past 7 days and right up to the moment as well this is that we clean our to international hello and welcome i mean i know you. let's begin with the latest figures on the covert 19 pandemic the number of cases a run the world continues to rise with more than 1800000 people known fact it while more than 113000 have succumbed to the virus with billions sitting under lockdown there is some good news over 420000 people have recovered additionally the 1st

trials of the vaccine are now under way here in russia some experts are confident that it could be ready as early as september. from next week people 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 reached almost $10000.00 the murders being giving more details about how the permit system will 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 stuff and journalists taxi drivers can only take a passenger if they have a valid q.r. code it will be needed by people on foot for instance shopping for food or visiting

a pharmacy or hospital but other restrictions do apply. the mercedes it's been introduced because too many people despite the order to stay home are going oh it's on to the streets. in the number of confirmed coronavirus cases in russia currently. just under 16 fellows and to 130 people have died. since the peak is yet to come this week the president announced a pay rise for all medical staff involved in combating the outbreak medics treating coronavirus patients to the army fighting on the front lines giving them the same insurance cover and ts as military personnel the host of our series the epidemic spent a day with russian hospital stuff. let's have a look at the patient this patient has tested positive for coded 19 wasn't

a viral treatment are you giving him its calyptra has it been effective it has the fever has gone how well the z. 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. 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. 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 so i start thinking i should have stayed longer. what do you usually wear as

a protective suit of the longest time with 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 me working here why what's the point is the scare it won't change anything should i just hope coming to work. and just a note on the story the chief doctor we spoke to tested positive after the piece was filmed and was immediately transferred to working from home our crew also went into quarantine as a precaution. in the week we also spoke to the world health organization's representative in russia about the challenges ahead to get her assessment of the country's containment measures. 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 how services which are necessary to our own going. are all going reproductive health needs are all of the planet are not diminishing and they have to be maintained rhyolite the same time we're seeing that also. 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 identified not only people who are sick or dare immediate contact also to identify potential carriers of people who are completely how to but have been in contact and also there is a possibility opened up to do testing requests 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 finding its he didn't play. right from the outset krol a virus we know is taking its greatest toll on the elderly with a picture of devastating. rising around europe in care homes deaths in the facilities they have surged but exact numbers aren't yet. and because of

a lack of testing delays in reporting as well let's focus on it solely where the health director of one nursing home told us there are no resources to help them cope with the crisis. so. i would describe what's happened as a tsunami losing so many people at the same time is terrible but have not even had time to process what's happened and mourn for those who have died. very close proximity of residents all of whom are in the most vulnerable color green means the risk of infection or severe encourages but in many european countries they are being left to cope by health services receiving little or no treatment shown to have been ski 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 a true risk in france 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 and most vulnerable people during the peak weeks. to put the 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 estimated that a march alone nearly $5000.00 people in care homes in madrid region died a correspondent from our sister channel r.t. spanish francisco get you told me that in some places care homes have become defacto hospitals when the spread out. and it's very deep equal to keep you know. there were different parties. there's a lot of activities they were defined inside. years casey it's. 19 and it. is this equation becomes very difficult for care homes because. for them they need to act as

a hospital us 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 hike your mother you cannot piece here you cannot be weak hair. is very tough for patients and for the relatives we cannot be close to her in this suit was filed says 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 nuanced after dozens. died at a nursing home in

a month what didn't work at the facility said the true extent of the risk of infection had been played down what starr had been told not to wear masks and. this iteration isn't good this covered everything up there were even 4 people who included 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 tons of money 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 shoulder jeevan ski r.t. paris. let's turn focus now to the world's worst affected kovan country every u.s. state has no wonder what's called the disaster declaration which means federal funds can be used on a local level to deal with the crisis more than 21000 deaths have been recorded which is more than any other country workers in many areas are all nabl to cope with the influx of patients our lack of protective equipment it is most keenly felt in the countries infection red zone new york. we are demanding that we get all of the hoarded supplies that exist 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 a sheep 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 in the back road to those remarks is that more than a 1000 lives helping lost the new york state alone among efforts to cope with the rising number of bodies dozens of refrigerator trucks parked up moss graves are being dug morgues become overwhelmed by the huge numbers of dead while new studies suggest the black americans are the worst affected demographic for a range of reasons. explains. someone rich and famous refer to the pandemic as being a great equalizer. it 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 of one of 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 quiesce 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 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 and 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 core people who like those basic health services the so what we are seeing with this pandemic is net so must the fact that is the pandemic itself but the pandemic has exposed the structural contradictions of economic system this is a issue that goes across communities there are real serious class contradictions 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 a profit based health care system caleb up and artsy new york. for the headlines of the past 7 days to come heartbreak in ecuador where coronavirus victims' bodies are

hoping to being left in the street in cardboard boxes used as improvised coffins desperate residents tell their stories when the when they were turned in moments. 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 our meanness orders 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. the outbreak of the spread of the corona virus has become a black swan event for the global economy there is no longer whether the us and other economies will slip into recession the question now we used to how long the recession will last it's going to get worse before it gets better. 20 minutes into the program you're very welcome back ecuador is one of the worst coronavirus countries in america officially 333 people have died of the disease

both testing is the limited even the president admits the actual figure is much higher with hundreds reportedly dying at home on a daily basis of the many cases grieving relatives have no word to bury their loved ones. do. i came here to look for my dead relative with all the papers i can't find the body one day she days 3 days 4 days 5 days and they call find it. here. i'm sleeping here outside the building i have fever and taking paracetamol my bones hurt and all that because i want to bury my mother in law.

was that if she was. taken that you know. that they believe they do good donating those things but they are worthless and worthless because they put on our relatives bodies it can't belong in the cardboard coffin and they get wet but if they go you know when kabul gets wet what happens it disintegrates doesn't imagine transporting a corpse and it starts raining it will disintegrate. hospitals across ecuador say they are only able to cope with the influx of co but

19 patients many have been refused treatment and died at home the ecuadorian leader has ordered an investigation into the humbling of the bodies of victims we spoke to a doctor who asked to remain anonymous he says dozens of medics have also died. this year if we see shortages in all pharmacies both public and private hospitals where there are not enough beds no ventilation device is key to save a life unfortunately we often have to wait for one patient to die to give an. now that he's bad 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 will have to be closed as there were simply no protective equipment the situation with the band of 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 goma quil needs. the last few hours earlier on sunday it has been confirmed that the british prime minister has been discharged from hospital after being treated for a coronavirus boris johnson will no spend time recovering at the p.m.'s official country residence checkers want to immediately return to work he spent a week in hospital including 3 nights in intensive care during which britain's daily number of deaths reached a record her more than 900 on both friday and saturday in total the virus has no known to have claimed more than 10000 lives in the u.k. after coming out of intensive care and johnson praised hospital staff saying he owed them his life the prime minister received oxygen treatment but did not require a ventilator. staying in britain with concerns that conditions are ripe for

spreading coronavirus the u.k.'s releasing thousands of low risk prisoners but it standing firm on keeping the wiki leaks founder behind bars even though the capital's belmarsh jail work is recorded the kobe death choose the 2 m.p.'s from his native australia are appealing to london to transfer him to house arrest. so they have a grade to replace table who is paid monta standing nonviolent and people who only have a few weeks to go off of they sentence now julian assange is not a violent prison he's not been accused of any vomit kron 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 in parliament ariens assigning u.k. prisons have coronavirus ripping through the spike and we join in a songes mother she has told me that julian does have preexisting health conditions

which my came i guess a bigger target for a bang at 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 government and joining us and should be replaced and put in home detention. mr songe is awaiting a hearing on extradition to the us there he could face a 175 year sentence for publishing leaked evidence of u.s. military wrongdoing in iraq and afghanistan a british court has ruled that a son just hearing will still go ahead in may despite the current locked on his lawyer had asked for a postponement he argued that he's been unable to communicate with this line for 3 weeks because of the pandemic and it will be impossible to hold a further trial next month the judge refused saying it's too early to tell whether the courts will even be in operation in may the editor of wiki leaks told r.t.

why the hearing shouldn't go ahead under current conditions. it is absolutely absurd to not take into account the situation and not to move 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 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 video only. a historic deal in the making the oil cartel opec and our eyes have agreed to reduce puts among member states by. $9700000.00 barrels per day kuwait's oil minister stated in the last hour it will come into force on may 1st if we go to back to early march opec field to find common ground on reducing i. took a nose. corona virus outbreak earlier this week the world's major producers almost reached agreement to slow production but mexico refused the deal however to stabilize plunging prices and it's been persuaded with the u. s. to lower its side to compensate.

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