the. headline stories residence in moscow will from next week need permission to travel around the city. medical workers not been speaking to are but efforts to stay on top. are you scared of working here why what's the point of. change anything 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 able 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 as terrible. images from a overwhelmed new york braves makeshift city struggling with huge numbers. with the top stories from the past 7 days on right up to the moment developments as well this is the weekly r t international hello and welcome i'm you know neal. let's starts with the latest figures on the kobe to 19. the number of cases around the world continues to rise with more than 1800000 people infected while more than 112000 have succumbed to the virus with billions sitting under lockdown there is some good news over 416000 people have recovered from the disease additionally the 1st trials of

a vaccine there are now under way some experts are confident that it could be ready as early as september. let's get our spotlight focused on russia 1st from next week people here in moscow will need to start getting special digital process to travel around the region writes the russian capital accounts for some 65 percent of all infections in the entire country the numbers reached almost $10000.00 the mirrors being giving more details about how the permit system is actually going to work it will be introduced in stages 1st for people wanting to move what is europe's largest city and personal vehicles or public transport among the few exclusions or military service employees medical stuff journalists taxi drivers can only take a passenger if they have a valid q.r. code it wrong for not be needed by people on foot for instance shopping for food or

visiting a pharmacy or hospital but other restrictions do apply to them that it's being introduced because too many people despite the order to stay home are going out onto the streets. the number of confirmed coronavirus cases in russia currently sits at just under 16. 130 people have died from it or potencies the pic is yet to come this week the president announced a pay rise for all medical staff involved in combat. medics treating coronavirus patients to be army fighting on the front lines giving them in fact the same insurance current ease as military personnel the host of our t.v. series the epidemic spent a day with russian hospital staff. let's have a look at the patients this patient has tested positive for cope with 19 wasn't

a viral treatment are you giving him it's calyptra has it been effective it has the fever has gone how will 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. 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 clinic it was emotionally draining. and so as they wanted to make my own contribution to the fight against the pandemic i wanted to help the doctors. volunteered because i saw the to help was greatly needed there is a shortage of medical staff when i go home i started thinking i should have stayed longer.

how long do you usually wear this protective suit for the longest time was 6 hours you get used to it. the worst cases. these ports indicate a low intensity. is this how viral pneumonia. the way he thinks there 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 of being scared it won't change anything should i just hope coming to work. just a note story the chief doctor we spoke to tested positive after the case was filmed on was immediately transferred to working from home our crew also went in to sell for and as a precaution. in the week we spoke to the world health organization's representative here in russia about the challenges ahead and to get her assessment of the country's containment measures. and there

is that 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 necessarily trial 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 virus pregnant women are getting in fact it but births go wrong. epidemic does not have a life of its own really 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 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 of test for a day so this will enable to really identify 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 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 ways. or has been evident from the outset really the cruel virus is taking its greatest toll on the elderly with a picture of devastation emerging from care homes there throughout europe deaths in the facilities of surge but exact numbers aren't yet known because of

a lack of testing and delays in reporting and it's really the health director of one nursing home told us there are no resources to help them cope with the crisis. i would describe what's happened as a tsunami losing so many people at the same time is terrible we have not even had time to process what's happened and mourn for those who have died. you know incredibly tough situation for people like the close proximity of residents really all of whom are in the most vulnerable color green means the risk of infection their severe and carole's but in many european countries they are being left to cope alone by health services receiving little or no treatment trying to do and looking into what. is the grim toll from co that 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 front of 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. most vulnerable people during peak weeks. the priority of the nation is to protect our elderly you must do it responsibly with commonsense and discipline strong words from those in charge yet woods 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 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 they spread out. and it's very cool to keep you know. there were. parties. there is a lot of what they were defined. as viewers. 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 couvade 1919 is very cruel because you cannot hack your mother you can kiss her you cannot be with their . very top 4. relatives we cannot be close to her in these circumstances the outbreaks in care homes in spain have led to a collapsing 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 milan while you work at the facility said the true extent of the risk of infection had been played down what stop. had been told not to wear masks. and remember. this iteration isn't good this covered everything up there were even 4 people who came 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 it's insult to injury by. 19 positive patients is also to basically make health suicide notes for people who. 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 arty paris. western attention the program notch the world's worst affected covert country every u.s. state is no longer what's called a disaster declaration which means federal funds can be used at a local level to deal with the crisis more than 21000 deaths have been recorded which is more than any other country health care workers in many areas say they're only able to cope with the influx of patients a lot of protective equipment it's most keenly felt in the country's infection red zone new york. we are demanding that we get all the hoarded supplies that exists at p b e so that we can protect ourselves and 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. you know the figures are quite staggering more than 8 lives have been lost in new york state alone among efforts to cope with the rising number of bodies dozens of refrigerator trucks are being parked our graves are being dug a city morgue has become overwhelmed by the huge numbers of dead well new studies suggest that black americans are the worst affected demographic for a range of reasons skill up and explain. 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 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 hope living in sort of 3 was so yes this is a question of a bow quiet 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 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 and because of our of for profit health system. hospitals have been closed 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 net so must the fact it is the pandemic itself but the pandemic has exposed the structural contradictions of economic systems this is a issue that goes across communities there are real serious. contradictions 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 a profit based health care system up and artsy new york this is our to international more of the headlines of the past 7 days the cullman clearing heartbreak in ecuador where thrown up our respective bodies are having to be left

in the streets of cardboard boxes and use those improvised coffins and desperate residents tell their stories when the weekly returns and nobody.

the outbreak of the 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. the recession is going to get worse before it gets better. 20 minutes into the program welcome back ecuador is not one of the worst hit coronavirus countries in south america officially 333 people have died of the disease but testing is still limited even the president admits the actual figure is

much higher with hundreds reportedly dying at home every day and in many cases grieving relatives have no word to bury their loved. yeah i was i came here to look for my dead relatives with all the papers i can't find the body one day see days 3 days 4 days 5 days and they called find it. yet. i'm sleeping here outside the building i have on taking care of my bones hurt and all that because i want to bury my mother in law.

was she was. taken that you know. that they believe they do good donating those things but they are worthless and worthless because they. went to relatives bodies it can't belong in that coffin could they get wet 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. the hospitals across ecuador say they are unable to cope with the influx of covert 1000 patients many you know been refused treatment. the ecuadorian leader has

ordered an investigation into the handling of the bodies of victims we spoke to a doctor who asked to remain anonymous he ses dozens of medics of all so died. we see shortages in all pharmacies both public and private hospitals where there are not enough birds no ventilation device is key to saving lives unfortunately we often had to wait for one patient to die to give another his bird 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 had to be closed as there were simply no protective equipment the situation with the burns and decaying bodies will cause the pandemic to worsen due to diseases caused by the decomposition of corpses if i could contact the w. true 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. earlier this

sunday it was confirmed that the british prime minister was this charge from hospital after being treated for cruel a virus boris johnson will now spend time recovering at the p.m.'s official country residence checkers where lots immediately returned to work he had spent a week in hospital including 3 nights in care during which britain's daily number of deaths reached a record high more than 100 of the both friday and saturday they totaled of the virus is now known to have claimed more than 10000 lives in the u.k. no after coming out of intensive care johnson praised hospital staff saying he owed them his life the prime minister received oxygen treatment but did not require a ventilator. let's stay in britain. with concerns that conditions are ripe for spreading coronavirus the u.k.'s releasing thousands of low risk prisoners but it's standing firm and keeping the wiki leaks founder behind bars even though

the capital's belmarsh jail recorded a covert 1000 deaths on tuesday 2 m.p.'s from joining us on his native astraea are appealing to london to transfer him to high stress so they have a grade to replace table who. are standing nonviolent and people who only have a few weeks to go of a 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 amin parliamentarians 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 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 u.k. government and jonas and should be released and put in home detention. mr assad 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 songes hearing will still go ahead in may despite the current locked on his lawyer for a postponement he argued he's been unable to communicate with his client for 3 weeks because of the pandemic it will be impossible to hold a fair trial next month the judge refused saying it is 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

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 come through or 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 where are all the prisoners are using to appear the video. that's going to quick look through some of this easter sunday

as world news the pope delivered his easter address in st peter's basilica but without the usual crowds of catholic worshippers a stream site this the faithful had to watch it from home a services are being held lockdown restrictions pope francis said he was sending a message of hope having compared the current fight with the pandemic to the suffering of jesus. the temptation to get outside during the sunny warm easter holiday is has proved too much for people in some european cities despite advice to stay home people in london are still heading out into parks well in berlin similar scenes showed busy green spaces making social distancing all but impossible. just briefly away from the coronavirus russian cosmonauts on the international. station marking a pioneering date april 12th is cosmonaut 6 day commemorating the 1st time ventured

into space saw the cosmonaut yuri gagarin made world changing trip 59 years ago but celebrations are all online this year she and the others are the stories that shape the week we'll bring you more of the very many aspects surrounding coronavirus in up by 30 minutes time. if you're isolated like so many across the world currently stay safe thanks for choosing r.t. for your global news on the news. the world is driven by a dreamer shaped by one person who goes by the. thinks

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