for the 13th of april in the headline from r.t. international the new york governor pledges of funding to support medics but health care workers hit back saying his budget cuts led to today's dire lack of resources . here in our system and one that was already rolled in prior to. this very day this week he betrayed us every single agency in. the outbreak worsens here in moscow city leaders bring in a digital permit system now to control travel around the capital and the wider region. and the lasting effects of social distancing as a leading american doctor says we should all permanently ditch handshakes from now

on to stop the spread of illness we discussed so isolation will affect self insure interactions. being promoted in the name. is actually the erosion of human contact the human solidarity social isolation is a privilege for those that don't have to either face work in close proximity or die of starvation not an option for several billions of peoples around the world. hello there good morning welcome to the program has just turned 11 am here in moscow this monday on kevin owen with his 30 minute world news rattled for you and 1st off here's where we are on the numbers as we head into a new week it's 4 months now since the 1st infections began to cause concern around the world as of now more than 1800000 cases have been logged and more than 114000 people have died the number of people known to have recovered from covert 19 is now more than 427000.

so today's developments 1st to new york the worst affected area in the world's most affected country the governor of new york's planning to launch a fund now to support medics but this skepticism back out in from unions who blame him for budget cuts which they say have squeezed resources and left them ill equipped for the pandemic with more on that and the similar struggles elsewhere around the world is a senior correspondent were gassed. isn't is astounding that something super tiny a virus which isn't even technically considered alive has humbled us through all our technology for all our knowledge and hubris ami's robots rockets with powerless we have nothing to fight it with but there are those who fly to a godless every day into the jaws of infection or warriors in this life and death

battle the incredible doctors and nurses and health care workers on the front line of the fight physios radiograph was pharmacists who kept coming to work kept putting themselves in harm's way for years we took what medical professionals did for granted this is a given they didn't get parades all fireworks it took a pandemic for the world to wake up to the service and sacrifices that medics make is a process well the commitment of that i make tonight for health care workers and for the entire nation is that once the crisis is over a massive investment plan and an upgrade of career paths will be put in place for our hospital system we think the federal government should set up a hero's compensation fund to compensate our health care and other front line workers for what they did here oh they're thankful now they are on camera he didn't

mention how under him and his predecessor they eliminated 20000 hospital beds to cut costs the french president doesn't mention how successive governments tried to skimp on health care for years longer hours few abed's nurses doctors less equipment and less money. over the world while military budgets explode. that politicians rolled the dice on which hospital to close next and new one can claim that they didn't warn us for her. the end result has been that we don't have enough of anything that we need not beds nor hospitals no ventilators 1st world nations with astronauts in space ascending

the nurses to work in trash bags here troll to use one mouse over and over and they're cruel items over and over to their mouths or if you're given discretion and told to you for the entire week don't applaud politicians they were warned time and time again that this could happen sure it would have been expensive to prepare the turns out it would have been cheaper than doing nothing the world is not prepared for a fast moving global risperidone pandemic that could kill up to 80000000 people devastate economies and create social chaos. and yet those medics that we try to skimp and save money on they can't for us every day in america france or russia these medics do to work every day knowing that there's

a serious risk of infection and with the dignity to avoid mentioning that they warned us were unprepared as health care system one that was already broken prior to this and is completely destroyed at this point we were unprepared as a country it's unfortunate how it everything played out how every person dallas responsible for making sure we were protected so that we could do our work properly and save other people fail to do that they completely let us down they betrayed us every single agency every single federal government fell does every single person that was there that was supposed to provide us what we needed that was supposed to assist us and give us support during these difficult times so that we could do what we needed to do would be properly if he clique failed to do that we were left alone . to figure it out on our own we're going to be damaged as a result of this i don't know what are we going to end up i don't know what we're

going to look like after this but if we're never going to be this a health care is never going to be the same healthcare workers are never going to be the same this is as completely destroyed. everything that it could. even. our trust. digital permit system here starts rolling out in moscow this monday to try and could tell non-essential travel around the region the mayors also shuttering the majority of nonvolatile enterprises to the break in russia is worsening another road daily record this monday with the 2558 new cases with more than 1300 of them here in moscow the school 5 percent for more screw ups he says could tell as there is so swarming so new restrictions coming into place very soon yeah. yeah well i'm just standing opposite the mayor's office right here in the center of moscow and it's located on

the main street all the way down to red square and not direction is kind of the equipment of london's oxford street paris ashanti's a new york's 5th avenue so usually it's obscene jump packed with both cars and people but today you can see there are relatively few cars and almost no pedestrians why well new hotshot knocked down measures have come into effect this monday from now one for an indefinite period of time travel within the city will be regulated by a strict cost system so i'll set up all $33.00 stages to the 1st state of promise for people traveling to and from what the 2nd stage of the trip of other righties and the 5 states watching be to limit movement within your own neighborhood now so far around $780000.00 parts have already been given out just to give you an idea must the house around 13000000 residents i'm actually one of those 780000 you can see i've actually got my posse concept but what i can tell you it's got my

information to stop my name it's got the time and mine will last into the 30th of april it's got my email address my passport number but the most important thing that has the right to very top is a possible coat not this is the coat it's the policeman comes up to me it says can i see your comment that is the code i'll give him. i'll check it interests instead and then carefully also let me carry on and i'll be trying this with me everywhere i go if i'm going on a tux if i'm going on the cheap from walking down the street the only time that i will safely leave that i hope is fun throwing up my rubbish or walking my unfortunate imaginary dog or going to my local shop not this is a significant tightening over the restrictions until now we've just been requested to sit out code but given the recent such in the number of coronavirus cases here in russia the moscow authorities said they were really left with no other option but to impose more stringent measures so the latest count is that i'll just tell you that 18000 cases here in russia around 2500 new ones in the last 24

hours and the death toll partly stands out 148 now most of us russia's largest city accounts around 2 of cool russian codes it 19 cases not you don't actually need to look at the figures to see that increase just looking around on the streets are noticeably more on kill it says in fact of the 2 recently came out showing a few of confidences waiting to drop top us suspected coronavirus. patients not to clinics on the outskirts of moscow now on average jane 1300 people have been transported by ambulance as thoughts of life hunted just a week. now to these new restrictions what to say prove it because unfortunately some people are still refusing to abide by the state otto diakite something the w.h.o. says is obviously only busting the situation but the good news is is that the positive

results of this new process didn't seem to already be showing because according to the op that rates how well the city itself isolates most of comedy its rating at $4.00 out of 5 that's up from this time last week a 3 point one so it seems that the system is. beginning to show the positive efforts of people coming together being more disciplined yes the sun is shining yes bring has arrived but it's a health crisis to people are staying in and they're doing their part to ensure the health and safety of all their fellow muscovites exactly central moscow the thank you. to the way we personally greet each other could be a bird to change forever as one of america's most prominent experts on infectious diseases suggest that we all give handshakes in future the elbow to the popular thing to do here shake in russia it's been claimed that stopping the centuries old tradition would not only prevent the spread of coronavirus but also the common cold to. i don't think we should ever shake hands ever again to be honest with you not

only would it be good to prevent coronavirus disease it probably would decrease instances of influenza dramatically in this country you know discuss how the pandemic might shape our future with an expert panel and. if it was somehow universally adopted out how big a difference would it make you know a sense what what what was being promoted in the name of health is actually the erosion of human contact and human solidarity and it seems to me that if you begin to medicalize human relationships and contacts into is being suggested it simply makes the divisions and the tension that already exists so much more difficult to bear i think that's something we should very strongly oppose and that is that a lot of people are talking about now and i watch television i see feel very close to each other there are strangers talking to each other or people shaking hands and i guess they're disgusted i think that's quite unsettling this is

a class pandemic that is several billions of poor people around the world crowded in corridors in the world's megacities they're forced to do jobs that involve physical contact and close proximity to others they have no other choice social isolation is a privilege for those that don't have to either face work in close proximity or die of starvation in the future after the pandemic is over such things as no longer hand shaking or having those physical contacts not an option for several billions of peoples around the world how easy do you think it will be after being told for so long to move away you know social distancing isolation supermarket rushing how do you expect the public to react when when the measures are lifted as this as the measures begin to recede hopefully we will see ourselves going back i think older forms of social contact think a portion of global humanity is going to be more cautious there's going to be of course the psychological trauma of having emerged from this pandemic but again i

see the world from the viewpoint of that's 34b5b that are the most outcast and the most downtrodden and their secondary concern is shaking hands and physical presence and maybe the 1st is that still going to be daily survival in this in stream leon equal global says. i agree that we live in what the pandemic has done is that it's created a 2 tier system it made it even more rigid many respects what a pandemic has really done is reinforce trends there already exist in existence in the economy prior to that but it excelled at it it intensified it and in that sense divisions and differences in lifestyle are going to become even more pronounced what happens now are we still helping to be monitored cut it encourage people to test each other to the authorities what's your take is the next stage in exchanging our freedoms for security which is basically to make our private lives negotiable and i never go worried in the way in which does all the stock work governments into

using these new outs that will monitor us but it does seem to me that it does give enormous power over to the authorities and my understanding of human history is that whenever you get all your freedoms the authorities did let us go back to you there is a very potentially quite a quite a difficult situation coming up as far as question of freedom is concerned britain's national health service has been ordered to develop a mobile app to help track and trace infections it's hoped the technology might allow for a rollback of the strict measures currently in place to hold the spread of corona virus within a matter of weeks the up would allow the tracking of people who've been in contact with those infected with code 90 the system plans to use bluetooth technology to then alert those who need to be tested in theory it's estimated a 60 percent of the population would need to download it to be effective and that then could allow some to partially return to everyday life while using the system

however one frontline nurse told us that there should be better and less intrusive ways to deal with the crisis. no i think that kind of violence people's human rights and i think people act got their place in society but maybe if i don't really understand the app it does seem quite it sounds quite intrusive in terms of being in mourning turns it seems quite. intrusive and i and i think there might be better solutions to that problem than just put in light tank patients that are going to think you do have the virus. so lockdowns causing a tranquil silence throughout the world it seems mother nature is breathing a sigh of relief over it at least the air is clearing a normally polluted cities and wild lives making the most of the nearly deserted streets which people have been sharing online.

through the guest of a beautiful world out there will be waiting for us we will go back out again now what we've got coming up after the break will another aircraft carriers see the coronavirus break up all this time flights to report on it in the news ahead. yes.

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hello good morning the presidents of russia and the u.s. along with the saudi king indorsed on a story deal on sunday the oil cartel opec and other producers have agreed on the largest ever oil output cut it's set to see a drop of $9700000.00 barrels per day which is about 10 percent of the global supply kuwait's oil minister says the deal will come into force on by the 1st. by the grace of god and then with wise guidance continue safir it's in continuous talk since early friday we can now announce the completion of a historic agreement to reduce production by approximately $10000000.00 barrels of oil per day by members of 4 plus starting from me the 1st 2020 but

a back story here back in early march opec and other major oil producing nations failed to find common ground on reducing output as demand took a nosedive on the back of the corona virus outbreak last week an agreement was almost reached to slash production within mexico refused the country later agreed to a cut but by far less than requested by opec economist alexander captive thinks that more could be done to steady the market. it's so important because it puts so slow on the price of oil this was really the goal of these agreements because as you know markets were a world really a freefall and the stories tribute to these were being filled up to their maximum capacity so there was a need for such an agreement or a law if this is a good agreements but more will have to be done perhaps in order to stabilize markets. in their various ways this. lasts longer than expected.

more news in brief this month is for the corona virus outbreak onboard this french navy aircraft carrier 50 cases registered on the shelves the goal which is dock to the mediterranean port of 2 long 3 sailors apparently in hospital as a precaution for the remaining crew a quarantine on board for 2 weeks and the wearing face masks. while some police use drones to check on social distancing compliance in generally they're using this big old airship it to look for groups of people around the picturesque lake constance near the swiss border lovely part of the world the authorities say it's better for high altitude monitoring and furthermore it's quieter over the sunny easter weekend gatherings we've seen in berlin parks we brought in those pictures yes they despite all that advice to stay at home.

on a positive note than this alfresco concepts comes courtesy of the spanish police thank you very much who gave you that image and madrid hospital. some of the medics joined in to the can see sing along to a popular national song tonight to see it as well atomic creativity. whiling away the long hours stuck indoors without reading the fridge of course is definitely a bring in. people's hidden talents here in russia or its isolation is proven to hit a facebook group where people are uploading images of themselves recreating masterpieces with whatever comes to hand the dome it's become huge hit worldwide in fact with more than 400000 followers so let's finish this bulletin with a little exhibition surely.

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hello and welcome across all things considered i'm peter lavelle the outbreak and spread of the corona virus has become a black swan event for the global economy that is no longer whether the u.s. and other economies will slip into recession the question now is how deep and how long the recession will last it's going to get worse before it gets better. crosstalk in the corona recession i'm joined by my guess and live in houston he is president of lipo oil associates in new york we have helen i need ski she is an american journalist with r.t. and in great barrington we cross to pete earley he is an economist with the american institute for economic research all right cross talk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate andrew in houston let me go to you 1st here. the i guess this is the 2nd shock in as many weeks for you because you cover the.