And verbally abuse me. My race. Watching our 2 International Coming to you live from the russian capital where its just turned 10 pm welcome to the program. Now 1st lets give you the latest figures on the coronavirus the number of confirmed cases has toppled 230000 worldwide with the death toll at more than 9000 and those numbers are going up by the hour and another development the World Health Organization says it has started testing a new vaccine against kobe 19. The coronavirus death toll in italy has now surpassed that of china topping more than 3400 the countries also recorded its highest number of infections detected in one day alone with almost 4 and a half 1000 new cases the Prime Minister says the nationwide lockdown may need to be extended beyond april the 3rd of the army is also now been called into the northern town of berga mo to help move the backlog of coffins a video posted on social media shows trucks preparing to transport bodies the military was called in after the City Cemetery became overwhelmed by the sheer number of dead which is located in the worst affected region of lombardy has seen at least 93. 00 deaths and 4300. 00 cases officials though fear the worst is yet to come. It is a heartbreaking image striking with the force of a 100 or even a 1000 punches medical staff on the front line and only have been highly infected at least 2629 have tested positive for the virus since february that represents 8 percent of all cases in the country and its not only workers under pressure in elite but the whole Health Care System theres an increasing lack of both staff and equipment or not enough lifesaving ventilators or face masks all some really hard stuff are being asked to return to work in a bid to turn the tide against the crisis one of the countrys leading Public Health experts claims the governments brought some of these problems on itself. The problem right now is the supply of protective gear the government should have thought of this some time ago we already have a limited number of doctors nurses under extreme circumstances we could even ask them to help working even if they tested positive for corona virus still they should be equipped with protective devices to avoid spreading the virus further. To discuss this disturbing issue we are now joined by Italian Journalist also under baki now a huge amount of medical staff have been infected as we were just reporting and theres that idea that some could be even asked to continue to work even if they test a possible positive what do you make of that. Well there is no other choice at the moment the situation is really dramatic and there are 8 percent of workers who are able center over all cases are workers who are and fact it and there is nothing we can do because we have a shortage of medical personnel and if they are how healthy in the sense that they can are capable of working and they dont show symptoms that incapacitate them in some way and thats the only option otherwise and toll continues to rise. And theres also the other part of the story were talking about the fact that in one town there are so many dead that theyre just not able to cope with the not mount of confidence do you think that that might be seen and other towns around italy as well. Hopefully not hopefully this will be limited to the region along going to where we have seen the most cases however the problem is that we really dont know the extent of the issues we dont know how many people are infected because we are only testing people who show symptoms and actually severe symptoms. As opposed to countries like south korea which as a solution to the core of the virus station widespread task even on people who did not show symptoms because those are the most dangerous actually because they are i dont know where they are carrying disease and so they are usually affect others because theyre not under strict quarantine. So we actually dont know yet stand still of the disease and some experts say you know we still havent reached the peak. Of the gravity of the disease. But hopefully in the southern regions of the country things will be better because the quarantine was in forest before the numbers were as high as they were in the more so maybe it will be better in the center in the south of italy. Do you think that the Italian Government is doing enough at this point to stop the spread is there anything else they could be doing like you said testing anybody and everybody and not just those with severe symptoms. Yes they should definitely be issued any more tasks the problem is that they do not have the resources to do so so theyre desperately asking for help from the European Union and from European Partners with failing to come up to the task and as a result of that italy was in a way forced to accept help from china. There is definitely more in the government could do also in terms of checking who is a carrier and one thing to establish that quarantine those people and those are find those around them that they are carrying thats the only way they can really fight the disease is by testing as many people as possible and also i have to say that the quarantine isnt being in force really and i stripped away also because were not. You know it really is a liberal democracy so theres not really been on the constitutional basis there is not dare not many grounds to really enforce a kind of martial law on citizens and you still see even in places like variable which is the worst the crap in town in europe right now people are still out and about just have someone i know list their confirmed this to me as and theyre not going to situation seriously and this is a big issue because the disease will continue to spread this way what sort of lessons should the rest of the world learn from whats happening in italy. That the sooner you act the lower your exponential curve will get so its a national car is really doesnt dont know the number of cases that rise proportionately every single day and if you act in the tilly if we had acted sooner actually when we all are there we were over reacting that this was just not like the flu this is what we would be hearing experts then we would have contained and even the economic damages that people are are understandably concerned with because this is going to have a severe Economic Impact on peoples lives those a little bit mitigated if the situation was address at the beginning of the later you wait the worse it will get a clear example of this is going to be airing its not a bad government which is the worst affected now without lying which is another town which went into lockdown sooner when i had the same number of cases the better moment and now it seems. Steady. No i am not of growth just has leveled out the number of cases where as ben what has gone way blown way out of proportion. As we said earlier the number of deaths and italy has at this point surpassed those in china is that any side of the tide turning here. Well the number of past that china where we do not have really credible information from the Chinese Government or we dont have any outside organizations verifying whether the chinese data is correct actually correct in terms of changing. I think looking to Asian Countries like china japan south korea and how they tackle the issue because they have dealt with the stars byrons before are absolutely were more prepared and actually now there are more deaths in place in cases in europe than there are and in asia which is outstanding because the disease 1st originated in china. So really looking at there are even just simple habits our policies or the way that theyve addressed and managed to contain this virus is i think a key solution Italian Journalist thank you for your time and your comments thank you for having me. Now russia has registered almost 150 coronavirus patients most were in moscow the authorities are gradually implementing stricter measures to prevent the mass spread of the virus as seen elsewhere among the actions taken by moscow is restricted and treat for foreign nationals people who enter from the country from abroad must go into quarantine for 2 weeks schools will be temporarily closed starting from march 23rd and gatherings of more than 50 people are prohibited as the outbreak began moscow dedicated a brand new hospital just to treat coronavirus patients so the authorities are planning a hospital town just outside the capital while his own sewer and Water Filtration systems and its own little part of the countryside with an exclusion zone. Moscow Mayors Office has warned about misinformation spreading across the internet regarding the pandemic and the measures to contain it this includes post saying that the russian capital will go into lockdown and that there will be shortages of essential products and the shops retailers have tried to calm concerns of by releasing video of their warehouses some chains say that they have enough supplies to last at least 8 weeks this includes the most popular items that are being hoarded the Russian Ministry of industry and trade is assuring the public that Grocery Stores will not close supermarkets are reporting increased demand for 2 categories in particular grains and Hygiene Products especially popular among russians is buckwheat because none of checked out the situation at a large moscow store. Panic buying has become one of the key manifestations of the coronavirus scare all over the world so now weve come to one of most schools Largest Retail Stores parts of europe so shown chain just to get an idea as to how badly this thing is affecting the russians in fact were in the very same store that had previously introduced socalled apocalypse shopping carts preselected bundles of essential goods for about 45. 00 per cart was a one time action but it turned out to be a clear success because those cards have been already swept and theyre nowhere to be found but now lets have a look as to how well this particular and a very large store is stocked itself. First stop is well good old soap and the situation here is quite interesting because all cheaper ones they are gone like for instance here like 15 cents 30 cents buy the im not making up the prices these are actual prices on the soap here theyre gone but the more expensive stuff over here. In abundance in fact let me show you one thing you can literally if youre a if youre in a panic situation if you are in a panic mood you can literally buy soaps in canisters like this is liquid soap 5 releases of liquid soap but were going to be opting for Something Different something. So. Particularly sensitive subject lately toilet paper while. Any type of budget any type of skin theres clearly enough for everyone and i feel like a plenty at home but for the sake of the experiment lets get some why not. Well this is trouble all right because were in the poultry section and the well its been ransacked there are people all around filming on their phones as well together with us whats going on here but the store has put up a reassuring messages reassuring sign saying essentially that the products the products are on the way dont worry if you havent found what you wanted here it will be here we will restock it in the nearest future together with the supplies were doing everything to maintain the needed stockpile. Cheaper me like chicken or turkey more expensive mead like before you pour while its gone just some of the most expensive stuff is here but. Nothing. Well judging by the amount of sweets next to me one thing can be said with certainty children are definitely not panicking and can be an example to us all. Well this is of course just a symbolic cut its not really serious but if i were to go all in and defy wanted to get everything that i needed for a Nuclear Winter scenario so to speak i would have had very very few problems with doing so and even with that said supply is have been talking a lot and posting photos and videos of their storage is really filled up to the brim with produce saying that there is literally no reason to panic about whatever oh whatever. Show that weve just seen well they will be filled up there will be back fully stocked so right now clothes the appetite for panic buying here at least among muscovites is not that strong. Meanwhile across the Atlantic Donald trump has announced hes invoking wartime powers to force industry there to tackle cope at 19 will be invoking the defense production act just in case we needed the words if you will know what it is that can do a lot of good things if we need it must sacrifice together because we are all in this together and well come through together. And 5 states in the u. S. Have postponed their primaries amid the corona Virus Outbreak however the Democratic National committee has issued a warning that hasty changes to the primary process may result in penalties arties kilmartin explains. While all of society hunkers down in the face of a Global Health pandemic the democrats have decided to point fingers and play the blame game this crisis is going to demand more from all of us more from an administration and a president that has been far too slow in waking up to the scale of the challenges we now face i have been incredibly frustrated and concerned by the trumpet administrations missteps and slow response to this crisis so far the trumpet ministration has made a serious of false promises about the countrys diagnostic capacities spreading confusing and onto information about the availability of tests for the general public and so to hear the leader of the federal government tell us to work around the federal government because its too too slow is just its kind of mind boggling to be honest now there is no question that donald trump is taking this very seriously as a Public Health crisis were asking everyone to work at home a possible postpone a necessary travel and limit social gatherings to no more than 10 people by making shared sacrifices in temporary changes we can protect the health of our people at the d. N. C. Is very happy to call out donald trump but their own Political Goals are not on hold 5 states have canceled their president ial primary votes and now the d. N. C. Says that there could be consequences each the 1st determining step must take place by the 9th of june if a state violates the rule on timing or any other rule that could be subject to penalties including at least a 50 percent reduction in delegates we advise states to follow the recommendations of local Health Officials and Prioritize Health and safety of all individuals thats right the democratic leadership is now demanding that Senior Citizens and everyone else drop everything rushed to the polls and vote in the democrats primary risking death in some cases now if you dont do it they say they will make you pay no small. Sense of entitlement there in states that have had their primary vote the turnout has been rather low big shocker at this point all public gatherings movie theaters restaurants are shut down so why not the polls exactly it makes sense to close this down i mean theres just the you know any of these Voting Centers that would just simply be a centers for transmitting disease and its the responsible thing is then to say look we can postpone this basically they can postpone it will the way up to late may have all the put all the remaining primaries on and some day in late may and that is certainly a much more sensible policy than the holding primaries now when everybodys so anxious about the virus i think that they are thinking entirely in terms of the general election i mean the democrats have absolutely desperate to defeat donald trump they want to wrap this up as quickly as possible before the public has a chance to change its mind the rules across america are changing in the face of the coded 1000 Health Crisis but one thing certainly remains the same the only set of rules the Democratic National committee plays by are their own and they demand that everyone else play by them as well kaleb up and r. T. New york. But as well has been denied a multibillion dollar aid package by the International Monetary fund as a country struggles to cope with the fallout from the coronavirus i. M. F. Said it had turned down the request from caracas to tell lack of clarity of of the countrys current leadership. Unfortunately the fund is not in a position to consider this request by measuring gauge went with member countries is predicated on official government recognition by the International Community as reflected in the past membership there is no clarity a recognition that this time last year the i. M. F. Suspended its ties with venezuela due to the political crisis that seen Nicolas Maduro an Opposition Leader won by doe both lay claim to the presidency but as well last requested financial help from the bloc back in 2001 the Worlds Largest public lender of funds is run by 186 member countries with the us having unique veto power over major decisions there are currently 36 confirmed cases of the coronavirus and bet as well up prompting them and their administration to place parts of the country on lockdown including the capital for more on this were joined live by paul dobson journalist for the independent news website but as well analysis dot com youre very welcome to the program now what do you think led to this decision by the i. M. F. And is it all thats surprising. Well this came as a great shock here in venice while or no one really expected the measure of government after so many years of. Course to apply for funds from them. The rejection by the i. M. F. Was released was less surprising obviously is due to the. Nature of International Recognition regarding the venezuelan president see the i. M. F. But as we all know it is mainly dominated by the United States who currently recognized one why though as the interim president of venezuela any sort of switch of this policy by the i. M. F. Would have been very surprising its subtle so this move attracted instant criticism of the government from their own ranks and then grassroots faces on every small here in venezuela but very quickly a mother of team came out of a movie suggesting that it was actually a political power place to grow out some of the contradictions within the i. M. F. And hopefully try to bring about a reversal of the functions policy instigated by the u. S. Authorities. And then theres the fact on the other side that on monday the i. M. F. Said it would be deploying its one trillion dollar lending capacity to aid countries in need but clearly not for everyone it seems so what message is that sending out well thats really sends a very clear message at least to the venezuelan people about the i. M. F. And the part of the International Community would they represent not interested in alleviating the Current Situation in venezuela and not interested in helping the health care the very delicate Health Care Situation we have here in the country in the face of a pandemic and really more interested in how the political games and actually trying to save lives here is there anyone that caracas can turn to now for a bailout. Well not necessarily in terms of a bailout but we have today here in venice weyler seen the arrival of 2 large shipments of medical supplies from china the government have also announce that theyre going to be setting up an air bridge basically to train a directly to train or to secure the of the arrival of a whole range of medical equipment and treatments needed to battle the coronavirus here in venezuela do you think thats going to be enough to bolster hope in people there in the country well over the last 48 hours the case of occur in a far corner of areas in venezuela confirmed cases how be minimal there was an issue or an initial spurt until 36 cases but now it has been fairly constant people are organized and people are respected in the core and not in a place we could have been in place in tuesday so there is a car here on the streets whether the these measures will be enough to contain it i think no one really knows we look at the cases of some of the more organized western democracies and of italy and spain and germany and they havent been able to contain this measure what we can say is that the government very close ties to the Chinese Government more likely to follow their model of containment which of the movement of. In china paul dobson journalist for the independent news site venezuela and analysis dot com thank you for joining us on the program this evening. Now in the u. K. The spread of the virus has picked up pace at more than 2500. 00 people infected and the pandemic also appears to be having a negative impact on peoples behavior and british nurse claims she was assaulted and racially abused on her way to work or to shoddy edwards reports. It may come as no surprise that the n. H. S. Isnt exactly thriving what with being on the forefront of the fight against coronavirus Staff Shortages not enough funding and even a lack of clothing for medical staff professionals make it harder to help save lives but those were predictable evils was less than anticipated is that a phobia towards people who are treating patients but it happened to the n. H. S. Nurse who was allegedly racially abusing itself just to experience something that really opened my mind Todays Society so i was coming out from the trees they should just minding my own business usually get out through the barriers and to come to work as a nurse. And these couple who. Just come and physically and verbally abuse me my race and it gets worse she was attacked on her way to a hospital for an overtime shift to help her colleagues cope with the outbreak every we need to come together you know any chance is struggling my goodness we have to start no doctors no nothing people who need to wake up and realize that this virus is not an excuse to be racist or to discriminate against everyone period the sad reality is as a virus sort of originates in china and spreads across the globe so does panic and xenophobia for instance a singapore in student was assaulted in london by teenagers who punched him in the face me we dont know what youre coronavirus in our country he shouted i dont want your coronavirus in my country you think this is et well no a vietnamese our current us dropped quite exhibitor earlier this month the u. K. Are there because of fears that she would spread the virus the corona virus is causing much anxiety everywhere and fairly or not asians are being seen as carries a virus your presence on the stand would unfortunately create hesitation on the part of the audience to enter the exhibition space i apologize for this and hope we can meet and perhaps Work Together in the future these cases in the u. K. Are just the tip of the ice are across the pond in new york amount of news an asian person on the lecture just for standing next to her on one. Coming. Journey and its not only open aggressions ari that people are now turning up their noses to asian cuisine and culture and asian people in general are being avoided wiki pedia page has even been set up dedicated to covert 19 incidents of racism with governments and International Organizations now makes intervening countries a cautioned against actions that promote stickler or even discrimination in the eye with the principles of our top 3 of our ha. The coronavirus epidemic a set of a disturbing wave of prejudice against people of chinese and east asian if the city and i call Member States do their utmost to combat this and other forms of discrimination it seems increasingly true that in times of crisis and stray bring out the western people the idea that any racial like a racial thing is something which we hope when out of the 2nd world war when our record has been that in a surge of anti chinese racism of the consequence of the d mislabeling in the midst. Of this war i was. In country for the lack of. d the lack of ability to mobilize society to maintain d a system about health care and correlated support reflects well partly on the government and the government but i think essentially people Work Together and dont use racism as a tool to divide and rule and much more important the administration comes sponsibility to make sure both the stock at work we havent heard which are more people are treated equally. Dont forget over on our website you can check out our latest article by renowned slovenian philosopher at 500 chirac on the threat that covered 19 poses to our way of life and falling down at our team dot com. And back here thats been our breakdown of the days top headlines for now but ill be back they top the hour thanks for tuning in. 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