A lot of. Questions left on and on says we need all the hope we can get. Here watching r. T. International bring you your live news update from our studio here in moscow welcome to the program. First the number of corona virus cases worldwide has now topped a quarter of a 1000000 the pandemic has claimed more than 10000 lives with over half of those deaths in europe alone the World Health Organization has begun the 1st trials of a possible vaccine but it will be an estimated 12 months before its available. Russia has also started its own coven 1000. 00 vaccine trials the country has 253. 00 confirmed cases which is relatively low compared with the west but officials point to the strict measures taken early on to prevent the spread they include comprehensive checks at airports as more and cost if has been finding out. Welcome to share in the airport where officials have invited us to reassure the russian public that they are doing Everything Possible to prevent the spread of the covert 19 virus here in russia now personally i would have taken them at their word and left it at that but juicy cools i was here last a month ago when strict travel controls just came into play i dont have 4 memories i did up in quarantine for almost 3 weeks. Sanitation here is on steroids according to latest studies the virus can survive in various services for up to 9 hours so obviously they need to keep everything very clean. So here the front line troops the medics the needs and greet the arriving passengers in russia monitor them pass them analyze them and send them to quarantine just heading to their desks a new jet has landed from europe. Science haitian special issues thermal cameras on board they walk through the aisles pointing this cameras of passengers in their seats is the passengers are healthy they can leave the plane there are 3 layers of thermal control that all arriving passengers have to pass through theres this infrared camera theres a thermal camera and the passengers temperatures if they can a brood the blade. The more they give us mosques which is good we also have to feel out of for i dont know whats happening at this theyre checking us with thermal cameras i think theyre doing the right thing. This is the baggage claim area theyve just passed passport control at this 3rd the temperature has been taken 3 times 3 times already they have been round for it was revealed to be whod been in contact with weather being experienced already with the infected. When passengers go through sheremeta for terminal f. They complete a form indicates and possible data for a number and address we check their flight and seat numbers give them a list of anti epidemic instructions and explain that they need to comply with these rules and the medics here are going to check them theyre going to take. The good advise then theyre going to check through it. Takes web samples and 7 may have to get tested after that one of these people are going to be said for sanskrit the medics however will stay at the station day and night working in shifts while the infection may have slowed International Travel to a trickle of its former self there are still thousands and thousands of people waiting to get back. Here you can see microscopic images of covert 1000 shown by russian scientists the countrys Health Ministry says the 1st complete genome of the virus was deciphered from a sample taken from an infected patient the majority of russian coronavirus patients are being sent to moscows common arca hospital r. T. Discussed the pandemic with the hospitals. Chief doctor and he explained why the virus has spread rapidly in russia. Most of. The situation in moscow is very open we get constant updates on the overall situation which are the age ranges going up the 1st patients were aged between 30 and 35 people returning from that travelers know its the people who came into contact with are typically 37 and moved so far were not seeing an exponential spread of the virus this is no miracle its due to the tough measures in place in moscow relating to contacts in corn. I see several ways this crisis might go if russia follows the chinese example then i expect it to end in many r jews but if russia sees an italian style of response then it wont end till september. The u. S. Secretary of state has slammed this information over the coronavirus outbreak in my pump made clear who he thinks is responsible film often has the details. As the United States struggles to cope with the outbreak of corona virus fingers are being pointed at russia china and iran for spreading disinformation related to the outbreak this is what we heard from u. S. Secretary of state mike palm pale the issue of decision permission is there any particular locus for this decision or mission or is a diffuse this pretty diffused unfortunately but weve certainly seen it come from places like china and russia and iran for their coordinated efforts to disparage what america is doing an arc of idiot to do all the things the president trying to set in motion here no evidence has been presented to back up these accusations and now weve heard from the Russian Foreign ministry which has made clear that these accusations themselves are distant from ation as russia is not engaged in any dissin from asian operations and such accusations are in effect dividing the Global Community and hampering relief efforts this the well accusations against russia disinformation and thanks about the coronavirus pride and europe and the whole world are a big disinformation and create themselves lets take a look at the presumption of innocence here is their occupations you know an avid institution out of them there can be any claims action you know it can be used as a part of such an aggressive informational can in fact u. S. Leaders continue to hurl accusations such as donald trump continuing to refer to it as the chinese the virus and to claim that china is somehow responsible for the outbreak because they hid information or somehow engaged in behavior that hindered relief efforts now this is donald trump and the response to his words from chinese officials if we had known about this a number of months earlier it could have been contained to that one area in china where it stood and certainly the world is paying a big price for what they did in the world is paying a very big price for not. For not letting them come out Everybody Knows that. Recently some u. S. Officials have made insulting comments about china amidst the pandemic outbreak these comments know the correlate with. The decisions of the World Health Organization. Rage among Chinese People express condemnation the resoundingly demand of the Global Community seems to be for a United International effort to defeat covert 19 and end the pandemic now it seems however countries continue to exchange these accusations and that International Tensions havent diffused despite the fact that there is such a widespread call for united action to stop the pandemic british Prime MinisterBoris Johnson has to come to pressure and finally order the closure of all pubs bars and restaurants after britons ignored official advice to stay at home it comes as the number of those infected with cove in 1000 is over 3000 with death standing at more than 180 and counting in the country but we need agreement between the formations of you know kinda ministrations we are quick to be telling tele cafes pubs and restaurants to clues tonight as soon as they reasonably can and the u. K. S Health Officials are introducing new measures by the day to cope with the pandemic but the Health Secretary drawing on a wartime slogan. We are writing to over 65000 nurses and doctors who recently come off the register recently retired or left the n. H. S. And saying that your country needs the n. H. S. And the n. H. S. Needs you. Englands top doctor and nurse have called out to former colleagues well left in the last 3 years to reregister to help tackle what they call the worlds greatest Health Threat in 100 years also finally are medical students will be offered temporary paid jobs. There are enough trained who are who are experienced to do to deal with with the issue with coronavirus patients theyre bringing in student nurses theyre bringing in retired nurses a lot of doctors and nurses were concerned that it wasnt. Appropriate p p e e p s the protective equipment like mosques and surgical gowns and the base there is that cover you from droplets the protection that you have when youre dealing with queries isnt enough youre literally just hoping that you will test negative i mean these days tests come back 3 days 3. 00 to 5. 00 days is fair enough if they come back 2 hours 8 hours after theyve been tested but the fact that were not getting. The appropriate p. P. And the government is addressing that and im hoping they do address it quickly because its just been then going to encourage the spread of the disease if the nurses and doctors are protected and that would in further lower the stuffing levels rise all the Health Worker we just heard from also says she was assaulted and racially abused recently on her way to an overtime night shift. Out of nowhere some man just elbows my rig and pushes me to the side and then the female partner came from the right hand side he then started screaming racial abuse saying at least where whites you effing see and code my nursing idea out and i showed it said look im a nice were now soon were about to go into shit growing up here were different different color. Of the experience loads of different types of races and this fear and anxiety are causing people to look for someone to blame and the asian the asian. People are getting victimized come into work and people i hear the other day i was just standing and someone told me to go home but china take the coronavirus with me definitely this this pandemic has. Has it is definitely been instrumental in increasing the amount of racial abuse being. Directed to the asian asian population. And while the government is busy with the n. H. S. And trying to stop people socialising work i went to have a look at the case supermarkets amid a wave of panic buying. Things you only see global pandemic. Sorry a pandemic is global as now theres no trolleys. Was. Just the one lonely trolley until at. Least freaking out. People queuing for bread. Queueing for bridge. Not funny anymore. One ketchup bottle. Section is really. Based fish and chips anyone. And all the meat you could not but some you havent become a con of all your ever researching took companies. And now theres no meat and loads of vegan stuff on the shelves where is the bread. Nothing. To do you think you. Know what youre looking for. Nothing in the frozen food section. Oh no wait there is something there is a massive queue for the checkout so i thought it would be a good idea to go to a chinese supermarket. I was wrong waiting to get in there one in one hour. Delay what to believe them for the 1st ok one in one out of 100. 00 you know youre out there about every month you know. Why did you come here oh no did you think you would be smiling if you argue. With the 3rd day of total lockdown in france the police have issued more than 4000. 00 fines for those who broke quarantine rules a number of coronavirus deaths in the country has jumped to 372 and as people continue to breach the lockdown the french government has lashed out at citizens for not taking the situation seriously enough. When i see people still going to the park to get together or heading to the beach or to open markets they seem not to understand the message from the authorities a lot of our fellow citizens are still taking this too likely there are people who think theyre modern day heroes by breaking the rules while they are in fact e. T. S. France went into a 15 day quarantine on tuesday people are only permitted to leave their houses for certain specific reasons like buying basic necessities helping a relative or walking a dog anyone caught leaving without a written explanation is time 135 euros. A head of the looming lockdown many persians packed their bags and started fleeing to the countryside and now many locals in the regions are afraid the virus will be brought right to their doors charlatans kaye reports. For many parisians the idea of a look down meant one thing only the holidays had come early and with that and those that could vacated the city before the confinement began but as parisians deserted their city on mass at their destinations they werent exactly being welcomed with open arms i understand that presents wanted to go to the countryside but our ecosystem is fragile we must be careful we hold the present did not bring the virus read them specially since our hospitals here are small but regions who go to il durant despite being potentially contaminated do you think we have your hospitals no we have small hospitals which are overcrowded in normal times stop go into 2nd homes to flee will your potential cure yours in some rural areas signs of appeared essentially accusing parisians of spreading the virus others are concerned that those scenes weve seen of supermarkets are ransacked by desperate shoppers who are causing food could now be about to hit their communities some say thats already happened there are also concerns that if the forest does take hold in the Regions Health services will be overwhelmed and able to cope. There is clearly a risk of overcrowding for a local hospital we do not have an intensive care units and we have to evacuate patients to the mainland concerned about the influx of people trying to escape the city some of sorties have taken action in one part of brittany all rental accommodation has been banned on 4 islands until the end of march warnings have also been issued to parisians reminding them that they owe not on holiday things may not be about to get any easier 15 days of confinement already felt like a lifetime to many here and fronts but it seems that theyre going to have to buckle in for an even longer journey the countrys director general of Public Health has warned an extension will be very likely necessary show that even ski. Paris. Still to come major Car Manufacturers have suspended production due to become one of ours can damage details on that after the break. Join me every thursday on the alec simon show and ill be speaking to guests of the world of politics or business im show business ill see you then. Welcome back to the worlds biggest carmaker volkswagen is suspending production worldwide the company which owns brands like porsche and body built more than 10000000 vehicles last year more than any other car maker given the present significant deterioration in the sales situation and the heightened uncertainty regarding parts applies to a plunge production is to be suspended in the near future factories operated by group bronze volkswagens decision fall similar moves by other mass carmakers toyota b. M. W. Were not and more have all shuttered their plans during the Global Health crisis and the e. U. Alone the sector is responsible for around 14000000. 00 jobs the pandemic is causing huge problems for the u. S. Job market as well with the countrys unemployment claims seeing one of the largest spikes on record the u. S. Labor department has reported several 100000 claims filed and forecasts are dire with some predicting theyll be millions of jobless americans by next week. Editorial director at American Institute for Economic ResearchJeffrey Tucker says the Global Economy is facing increasing pressure by the day. This is the kind of decision that the private sector has to make amends to some extent also the responding to demands to is for social doesnt c. N. N. And theres a lot of public pressure Public Sector pressure on private Companies Just to shut down which is in many ways tragic and i think theres going to be a lot of things to discuss after all this is over about who called for these shutdowns and why and to the extent to which there was actually in a kind of a rational calculation between the health risk and the obvious catastrophic economic costs of whats taken place in the World Economy right now the pressure is growing by is a day by the hour by the minute for for the politicians to line up their decisions Public Policy decisions with the actual documented health risks as israel battle the spread of coded 19 with more than 700 cases registered the countrys caretaker Prime Minister and his party have been accused of using the crisis to hold on to power after inconclusive elections 100 protests and the anti outbreak measures imposed this quite a ban on mass gatherings. As you can see people were carrying black flags as a symbol of a black day for democracy protesters were detained by police near the Parliament Building and by shutting down the Court Systems netanyahu has effectively postponed his own corruption trial parliamentary proceedings have also been suspended which opponents say stops them from pushing forward plan legislation against the Prime Minister netanyahu is also under fire from valence activists are putting emergency spy powers to stop the coronavirus spread. And the Prime Minister says the moves are essential to deal with the pandemic but opposition groups and analysts warn they are undemocratic. We need to be very careful not to even approach the margins of dictatorship the 1st coronavirus dictatorship its in you know who lost the elections so under the pretext of fights in corona hes closed the Israeli Parliament or the people to stay in their homes and this issue and lots of emergency decrees he wishes this is called a dictatorship that tweet angered netanyahu son who lashed out at the israeli historian we ask you to levy a columnist at israels hertz newspaper if netanyahu is indeed getting political benefit from the spread of the pandemic and his country. That area always menage in this crisis in quite a reasonable way tie would show if these were the right measures in the same time he benefits and politically and he does Anything Possible to benefit as much as possible from this crisis 1st of all because spreading fears is a 2nd name and secondly because he as i said before seems to handle it and many people want to see him right now at the Prime Ministers office at least until this this crisis would be over and ought to lead to someone who is no experience and was never Prime Minister was never a minister running this crisis so he gains a lot out of it no doubts. Italy has recorded its highest single day increase and deaths due to cope at 19627 people passed away on friday bringing the total to more than 4000 in the country a large scale loss of life has put a strain on Funeral Homes and of the worst hit provinces some crematoria have said they may not be able to take any more coffins due to overcrowding. For your obviously this situation creates an abnormal amount bringing us to an emergency phase making us very likely to hold for a few days in order to be able to recover some space. For us to use our premises dedicated for the final farewell as you can see this fire will room has become a provisional space. As it only remains in lockdown soldiers have been called to patrol the empty streets of palermo theyve been deployed to help local police at the request of the governor of sicily other cities and regions are also considering calling for army patrols about how to and factious disease specialists says the lockdown needs to continue to prevent tough defeat. Is a dramatic and we are facing a very big epidemic we should keep very strict measures the show called lockdown in order to reduce delivery still spreading the virus at the same extent that in this centro 16 and in this one the that it took so you have to remember especially in the north the reason a shortage of. Such as a physician and nurses able to face it these it. Very. Infectious disease experts are available now with the and it is a whole sort of take the very thing. Consider old number of Health Care Workers has been put there need to and they are not working optimistic view isnt the fact of it day by day that a constant percentage of increase of the new cases in respect of the total number of our target our goal is to reach as soon as possible the level below 10 which means that the transmission as a celebrated that and we can look at the future with a little more hope. Thats a breakdown of todays top headlines for now if youre looking for more you can always head to our website r. T. Dot com thanks for tuning in this hour. The last 10 or 15 years weve lived in era of big data where so much from our reality and our environment in our society is governed by experts interpreting data and now thanks to corona virus this is all being stripped away its all nonsense the crown of virus is now bringing back to america some intuitive sense of Self Reliance is going to be difficult just dont get. Is youll media a reflection of reality. In a world transformed. What will make you feel safe. Isolation whole community. Are you going the right way or are you being. Direct. What is true what is faith. In the world corrupted you need to descend. To join us in the depths. Or remain in the shallowness. Dr bob are not on the coronavirus pandemic and what you need to know d to stay safe on this edition of the politics. Of politicking im working from my home as many people are in America TodayUnited States reaction to the cause. On the virus pad demick ranges from complacency to outright panic while the white house tries to reassure a nation still split along partisan lines what the United States government has done and what is it done right what needs more attention the answer to that im joined by dr bob are not hes an Award Winning journalist former chief medical correspondent for n. B. C. And c. B. S. News bestselling author of more than a dozen books he joins us from stoll vermont ok once what do you think. Is the idea that the government to this point is handled this. Well you know its a tough question because the political i do think that the last 5 briefing from the white house have been terrific