A sentence of it fears of a corona Virus Outbreak in prisons we hear from his legal team. It was. As we listened. To the minister for justice it is really just because you look at the drivers and. The horrors and reality strike a painful cold in italy is the nation comes to terms with the scale of the pandemic one church is what you say and here in the north its been turned into a storage unit now for the dead. Hello this is Art International is just to midday here this thursday my names kevin know in this 30 minute world news right. 1st coronavirus is rapidly spreading out around the world the current number of covert 19 confirmed cases stands at nearly half a 1000000 as of today the death toll has moved beyond 21000 globally the amount of recoveries though is also on the rise nearly 115000 roughly a quarter of all known infections. So in the latest developments to report today the french president has given the green light to operation resilience as its called its a military plan that will see the Army Deployed to help with the logistics and medical support there in defeating coronavirus. I have decided to launch operation resilience it will be entirely devoted to providing aid and support to populations as well as to supporting Public Services to deal with the covered 19 epidemic both in mainland france and in the French Overseas departments and when you are crawling now whats the plan for the army as he visited a makeshift Field Hospital on wednesday its been forced to take patients because regular hospitals are struggling to keep up with the virus right now paris is also promised a Huge Investment for the Health Care System but medical workers in france feel its been a Long Time Coming with demands going back for that already for more than a year with investments being promised by governments worldwide on the back of mass quarantines next today shell are due bensky looks at why the money wasnt injected sooner and how long the nations can keep up the spending. Economies across the world have ground to a halt kilian measures have been announced. To governments offering to pay full salaries you cannot work there is a scramble to inject amounts of money into the system to counter the economic fallout of the pandemic the costs are expected to exceed anything known in germany from economic crisis to natural disasters in recent decades as knock downs are implemented with no clear end in sight the real question perhaps is now how long could the world afford this this pandemic has brought the 3rd and most serious economic financial and social crisis of the 21st century the strict measures applied around the world all the essential to control the spread of the virus plunge our economies into an unprecedented paralysis from which they will not come out easily or automatically already we know that some 67000000. 00 us citizens are worried about how they going to pay their credit card bills because of the pandemic other fears about finding money for the more essential basic needs of life accommodation and food while the multitrillion for now will keep things taking a long and over some point that will end governments will have to choose between keeping the economy running or treating populations it is impossible to leave even in self isolation and to cure people if we do not continue the Economic Activity that quite simply allows us to live in this country our daily life so that eating out to restaurants going to the cinema meeting friends perhaps for a drink or even having a haircut these are all activities that contribute to. Keeping our economies taking over the money top sliced off by our governments in taxes then goes towards paying for essential services be that the doctors and nurses who are currently at the frontline of the war against 19. 00 all the ability to purchase ventilators and other essential medical equipment governments need money and money comes from a healthy working economy we have already been warned that when containment measures finally and this will not be over the virus will not magically disappear this idea that if you close schools and shut restaurants for a couple of weeks you solve the problem and get back to normal life thats not whats going to happen this virus is going to be circulating potentially for a year or 2 so we need to be thinking on those times goes. Social distancing may provide a respite from infection peak rates the socalled flattening the curve model but the impact that could have on wrong term economies could some believe provoke spikes in deaths elsewhere in the u. S. State of massachusetts a Suicide Prevention hotline has seen a surge in cools the majority of people call me lately im mentioning all talking about fear of contracting the virus Economic Impact and prison loneliness or isolation we anticipate and there will be an increased need for Services Like ours for a time to come in countries where social safety nets 0 and particularly robust or or perhaps nonexistent this is a real concern President Trump is well aware of this despite lawmakers agreeing on a 2 trillion dollars stimulus package trump knows like china he may have to prioritize the economy we have people get tremendous anxiety and depression and you have suicide over things like this when you have a terrible economy you have death probably i mean definitely would be in far greater numbers than the numbers that were talking about with regard to the various governments who they enact a draconian lockdowns now face an even bigger die lemma given that a vaccine for the virus is still possibly a year or even 2 years away and that were being warned by Health Experts that covert 19 will remain a deadly force when recess or take over the Financial System becomes the more pressing issue how will they sell the exit strategy from containment we heard from economics professor Richard Wolfe who believes action should have been taken sooner. We are going worst condition of unemployment now when unemployment goes up right along right every conceivable still szell problem we. Grow a little child that you did war just you name it golds really it thats one of the reasons you can i possibly predict the next fallout of all of this everything that government has done since we 1st learned about the a coronavirus in december of last year has been too little and way too late and my judgment as best i can see it now is that this bill are still mostly in the form of a splint there will also be true little and too late. So much information to process of all this going on you can watch the full version of the interview with Richard Wolffe if you fancy it arties boom bust show on this plenty more about the challenges facing the Global Economy and all of us right now on our web site r t dont come. Here russia is registered its 1st 2 deaths from covert 19 so far it currently has 840. 00 cases with more than half of those infected here in moscow all International Flights now are said to be grounded from tomorrow except for those bringing citizens back home moscow and reaches across russia have started introducing a series of tight restrictions to halt the spread of the deadly virus has got across all of this now and get the russian side of it from our correspondent down there in central moscow hey there morning well 1st of all do we know about these 2 patients who have died. Well there were they were both elderly and 88 year old and a 73 year old there were contradictory messages that 1st about their deaths so doctors confirm that they had the cord a virus then they said one of the patients died because of a blood clot so they were writing her death off to that but then they said you know the underlying cause was the covert 19 virus it led to a whole series of complications these were 2 very elderly people they had a lot of many Underlying Health conditions and those those became severe they had severe pneumonia as well as Everybody Knows the virus targets the elderly and the infirm with Underlying Health conditions the most theyre the most vulnerable category of people by the way that the 2 people that died yesterday there the 2nd and 3rd to the total tallies 3 dead valid russia 3 people have died from the virus 840 are confirmed to be infected around the country and that has that has grown in the last week or so doubled in fact but theres a whole slew of new measures coming into force very soon glad to me putin spoke address the nation yesterday proposing many of the wide variety of new measures to to to sort of hold the spread of the virus of course in russia isnt anywhere near near as bad as it is in italy for example in france and spain in the European Countries or the United States but the government is trying to stay a step ahead of stride to prevent the infection from spreading from russia following the western scenario of course the asian scenario where theres a recovery instead of a worsening of conditions is much more preferable for russia so glad we are putin proposed that starting on the 30th of march that all of russia has a week long Holiday Weekend that last week so nobody will be. Go into work but by law if the government approves this everybody will get to keep their pay theyre also going to raise the minimum wage Unemployment Benefits capital for money handouts for families with children maternal capital its called in russia. Is introducing is soon set of measures to prevent the virus from spreading so already weve seen for example swimming pools james suits of social sushil places shut down for the generation of the separate demick to prevent that spread and now theyre going to add many more victims for example weve heard about cafes and restaurants being locked out most schools parks for the 1st time in living memory a completely empty theyve been shut out in most schools where. It was very direct he said theyll be nothing to do outside just just stay to do its for your room good its for the good of everyone else so theres certainly a lot of i wouldnt call it fear but there is tension in russia and there is a feeling that you know hope for the best but prepare for the worst. Yeah the next couple of weeks this next weekend is going to be pretty crucial isnt it will continue reporting on as best we can with your help to murkowski is there in central moscow thank you. To get more perspective on tone chris so ski host of the epidemic series here on this channel spoke with people returning home to russia from viral hotspots about what theyve been through and the quarantines here firsthand. How did you end up in this hospital. I ride by plane at 11 am from bologna to moscow and i went into self isolation the next day 8815 i opened my door and was met by a medical school or i was really afraid that i would like people in plague suits yeah exactly i noticed i had a message at 8 in the morning which i only read later that said al flight had people infected with corona virus they moved promptly they gave me just 20 minutes together my stuff and then took me away in a medical vehicle i scored an ambulance. Yes and i was taken here welcome and filled in documents then they made me under arrest and all my clothes were put in a bag and disinfected all my things were wiped clean i pads telephones everything i had on me they gave me temporary clothes for a day while my clothes were being disinfected. So you were here for how long day 6777 say you are here what exactly do you do. In the evening and i have a class with my students online i teach painting at the circus art institute. In the morning i have an Online Sports class i do that every day with my personal trainer i think im already thinner. I flew out from italy because my friends and i couldnt get through on the phone to hospitals even the ones not dealing with the coronavirus i thought it would be safer to just get out and back to moscow im currently in the safest place take care of yourself sit home those of you who can go to voice wiki leaks that is a doing the sarge meantime has been denied bail in the u. K. As Health Concerns over code 19 strikes fear into prisons the israeli whistleblowers lawyers say that hes a great risk in britain so security belmarsh jail we currently is wiki leaks spoken out claiming at least 100. 00 workers at the facility are off sick with symptoms of the virus. It was pathetic to listen to david. To the message of course just relied on the prison authorities reliable reports that there was no colvin 19 pain is inside belmarsh prison while we little more lawful good stuff will belmar us our lives 10 years of our detention has left him in a very poor health these are very vulnerable individual at this moment it is unjust and ensure we made in light of the cries of that we will facing. So the City International is now calling on the u. K. Authorities to release 2 in a science if he is a risk they say hes currently awaiting possible extradition to the u. S. After British Police forcibly removed him from londons Ecuadorian Embassy after 7 years holed up there as soldiers lawyers say that on top of existing Health Conditions connected to isolation he also has a lung problem we spoke to a member of his legal team. Considering the possibility of an infection outbreak in overcrowded belmarsh prison anderson and his Health Condition after almost 7 years of imprisonment he should be released immediately the peculiarity of the prison is that the real large turnover of people besides its over crowded already so prisoners are in close contact with each other the British Government itself warns about the situation can appear in prisons in all countries besides songes not convicted officially in britain hes just going through an extradition process he hasnt been convicted hes not serving a sentence. Well if youre in the sciences extradited to the u. S. He could face up to 175 years in prison for leaking confidential data lawyers fear is hearing and possible trial that could be politically motivated over his publishing of alleged u. S. War crimes on wednesday the judge looking into his songes bail declared he still posed a flight risk but a former u. N. Expert on our attention told r. T. That the coronavirus pandemic now means that that argument falls flat. 1st of all she sought refuge asylum in an at an American Embassy sit well. Is it likely that he could seek refuge in refuge in any similar embassy and now i dont think so and secondly its Free Movement much more restricted today than it has been only a month ago so the likelihood of somebody being able to to flee the United Kingdom under the extreme form of Political Police surveillance that mr sarge obviously would be in addition to to use it as a site in press following him its not very likely hes house has the terror it is in New Territory thats not a question of finally larkham and its a question of the man being in a situation where his health is well hes life he may not so why this. Extra at the added risk of the current and be demick is extremely serious this man should be kept in isolation in a private facility and not in a prison. Your charts International Good days here thank you for taking the time to check into us today as we update you coming up off the break with the u. K. Bringing in strict new measures all monday some brits it seems is still ignoring warnings we take a look at that more so than back. Join me every thursday on the alex salmond shill and ill be speaking to a guest of the world of politics sports business im show business ill see you then. Again now authorities in italy are hopeful theyve started to turn the tide on the pandemic the number of confirmed cases have gone down there for a 4th consecutive day but still the country seeing hundreds of people succumb to the virus on a daily basis still with italy remaining the hardest hit nation in terms of fatalities and desperate times of call for Desperate Measures in one northern town this is a sad thing to see isnt it were a church is being turned into a Holding Place for coffins coffin upon coffin that the situation is so bad that there are queues forming around the province for Funeral Services a priest for the church said they are expecting many more coffins to in the coming days mean time ever more countries are coming to italys aid to help with a crisis best they can a convoy of 22 trucks with russian medical experts and special equipments reportedly reached berger more now considered to be the epicenter in its of the of the break in the north as road reached out for support its not only russia but also china and cuba too that responded we heard from residents in milan about it who seem surprised that norm in you members end of the day here have so far shown greater solidarity in the fight against coronavirus. Can i let you know that we should be thankful to russia but also to china and cuba as well as to other countries outside the european union. It is right to help each other in this instance we too will be ready to help other countries when the need arises. The events of in with the jet i think in such circumstances any kind of help regardless affords you know ideology must be accepted in my. Living must unless its a welcome hand because italy has been left alone so for me they did a good Competitive Forces on european aid has been greater than aid that came from within the e. U. Community see what i mean when germany or france need help were always there for them when its the opposite not so much. Well many people started solidarity afraid of the rapidly growing Health Crisis some were going to their way to capitalize on the shortage of facemask so your correspondent peter all of us got that one. As the coronavirus brings the world to its knees we all seeing some exploiting fear and scarcity to try and make money out of protective equipment like these face masks a hospital in cologne was looted of thousands of face masks and 6000000 yes thats right 6000000 masks that was supposed to arrive in germany last week from kenya failed to show up and seem to have disappeared without a trace in moscow over a 100000 was stolen from a warehouse while in ukraine gunmen masqueraded a Security Services to rob thousands of protective facemasks police in the United States were able to recover some stolen masks and sets about donating them to those in need theres also Major Concerns about fakes coming on to the market criminals will stop at nothing to make a profit the Illicit Trade in such kinds of fake medical items during the public Health Crisis shows the total disregard for peoples well being or their lives while Front Line Health Care workers are scrambling for functioning personal Protection Equipment fashion houses and social media stars being slammed for trying to cash in on this crisis. In france the government to step in to regulate just you should have access to face masks saying that its only those in high risk groups all those that are confirmed to be infected with covert 19 that actually need to wear them in the 1st place and they arent the only things in high demand and its a cargo ship bound for tunisia has in the words of that countrys trade mint. Being pirated now the cargo ship in question was full of Vital Equipment and supplies needed for the manufacture of Hand Sanitizer then theres toilet paper despite being made from recycled paper and produced by the millions of rolls in almost every country around the world people keep stockpiling it. Thank. You i prefer to separate its pretty its being used as a currency gimmick by one australian coffee its been described as the best gift in these times by lifestyle magazines and more seriously a man in Sydney Australia is being sought by police after he held up the store at knife point and made off with 500. 00 toilet rolls really its unbelievable how things that had being so commonplace become so sought after in times of crisis peter all of our r. T. Early in crazy times well as the u. K. Braces itself for those 24 hour Health Updates on the effects of the corona virus across the country on wednesday it was confirmed that the heir to the british throne has been infected Prince Charles tested positive with reported mild symptoms hes in isolation the 71 year old prince of wales is self isolating and after u. K. Prime minister Boris Johnson president and step to set a nationwide a lot for at least 3 weeks but some brits of finding the measures necessary they think it inconvenient continuing to go outdoors its been called reckless by fellow citizens whove now started a hash tag called cove idiots on twitter. If you were. And you want. To break. These bloody idiot seem to think theyre enjoying a summers day in the park the u. K. Is in lockdown for sake its a Lockdown People not a holiday still at home the longer you persist in behaving like idiots the longer this is going to continue people ignoring the key log down and treating it as a special holiday event video its who are some seem less concerned others in the u. K. Of being caught up in panic buying which is leaving fellow citizens short of essential xin love for paracetamol. Failed how people are still trying their best to keep up with their day to day life after the lot. 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