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Impact of the coronavirus and. Their anger against the government over the lack of protective equipment for offices and threatens to stop and forcing the nationwide. Thanks for joining us with your global news update this is r. T. International. First an update on the scale of the curve in 1000 pandemic more than half a 1000000 cases have now been confirmed will white with 24000 lives lost so far 122000 have recovered from the virus. Her growing number of countries are now in force than either partial or complete lockdown to control the spread of the virus an estimated 3000000000 people almost half of the global population are under various forms of restriction or the u. S. Now has. I would say the u. S. Now has the largest number of covered 9000 cases in the world even outstripping china although 85000 americans have tested positive more than a 1000 have died new york city has been by far the worst hit with nearly 40000 cases thats more than half of the National Total 466 people have died in new york states the governor there and do co mo says that theres been a 40 percent surge in hospital admissions over just the past 24 hours and theres a severe shortage of hospital beds and ventilators finishes shabbas reports from new york. Today hospitals in new york struggling under the weight of the pandemic people come in to get integrated they die the cycle repeats elmhurst hospital in queens the bureau with the most coronavirus cases in the city in the center of the outbreak the hospital confirming at least 13 patient deaths within 24 hours right now its every day its nonstop literally. Unfortunately its my get to suggestion you have to pick and choose what youre going to do how youre going to do. It the doctors say a lot of people come not to be survive expire but you put the same machine but not the 1st song as medical staff operates out their limit hundreds of more people wait lining up outside to get tested for covert 19 but Officials Say the 545 bed hospital is overrun and in desperate need of medical supplies you know the systems overwhelmed all over the place the shortage of safety gear out one New York Hospital so dire nurses have resorted to wearing trash bags the situation in new york worsening by the hour the state accounting for roughly half the cases across the country discriminated ios shows teams setting up a makeshift morgue outside of Bellevue Hospital something that was done during Hurricane Sandy and 911911 was nothing compared to this we were open waiting for patients to come on never came. Ok. They just keep coming however a small sign of hope Governor Cuomo announcing that for the past few days the rate of hospitalizations is slowing although he cautions that the peak of the crisis could still be about 20 days away the governor as that while only about 15 percent of cases have required hospitalisation the state in his supports 140000 people will need to be hospitalized warning that he does not have enough beds or lifesaving ventilators and as medical personnel remain on the front lines we are learning that a member of mt sinai is nursing staff who has been treating coronavirus patients has passed away from colvin 19 the hospital saying in a Statement Today we lost another hero a compassionate colleague friend and selfless caregiver meantime the Hospital System initiating a procedure called plasmapheresis where they transfer antibodies from patients who have recovered from cold the 19 to those who are critically ill from the virus the procedure could be life saving reporting in new york Trinity Chavez r. T. Well the containment measures in place across the United States have forced businesses to close their doors and to lay off staff unemployment claims reach 3300000 this week but smashed previous records the number is 5 times higher than during the peak of the during 982. 00 recession the senates passed a 2 trillion dollar stimulus plan to keep businesses afloat. You might think that the u. S. Has enough to deal with at home but the state department is turning its focus on to venezuela offering a mugs 3000000. 00 bounty for the capture of president dura supposedly for narco terrorism. Were not acting as the worlds policeman or acting as policeman for ourselves and people are obligated to protect the American People its obvious that this administration feels that it can do whatever it wants the fact that billboard has to start his conference by saying we are not the policeman of the world in fact speaks of the fact that this action is highly political and really reinforces the notion of the us as an imperial power able to dictate policy able to order the arrest of World Leaders heads of states as it wishes so this is very much a clearly a political more a moment a cruel inhuman action at a time in which the country is reeling not only from the pandemic but also from low prices for oil and also dramatic shortages created in part by the sanctions imposed by both the Obama Administration and now the trump administration. Italy has suffered the largest loss of life of any country due to the pandemic more than 8000 people have died and there are 8000 confirmed cases the north of the country has been hardest hit this video shows a local crime a tour in that has been overwhelmed by the outbreak its overloaded with coffins additional refrigeration devices have been brought in as workers are unable to clear the dead in time similar scenes have been seen in lone bodies main hospital west stuff under immense pressure. On. All of. There were. No no no. This. Is. Simply. The more. The more the police is. Meanwhile as Different Countries come to italys aid more voices there are questioning the solidarity of e. U. Members this video showing an italian entrepreneur replacing the unions flag with a russian one at the entrance of his factory well this went viral we spoke to him about the gesture. We received for a mission to show people that you need to really. Fool off month period. Doctor ok instead of. Gloss everything were. Going to want to include political question id prefer to change it. To we for sure why explain very lovely to you to only question i want only to give birth. To this is the question why are you chief i want to choose to work for a very Firm Direction if you need. French police are threatening to stop and forcing the nation wide lockdown in place already for almost 2 weeks unions are accusing the government of failing to provide protective equipment after an officer died from cove in 19 on wednesday lets go live now to paris up correspondent covering events there for a show that clearly said very challenging situation for the police theyre trying to protect this by. Of the Mission Statement they also have to think about protecting themselves what is the situation as it stands. Well thats right Law Enforcement agencies have been particularly hard hit of this latest news that one of their own has lost their lives to cozied 19 what we know about that individual is that they were young dom 51 years old and as soon as they felt ill they were placed into self confinement but unfortunately the condition worsened on wednesday before the gendarme whos only been named as patrick g. In the french media could reach the hospital he had passed away now that latest development has ratcheted up the threats from Police Unions that unless they are given the protective gear that they need that they will stop enforcing the law down this is what the unions had to say in a joint statement to the ministry of interior. Into union is issuing a solemn warning to the minister who the means of protection are lacking Police Officers will only carry out Urgent Missions and will no longer and force the lock down. Well the lockdown in francois has been going on since march 17th and since that around 800000 finds have been given out by the Police Officers and john downs across the country there are around a 100000 have been deployed to do just that but they have been angry now since the beginning of that lockdown over fears of the lack of protective mosques that theyve had many Police Unions have talked about the fact not just that they fear because they coming into contact with so many people to issue these fines to check the permission slips that we need to be out on the streets in france that they could be liable to catch the virus but also then could be a vector of transmission so this is something thats really been consuming the union since the start now the ministry of interior has infuriated the Police Officers and the unions even further in the last few days after it requisition the f f p 2 masks these the highly protective masks took them away and said the Police Officers had to give them to the Health Workers now weve been talking to one police union in the last week about some of the fear is that they have their members. Security Officers Police and other people who are poor in the country need to be protected this farce does not distinguish between Police Medics and of the citizens were not even sure that we Police Officers not potentially in fact some people when we do our checks so we need mosques and other pretext for equipment to keep us safe and others. Well nora nunez to use the junior interior minister says that the government is policy is to pass those highly protective mosques on to the Health Workers and that they are working to provide the police with other mosques and a working on alternatives for the situation but this is a lot of mosques isnt just a problem for the police its been described by one Nursing Union here in france as a key. In to a state scandal and thats because france doesnt have enough mosques for its emergency workers and they say is just the latest headache for the french government in the last few days we also know that a group of medics filed a complaint of negligence against top officials here in france that includes the Prime Minister Edward Felipe saying that they didnt do enough to avert the pandemic of the coronavirus pandemic here in france and this comes of course as france is trying to battle against kofi 19 as the numbers of infected and the numbers of those who have apparently died from cope at 19 continue to rise. Thanks charlotte our correspondent in paris to charlotte doobs here with that update. Now if youre in isolation the European Space agency has some tips on how to cope with a long period on your road that story coming up with this after the break. 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Nicolas maduro and venezuela have been a thorn in americas side for a very long time now and we weve seen what theyve done theyve theyve increasingly increased pressure in venezuela theyve frozen their accounts stolen their money essentially theyve refused to recognize the government a government that is recognized by more than 100 nations in the un the United States got 60 of its friends to stop recognizing. They financed who and why do the opposition when they hope that hed be able to rally venezuelans against because we do that in power out they they. Surrounded the countries that surround venezuela they have offered them exercise military war games equipment deals everything in order to get them to turn against the class murderer and nothing has worked he is still in power and this this you know look at it Nicolas Maduro wanted this is its like something you might find. On a lamppost or on a post in the wild west back in the 1900 this is a new low even for the United States although it is a practice lou im guessing it doesnt say dead or alive or not and perhaps its best we dont know that. Already knew that he was under pressure from the u. S. And i know hes officially got a bounty on his head is he had any kind of reaction to what he said exactly what i said he said the United States the attorney general william barr theyre behaving essentially like cowboys. This is an extreme vulgar and miserable action from Donald Trumps administration they have released a set of false accusations and slander acting like cowboys racists of the 19th century they put a price on the head of revolutionaries but we are ready to fight them wherever they are if the u. S. Imperialist all agog he dares to touch a single one of us prepare yourselves for the bolivarian fury of our people which will devastate all of you. On the face of it this is the very definition of politically motivated persecution pro prosecution because Nicolas Maduro is obviously someone that the United States doesnt like it although it is obviously someone that they have tried to get rid of repeatedly in in a number of ways nothing has worked so so theyve come up with with this. This very basic poster saying new targets. Is this something that we have seen before weve seen of the leaders put on a wanted list like this is that this is essentially a copy of what the United States did to panama or 30 years ago it was the same man abrams that was in charge of the whole affair they also accused the leader of panama for trying to run drugs into the United States coke aides organized together with fark colombian rebels. Exactly the same thing exactly the same pardons that they used to get rid of the government in panama and now theyre doing the same thing in venezuela. You know if Nicolas Maduro has managed to hold all the spite all the pressure all the pressure from all the different sides that the United States has leveled at him trump promising you need me a monthly that something you wouldnt wonderful was coming up to help the people of venezuela and get rid of Nicolas Maduro who too many of the people of venezuela seem to support. And now and now suddenly this but. It isnt you know of the United States can do anything as long as my daughter who enjoys the support that he does in venezuela theres very little chance of arresting him and now trafficking the charges you think is that you still got the support of the people which is probably the more more bombing of all of all matters only definitely a huge segment of the venezuelan population definitely ok because theyre willing to see their many facts. Now the European Space agency is offering help to millions of people who are now confined to their homes because of the ongoing pandemic the agency held a free online conference same that connecting people across the globe with space explorers and scientists one of the participants was Samantha Christopher 30 who holds the record for the longest uninterrupted space flight by european astronaut we here at r. T. The chance to speak with that. And International Space station we have a big space stations they have a lot of space so that its not difficult but i can imagine people nowadays right now families having to live in a small apartment all day 24 hours but we also have to think of people who maybe live alone and so theyre theyre really isolated there are some strategies that people maybe can use to cope and to help each other the number one thing the really most important one is to communicate a lot we really try to stay connected to our families to our friends to our loved ones on earth but i think its really important also for people who right now are in isolation you know we really have to become the phone sky email whatever we need whatever works to make sure that we keep those human connections going the other thing is that im spacestation we are very very busy and 3 day that i think to keep psychologically healthy because you know every day we get up and we have a lot of things to do. Among the possible impacts of self isolation are posttraumatic stress as well as anxiety anger and Health Complications leading even to premature death tell us theyre sure neck a medical doctor and social commentator believes that the adjustments will be a huge challenge for people people. For a 3rd of the world we now its estimated that one 3rd of the world is are sleeping for many people this is a new think the just dont you know you just heard from litle before to now is going to be a challenge for me all the adults do it its the friends or families and their immediate forward of contact can be helpful the television. So i think these people the problems going to become exacerbated by others it will be especially ssion i think for young people as well i mean for them a lot going to places going to school to College University thats just not you young people young adults who suddenly find such cut off from their friends their contacts there the social apps they hit maybe maybe harder to speak herself isolating its proved to be their challenge for the more social people among us pubs and clubs where they might be out but enjoying a drink certainly isnt as police found out. In the time of the current virus the internet has stepped in to help us through this cell phone isolation with something called the warranty which was actually 1st hand in our own t. V. Show scrubs is important to note that the warranty neat isnt really going to help you im sick may actually make you feel that much for us but is that any Science Behind this concoction there are 3 simple ingredients the fast is a vision and see insoluble fall by the way is very hard to time by now they apparently dont just sit in new york or treating them with 19 patients with massive doses of vitamin c. Because apparently thats the advice coming from china where it is said to have worked well with the pace of their societies the 2nd ingredient in all. The alcohol equivalent to Hand Sanitizer on the serving gradient is. Why you mix them together in whatever one has its uses but. These presentation is very morals and rob there are a lot of your glass the one that you plan on presenting the cocktail is good we need a slice of lemon extra bits of misery there. To fit in some of your precious precious little missy said lucia and in order to make this time to plastic warrants he. 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Russian dolls diane press michael sam war of. Michael welcome to the show our so many questions about the ongoing me so there are a lot of truly dabney diseases where the significantly higher mortality rate and 19 a ball of virus. Inside. Bird flu 39 swine flu. How come that this virus not the worlds deadliest by any means could the whole planet on a lockdown. That. Joint you question all just well all well actually this actually but. No there was. No. We here. You can you can use years which is. Deadly for certain population or for people and our elderly people though here there. Are why did you. Get in the series and i think its one