Organization. For me this is a test a few manatee we are for the most important lesson for us is to rebuild the Health Care System. Hello good evening welcome you watching r. T. International. 10 oclock this saturday evening here in moscow lets start with an update on the figures because across the globe more than 650000 cases of 19 have now been confirmed that is up 20 percent in the last 24 hours alone 139000 have recovered in total but over 30000. 00 people have died from the outbreak. Well the British Government is ramping up its efforts to contain the virus police have been given new powers in the using drones to make sure that citizens do stick to the rules and stay at home. Well heres a video message that was posted by police in the county of darby share in the u. K. It is a people to avoid all nonessential movement and that includes walking the dog in the pay to play district or going for a long walk and instagram as a single dad to their told not to get not to go out of their way to get a good selfie because governments around the world to come up with new ways of fighting the pandemic there are fears that things could never go back to normal we were aghast you have takes a look now at how the global lockdown could change our lives forever. This pandemic will and already it is changing us society i do mean the economy or social distancing i mean privacy freedoms these are now a danger to our health this isnt about judgment condemnation or endorsement this is a Global Health crisis many lives are at stake and desperate times call for Desperate Measures but look and see whats happening before our very own eyes troops and Armored Vehicles on the streets of western cities drools patrolling cities and ordering civilians to return to their homes. Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah. Nationwide lockdowns police and troops detaining civilians for violating curfews a lot in the middle east or china but in europe and italy alone more than 100000 people have been charged for violating the laws down drones monitored citizens from above where they walk their dogs where they park where they congregate robots robots patrolled streets governments telling neighbors and friends and family to report each other if they find out someone violated quarantine we have created an online report in porto where people can submit a form to advise of and a gathering that are not in it here is with the guidance and easy to demand on one on one all of this was completely unimaginable a few months ago but its all about. Stopping the virus at whatever cost in the fight against this senator a crisis it is paramount that we anticipate the spread of the pandemic and its likely peak in each country in israel they started tracking peoples movements with their phones to catch those violating 7 quarantine or to warn people whove been me as someone who was infected in america in europe in russia theyre talking about doing the same thing mobile phones have been turned into tracking devices for our own good they say its hard to argue with that and personally for the duration of the crisis i dont mind my question isnt when this will end the total control my question is will it head and the European Data protection supervisor often stresses that such developments usually do not contain the possibility to step back when the emergencies go how often the governments or police give up powers you dont need me to answer that you know full well yourself were all afraid were all confused and worried for our loved ones fear has gripped world our society because of that we have given up without complaint our freedoms to our governments for our own good im not here to judge im only stating the obvious with the hope that when this nightmare is over and that fear passes well get our freedoms back now the 1st royal has died from the princes maria teresa or spain lost her life on friday her brother has confirmed she was 86 years old more than 800 feet ins in spain have died in the last 24 hours alone bringing the countrys toll to more than 5000 any country worst hit in europe. The moment and that recorded more than 900 deaths from corona virus on friday alone this is the highest figure since the start of the outbreak hospitals are under great strain there is admissions continue to saw an intensive care unit in the northern italian city of bresh here is now running at 5 times capacity we heard from a doctor there he said that medics are having to improvise to save lives but without the hospitals at the forefront of many aspects of treatment and intensive therapy we have suddenly found ourselves having to invent new treatments and use new machinery that we would have never used in a normal condition about 2 thirds of the patients spend a long period in intensive care. The number of beds has to be consciously increased because there are always more people coming in than being d just. I spent 13 to 14 hours a day here at the hospital my colleagues have tripled their duties and are working night shifts to cope with the influx of patients meanwhile ourself isolation has become the new norm for millions of people who are now working from home however for most Blue Collar Workers thats simply not an option that includes Delivery Services unions in europe and are raising concerns that were back there safety in charlotte pinsky reports. Just a few weeks ago they were deemed unskilled workers im talking about the people who stack supermarket shelves or deliver our groceries books clothes and gadgets now as coded 900 forces us to hunker down in our homes they have become alongside Health Professionals some of the most essential workers of our time without those people we wouldnt be able to run as a nation we wouldnt have an economy and people wont be able to cook food on the table we just various clutches to shoot. Rolls of toilet rolls weve always done things like. In getting these products out. Just like doctors and nurses who are fighting a war against this virus delivery drivers are also putting themselves on the front line and potentially at risk of be lying if i wasnt if i was saying that it wasnt. Especially with Everything Else in the media well weve obviously implemented a lot of protective measures and social distancing to make sure that theyre not as much risks and that with so many minds as these new key workers are ensuring essential earned and non essential deliveries many of those who once considered important stuck at home either an able to be economically active or at best working remotely the french and British Governments are amongst those that have offered to cover a significant proportion of the wages of people who cause to be in their place of work during the lockdown unions warned thats led to a feeling of inequality. There is an impression of an equality between blue and white Collar Workers. Truck drivers delivery and postal workers those in trade and management many employees are in the front line mostly women and the working class and like the executives who shuddered when they didnt leave for their holiday homes this is causing more and more anger theres also concern that remote work is only possible if youre a socalled white Collar Worker so if you tend bowl work as a salesperson in a closed shop its pretty impossible right now to continue that type of employment now these roles are often based on short term always 0 hours contracts meaning employers dont have to keep the morning when they need to tighten their belts the Current Crisis is perhaps only highlighting this divine right and if in the coming months old world starts to return to some semblance of what we need lets not forget that in our time of need it was the low paid the manual workers that we dont and without the heroes delivering all good so keeping our supermarket shelves stocked we would have been lost. For r. T. In paris we got reaction to this story from the political commentator and also the market analyst craig good. Big really is a test to to our enemies and through our way were seeing how on this in the next few months there this is an obviously our present situation room and we are facing like this for a long long time its the whole chain of business which is really really vulnerable to these kinds of shocks and the longer they become i dont find out ive gotten better at it because the fundamental way working means to go on same way and hopefully governments can come together to support their their citizens for the next few months or years right now through this pandemic what were seeing is one of the benefits of being a white Collar Worker is that in many cases and not so not all cases but in many cases the ability to work from home is much easier than maybe even offices previously envisaged now that weve been forced into the situation what were learning the more i think what to continue to learn over the coming weeks is one shot the infrastructure in place at home and now many people will have the infrastructure in place its actually much more simple than what we previously envisaged. Now here in russia a 5th coronavirus patient has died and there are more than 1200 confirmed cases but despite the rising numbers there is potential light at the end of the tunnel because the World Health Organization has agreed the russian government estimate the outbreak could actually start to subside is the early is made meanwhile russian Officials Say that they are they think that anti malaria drugs could potentially help the treatment to cope with 19 although more research is needed to help contain the spread of the virus for the moment starting this weekend restaurants cafes and shops are closing their doors only supermarkets some pharmacies remain open or the deliveries of food and other items are still permitted there are no restrictions on people going outside but public parks being shut. Has been out on the streets of moscow. Its the weekend and its this countrys turn the people have been calling the measures that have been announced quarantine all kinds of places from restaurants to gyms are shut down but theres been no formal ban on people leaving their homes unless theyre over 65 years old the weather is beautiful its a fantastic weekend and usually all the people would be out. Thats why i want to check out a few locations to see whats going on and get these places a quarantine commitment score. So i start my tour around moscows most popular spas with remember the scorpions song on full of the most down to gorky park thats right. Gorky park here it is officially it is shut down but there are a couple of beautiful prominence but outside it and i can tell you that i only see 2 people here so i give it not out of 10 for its location quarantine commitments score. Moscow theres a whole new place for selfies with the kremlin in the background its called the soaring bridge. Where approaching it right now you can see it over there and its completely deserted no axis and ive been told that technically its part of a park thats also closed so like i said access restrict. No people 10 out of 10. We are all nikolsk astri this place was a magnet for football fans from all over the planet during the world cup 28 saying it literally felt like a tin of sardines and hear. Us. Ok oh. Well at this point as you can see i wouldnt say that of all the encountered one or 2 passers by the restaurants are closed but there you havent so probably id say 5 out of 10. Were at a place called the depo food mall which is a combination of the food market and a food court this hip complex is also full of fancy bars and even night clubs and so were not used to seeing this place almost completely empty actually i was sure that id see some hipsters just trying to hang around here even it out signs it turns out that the food part is actually operating because it counts as groceries but other than that everything shut down and i dont see anyone here pretty much so just for the publics responsibility i guess this place gets 10 out of 10 but of course i guess its a bit of a hard time for the market traders in the train crashed on the quiet streets of moscow then i will moscow has the largest number of coronavirus cases in russia the government is the one saying take measures nationwide with construction of new Health Facilities including this one in need of. A city in the west of the country Officials Say will be ready in less than a months time to cope with a possible influx of coronaviruses patients 15 similar hospitals are being built across the nation the government has already allocated equipment and supplies to each one we discussed the pandemic and russias response to with the need is the countrys top pediatric surgeon and an expert at the World Health Organization. Nor would you choose to sure humanity has endured other terrible epidemics both the plague and cholera before this one weve had 3 other types of corona virus this is another one and will not last forever this is a new virus it will also pass but with was lost this is the question. We took to. The hype the fear mongering for russia and for size is not very relevant the situation in russia is not so tragic the media will not be able to ask collate the cas to russians i support the measures if a quarantine was imposed factories and transport would stop and this would cause a collapse that is worse than the wireless. Issues that is good that you know im not a fortune teller in a best case 2 or 3 months. For me this is a test a few manatee have already we are 4 up and dammit if i were an examiner looking at what is happening in need to leave spain and other countries i would give a c. Minus great which is the most important lesson for us is to rebuild the Healthcare System we must be prepared for serious disasters we must be prepared for serious pandemics we must be prepared for serious terrorist attacks and we must be prepared for everything and above all our Health Care System must be prepared. Still ahead here after the break we speak to the strained opteron t. V. Star whose call for more testing his Health Professionals now demanding that hes put in charge of the response the kind of igniting thats on the way. Join me every week. And ill be speaking to. Im sure ill see you then. Welcome back with r. T. Now astray has increased its testing for corona virus to widespread criticism authorities there had previously only checked those arriving from abroad and those whod been in contact with them 14 have died from corona virus in the country with thousands infected in total over 180000 australians have been tested for the disease but thats not enough according to a high profile doctor and t. V. Star dr norman swan told the a. B. C. Network that far more checks in needed and he won the support of u. S. And Health Professionals to who now want him to lead the fight against the outbreak. Im a doctor and would like dr norman swan to be the countrys heart spokesperson during this crisis australia would have a fighting chance if norman swan was the chief medical officer nonpartisan no fluff qualified respected and well known the winner tonight is dr norman swan the losers are australia as he is not our chief medical officer but we spoke to dr swan who gave us his take on the countrys response and also the publics call for him to take charge. Why would they want to condemn me to be the chief medical officer of the last drop in the world i want you know chief medical officers whether its in russia or australia its a thankless task there are no easy decisions where we realized that there was a vacuum of information where the public really where frightened and confused and unfortunately here they werent necessarily gazing at all the information they felt they needed we didnt and we didnt understand that of the time ive been a broadcast journalist in health for a long time so we thought we provide the service and simply answer peoples questions and given the latest research its still relatively low numbers when you think about whats going on in italy in america and other places but its not good our doubling rate thats how how long it takes for 2000 to become 4000. 00 cases is its shortening so its down to 2 days we havent been as good. At finding people weve done a ban we reduced the number of cases by putting a band very early on in china but we were too late put a ban on the United States and thats made it very difficult and so the next phase here in australia has to be with the government hasnt quite got there yet to really expand testing to look for people who may have the virus but dont know it. Elsewhere the pandemic is starting to take hold in the palestinian territories and doctors in gaza have warned of an impending catastrophe Health Services there are ill equipped to cope after years of living under the blockade horsley reports. Im standing at the checkpoint between jerusalem and the occupied west bank city of bethlehem every day until recently thousands of crowds would queue here the large crowds the poor ventilation was the perfect opportunity for the coronavirus to sprayed the israeli army is now closing or checkpoints and at the same time its tossed the police with trying to stop the spread of the virus however in the case of gaza people they will find themselves trapped in the dangerously populated strip with a fragile Health Care System which according to the United Nations has been crumbling away before the pandemic by philosophy in the gaza and the west bank are fragile areas due to the continuous siege there has been deteriorating all our medical capabilities for the 14th year in a row its meant the gaza strip has lost all its basic facilities which provide health and human. And thats the condition in which today were facing this virus and we wont be able to fight this problem if we dont receive significant need for the Health Sector especially medical supplies and i. C. U. Pursuing he said the World Health Organization which visited gaza this week also gave its verdict the strips failing Health Care System will not be able to deal with the pandemic or law a law that. Was couldnt control these fires not to mention the high density of population here which can lead to severe the pandemic so. The situation here now is harder than during any war we had before and weve witnessed 3 of them that this scenario is definitely worse. We ask all concerned countries to show a bit of humanity can stand with us we dont have enough. Money to buy those masks we buy only 1. 00 per day and even this not everybody can afford 100. 00 most people can only buy food and most of the youth are unemployed despite this so far as hes in guards are trying to be prepared for whatever is coming they are building a common team center to host up to 500 people while issue factory in the west bank has now switched to making medical masks its reportedly the only place in the area that produces the vital protection israel also apparently understands the severity of the problem is that all deliberate hundreds of medical kits to the enabling observation of the virus also there are joint tutorials and professional medical workshops participated both by israeli and palestinian medical staff where they are given the knowledge regarding the virus and probert who also been dealing with it but with a population of more than 2000000 people its clearly not enough and Guard Service calling for the United Nations and International Community to provide it with urgent aid to battle the crisis in 2013 the american pluck bester world war z. It predicted that a common enemy a zombie plague would force israelis and palestinians to unite and end the decades long conflict it remains to be seen with the cost of 19. 00 can do the same. R t m check point we have asked the israeli authorities to comment on the situation although so far they havent replied journalist gideon levy says that israelis are now getting a taste of what life is like for the palestinians. Many years israel is heard about their reality of course through all heard about the reality in which people carol move from one place to they are heard about petro of birth or soft soldiers and policemen in villages in streets in cities but theyve never experienced it and now all of a sudden its becoming a reality in our. Hometowns in our cities in our villages what we are doing to the palestinians for over 50 years now is becoming gradually our reality it is still uncomparable because what they face is routine times is still 100. 00 times worse than what we are now facing in our closure but i hope that some israelis will make their miller gee and remember that we are doing it for so many years the palestinians maybe now we understand a little bit more about the situation. Has come at a half past 10 in the evening here in moscow thats how things are looking back again i with the headlines and more stories at the top. Satyrs financials last almost 5 years as of last summer financial the future trucker was kaiser. I cant show you my face but im going to teach you must. In 9093 this man was sentenced to death. They could charged with capital murder even though he didnt have the gun didnt pull the trigger didnt intend to kill anybody imagine living in your bathroom for that week with his tender for 23. 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