And i welcome you watching the weekly here in r. T. International where we look back at the main stories of the last 7 days and of course it is the pandemic that has dominated so lets give you the latest numbers on that more than 685000 cases have now been confirmed globally one 146000 people have recovered but more than 32000 have died. Ok well lets start with events in russia because the government here has just introduced new measures to prevent the spread of coronavirus starting this monday self isolation at home will be imposed in moscow for people of all ages but it ghastly it has more. Well its important to make a distinction between what came into a text yesterday which was. Entertainment venue such as restaurants parks and cafes shut citizens moscow residents were to stay in their homes to self isolate and restrict all unnecessary travel what what these new amendments that theyre making to this quarantine century this court is going from soft to hard to say you know this is going to be very very strict so all travel in the city that is are necessary is prohibited in fact only people with special passes each should buy the city for essential services such as doctors such as nurses such as employees of Stores Grocery Stores as well as officials ministries only theyll be able to travel to drive around moscow it doesnt these new member. Exactly restrict travel to and from moscow but inside moscow itself so for example if you have a pet you are now only allowed to take it out for a walk with 100 meters of where you live and police will presumably be asking for permits so you know this is this is going to be enforced very strictly aside from that from you know self isolation this involuntary self isolation everybody must by law now maintain a distance of one and a half meters from each other and this is also the case with various enterprises and businesses this new law stipulates that they must provide conditions for employees organizations that are considered essential that are still working for them for the employees to maintain a one and a half meter distant from each other anyway the employer cancer for example by making marks on the ground on the in the office or working space wherever it is as i say this is. Drastic escalation of what these soft quarantine was that came into effect yesterday and what were going into now authorities also warn that the the crisis the Coronavirus Crisis is projected to get much worse so be ready for that it hasnt yet been russia russia has so far been spared the 10s of thousands of infected but obviously authorities are projecting that it will get much worse on the bright side there has been a marked improvement. Benefits have been raised significantly across the board across russia so indeed. Buttoning down for what the car. Mechanically of there will meanwhile the death toll from corona virus across the country has risen to 9 people more than 1500 cases have been confirmed in russia with 2 thirds of use in the capital forties to predict the numbers of infections could paid by may although both the World Health Organization and the russian government does stress this is the best Case Scenario to help contain the spread of the virus across russia from saturday all restaurants cafes and nonessential shops did shut their doors only supermarkets and pharmacies are allowed to remain open although deliveries of food and other items are still permitted public parks have also been shut. Is out on the streets of moscow on saturday. 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 gems 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 and see whats gone on and get these places a quarantine commitment to the score. So i start my tour around moscows most popular spas swizz remember the scorpion song 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 promenades right outside it and i can tell you our only see 2 people here so i give it non of 10 for ed so 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 restricted no people 10 out of 10. Where all nikolsk is treat 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 in here. 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. Where the place called the depo food mall which is a combination of a food market and a food court this hip complex is also full of fancy bars and even nightclubs 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 alice 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. Earlier this week president putin to chair a meeting with city authorities on containing the pandemic and he also visited a moscow hospital to where coronavirus patients are being treated thanks staff there for their dedication and efficient work. Have. No. Influence on people who are sure. You know motives would. Be good riddance. To. You. Remodel across europe there are more than 400000 confirmed cases of cope with 19 italy has suffered the most with more than 10000 deaths in the north of the country criminal reams there have been overwhelmed with the sheer number of dead and large numbers of coffins of being stored in churches russia has launched a massive operation and aid operation to help italy fight the pandemic a total of 15 Russian Military cargo jets did land in the country over the past week or so they brought with them until 8 is protective gear testing kits and all said disinfection trucks on top of that a bad 100 russian specialists in. Have also been sent to italy and they will be helping out in italian hospitals which are currently swarmed by patients. All. You. Know nobody would almost. Every for all the truth. Since really. Theres no remorse there are. More threads are full it is also. Well currently much of the worlds population is living under restrictions spain 2nd worst affected country after italys in lockdown more than 6 and a half 1000 people have died there from the break medics are working around the clock to treat the infected it is a job that comes with huge risks and hospital staff do now account for almost 14 percent of the countrys total coronavirus cases and they work to with limited supplies as hospitals reach their lives a single into a mosque or find ourselves in an extreme situation in which weve all experienced extreme emotions and stance anguish emotions that many of the professionals may have experienced previously but this city will make it even more intense fear anger anguish sadness a very difficult to handle that would were a lack of workers and when people go out to the streets you know what happens they get sick were like an equipment medication now germany has almost 60000 cases but the country has managed to keep its mortality rate far lower than in spain with more on this and for the reasons why heres our europe correspondent peter ogden. Here in berlin we havent seen the type of lock down thats been put in place in other parts of europe although social distancing itself isolation being practiced germany thankfully hasnt seen the type of cases fatalities of covert 19 that have been. Seen in countries like italy and locks recently spain patients are having to lie on the floor as they simply arent enough beds to treat them in hospitals while in a car but twist of necessity this ice rink normally a place of enjoyment is having to be used as a makeshift mortuary so far spain is the 2nd hardest hit in europe but drew it has been the epicenter of the spanish oh brick authorities have had to put in place the strictest measures in an attempt to stop the spread. Of very tough waves common difficult days are common those are going to test for the very limited capacity of resources and. Look about. Balance as a society the corona virus has overwhelmed some of spains medical facilities so quickly in fact that some of those that were most at risk from the virus were left behind in the panic dozens of elderly and sick people were found dead at home the situation made all the more harrowing when the army had to disinfect their resting place as the army during certain visits found older people completely abandoned sometimes even dead in their bad Spanish HealthCare Services fighting against collapse this is a significant problem for Healthcare System this collapse which is being talked about could happen in some places while germany seems to have the spread of covert 19 under some semblance of control a quick glance to our neighbors elsewhere in europe like spain shows just how quickly the situation can degenerate and with such tragic consequences peter all over r. T. Berlin. Now in the u. K. There has been a very mattick spike in cope with 19 patel ities over the past week more than a 1000 have died more than 4 times the number and this time last week the british Prime Minister has written a letter to the nation urging people to stay at home and after Boris Johnson himself tested positive for the virus. I developed marl symptoms of the corona virus thats to say a temperature and a persistent cough and on the advice of the chief medical officer ive taken a test that has come out positive so i am working from home im so far isolating and thats entirely the right thing to do but be in no doubt that i can continue thanks to the with technology to communicate with all my talk team to lead the national fight back against corona virus so infection and those do continue to rise in the u. K. Despite that nationwide lockdown many citizens have refused to comply with the restrictions going out and meeting friends as normal twitter users to the brand of them with a hash tag. And you want. 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 are ignoring the key log down and treating it as a special holiday event video its the backlash against those who ignore social distancing advice is also happening in rural areas of the u. K. To some National Parks have been busier than ever and locals have been telling visitors to go home we spoke to regional authorities who were left stunned by the influx of visitors they say that the confusion could be down to mixed messages coming out of westminster. I dont know whether its a deliberate ignoring or whether its and. The advice at the time just wasnt clear enough people and i think unless you youve had something directly impact on you and last member of the family has been impacted or unless you specifically been quite into isolation and i think i dont think it people at that point the seriousness of the situation you know were very reliant on on people coming to the area for the local economy and i think it just hasnt hit people is my hope that it just happened people and they just didnt sound the guy in the gravity of the situation unfortunately that was an element of the digital until he is and that i was very pleased to see the mayor of the town of course call come on to the airwaves to put a more rational case forward i think those visitors. Were misguided i wouldnt call them stupid because those rules are not at all clear weve heard the u. K. Government which was encouraging people to go out and gain good immunity you try ministers farther saying it was going down the pub seconds after the Prime Minister advised people not to so you have to. Have to be aware that there are very mixed messages and thats the challenge that the pandemic has brought entire economies the brink of collapse after the break well look at how wrong countries can afford to impose rock bands or so to come intensive care units in your current critical low on supplies as fatalities continue to spiral. Thats the Crucial Point of the book the bottom line of the book namely i think youre pretty much stuck with your looks but if you have other things that youre good at either music or running or doing intellectual work or politics then one should take advantage of ones advantages and project ours and forget about the fact that you may not be the best looking person on the block. The Atlantic Alliance the bedrock of the post world war 2 Global Security order is slowly but surely unraveling more and more often washington in brussels by virtue of them for the Foreign Policy issues today europe has a choice to defend its interests or fade into oblivion. Much the way governments around the world are facing a dire lemma when dealing with the pandemic because they do need to impose sanctions to prevent it spread but financially could prove to be catastrophic for their economy short of the means he looks now at the difficult choices they face. Economies across the world have them crying to a halt. In measures have been announced. To the government offering to pay me at full salaries to colonel work there is a scramble to inject code also amounts of money into the system to turn to the economic fallout of the pern demick the costs are expected to exceed anything known in germany from economic crisis to neutral the. In recent decades as knockdowns 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 most serious economic financial and social crisis of the 21st century the strict measures applied around the world of the essential to control the spread of the virus plunge our economies president said paralysis from which they will not come out easily automatically already we know that some 67000000. 00 u. S. 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 along over some point that will end governments who will have to choose between keeping economy running or treating populations it is impossible to leave even self isolation to cure people if we do not continue the Economic Activity that quite simply allows us to live in this country our daily lives 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 government taxes then goes towards paying for essential services be that the doctors and nurses who are currently at the frontline of the war against. All the ability to purchase ventilators and other essential medical equipment governments need money and money comes from a healthy working a quantum me we have already been. 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 time scales. Social distancing may provide a rest spike from infection peak rates the socalled flattening the curve model but the impact that could have gone 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 on particularly robust or or perhaps nonexistent this is a real concern President Trump is well aware of this that 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 di lemma given that a vaccine for the virus d 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 well in the u. S. Containment measures theyre forced businesses to shut down and lay off staff unemployment claims hit 3300000 this week smashing previous records that number is 5 times higher. And during the pain of the 1900 recession meanwhile the senate has passed 2 trillion dollars stimulus plan to keep firms afloat we heard from economics professor Richard Wolfe though he thinks the measure is wont be enough. We are going to have a worse condition of unemployment now when employment goes up a little more like this every conceivable still szell problem we have i got a little child that you do forest you name it goes ribbit thats one of the reasons you cant i its a billy predict the next fall out 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 assumably in the form it takes one final repair will also be true little and too late. Well the u. S. Is now the center of the pandemic with the largest number of cases globally more than 123000 americans have tested positive for the virus and more than 2200 have died the york state has been by far the worst hit with more than 50000 cases that is almost half the total nationwide 893 people in the state and almost as many people have called the Emergency Services line in new york city and 911 terror attacks with more his trinity chaffetz. 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 right now its every day its nonstop literally and. Unfortunately its my get to suggestion if you can choose what youre going to do are you going to do. The doctor say a lot of people call the doctor the survivor expire and you put the same machine another person 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 situation in new york worsening by the hour the state accounting for roughly half the cases across the country this group of idiots shows teams setting up a makeshift morgue outside of Bellevue Hospital something that was done during Hurricane Sandy and 911911. 00 was nothing compared to this we were open waiting for patients to kabul never came. Ok now 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 to support 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 cove at 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 cova 19 to those who are critically ill from the virus the procedure could be life saving reporting in new york Trinity Chavez r. T. Emotional weekly hey thanks for the company tonight will be back with the latest on the pandemic of the top. 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