Hello good evening welcome you watching the weekly here on r. T. International it is our look back at the main stories over the last 7 days and of course it is the pandemic that has dominated so lets start with the latest coronavirus numbers that have just come in more than 714000 cases have been confirmed globally more than 150000 people have recovered but more than 33000 have lost their lives. Well here in russia the government has just introduced measures to prevent the spread of the virus starting this monday self isolation at home will be imposed in moscow for people of all ages were against it as more. Well its important to make a distinction between what came into effect yesterday which was soft quarantine many Entertainment Venues such as restaurants parks and cafes was shut citizens moscow residents were to stay in their homes to self isolate and restrict all unnecessary travel century this court is going from soft to hard to do you know this is going to be very very strict so all travel in the city that is a necessary is prohibited in fact only people with special passes issued by 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 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 aside from that. You know south isolationists 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 in the in the office or working space wherever it is most 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 d there has been a marked improvement. Benefits of being raised significantly across russia so indeed. d buttoning down for whats to come. Meanwhile the death toll from coronavirus across the country has risen to 8 people more than 1500 cases have been confirmed in russia with 2 thirds of them here in the capital authorities to predict the number of infections could pay they say by may although both the World Health Organization and russia stresses that this is a best Case Scenario i will nonessential Public Places murat said have been closed to moscow residents since saturday the streets of the russian capital have been almost empty now its easy to train was out on the streets to see some traditional moscow hotspots. Its all we can 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 the weather is beautiful its a fantastic weekend and usually. Thats why i want to check out of the few cases see whats gone on. These places a quarantine commitment to the school or. So i start my tour around moscows most popular spas swizz remember the scorpion song i unfold almost squat down to gorky park thats right. Gorky park here it is officially it is shut down but there are a couple of beautiful prominence right outside it and i can tell you ali see 2 people here so i give it not out 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 to no people 10 other 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 and here. Rather. 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 bowl which is a combination of a 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 al saw and 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 chaired a meeting with city authorities on contain the pandemic and he also visited to moscow hospital where coronavirus patients are being treated hes saying stuff for their dedication. To the group. Can people who are truly not. Only you know movement for literally going to include. You. While the u. S. Is at the center of the pandemic with the largest number of cases globally more than 135000 americans have tested positive for the virus and more than 2300 have died new york state has been by far the worst hit with nearly 60000 cases there and thats almost half of the total nationwide 965 people in the state have died almost as many people have called the Emergency Services line in new york city as after the 911 terror attacks with more from the city his trinity chaffetz. Hospitals in new york struggling under the weight of the pen demick people come in to get into. 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. Unfortunately its my get to see you have to pick and choose what youre going to do are you going to do. This the doctors say a lot of people cop did not really survive expire but you could be so much another person as medical staff operates out there limit hundreds of more people wait lining up outside to get tested. For kovan 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 grim video 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 the column will never come. 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 his a pizza 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 cova 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 co 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 across europe there are more than 400000 confirmed cases of color with 19 italy has suffered the worst the most with more than 10000 deaths in the north of the country have been overwhelmed by the sheer number of dead and large numbers of coffins of being stored in churches russia has launched a massive aid operation to try and helplessly fight the pandemic a total of 15 Russian Military cargo jets have landed in the country over the past week or so with them they brought ventilators protective gear testing kits and disinfection trucks and on top of that saying about 100 russian specialists in have also been sent to italy theyll be helping out italian hospitals which are currently swarmed by patients. Really. Really. What do you think all. 3. Months ago we were going to do for a very soon. No no no we dont want. This flu for all its really for all 3. Things really. Is not there all the more theyre there for. The most urgent fluids also. And now currently much of the worlds population is living under restriction space in europe 2nd worst affected country after italys in lockdown more than 6 and a half 1000 people have died from the outbreak there medics are working around the clock to treat. In fact it is a job that does come with huge risks to hospital staff now account for almost 14 percent of the countrys total coronavirus cases and they work with limited supplies as hospitals reach its icing on the mosque or find ourselves in an extreme situation in which weve all experienced extreme emotions and understands anguish emotions that many of the professionals may have experienced previously but this situation will make it even more intense fear anger anguish sadness a very difficult to handle i think that would really like it workers and when people go out to the streets you know what happens if they get sick where like an equipment medication. Now germany does have almost 60000. 00 cases but its mortality rate is far lower than spains with more on this heres our europe correspondent peter all of. Here in berlin we havent seen the type of lockdown thats being put in place in other parts of europe although social distancing itself isolation being practiced germany thankfully hasnt seen the type of cases and fatalities of covert 19 that have been seen in countries like italy and most recently spain patients are having to lie on the floor as there 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 madrid has been the epicenter of the spanish outbreak authorities have had to put in place the strictest measures in an attempt to stop the spread of the momo library waves come in 1000000000 of the difficult days a common thats a good test and it was a very limited capacity of resources. That about without doubt balance as a society the coronavirus 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 bats 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 of our r. T. Belin. Meanwhile the u. K. Has seen a dramatic spike in covert 19 the taliban has over the past week more than a 1000 have died more than 4 times the number this time last week various Prime Minister has written a letter to the nation urging people to stay at home that 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 i have 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 infection and as they do continue to rise in the u. K. Despite the nationwide belt down that many citizens have refused to comply with the restrictions in recent days going out to meeting friends is normal and twitter users have branded them with a hash tag 1. And you want. To get. 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. The backlash against those who do ignore social distancing advice is also happening in rural areas of the u. K. s some National Parks have been busier than ever so locals have been telling visitors to go home helen pi of the Snowdonia NationalPark Authority in wales to tell us the confusion could be down though to mixed messages from westminster i dont know whether its a deliberate if you know ring or whether its. The advice at the time just wasnt clear enough people and i think in last you youve had something directly impact on you and last a member of your family has been impacted on unless you specifically into isolation and i think here i dont think it hit people at that point the seriousness of the situation you know were only reliant on on people coming to the area for the local economy. But i think it just hasnt hit people is my hope that it just happened people and they just didnt stand the guidance and the gravity of the situation. 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 44 in policy issues today europe has a choice to defend its interests or fades into oblivion. Join me every thursday on the alex simon show and ill be speaking to guests of the world of politics sports business im showbusiness ill see you then. Believe named weird things by the way is called superstition or magical thinking believing weird things like that is not a bug in the system its a feature is equipped in the software of our programming to try to connect things in the environment just in case theres a real connection. With. Governments around the world off ice with a. Dealing with a pandemic that they need to impose meltdowns to prevent its spread but financially could prove to be catastrophic for their economies shouted to be the difficult choices they face. 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 colossal amount of money into the system to counter the economic fallout of the pandemic the costs are expected to exceed 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 can 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 although 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 along and over some point that will end governments 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 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 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 contract in 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 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 kovac 19 will remain a deadly force when recess or taishan of the Financial System becomes the more pressing issue how will they sell the exit strategy from containment. Now in the u. S. Unemployment claims hit 3300000 this week smashing previous records that number is 5 times higher than during the peak of the 1982 recession meanwhile the senate has passed a 2 trillion dollar stimulus plan to keep firms afloat we heard from the economics professor Richard Poole who does think though that the measures wont be enough. We are going. Worst conditional on the employment now when unemployment goes up let along like every conceivable struggle szell raglan we have. Child. Forest you name it golds really it thats one of the reason you cant i have the belief predict the fallout of all of this everything that government has done since we 1st learned about the coronavirus in december of last year has been too little and way too late and my judgment as best i can see is that this bill are still madly in the form of when it. Will all still be true little and julie will admit the economic turmoil humus all produces have started to pay consumers to take their crude that is Storage Units to fill up amid collapsing demand prices internationally have tumbled as the coronavirus pandemic shrinks economies benchmark oil prices on wall street are hovering above 20. 00 a barrel but in the world of physical oil where. Chance trading has is a bidding and negative 0. 90 a barrel effectively making producers pay for the luxury of shifting their services and analysts have warned that things could still get a whole lot worse for the produces. A Consulting Firm all associates told us mergers and layoffs are inevitable for a suffering industry. Were going to see bankruptcies in consolidation in new york over the next couple of months they are already saying where you are in the basin because the producer. Of the expenditure is by anywhere between 30 and 50 percent and that in fact those Service Providers was all our producers are not getting revenue when those are the ones who are seeing the brunt of the work both require. Right at the moment were going to see your production go up to 3000000 barrels a day so a bit of a huge supply demand imbalance however i dont think bad were going to see lower prices in the next few weeks and thats going to force so saudi arabia and russia to come to sign an agreement to limit production perhaps go back to where they were in december 2017 in order to start placing some amount of stability m w well market and of course that does not stop the situation until the end passes and people go back to work youll be watching the weekly here in r. T. International dont forget there you can also keep yourself updated on our website you can find that at r. T. Dont. Ask i will. Pick i do. Not. Want to. Give you a clue. To make the see because dont want. 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