To source around 100000 body bags shortages and overrun facilities in the us where the number of deaths is expected to soar in the coming weeks. Hello this is Art International from moscow has just turned 11 am here this thursday im kevin im going with this 30 minute world news round up for you. And 1st these are the latest figures in the covert 1900 pandemic today the total number of coronavirus cases around the globe is now towards a 1000000 the number of deaths to continues its troubling rise its now more than 47000 with billions under lockdown almost 200000 people though have recovered. So in the headlines the small in france has now surpassed 4000. 00 coronavirus related deaths and almost 57000. 00 registered cases pharmacy workers say that theyre now suffering a surge of violence attacks with a marked increase in street quarantine rules or imposed our system shows a 50 to 60 percent increase in aggressive action against pharmacists since the beginning of the isolation regime compared to the same weeks last year these actions include insults threats but also physical attacks and break ins in neighboring italy the lockdown has been extended but difficulty in buying food is seeing some resort to theft shall do bensky has got the story. It started in solidarity and song to keep up spirits. I. But now off to 3 weeks of lockdown the mood and dangers are apparently evolving they are no longer seen you know dancing on the balconies now people are more afraid not so much of the virus but of poverty many are out of work and hungry even though in the poorer southern regions the impact of covert 19 has been less dramatic than in the north they too are in confinement and just people run out of food and money so dissipate as residents are becoming Desperate Police are now patrolling supermarkets and streets in some areas no longer just to make sure that people are staying indoors but to stop thieves we need to act fast more than that distress into violence. As supplies dry up reports are emerging that gangs around sicily are using social media to plot attacks on stores this comes after a Ferry Company that used to deliver vital supplies of food and medicine to the island fell into bankruptcy and has halted its services its not just the stores that are under threat local media has also reported that 2 elderly italians were rolled but off their shopping by young people on scooters targeted apparently because they were seen as easy prey civil unrest is some suggest a real concern im afraid that their worries down to earth thanking lowered sections of the population over Health Income the future with the continuation of the crisis will turn into ungar cred that warning has been echoed by the head of the red cross which believes italy wont be the only country impacted by social unrest if the lock downs continue in the most difficult neighborhoods of the biggest cities im afraid to in a few weeks who have social problems this is a social bomb that can explode at any moment because they dont have any way to have an income even though italys Prime Minister. Has said his government too will designate 400000000 euros for food vouchers as part of a wider relief package may say that the funds simply arent enough we were expecting more and i hope the government will find a way the situation is extremely delicate as a significant part of the population has 0 income those who before lived with dignity now find themselves in difficulty. Quarantine in italy has been extended until at least april the 12th but as with other countries that is not a definitive end date and while covert 19 may be gutting the country italy soon could have to fight back against a very different kind of threat charlotte devinsky r. T. Paris. Italys economy was already fragile before the virus hit now locals fear this latest impact might mean their lives never return to normal. When i leave my home here in florence do some shopping i feel the situation has really become more dramatic the streets are empty and i see Police Officers doing their checks everywhere im no really afraid for myself but i do feel worried about the situation in general if things dont change soon and people keep losing their jobs remain locked up or we risk of a crisis much worse than anything before. This is one of the hardest moments we have ever had to endure were trying to move forward despite all the sadness what people see in the future well i think it will be very hard especially for local businesses who are already starting to go bankrupt i help our government will help and europe will not abandon us. The people look at people out of it because of the squad and we recently did a charter. And basically what the perception of the look be normal is that there would never go back to normal id. Even after after the lockdown this is due to the fact that many many Many Services a little girl restaurants were shut down definitely after the crisis even investments from the european new york Central Banks are not good enough where before a corner. Sort of crisis will be war 2008 these are this is our perception. But a little bit of good news in among several Russian Military medical staff were greeted with applause as they worked alongside local teams to disinfect the streets in the hardest hit Lombardy Region theyve so far managed to some of thais 17 care centers for the elderly russia sent 15 aircraft last week loaded with medical experts and equipment italian journalists lucas said morty told us local doctors will never forget the gesture. The arrival of pro russian doctors would make it possible to better organize the work. Treatment for more patients the senate has a shot of Retirement Homes was a very important there bishop for us because there are many there are things in those structures and the situation is desperate that in the end he. Is less corrupt and to me years of ours are a model and you know we try to of the. Qualities that have. A russian doctor supply because we say that they would always be grateful for their help but even the medical stuff is they have to really write off the russian doctors who. Hire leslie and doctors and nurses that are were extreme. The pandemic is proving to be a litmus test for solidarity in the e. U. The reluctance of germany and other wealthy european nations to share the financial burden has infuriated italy our europe correspondent peter all of those closer at the impasse. Away from quarantine and self isolation the very future of how the European Union sees itself may be at risk from this corona pandemic will it look back and see a union that stick together through tough times or one that fell apart a group of the talian officials took out a full page police in a major german newspaper that told at the heartstrings it is solidarity that you germans were showing by many European Countries after the war and often to reunification did german friends memory helps in making the right decisions the crux of the letter is hope hope that the financial burden for dealing with corona virus will be shared out amongst Member States it echoes what had previously been said by the italian Prime Minister it is their picante talking about mutual izing current and future debt not harping back to world war 2. Again i wanted so old german citizens were not right in the beach road so good on the economics by the beach over history books. Germanys hardly greeted those pleas with open arms maintaining that the 2012 european state guillotine mechanism is the only option. So it is no to corona bombs yes to the european stability mechanism and Investment Bank i think that is the way to help europe and at the same time to maintain the stability of the euro in the long term that response is left some in rome angry europe has enjoyed each of these political weakness for many decades italy today does not want to be a waiter while others are eating lobsters like france and germany if you plan to take advantage of the emergency to bring countries like italy or other countries with more fragile economies to their needs europe will have no future and im fairly old phone made a show of removing the flag from his office replacing it with the italian trickle or its a symbolic gesture for sure but what it does show is that there are some Member States that are increasingly disappointed in a union that supposed to look out for everyones interests not being particularly forthcoming when it comes to helping those in dire need deal not only with the pandemic but also with the Economic Impact it will also have peter all over r. T. Darlin. The pentagon is trying to source 100000 body bags right now the United States currently has the worlds highest number of infections and white house Officials Say the virus could claim more than 2 100000 lives in the country more than a 1000 died on wednesday alone the highest daily number so far a military plane carrying russian medical aid has now arrived in new york the countrys hardest hit state situations getting so tough that refrigerated trucks are being stationed there overwhelmed hospitals to try to cope with the rising amount of deaths as are t. Americans trying to teach others from paul. As the 2nd month of the corona Virus Outbreak begins the nation is bracing for the worst of it i want every american to be prepared for the hard days that lie ahead the number of deaths from coronavirus nearly doubling in the last 3 days new york being hit the hardest accounting for nearly half of all cases in the u. S. Hospitals and morgues hitting capacity this disturbing video showing several bodies being moved from a Brooklyn Hospital treating kovac 19 patients the number of deaths expected to grow as we approach the anticipated apex the range on the apex is somewhere between. Lets say 7 to 21. Makeshift hospitals are wrecked across new york city the Javits Center central park and now parts of the Tennis Center that host the u. S. Open transforming into medical facilities to help accommodate the influx of patients this particular bank of course 6 courts and to be the 1st phase of construction for walter would be 350 hospital beds in the Indoor Training Center the u. S. Navy ship comfort which is acting as an overflow hospital for treating people who do not have cold in 1000 already started seeing patients this as concerns grow that hospitals will soon run out of protective equipment for staff and medical supplies including those lifesaving ventilators which Governor Cuomo says are nearly impossible to get its like being on e bay with 50 other states. Bidding on a ventilator and you see the big go up because california bit illinois bit florida bit new york bids california rebids thats what are we what we do in new york city mayor bill de blasio calling on all veterinarians and Plastic Surgeons to lend their ventilators if youve got a ventilator in your office in your operating room we need it now it should not be sitting there doing nothing new york Plastic Surgeon ryan 9 seen hitting the mayors call for help there are many types of surgeries that still need to be done now from you know patients who have certain types of cancer or life threatening infections or life threatening you know fractures those surgeries can be performed with ventilators from offices like mine and the ventilators which could have been used for intensive care patients can now solely be used for into the care units so we are able to provide a significant lifesaving resource to the hospitals while officials are still working to flatten the curb in new york Governor Cuomo believes the apex will hit the state at some point in april reporting in new york Trinity Chavez arteta the uns warning about global uncertainty and keeping grocery supplied in the u. S. Alone food banks to struggling to meet demand and the farming industry has grown into a hold kind of moped reports the pandemic and the economic fallout has left a number of americans in need of assistance food banks where low income americans can turn to survive are now struggling themselves theyre overwhelmed by people desperate for help. Its the speed that is hitting us that is making it so difficult to contend with the current immense cheese that we have in place where not to sound sort of the numbers of people who help hardly ideal their Food Bank Donations have been cut in half at a time when its users are growing rapidly in just one week over 3000000 americans have turns to meal centers banks and kitchens for any help that they can get. Its an issue that goes far wider as well production and american agriculture is on the brink as a result it means that the food supply is fast becoming a global problem we risk a looming food crisis unless measures are taken foster protect the most from rabbo keep global Food Supply Chains alive and mitigate the pandemic impacts across the food system in a situation like this the policies of individual countries can have a Global Impact in the United States here essentially workers are not getting any extra pay for the risk they take when it comes to corona virus spreading as a result Agricultural Workers are demanding more as they work to keep the shelves of our supermarkets full its almost overnight the food workers went from being an afterthought in peoples minds to suddenly being essential work it should not have taken a pandemic of global proportions for us to realize that food workers literally feed us some fear that this could be chool little too late the supply chain already in danger of breaking down it seems that amid the pandemic the very fabric of everyday life in the United States is coming apart or actually our federal government despite having all of the signs did not take them very very seriously and they did not do preliminary planning that would prevent the need for people to have to wait on line and have to depend on the banks in a moment like this this is not just poor people or low people who have to depend on this this is the elderly people and the flip. Of all who have listen weve been laid off we also have farm workers who are not protected and are not being given the pertinent information that they need to protect themselves and their children many of these farm workers are also undocumented people and even the these 3 stimulus that we just passed in the United States does not apply to them so they are not covered theyre not protected theyre ill and. Forms and that is a recipe for in really really big crisis we dont have people who could harvest our food that are healthy food is going to rot that crude is not going to be distributed code that 19 is basically a magnifying glass in elucidation on all of the systems in our country that were already in crisis the system being one of the thousands the sailors on the 1st u. S. Warship on deployment to report in a break will be taken off the vessel by friday more than 100. 00 personnel on the Theodore RooseveltAircraft Carrier have tested positive and quarantining with stuff in such close proximity to another is proved a real challenge the evacuation will be carried out in the us pacific territory of guar where the ships currently docks although thats a concern in itself which could see facilities overstretched only got a couple 100 hospital beds and is already dealing with nearly 80 local infections the u. S. Warships crew will no self isolate in military bases and local hotels although some will have to stay on board one thing i want to emphasize as well is that we cannot and will not remove all the say or from the ship and thats not what the Commanding Officer requested either nor the medical team our plan has always been to remove as much of the crew as we can while maintaining for the ship safety this ship has weapons on it it has munitions on it it has expensive aircraft and it has a Nuclear Power plant that requires a certain number of people on that ship to maintain the safety and security of the ship from the pentagon analyst Michael Maloof told us about the unique dangers posed when theres an outbreak only shit. Its very very difficult on a warship like that unlike a cruise a cruise ship which also was infected on an Aircraft Carrier a destroyer or submarine you dont have the luxury of individual compartments except maybe for the tap them because they do what they because theyre on 247 duty they do what they call hot other words that someone whos on duty gives up his bed and someone else sleeps in it i mean its that close they can find and as a consequence the ability to spread the disease such as this particularly if youre in the open ocean is very very very high and people are going up and down the ladders holding the same areas constantly and to keep those areas germ free is its going to be a much would be a monumental task. Its 20 posts left in the morning here in moscow hi there good morning coming up were reporting worldwide still on the way that companies are talking the pump that makes them on the way well tell you whats happening here in russia coming up infections are slowly rising still but more and more regions are also forcing isolation the challenge of staying safe while keeping the country running after this. In london Julian Assange standing trial on whether he will be extradited to the u. S. To face espionage charges the stakes could not be higher i saw inches would be even light is on the line freedom of speech is also on trial so you wouldnt know the mainstream media. Is youll be a reflection of reality. In a world transformed. What will make you feel safe. Isolation or community. Are you going the right way or are you being led. By. What is truth what is faith. In the world corrupted you need to descend. To join us in the death. Or a mate in the shallows. Again here in russia 771 new coronavirus cases were confirmed earlier this thursday with the total number jumping to over 3500 the father have been 30 deaths to counter the spread of infections this weeks been declared a no not working Public Holiday dozens of regions across russia are imposing self isolation regimes many people can only go outside to buy food medicines and for emergencies moscow streets of course usually bustling with people and traffic but well as you can see not so this week not all shuttered businesses of course are going to come out of this intact but necessity is the mother of invention and theres a surge in solidarity to see them through talking about that legacy goes down of a correspondent. From enterprises to tiny local coffee shops the coronavirus pandemic has thrown all kinds of businesses into the basket of potential bankruptcy and in the face of world the normally dog eat dog corporate world in russia turned into more of a dog playpen. Young dogs is russias Biggest Tech Company and male dogs are you group is one of its most bitter rivals but by. Both see the new pandemic a much bigger adversary than each other along with 2 government world funds and the Business Lobby Group the 2 created an alliance designed to help out companies and customers alike to wither the economic storm or objective here is right now its not so much about profit its only logical to cooperate here for the good of the society and leave the competition in sight for a moment what we want to do is we want to be in terms of taking the lead role helping. The community here so its not the time to be right well its time to unite the mail dot ru group will be spending a 1000000 and the quarter dollars to help medium and Small Businesses in russia on top of that it has waived all fees for cafes and restaurants using their food delivery app a bold move since this particular market is among the very few actually showing revenue today what is important for us is a treat to keep the Small Businesses to continue running by offering the coalition and a lot of it down to their own enabling down to their on the new ways that these restaurants can use the cooks and the waiters who are going to be in excess to do deliveries so i believe that this is the right thing to do the hard thing to do but the right thing to do from. Another industry decimated by Coronavirus Travel restrictions tourism the pandemic has pushed Moscow Hotels to search for a new purpose. From the hilton to the marriott moscows Luxury Hotels have offered their rooms to the government to be used to house covert 1000 patients i talked on the phone with a russian billionaire me how youll good summary of who came up with the idea goes to the store it would take up to 2 months to build a hospital from. Gretsch there with the hotel they already have rooms in beds so its already made hospital you could use holiday in learning rescue hotel mariya what difference does it make take your pick whats important now is to treat people unlike other countries russia is not on lockdown though this week is the paid holiday for all nonessential workers while Entertainment Venues have been shut down in the russian capital from cafes in gyms to cinemas and whole morals the authorities have done their best to encourage people to stay home and the Entertainment Industry followed suit. Online streaming services have either rolled out discounts or offered free subscriptions all together the conduct of social networks russias analog of facebook has also been working to keep its audience more engaged than ever encouraging its content creators specifically order last week. Reach by 10 percent if you do use by 60 percent an Online Gaming daily audience is up by gender 2nd or we have a lot of fly streams every day and. Now were looking for in your partners. Or exclusive content and. Search the state social network. Or. Lots of User Generated Content and our world here is to find the most interesting answer or it. Coverage or it virus is definitely not giving a boost to the economy but it could teach businesses new tricks which will help them push forward their recovery reporting from self quarantine done of r. T. Else around the world in most countries the structures are movement only seem to be growing not so in sweden still precautions are in place but unlike most of its european neighbors sweden shops cafes and primary schools are staying open theres no law and the borders are open only the most at risk groups have been told to stay at home so weve got almost 5000 registered cases and more than 200 have died different approach in nepal though police there are keeping their distance while enforcing the lock down and tackling people are afloat in the rules the south Asian Countries only registered 5 infections so far and no deaths have been reported. So right now billions of being told to stay at home are news channels are more in demand than ever became that information rolling means a major shift in how broadcasters like us get the job done Shirley Edwards daschle neck shows you how the team over there are to u. K. And look at them. A rolling dont get too close to the biggest story in town in fact the only story in town is of course the Coronavirus Crisis with breaking news its organized chaos and it is in the driving seat jen is working flat out and correspondents like me in the deep end but with this story is simply cant be like that the government advice is to stay at home in order to stop the spread and anyone that can work from home a r t does but in order to broadcast Live Television you at least need some people here myself included in the office and in the studio so those of us that have to be here are at least spaced out 2 metres apart with plenty of handwashing a liberal use of Hand Sanitizer to behind the scenes one absolutely anyone thats not essential to the tech team is kicked out after theyve done their set up good news for the lighting rig this is the room we call studio b. Where our guests come to do live interviews but now theyre all on video link so i guess its just gathering dust before i go in and i need to look presentable and even though the make up artist is here as an extra caution im doing it myself usually id sit next to a news anchor bill but in order to maintain that 2 meters distance im all the way over here hi belle. Stay safe and keep watching for the latest yeah absolutely throw all this will keep you posted around the clock 247 not only from here in moscow but also with our teams and studios around the world as you see there contributing to as we all get through these tricky times together and bring in the best possible coverage great documentaries and chart shows lined up around the clock to inform and entertain you on the web and social media teams are across it too so pleasure to keep in touch with here at r t so far this show they were saying stay safe and well im kevin 0 in thanks for watching