Here we go global this is r. T. International thanks for joining us. Lets get up to date with the latest figures on the covert 19 pandemic the number of confirmed infections worldwide has now passed 1600000 the death toll is approaching 97365000 people have recovered. Older people are at greatest risk from covert 19 and an alarming picture is emerging from care homes across europe theres been a surge of mortality rates but the numbers are still unclear because of a lack of testing and delays in reporting in italy the health orencia while nursing home says that there are no resources to cope with the crisis. So. I would describe whats happened as a tsunami losing so many people at the same time is terrible i have not even had time to know what happened and mourn for those who have died. Retirement homes provide optimal conditions for the virus to spread and in many European Countries residents have been left behind by Health Care Services receiving little to no treatment in france almost a 3rd of all coronavirus of happened in such facilities to charlotte do pinsky explains. As the grim toll from covert 19 continues to mount official figures often amid deaths outside hospitals including those in nursing and care homes a picture is now emerging of how the virus is laying waste to some of the most fragile while many older people have been self isolating at home and hopefully safeguarding the health as much as possible it seems that others in care homes are more a true risk in front the death toll rose rapidly off due to marriage how many people in care homes had lost their lives to the virus those deaths now account for more than 30 percent of total fatalities but this isnt surprising from the very start we were warned that older people were at highest risk for the most important task would be to protect our elderly. Most Vulnerable People during the peak weeks clearly didnt assume it to put a priority of the nation is to protect our elderly so it must do it responsibly with common sense and discipline strong words from those in charge yet words that some say have wrong hollowing as the elderly bear the brunt of the virus in spain nursing and care homes have been struggling to stop the spread of covert 19 its estimated that a march alone nearly 5000 people in care homes in the trade region died thats thousands of deaths higher than normal a correspondent from our sister channel to spanish francisco got you told me that in some places care homes have become defacto hospitals when the rules spread out. And its very cool to keep. There were. Throwing parties. There is a lot of activities they were defined inside. U. S. Bases a copy 19 and it. Is this equation becomes very difficult for care homes because. For them they need to act as our hospitals franciscos mother was living in one home but following complications shes been transferred to a hospital where shes fighting pneumonia although its not yet been confirmed she is also being treated as if shes been infected by kuwait 19 as a reporter francisco knows the drill but as a son he says the hardest thing is to not be with her in person. 19 is very cruel because you cannot hike your mother you can not piece here you cannot be with hair. We talk for the patient. For the relatives we cannot be close to her in the soup was finances when you were in the middle of these and then yeah i think its very difficult but there were some messages that they were saying for example that. d that it was not true you know was not true and its clear with the fact that you see how many people in care homes die in the last weeks its thousands of people of all people that they are dying because of the 19 the outbreaks in care homes in spain have led to a collapse in staffing last month the military was called to help but over time and it found elderly residents whod been abandoned and in some cases dead in their beds meanwhile in a chilly infestation has been nuanced after dozens died at a nursing home alone one who work at the facility said the true extent of the risk of infection had been played down what star had been told not to wear masks and remember. This iteration isnt good this covered everything up there were even 4 people who gave including a female doctor who terrorized a sane we didnt have to use masks. In the u. K. Government guidelines say couvade 900 patients can be safely cared for in care homes if precautions are taken but some care home manages say that by doing so the government is sacrificing the elderly. That would be tantamount to importing into care homes and i think to add insult to injury by asking us to take over 19 positive patients is asking us to basically make Health Suicide notes for people in care we are taught from a young age to respect our elders to look after our elderly yet as the panic has ensued with the pandemic those key lessons those reassuring overtures from leaders feel like in some cases they have evaporated shola jeevan skee r. T. Paris. Hospitals around the world are having to suspend Vital Services as they focus on covert 900 patients that story and more still to come. In. The u. S. As the worlds Fastest Growing death toll from covert 19 figures now approaching 70000 it is expected to overtake italy within just days in new york state 7000 lives have been lost there are simply unable to cope in this video you can see contract laborers in protective gear burying the dead in a trench on heart island in the bronx the areas traditionally been used to bury those with no known relatives and at each others reports from the city. That i want to bring. You all the ticket here today the coronavirus continuing to take a dramatic toll on new york its like a battlefield behind your house the number of coronavirus cases and now more than 150000 with more than 7000 deaths. The virus having the biggest impact on some of new york citys poorest areas the disparities that have plagued this city this nation that are all about fundamental inequality are once again causing such pain. And causing people innocent people to lose their lives its just abundantly clear its sick its troubling its wrong new data showing Jackson Heights elmhurst and corona queens have higher numbers of coronavirus cases than in wealthy mostly white parts of manhattan. People. If you would. Its terrifying here because were downwind of this of the hospital thats a percentage of the death of the National Crisis while queens the epicenter of the outbreak in new york city accounts for more than 3200 factions many are still forced to continue to go to work my mom if you want to meet. Our keep out of. Washington. Some of the many low wage workers on the front lines from Grocery Store employees to Public Transportation workers all deemed essential working around the clock during the pandemic right now everybody who are here if you are the still working at the m. T. A. Confirming the coronavirus has claimed the lives of 41 transit workers in 5 weeks and more than 6000 have fallen sick or self quarantined this as new Research Shows that the novel crew. Virus likely circulated in new york for weeks undetected with more new york infections coming from europe and not asia critics pointing out that the findings contradict president trumps argument that is ban on travelers from china in late january delayed the arrival of the virus to the us reporting in new york Trinity Chavez r. T. The opec Oil Producing nations plus russia have agreed to cut global output in a bid to stabilize prices however the deal hinges on mexico which is so far refused to play along these dont cotton has details this is certainly a store agreement thats in the works right now between opec closs and russia saudi arabia and russia have already agreed to cut global Daily Oil Production by 10000000 barrels of oil and thats after a 2 after a month long price war between saudi arabia and russia actually began after saudi arabia had dramatically boosted its Oil Production resulting in record low Global Oil Prices on thursday opec plus called on its Member States to assist in efforts intended to stabilize the Global Oil Market and that was after marathon negotiations on the issue we also heard from Russias Energy minister who said that these intended cuts in production are crucial to the Global Economy. We have seen a substantial slump in demand 10. 00 to 15000000. 00 Barrels Per Day demand could fall even further in the Near Future OilStorage Facilities are nearly full to capacity and thats a cause for concern this could have serious consequences for the oil sector and the Global Economy as a whole range now mexico isnt seeing eye to eye with everyone else though right now the agreement is hanging on that countries consent according to opec and even saudi arabia which not long ago was against cutting global Oil Production is trying to get mexico into the fray i hope mexico can see the benefits of this agreement not only for mexico but for the whole world the entire agreement depends on mexicos consent theres still another round of talks ahead so nothings set in stone yet but of course well let our viewers know of their decision as soon as the details become available we heard from currency analyst who believes that the tentative agreement between russia and saudi arabia is a reassuring sign for the market. They are on the same page and its a good thing there was only a month long history generally speaking both economies and countries benefit from struggle oil prices but with oil prices now for 20. 00 nobody but if its for the situation and theres a lot of jobs that are going to be at risk and theres a lot of other economic implications so generally i still think that that might be some underlying difference of opinion behind the scenes that no longer both sides because of the chance say that we want stuff like this is a very good message to send to ok we will collaborate with the fight together but once again youre saying that mexico thats not even a huge producer of oil by the state is still able to provide a name for us and sense of the structure of the steel. The world bank has warned that Subsaharan Africa is entering a recession for the 1st time in 25 years because of the pandemic could mean millions of people pushed into extreme poverty and unable to meet their daily needs saskia tayla looks at the global shock waves and how they are affecting the continent. The world is now realized its facing not just a Health Crisis but also potential economic collapse Global Growth will turn sharply negative 2020 in fact we anticipate the worst economic fallout sees the Great Depression these numbers are dramatic other eightys comparisons with 2008 financial crisis and even the Great Depression of the 1930 sorry never in the us and asked me to 16000000 people have filed unemployment claims over the past 3 weeks and know if that is happening to the worlds economic superpower what the future awaits and from one house to africa for example the World Bank Says that covert 900 threats need to take the continent into its past recession in 20. 5 years will see a complete collapse of the common is and livelihoods livelihoods will be wiped out to the way we have never seen before if the analysis proves right coronavirus could cost the continent up to hof of its g. D. P. And 2020 why while africa is one of the most export dependent regions in the wild but with countries shutting of borders the continent cant trade like before thats on top of reduced tourism and no oil prices the number of coronavirus cases in africa is so far relatively no around 11000 but there are concerns its just the calm before the storm case numbers here increasing exponentially and there she can region it took 16 days from the 1st confirmed case in the region to reach 100 cases it took a further 10 day series the 1st sad isnt 3 days after this there were teas hasnt cases in 2 days later we were at 3 says and if this patent continues african nations which already have Fragile Health Systems will just simply be overwhelmed we dont have the hospitals the i. C. Use or the ventilators to deal with massive amounts of people so if the spread is comparable to that scene in europe or china the outcome could be devastating the coronavirus would actually affect their Health Care Services across the world but more so african countries who are clearly more prepared who clearly have lost because the underfunded and ill equipped many of them are the cause of the labor market expected to docs and nurses very short supply so. Call them up to issues for many of your complaints countries right now to try and get ahead of the pandemic many countries have been forced containment measures like lock downs curfews and travel bans but that has led to its own knew of problems overzealous policing has already cost lives and kenya there are reports of Police Beatings and the. As it himself apologize for the death of a 13 year old boy at the hands of an office as straight meanwhile south africa has taken the unprecedented step of going into one minute cheaper trying to knock down why are there are human Rights Groups also allege these knockdowns are being taken advantage of by authoritarian regimes to consolidate their power and also to sneak out social uprisings as joblessness continues to rise the timing of the pandemic is taking the bad for africa a number of its nations only now is recovering from the outbreak and in the east a small amount of no quest is threatening to devastate crops. If we fail with the current regional control operations because of a lack of pesticides then we could see 4000000 more People Struggle to feed their families so while the coronaviruses makes knife around the world difficult for the 1300000000. 00 living on the african continent it threatens to undermine individual freedoms collapsing Health Care Systems and bring about economic ruin africa is meant to be an Agricultural Produce the continent and in many cases many countries in africa how sort of the the element of mineral wealth actually seeing that that doesnt actually play in good turns so if people who live on a dollar a day nearly 70 percent of britain population sizes across the country on the a dollar a day those people do not ask to stay at home if were told thats the case whos actually going to take care of them and their bread lines are going to be affected the ability to be able to feed their families and themselves are really straight and more than likely the African People who will suffer when supply chains are terribly affected which theyre. Not to be the case. In the south. Look at the trying to cash in on the pandemic. Im going to fulfill your promise is possible to the people you do with bots. If you want to work. Out. Welcome back hospitals around the world are having to focus their resources on treating covert 19 patients and means many Crucial Services are being neglected in the u. S. Hospital admissions for Heart Patients have dropped by up to 60 percent and in spain theres been a 40 percent cut in emergency procedures not relating to covert 19 hong kong supporting major delays in accepting patients and a doctor in new york told us patients are refusing to be sent to Emergency Rooms for fear of catching the virus. I was in the hospitals its overcrowded over 1000 patients are going to have to wait for a long time just to get upstairs to a bed with if im going to share a room or going to hallways with other covert 90 patients i have patients coming to my mind and screaming that they dont want to be sent to the emergency room of the nursing home because they had a fever and discretely that they dont want the virus to take me back take me back but they know theyre being sent to certain do. Because theyre going to just inhale the air of an emergency room where the patients are 90 percent of them tested on them over 19 coughing and sneezing. We heard from david bill a british doctor and former member of the European Parliament he thinks that patients should never have to be scared of going to hospital for treatment. Really cared for ice to people is the hospitals remain open if you have a serious condition so for example if you have on china if you have chest pain if you have anything that you are really really worried about then you must seek medical help because actually strangely the public are actually listening to the advice thats being given a many of the wards are relatively quiet at the moment so if you are concerned if you have a life threatening illness then please make sure that you go to the hospital we have ramped up medical provision we have cold backed lots of retired doctors lots of retired nurses back on the front line so weve also built these other bigger units like the nice ingo hospital which is 22000 bed wards i mean thats extraordinary so the capacity of the n. H. S. Has increased dramatically but that means there are still many doctors around to deal with those conditions that are nothing to do with coronavirus itself the spine those assurances there are signs that the n. H. S. Is and severe strain ambulance waiting times have tripled in london many hospitals have outsourced key service is to private clinics we have a nickel of each evans a cancer patient. Operation shirt george said next week and it was cam saltus recurrent breast cancer. I had a lot of treatment about 5 years ago and ongoing treatment and unfortunately its returned and it needs an operation sooner rather than later this will be outsourced to a clinic but its an n. H. S. Clinic. And the tet the consultant hasnt operated that before so his very. Being very very cautious and very careful to make sure that he thinks a. Well theres still no cure or vaccine for covert 19 and the w. H. O. Has said that the search for it will take months if not longer and then go up in the market as a lot of frauds to step in offering fake treatments and hes right because the of reports. Its always like this isnt it especially in times of desperation but mankind is gripped by fear and despair they crawl out from under their rocks the charlatans the prophets years the the slides and the sneezes even among them of those of exceptional shamelessness im asking for a brief 3 months to assist in Research Work uncovered 19 being released to the post covered world is no solace to even been concentrated martins correctly former drug industry executive a fraud a ponzi scheme creator but lose his official crimes whats correctly really became infamous for is creating a monopoly over a parasitic infection drug used to treat pregnant women babies hiv exams he got his hands on this drug and he hiked the price from 20. 00 per pill to 750. 00 per pill it was ingenious and utterly soulless you either paid or you died Health Care Prices are inelastic they could have raised it higher and more profits were this is a couple of Society Couple system a couple of rules the way these vultures those promising promising a cure medicine or a secret formula to to ward off coronavirus spirits and for a pretty penny theyll tell you it came from god god gave us this product i believe yet youre saying that silver solution would be effective theres no Silver Bullet theres no silver pill and i promise you theres no silver toothpaste yes toothpaste thats not a joke patented and so we have the pentagon has come out and documented in Homeland Security and said. Disturbed the whole sorry strain of family at point blank range so ludicrous were his claims that authorities in new york cata step in to tell him to stop this charade its easy to blame the victims here you can call them silly or stupid we could try to understand them the elderly especially who are trusting who are told daily on television that theyre in the high risk category that theyre likely to die 1st of course theyre desperate can you blame them for for grasping at straws know what you can do is you can blame the the car not ists who are waving these straws in front of their faces not only do they create the cure but this pill right here is the prevention we can go on and on there are thousands of these charlatans all over the world more every day theyll just walk by report them make a complaint that facebook and twitter if you see a post there which is. The only thing worse than waiting for a cure is being fooled into buying one only to learn that its fake and some one juror in a pandemic profited off of our collective misery. When ever something happens of a catastrophic nature you see a number of sometimes altruism but oftentimes despicable for example price gouging in this country there were people who were selling pirelli these these and who lotion types of things for 200. 00 a bottle was ridiculous facemask so thats one example then you have televangelists or others who ply their spiritual wares maybe legitimately im not equipped with the ability to tell whether theyre correct or not thats for others to decide then you also have a variety of people who during this will make statements about the cause of this so called conspiracy theories now again im not saying anybody in particular but youre going to see everybody from every walk of life use this some how i am right ive heard radio promotion sometimes tawdry despicable so whatever the human imagination can provide thats what youll see. Thats the corona virus pandemic continues we here at r. T. 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I dont trust medical authority at all ever and there is no for that as i had this horrible autoimmune disorder growing up and it turns out it was completely alleviated with very drastic dietary measures and i went to a number of doctors to discuss what happened to me and i was basically laughed at like diet has nothing to do with our minas orders so my suggestion to people who have Health Issues they cant figure out if theyre going to see a medical professional and theyve been going for 10 years and theyre still on the same place they should probably take it upon themselves to Start Testing things out testing out diet testing out exercise and try and figure out things on their own. Dr mehmet joins us for an end form on one on this edition of politicking. Welcome to politicking on larry king. Joins me an old friend for a discussion mainly on his advocacy for the emmy malarial drug drop is calling a game changer to oz is the cardio