Come on paul. Hello there she is gone 7 pm here in moscow youre watching International Start this hour by giving you the latest figures on the 19 pandemic the number of confirmed infections worldwide has passed 1600000 death toll stands now at more than 909367000 people have recovered. Well the virus is taking its greatest toll on the elderly with a picture of devastation emerging it can homes throughout europe deaths of surge but exact numbers arent yet known to you to a lack of testing and delays to in reporting in italy the Health Director of one nursing home to tell us there are no resources to cope with the crisis. 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 process whats happened and mourn for those who have died in many European Countries care home residents have been bypassed by overstretched Health Care Services in france almost a 3rd of all coronavirus deaths of happened in such facilities with mo
So good evening youre watching r. T. International where it has just gone eye to cock here in moscow now lets start with the latest figures that we have on the cope with 19 pandemic the number of confirmed infections worldwide has passed 1600000 and the death toll stands at more than 100369000 people have recovered. Well the virus is taking its greatest toll on the able to leave a picture of devastation emerging at care homes throughout europe deaths of surge but exact numbers arent yet known due to a lack of testing and also delays in reporting initially the Health Director of one nursing home there says that there are no resources to cope with the crisis. I would describe whats happened as a tsunami losing so many people at the same time its terrible to have not even had time to process what happened and mourn for those who have died. In many European Countries care home residents have been bypassed by overstretched Health Care Services in france almost a 3rd of all coronavirus death
Crowded 90. Also jobs lost super markets shot flights grounded economies are being badly hit by the pandemic so what can nations do to bounce back and discovered 19 cases rise across africa this concern the continents already Fragile Health Systems may collapse. And in other news bringing them back from near extinction efforts to save the african rhino appears to be working. And sport olympic boss thomas bock admits for the 1st time different scenarios are being considered for this years usa swimming as far away as for the tokyo legs to be delayed by months. Hello everyone they coronavirus pandemic it has hit another grim milestone the global death toll has now passed 11000 so the battle has governments worldwide imposing stricter on president. Measures to stop the spread of the disease lets take you around the world now starting with germany which has Just Announced 15 new deaths and an increase in cases overnight by almost 3000. 00 means were looking at a total of over 16000. 00 case
Dozens of hostages freed at least 20 killed after a siege at a sikh center in the Afghan Capital is. A turkey lympics is pushed back a year and athletes from around the world have voiced their relief at no im happy to be petering the current virus pandemic well hear from them in the next hour. Well the largest lockdown yet in the fight against the coronavirus is underway with 1300000000 people in india now under orders to stay in their homes the restrictions will last for 21 days now india is only seen around 600 confirmed cases so far but there are fears that that could rise quickly all europe remains the current at the center of the outbreak more than 500 people died in spain just in the past 24 hours. Raising the death toll there to nearly 2700 but theres also concern the u. S. Could be the next hot spot infections in new york have now said to more than 25000 and that number is rising rapidly and just in the past few hours u. S. Senate leaders agreed on a stimulus package to help He
Interrupts ashraf ghani as he and the beloved are sworn in as afghanistans president rival inauguration ceremonies. Hello welcome to the program a plunge in oil prices triggered by a dispute between saudi arabia and russia has sent stocks plummeting on Global Markets already spooked by coronavirus billions were wiped off the value of Major Companies on monday londons footsie 100 suffered its biggest one day 4 since the Global Financial crisis of 2008 the index closed 7. 7 percent down hong kongs hang seng index close 4. 2 percent down thats the biggest one they fall in 2 years and that spilled into other asian markets trading was halted on the New York Stock Exchange for 15 minutes when the dow jones tumbled more than 7 percent shortly after it opened well chris islam is monitoring the markets for us joins us live from new york its just close there what are the final numbers looking like kristen. Yeah barbara it was a brutal day for and vaster is a major sell off on wall street all 3 o