Youre watching R T International bring your live news update from our studio here in moscow welcome to the program. We start with the latest figures on the corona virus which has now claimed more than 12000 lives worldwide the number of confirmed cases is edging towards 300000. Italy which became the hardest hit country this week by the corona virus with a death toll surpassing even china has seen nearly 800 feet tall these in the past 24 hours alone and all the pandemic has now killed more than 4800 italians amid the grim statistics russia has offered to send aid to the country. Joined me earlier in the studio with all the details. There is no other place in the world where it is as bad as it is in italy right now so amid this crisis russia is indeed going to help out so what is it doing firstly moscow will be sending personal protection to italians such things as mosques for example also russia is promising to ship mobile disinfection units truck based essentially so that italians ca