A 50000000. 00 reward for his capture. Coffins pile up. With hospitals also overwhelmed as it really struggles to cope with the impact of the coronavirus. Hi there with your global news update this is r. T. International. And we start with an update on the scale of the kovac 900 pandemic more than half a 1000000 cases have now been registered worldwide with 24000 lives lost so far 128000 people have recovered from the virus. Growing number of countries have been forced either partial or full lock down to control the spread of the farts an estimated 3000000000 people thats more than a 3rd of the worlds population under various forms of restriction. Lets bring you some breaking news that just commend the british Prime Minister has tested positive for 19 Boris Johnson who is 55 is the 1st world leader to catch the novel coronavirus. Lets go live to london now our correspondent isa ollie who him self is in self isolation in london has the latest on this story isa bring us right up to date place yes the Prime MinisterBoris Johnson hes been really at the front line in terms of updating the public thats the latest on the corona virus issue and Holding Daily briefings to the media usually either by the ministers or interestingly by his chief medical d and chief scientific adviser but this morning the Prime Minister taking to twitter to release that video announcing that he himself has now contracted the disease i developed tomorrow symptoms over the coronavirus thats to say a temperature and a persistent cough and on the advice of the chief medical officer ive taken a test that has come out positive so i am working from home im so fice waiting and thats entirely the right thing to do but be in no doubt that i can continue thanks to that was reborn technology to communicate with all my talk team to lead the national fight back against corona virus. Now the Prime Minister has been coming in for quite some ridicule because of course we know that the u. K. Has been telling people that they have to self isolate and telling people to stay away from others well 3 weeks ago the Prime Minister visit the hospital where he said he was happy to shake every 150. The bright eyed eyed shaking hands can decide that i was at a hospital the other night i think there were a few that are actually if you create a virus a patient and i shook hands with everybody youll be pleased to know and i continue to shake hands. So that might be a clue as to where the Prime Minister constructed it from now where there have also been major criticisms in the country towards the Prime Minister and other prominent figures about how theyre able to get testing in the front line n. H. S. Staff who are working to combat this disease still arent being tested many doctors nurses others feeling like theyre putting their lives in danger without having been taken seriously having been considered by the government when it comes to resources and trusting now that all comes over the past 24 hours weve seen a rise of the death toll to 578. 00 people dying in the u. K. Now thats a 24 hour rise of over 100 deaths previously the previous day it only risen by about 2024 deaths and so people were thinking that possibly the u. K. Had managed to get on top of it and the deaths numbers were dropping however these dates showing that the u. K. Very much still in the grips of its corona Virus Outbreak impact of the virus in the. Quite apparent that many thanks for the update for us. Meanwhile the artists ace is now at the center of the cove in 1000 pandemic with the largest number of cases globally almost 86000 americans have tested positive for the virus more than 1300 have died new york citys been by far the worst hit area within the 40000 cases thats around half the National Total 466 people have died in new york state was a 40 percent surge in hospital admissions on thursday according to the governor there and do cuomo and theres a severe shortage of hospital beds and ventilators more details from new york is 20 chabris. Today hospitals in new york struggling under the weight of the pandemic people come in to get into bed if they die the cycle repeats elmhurst hospital in queens the bureau with the most coronavirus cases in the city in the center of the outbreak the hospital confirming at least 13 patient deaths within 24 hours right now its every day its nonstop literally and. Unfortunately its my get to suggestion you have to pick and choose what youre going to do are you going to do. As the doctor say a lot of people call the doctor the survivor to expire and you put the same machine in the not the 1st shot as medical staff operates out their 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 yeah though the systems overwhelmed all over the place the shortage of safety gear out one New York Hospital is so dire nurses have resorted to wearing trash bags 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 was nothing compared to this we were open waiting for patients to kabul never k. 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 into supports 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 about a member of mt sinai is nursing staff who has been treating coronavirus patients. Has passed away from colvin 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 cold the 19 to those who are critically ill from the virus the procedure could be life saving reporting in new york trinity chargers r t. The containment measures in place across america forced businesses to close doors and to lay off staff jobless claims hit 3300000 this week smashed previous records the number is 5 times higher than during the peak of the 1992 recession meanwhile the senate has passed a 2 trillion dollar stimulus plan to keep businesses afloat. Of the u. S. Battle to contain the spread of curvy 19 the state department is turning its focus elsewhere of a multimillion dollar bounty for the capture of venezuelas president supposedly for narco terrorism and goes dia reports. How they want to get rid of him they condemn didnt work a sanction blockade of venezuela hooping that people would rise up and overthrew him that. They organized dressed up and paraded the opposition and still nothing the only thing left this to plan drugs in him were not acting as the worlds policeman were acting as policeman for ourselves and people are obligated to protect the American People keeping americans in america safe from venezuelans in venezuela only in washington does that make any sort of sense or in the wild west where gun slinging cowboys went out hunting for bounties that they found on wanted posters this is an extreme vulgar and miserable action from Donald Trumps administration there for a least a set of false accusations and slander acting like cowboys racists of the 19th century they put a price on the head of revolutionaries but we are ready to fight them wherever they are the charges themselves are almost comical they include possession of machine guns you dont say the commander in chief of the Venezuelan Armed forces possesses machine guns why didnt they charge him with possessing an army jets artillery tanks but its only funny on paper us sanctions have turned venezuela into hell on earth strangling the venezuelan nation in the middle of a pandemic the problem of medicine and food of essential just to get mcdougal out of office and the venezuelan people under no illusions theres no light at the end of the tunnel. It is this they have always had what more sanctions have they given to venezuela look at what is happening here in venezuela the epidemic affects everyone and everyone is suffering now they come with more sanctions look how this country is more sanctions for what enough of the sanctions that theyre giving to venezuela and then there where donald trump is not the judge noise here the worlds prosecutor whatever has to happen happens really because already i say we cant stand this much longer its a farce from start to finish america doesnt recognize him as president the guy that controls the country the military the ministers enjoys the support of millions and sits in the president ial palace isnt president and the parenting when he isnt busy running a country of 30000000 he spends his free time acquiring illegal machine guns and selling coke we heard from venezuelan historian. Thinks that the latest threats against caracas during a Global Health crisis in his opinion are pointlessly cruel. Its obvious that this administration feels that it can do whatever it wants the fact that bill barr has to start his conference by saying we are not the policeman of the world in fact speaks of the fact that this action is highly political and really reinforces the notion of the us as an imperial power able to dictate policy able to order the arrest of World Leaders heads of states as it wishes so this is very much a clearly of a political more a moment a cruel inhuman action at a time in which the country is reeling not only from the pandemic but also from the low prices for oil and also dramatic shortages created in part by the sanctions imposed by both the Obama Administration and now that trumpet ministration. Italy has suffered the largest loss of life so that any country due to the pandemic will that 8000 have died and there are 80000 confirmed cases north of the country is the hardest hit this video shows a local crime and tour and that has been simply overwhelmed by the outbreak it is overloaded with coffins additional refrigeration devices have been brought in his workers there are unable to clear away the dead in time hospitals so swamped with doctors and nurses and long body under immense pressure. On. All of. The months ago there were gratitude. No no no i would almost. This. Is for the for me for all 3 to think. This is the most. Places. In what was Different Countries come to italy say 8 more voices that are questioning the solidarity of the members this video shows an italian entrepreneur replacing the unions flag with a russian one at the entrance of his factory this video went viral we spoke to the owner about his gesture. We received information. 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Join me every thursday on the alex simon show and ill be speaking to guest of the world of politics sports business im show business ill see you then. Welcome back French Police are threatening to stop and forcing the nationwide lock down thats been in place for almost 2 weeks unions are accusing the government of failing to provide protective equipment after an officer died from cova 19 on wednesday on the charlotte do basically has the story door in force when agencies been particularly hard hit of this latest news that one of their own has lost their lives to cozied 19 what we know about that individual is that they were young dom 51 years old and as soon as they felt ill they were placed into self confinement but unfortunately the condition worsened on wednesday before the gendarme whos only been named is patrick g. In the french media it could reach the hospital he had passed away now that latest development has ratcheted up the threats from Police Unions that unless they are given the protective gear that they need that they will stop enforcing the law down this is what the unions had to say in a joint statement to the ministry of interior the eater union is issuing his solemn warning to the minister you the means of protection are lacking Police Officers will only carry out Urgent Missions and will no longer and force the lockdown where the lockdown in francaise been going on since march 17th and since that around 800000 finds have been given out by the Police Officers and john dams across the country there are around a 100000. 00 have been deployed to do just that but they have been angry now since the beginning of that lockdown over fears of the lack of protective masks that theyve had many Police Unions have talked about the fact not just that they fear because they coming into contact with so many people to issue these fines to check the permission slips that we need to be out on the streets in france that they could be liable to catch the virus but also then could be a vector of transmission. So this is something thats really been concerning the union since the start now the ministry of interior is infuriating Police Officers and the unions even further in the last few days after it requisition the f f p 2 masks these the highly protective masks took them away and said the Police Officers had to give them to the Health Workers now weve been talking to one police union in the last week about some of the fear is that they have for their members. Security Officers Police and other people who are. In the country need to be protected this farce does not distinguish between Police Medics and of the citizens were not even sure that we Police Officers not potentially in fact some people when we do our checks so we need mosques and other pretext for equipment to keep us safe and others well laura nunez who is the junior interior minister says that the government is policy is to pass those highly protective mosques on to the Health Workers and that they are working to provide the police with other mosques and a working on alternatives for the situation but this is a lack of mosques isnt just a problem for the police its been described by one Nursing Union here in france is akin to a state scandal and thats because france doesnt have enough mosques for its emergency workers and this is just the latest headache for the french government in the last few days we also know that a group of medics filed a complaint of negligence against top officials here in france that includes the Prime MinisterEdward Felipe saying that they didnt do enough to avert the pandemic of the virus pandemic here in france and this comes of course as france is trying to battle against kofi 19 as the numbers of infected and the numbers of those who have apparently died from covert 19 continue to rise. The European Space agencys offer. Ringgit help to millions of people who are now confined to their homes because of the pandemic if they held a free online conference aimed at connecting people around the world with space explorers and scientists one of the participants was Samantha Christopher wrathy holds the record for the longest uninterrupted spaceflight by european astronaut we got a chance to speak with her. On the International Space station we have a big space stations they have a lot of space so that its not difficult but i can imagine people nowadays right now families having to live in a small apartment all day 24 hours but we also have to think of people who maybe live alone and so theyre theyre really isolated d there are some strategies that people maybe can use to cope and to help each other the number one thing the really most important one is to communicate a lot we really try to stay connected to our families to our friends to our loved ones on earth but i think its really important also for people who right now are in isolation you know we really have to pick up the phone sky email whatever we need whatever works to make sure that we keep those human connections going in the other thing is that our space station we are very very busy and very day and so that helps us i think to keep psychologically healthy because you know every day we get up and we have a lot of things to do. Among the possible impacts of self isolat