Giving thanks for joining us youre watching the weekly here on r. T. International. Ok lets start with our daily check on the latest global coronavirus figures total infections now stand above 4700000 fatalities have topped 314000 while the number of those who recovered stands a little over 1800000. An unknown inflammatory syndrome believed to be linked to covert 19 is threatening childrens lives across the globe the problems now being confirmed by the World Health Organization now the youngest known fatalities so far was an 8 month old british boy hundreds of cases of the syndrome which says many similarities to the rare disease have already been recorded in north america and europe with france seeing its 1st death from the condition recently but we have to emphasize. That where its 20. 00 to 25. 00 children in france its a new disease it looks like how is that disease. 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The condition is thought to be caused by a delayed immune response to the corona virus italy has seen a spike of cases of this new ailment while more than 100 children have been hit with the condition in the United States 15 states there have now launched a study into the Mysterious Illness the new condition has a number of symptoms including blood inflammation can also affect the heart its the fever rash abdominal pain and vomiting as well which in particular drawing comparisons with the cow or saqi disease the new york state governor said Health Care Workers believe not only can cope with 1000 provoked the condition of the symptoms themselves can indicate the patient is suffering from the virus as well weve lost 3 children 5 year old boys 7 year old boy unity Year Old Girl this is a truly disturbing situation department of health that is telling hospitals and medical providers to prioritize testing for the called the virus for any children they are demonstrating the symptoms lotties video agency ruptly spoke with the mother of one child who was struck down by the condition but who later recovered. His fevers by 202 and he still couldnt keep anything down he was complaining about major pain in his belly and said. He didnt touch it anything like that so his dad called the doctor and they said they restruck so he had a strong in rochester and they did a good test there is a big test back within a couple hours and it came back positive and they were concerned about his heart which would be getting excessively fast and his hydration on its ear the doctors saying they would the ways hydration everything was they were only giving him another 28224248 hours we were lost we didnt get medical help they were doing talon our 1st fever and they gave him an eye be a g. P. To help because the new system was basically overreacting is where they put it so it helped calm everything down and he was in the bit you were in a saturday would say he was able to keep anything down. Laurel is the Lancaster University dr Mohamad Bernier says with school slowly coming back on line the children need to be carefully watched. Okazaki disease. Not yet known how it is triggered but it is certainly known that it is caused by an auto immune response to any and he didnt so there are few chances that whatever whenever. He has an activity that he could be more prone to our Community Infection made call a virus that the body over react to the infection however the impact of going to virus on to the auto immune infection similar to call a stock you still need to be explored if we look into that out now there are very small proportion of the children who are observed having this kind of condition so they are for the impact on the global scale it doesnt seems to be that high but this is certainly something that needs to be watched me closely especially in different governments are planning to open the schools and if that would be the condition of your children are very likely to develop a saki like a syndrome and then having chances to get infected with on a modest might add to it that this is certainly something we need to be watching very carefully. Children in france have been testing down the uniforms this week because infant and Promise School started to reopen following the lockdown while the some parents fear the governments push for normality could end up bringing the coronavirus right into their homes so that theyve been ski has more. This week schools across from have been throwing open their doors once again to welcome pupils as part of plans to move a step closer to normality the government is opening up these educational facilities to gradual pace but many parents are torn about the idea of sending their children back to school into the classroom i am quite a severe asthmatic children have asthma as well. And so that has been very much a worry. Weve seen just how does this virus chance to play out for people who are resistant. But i think the biggest factor for us was was also just stressed stressed that children will experience going back to school and being told all the time dont touch this youre sitting to your clothes or saying no you cant use that pencil because someone else. Has washed your hands again dont touch your face you know i think for us. Weve been able to manage a lot of a lot of the stress writers are quite happy they know whats out there. Theyve been able to go about their daily lives and our dearly normal way it has rained this little all. For 8 weeks children have been home schooled or accessed where possible online lessons the advice has been to stay at home to socially distance when carrying out the central errands now that is shifting and francis easing controls and many people are feeling timid about returning to the post covariate 19 wilt i didnt even walk down the block during confinement were fortunate enough to have a garden and i dont think so i was able to go out in. Get some air and occasionally get a bit of shopping right on my street so to then be told youre all the way or. That means everyone not. Me. You know from one case to the other every ones going imagine. All the shops open up again and so there has been a sense of concern on our in that you know all of the russians are. In order to control the spread of the virus. It will be hard to continue. In level when everyone is moving about. Parents aunts obliged to send children back to school but even if all wanted to go back under the new rules that just wouldnt be possible right now there are limited Spaces Available with only 15 peoples in a class or 10 for nurseries and the priority is being given to children whose parents are essential workers schools will also look and feel very different with hand gel in place regular handwashing desks pulled apart children will also have to socially distance and teachers will be Wearing Masks in part of the fronts concern has led to some as theyve been refusing for schools to be reopened in a letter to parents of a school and see just north of paris the mayor described the governments guidelines as being in forcible although im for the ramones of our economy i am certain that Public Health must remain our priority as the economy restarts and people are expected to return back to work more and more parents may feel as if they are stuck between a rock and a hard place do they choose to send their children back to the classrooms where they may pick up the virus and bring it back home or stay home and potentially put their jobs on the line so that even ski otty paris. The french drug giant sun a fee which is busy working on a Coronavirus Vaccine is coming at the huge pressure of who will be 1st to get their hands on a possible cure while the company now says that theyll be no advance for any country earlier on it provoked outrage at home when saying the u. S. Will get priority because it funded the Early Research the u. S. Government has the right to the largest preorder because its invested in taking the risk the u. S. Which expects that if weve helped you men effector the doses at risk we expect to get the doses 1st i just remind is sound if he is chairman says weinberg that is a profoundly French Company he gave me all necessary assurance regarding the distribution of a future santa fe vaccine in france for us it would be unacceptable for there to be Privileged Access authentic crimes are based on financial reasons sufis one of the biggest players in the race to find a covert 916 the company has a long relationship with the us bard a Research Organization and in december it promised son of fi more than 200 1000000. 00 for research so far its given 30000000. 00 for the Vaccine Program but the french government angry because it also sponsors the firm to the tune of tens of millions yes french citizens what they think. I. Think its just business like everywhere there are a lot of incoherent things going on i think were not told everything its like with masks we were supposed to get a huge package of masks and then the americans took it and i busted her regionally its a French Company then it doesnt matter who pays the money its still french or at least it should be for everyone. Before we need to return the money that they give us and then its 1st 1st to deal with all problems and then we think of the others its not normal its not good its not possible so. I think its a bit stupid because at this time we all need to help each other we dont know which pricing will work and which will be available 1st if you have the u. S. Or france find the vaccine 1st that would be a good thing but it could also be that another state discovers the vaccine which decides to keep it for itself. But because it problematic for us i find it troubling want it because i dont think the us is the quandary that most urgently needs of their vaccine france also has a lot of secret people made i think the developing countries was huge populations like india and others which dont have enough doctors should be 1st even if they didnt finance the development of the vaccine especially since they dont have the budget for it. On friday it was revealed the number of care home residents in the u. K. He died from corona virus was actually 50 percent higher than previously estimated and the new data reveals more than 12000 fatalities since the start of march previous estimates put the number at just over 8000 the new data is said to include those who died after being admitted to hospital the figures come after the Prime Minister was asked in parliament this week to account for unexplained deaths in the sector or johnson was put into pressure by the leader of the opposition. To the oas records the average number of deaths in care homes each month for the last 5 years the average for april has been just over 8000. 00. This year the number of deaths in care homes for april was a staggering 26000 thats 3 times the average 18000 additional deaths this april. Using the governments figures only 8000 are recorded just covert deaths that leaves 10000 additional and unexplained care home. This april huge it to size in testing is going on a further 600000000 pounds i can announce today protection control in homes and yes it is absolutely true that the number of casualties has been too high but i can tell you house is right a lot of talk. Last week and indeed this week the number of outbreaks is down and the number of fatalities in care homes is now world. Scientists say that the virus is still having a huge impact and theres growing fears of a 2nd wave discuss the progress being made and the challenges still to be faced with might purge him from the independent care group. I think we are going to find sadly more deaths in due course because of the in some cases not everyone the past when it has a coded related a cause of death on the death certificate so i think there will be more but i think at the minute were still trying to fight the virus and deal with that battle i think later on id like to see a Public Inquiry into how we handle the matter in this country to do with deaths in care homes with hope and then it really but i think weve got to make sure we learn lessons and nothing should this happen again is repeated such as what weve been through in the last few weeks and months and a borstal to said that theres going to be hundreds of thousands of. Pals millions of pounds thrown in to try to improve the situation in care homes thatll take time to have any effect is enough being done right now is there enough testing is there enough protective equipment there for the staff what more could be done. Well i think weve had trouble with p. P. And testing improvements are on their way but were still waiting on both fronts really and i think in terms of the money yes money has been pretty but i just say in this country with over probably 2 decades social care has never been at the top of the list and its been underfunded weve had a 10000000000 pound sit ups are innately in power since 2010 and yes weve had some money put it but were still not back to where we were funding wise since 2010 with many more people so one thing that positive that should come out of this virus is the government finally recognizes that so you get into the higher of the priority list and given the same attention as our n. H. S. Is. Did you ever get the feeling the sense during this you know crisis situation that elderly People Struggle to look after themselves in care homes that they came down the very bottom of the list of priorities that people are focusing elsewhere and thinking will deal with that those elderly last. Section older people generally been further down the list and they should have and i hope that 6 corrected the teacher but i dont think as many people would have died if we could have dealt with it differently. He said of course that this is unprecedented so dont blame the government for everything but i hope that they will learn go in for in the future we need to do things differently but we are not going to release a lot done yet to we get some guidance to when it might be safe to do so my fear is that if we relax things too quickly we will get a 2nd spike so one looking to the gun to help us to know when would be a good thing im hoping with the Better Weather thats coming for the summer that we will be able to meet people perhaps outside relatives to to exchange. Interest to the minute is a big worry and i hope that we can move on and get to a new one soon as possible. Really is beef industry has found itself dragged into a spats between the u. S. And china over the origins of covert 19 later in the program well look at whats at stake. Small the 90 suspected mafia members arrested across italy after a spike in criminal activity comes after convicted bulbs were temporarily released from jail as part of a plan to stop the virus from spreading in prisons the story and more coming up after the break. So what weve got to do is identify the threats that we have its crazy. Let it be an arms race in this spearing Dramatic Development that only mostly im going to resist i dont see how that strategy will be successful very critical time to sit down and talk. Seem wrong. Just dont call. Me. Yet to shape out the attic and engagement equals betrayal. When so many find themselves worlds apart we choose to look for common ground. Welcome back Italian Police this week arrested more than 90 Sicilian Mafia suspects around the country and what has been dubbed a mega rate they believe mobsters of ai the recent spike in crime rates and have been taking advantage of the coronavirus pandemic to increase their power it also comes after a number of matthew abbass were temporarily released from prison and this was part of a controversial plan to stop the spread of the virus in italian jails while the convicts are under supervision at home the Justice Minister has vowed to return them to jail or soon as possible some the very notion of mafia bosses being allowed out of prison is unacceptable. Worse than just liberating the mafia the government have put them in house arrest back in the future where they have terrorized people for years. Just. Me it was in the governments decision the decision was based moon total memories circulated by the department of Prison Administration asking prison officials to list those over a certain age and with Certain Health conditions who might be at greater risk in case of corona virus infection the officials were then asked to send the list to the supervisory magistrates who in italy oversee the release of inmates from prison by issuing that memo the department made a mistake as it didnt mention an article in the saudi and penal code that differentiates between common inmates and those in prison for serious crimes such as mafia activities and terrorism that article affords lawyers the opportunity to call for the suspension of special dispensations to prisoners with Health Conditions unfortunately this led to the release has some important matthew figures. Among the senior members release but for the house arrest was franco. Serving a life sentence for kidnapping the son of an informant one of italys most notorious murders the boy in question was held hostage for 2 years before being strangled and dissolve the knesset. Tensions are up to in the countrys overcrowded prisons a march that is National Prisoner rights advocate urged immediate action to prevent the spread of the virus into jails which included stopping family visits since then some 376 mafia members and drug dealers have been moved from jails to house arrest he said he and the chief and the. Foundation which studies the mafia believes that the move was a retreat in the fight against the mob. Which was at war. With those who lost their loved ones in the fight against the mafia think this measure how would the victims children feel i wonder what my own daughters might have thought seeing those people secrete had i or someone from my unit been murdered by the mafia one of those nights we should always be v