An infection is high activists say the European Union has act now to take people to safety. Im burnt coffee its good to have you with us the United States is well on its way to becoming the new epicenter of the 19 pandemic the countrys death toll has now topped 1000 and with nearly 70000 confirmed cases the country trails only italy and china in the highest number of infections the u. S. Economy is also reeling with the crisis fueling a record surge in unemployment claims last week meanwhile the countrys largest city new york it is struggling to cope critical supplies are lacking hospitals are overwhelmed and authorities resorted to building make shift more. Fear is growing rapidly across new york as is the number of people infected with coronavirus many have to wait in line here in front of elmhurst hospital in queens doctors worry the Health System could collapse we are definitely seeing study 4050 year olds with no comorbidities no diabetes no coronary Artery Disease no high Blood P
Shame on you europe coming from the chief of the european union. And europe really needed to be there for each of them too many initially looked out for themselves. When europe really needed and all full one spirit. Too many initially gave only from meet Response Commission the president and criticizes a lack of solidarity and coordination can the e. U. Come together to tackle the Coronavirus Crisis plus the Us Government charges venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro with narco terrorism and Drug Trafficking charges marking a big shift in washingtons campaign to drive with your words from office the u. S. Is also offering millions of dollars for information leading to his capture. I bring golf its good to have you with us the United States is well on its way to becoming the new epicenter of the code 19 pandemic the countrys death toll has now topped 1000 and there are now more active infections in the u. S. Than any other nation in the world the crisis has hit the American Economy hard f
Even welcome you watching the weekly here on r. T. International it is our look back at the main stories over the last 7 days and of course it is the pandemic that has dominated so lets start with the latest coronavirus numbers that have just come in more than 714000 cases have been confirmed globally more than 150000 people have recovered but more than 33000 have lost their lives. Well here in russia the government has just introduced measures to prevent the spread of the virus starting this monday self isolation at home will be imposed in moscow for people of all ages were against it as more. Well its important to make a distinction between what came into effect yesterday which was soft quarantine many Entertainment Venues such as restaurants parks and cafes was shut citizens moscow residents were to stay in their homes to self isolate and restrict all unnecessary travel century this court is going from soft to hard to do you know this is going to be very very strict so all travel in
Activists say the eu must act now to take people to safety. Plus, the u. S. Government charges venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro with narco terrorism and Drug Trafficking. The charges mark a big escalation in washingtons campaign to drive would euro from office. Maduroro from office. The u. S. Is also offering millions of dollars in information leading to maduros capture. Im brent goff. To our viewers on pbs in the United States and all around the world, welcome. The United States is well on its way to becoming the new epicenter of the covid19 pandemic. The countrys death toll has now topped 1000, and with nearly 70,000 confirmed cases, the country trails only italy and china in the highest number of infections. The u. S. Economy is also reeling, with the crisis fueling a record surge in unemployment claims last week. Meanwhile, the countrys largest city, new york, is struggling to cope. Hospitals are overwhelmed and authorities have resorted to building makeshift morgues. Reporter f
Citizens and thousands of industries are facing massive economic turmoil and hardship there is of course one industry that appears to be immune to the economic fall out to the covert 19 pandemic i am talking of course about our good friends in the military Industrial Complex yes the Washington Post is reporting that while stores and factories around the country are shutting down and millions are teleworking from home defense contractors have been by and large required to stay open meaning most of the industrys 2500000 employees have continued to work. Why well according to the United States undersecretary depends elen lord those businesses are considered Critical Infrastructure because while we may be in desperate need for face masks ventilators another life saving medical supplies and equipment we cant stop working on the f. 35 fighter jets or the predator drones or all the other wildly expensive implements of death that our wonderful merchants of death provide merchants of war provid