Service comes under severe strain. Physically and verbally abuse we very. Good morning welcome to the program my name is kevin irwin here at the r. T. International world you center with the latest 30 minute live update for this 20th of march as it is now and unfortunately were starting with the latest figures on the coronavirus pandemic there are now more than 240000 confirmed cases worldwide and the death toll is approaching 10000. Italy has now become the country worst hit by the covert 1000 pandemic fatalities there of surge beyond 3400 thats greater than the loss of life in china and Prime Minister just epic contest says the nation wide lockdown may need to be extended after april of. This is the grim scene from the Northern City of bergen mo the army that has been called in to help move coffins of the victims out of the area this video posted on social media shows military trucks arriving the city cemeteries become overwhelmed by the sheer number of dead bergen moez in the long body province where almost 2000 people have died from the virus officials though for the worst is yet to come. It is a heartbreaking image striking with the force of a 100 or even the fowls and punches where medical staff from the very front line in italy have been falling sick themselves in large numbers more than 2000 600. 00 have contracted the virus since february that represents around 8 percent of all cases in the country the entire Health Care Systems creaking under the strain theres a severe shortage of staff hospital beds and equipment lifesaving ventilators and face masks are in short supply and some retired staff are being asked to return to work one of the countrys leading Public Health experts claims the governments response there has been too slow the problem right now is the supply of protective gear the government should have thought of this some time ago we already have a limited number of doctors nurses and or extremist circumstances we could even ask them to help working even if they tested positive for corona virus still they should be equipped with protective devices to avoid spreading the virus further. The situation is really you know how dramatic and there are 8 percent of workers who are able to center over all cases are workers who are and active and there is nothing we can do because we have a shortage of medical personnel and it be i how healthy in the sense that they can are capable of who are here and they dont show symptoms that incapacity their exam way and thats the only option otherwise and paul will continue to write we dont know how many people are in it because we are only testing people who show symptoms and actually sit here and it should definitely be efficiently more task the problem is that they did not have the resources to do so so theyre desperately asking for help from the European Union and from European Partners the only way to really fight it is if by test think as many people as possible here russias registered almost 150 cases of a Novel Coronavirus most are here in moscow the authorities are gradually implementing strict measures to prevent large scale outbreak russias close its borders to foreign nationals with some exceptions and those who arrive from most countries must go into quarantine for 2 weeks school shortly will temporarily close from march the 23rd and gatherings of more than 50 people have been banned Construction Works also now underway on a new hospital complex outside moscow to treat coronavirus patients its in a remote rural area will be surrounded by 250 meter exclusion zone its to be completed by april 15th meantime the Moscow Mayors Office has warned about misinformation spreading online about the pandemic and the measures to contain it this includes posts claiming that the russian capital is set to go into a total lockdown anytime soon with shortages of essential products in the shops too well to come to the store chains have offered reassurances so. That theyve got plenty of reserves for now and theres no need to panic by the Russian Ministry of industry and trade too as promised the public that grocery shops will not close he goes down of a correspondent checked out the latest situation at one large moscow supermarket then. Panic buying has become one of the key manifestations of the coronavirus scare all over the world so now weve come to one of most schools Largest Retail Stores parts of europe the shan chain just to get an idea as to how badly this thing is affecting the russians in fact were in the very same store that had previously introduced socalled apocalypse shopping carts preselected bundles of essential goods for about 45. 00 per carts was a one time action but it turned out to be a clear success because those cards have been already swept and theyre nowhere to be found but now lets have a look as to how well this particular and a very large store is stocked itself. First stop is well good old soap and the situation here is quite interesting because all cheaper ones they are gone like for instance here like 15 cents 30 cents buy the im not making up the prices these are actual prices on the soap here theyre gone but the more expensive stuff over here in abundance in fact let me show you one thing you can literally if you are if you are in a panic situation if you are in a panic mood you can literally buy soaps in canisters like this is liquid soap 5 liters of liquid soap but were going to be opting for Something Different something so. Particularly sensitive subject lately toilet paper while. Any type of budget any type of skin theres clearly enough for everyone and i feel like a plenty at home but for the sake of the experiment lets get some why not. Well this is trouble all right because were in the poultry section and the well its been ransacked there are people all around filming on their phones as well together with us whats going on here but the store has put up a reassuring messages reassuring sign saying essentially that the products the products are on the way dont worry if you havent found what you wanted here it will be here we will restock it in the nearest future together with the supplies were doing everything to maintain the needed stockpile. Cheaper me like chicken or turkey more expensive mead like before you pour while its gone just some of the most expensive stuff is here but. Nothing. Well judging by the amount of sweets next to me one thing can be said with certainty children are definitely not panicking and can be an example to us all. Well this is of course just a symbolic cut its not really serious but if i were to go all in and defy wanted to get everything that i needed for a Nuclear Winter scenario so to speak i would have had very very few problems with doing so and even with that said supply is have been talking a lot and posting photos and videos of their storage is really filled up to the brim with produce saying that there is literally no reason to panic about whatever whatever m. T. V. That weve just seen well they will be filled up there will be back fully stops so right now its lopes the appetite for panic buying here at least among muscovites is not that strong. Well good to see it for now at least with the whole world battling not only the pandemic but a wave of dissin from asian around the virus as well it seems the e. U. Knows who to blame once again to point the finger at the kremlin something immediately dismissed outright by moscow. The north is that it was because. Of this information from outside of the e. U. Among others also from russia or from providers which are based in russia or at least somehow to draw crimean sources you know theres well accusations against russia over disinformation and quakes about the coronavirus president europe and the whole world are a big disinformation and make them sound lets take a look at the presumption of innocence there are accusing advocates now evidence there can be any claims that tomorrow where it can be used as a part of such an aggressive informational campaign. Or you report claims that russia is so empowered they can anger in the west over the coronavirus it also states the aim is to undermine public trust in national Health Care Systems trying to prevent an Effective Response to the break is the theory the story of brutal dress believes the allegations against russia are absurd. It looks very. Funny in a certain sense because their. Western years and western governments their friends government especially because im basically friends are so ridiculous in their in their their way day and day treated all decorum have to research it be demure from the very beginning so day to day they make the fake news and know their i. Q. Seeing russia and george. Bush jr is there is not do only country with. Which i ask questions about the origin of the epidemic and the behavior of different governments its just ridiculous to. Treat russia. Sponsored a bill of fault of teams dr who he we are witnessing all over the word when else around the globe in the Us Donald Trump has resorted to rarely used wartime powers to force industry to tackle covert 19 will be invoking the defense production act just in case we need it or words think youll know what it is and it can do a lot of good things if we need it must sacrifice together because we are all in this together and will come through together meantime connecticut has become the 6 state to postpone the democratic primaries because of the outbreak but the Democratic National committees issued a warning about it that hasty changes to the process may result in penalties kellam opens across that story. All of society hunkers down in the face of a Global Health pandemic the democrats have decided to point fingers and play the blame game this crisis is going to demand more from all of us more from an administration and a president that has been far too slow in waking up to the scale of the challenges we now face i have been incredibly frustrated and concerned by the trumpet administrations missteps and slow response to this crisis so far the trumpet ministration has made a serious of false promises about the countrys diagnostic capacities spreading confusing and onto information about the availability of tests for the general public and so to hear the leader of the federal government tell us to work around the federal government because its too too slow is just its kind of mind boggling to be honest now there is no question donald trump is taking this very seriously as a Public Health crisis were asking everyone to work at home a possible postpone and this is a travel and limits social gatherings to no more than 10 people by making shared sacrifices and temporary changes we can protect the health of our people at the d. N. C. Is very happy to call out donald trump but their own Political Goals are not on hold 5 states have canceled their president ial primary votes and now the d. N. C. Says that there could be consequences each the 1st determining step must take place by the 9th of june if the state violates the rules on timing or any other rule that could be subject to penalties including at least a 50 percent reduction in delegates we advise states to follow the recommendations of local Health Officials and Prioritize Health and safety of all individuals thats right the democratic leadership is now demanding that Senior Citizens and everyone else drop everything rushed to the polls and vote in the democrats primary risking death in some cases now if you dont do it they say they will make you pay no small. Sense of entitlement there in states that have had their primary vote the turnout has been rather low big shocker at this point all public gatherings movie theaters restaurants are shut down so why not the polls exactly it makes sense to close this down i mean thats just the you know any of these Voting Centers that would just simply be a centers for transmitting disease and its the responsible thing is then to say look we can postpone this if basically they can postpone it will all the way up to late may have all the put all the remaining primaries on on some day in late may and thats it its certainly a much more sensible policy than holding primaries now when everybodys so anxious about the virus i think that they are thinking entirely in terms of the general election i mean the democrats have absolutely desperate to defeat donald trump they want to wrap this up as quickly as possible before the public has a chance to change its mind the rules across america are changing in the face of the coded 1000 Health Crisis but one thing certainly remains the same the only set of rules the Democratic National committee plays by are their own and they demand that everyone else play by them as well kaleb up and r. T. New york well as for the democratic primary race itself its now down to just 2 can that is pretty sound isnt joe biden its after the hawaii congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard dropped out and threw her support behind the former Vice President whos emerged as the clear front runner now. Now after tuesdays election its clear that democratic primary voters have chosen Vice President joe biden to be the person who will take on President Trump in the general election so today im suspending my president ial campaign and offering my full support to Vice President joe biden in his quest to bring our country together and although i may not agree with the Vice President on every issue i know that he has a good heart and hes motivated by his love for our country and the American People shortly after the announcement joe biden for her support in the sentiments the congresswoman is thrusts course in the spotlight last year may recall when Hillary Clinton accused her of being a russian assett rejected the allegations and sued the former secretary of state over it the 38 year old politician into the race for the democratic ticket in february last year and she was the last woman standing so to speak we heard from professor of latin american studies danny shaw he told us the primaries are being weighed down right now anyway but climate of fear. It will have to work the most are clearly affected in are afraid to go d out in it well if they have children you know theyll go in d the only way theyre doubly a free so clearly be inside iraq primary is in crisis in a sense tells the garrote a woman of color represents a colonist people hawaii thing a lot of people high hopes that she would support Bernie Sanders who is of course the most Critical Incident perry was candidate so to see her fall in line with joe biden in commend Joe Biden Miller is clearly an establishment candidate who represents the continuation of us Foreign Policy was clearly very disappointing and this is bigger than just a primary this is a movement for universal health care for us Foreign Policy that is diametrically opposed to what Trump Inviting him but im in the ruling class represent so this move is going to continue to fight not just in the electoral reading arena but more importantly historically in the streets of being out. In the u. K. The support of the corona virus has accelerated with more than 2500 now infected in the pandemic appears to be having a negative impact on some peoples behavior to a case in point one british nurse who claimed she was assaulted and racially abused on a way to work. Edwards daschle reports. It may come as no surprise that the n. H. S. Isnt exactly thriving what with being on the forefront of the fight against coronavirus Staff Shortages not enough funding and even a lack of clothing for medical staff professionals make it harder to help save lives but those were predictable evils was less of an anticipated event a phobia towards people who are treating patients but it happened to the n. H. S. Nurse who was allegedly racially abusing insults at just experience something that really opened my mind with Todays Society so i was coming up from the train station just minding my own business usually get out through the barriers and to come to work as a nurse. And these couple who. Just come and physically and verbally abuse me from my race and it gets worse she was attacked on her way to hospital for overtime shift to help her colleagues cope with the outbreak every really to come together you know any chance is struggling my goodness we have to start no doctors no nothing people who need to wake up and realise that this virus is not an excuse to be racist or to discriminate against everyone period the sad reality is as a fire sort of originates in china it spreads across the globe so does panic and xenophobia for instance the singapore and student was assaulted and loved by teenagers who punched him in the face screaming we dont know what youre coronavirus in our country he shouted i dont want your court of ours in my country we think this is at. A vietnamese our current us drug quite exhibitor earlier this month the u. K. Arts are because of fears that she would spread the virus the corona virus is causing much anxiety everywhere unfairly or not asians are being seen as carriers of the virus your presence on the stand would unfortunately create hesitation on the part of the audience to enter the exhibition space i apologize for this and hope we can meet and perhaps Work Together in the future these. Case in the u. K. Are just the tip of the iceberg across the pond in new york and none of these an asian person on the lecture just sta