Who the latest global News Headlines this is r. T. International thanks for joining us. Lets start this hour the latest figures in the global covert 900. 00 pandemic more than 720000 cases have now been confirmed globally thats an increase of around 10 percent in just the past 24 hours 34000 people have lost their lives and more than 150000 have recovered half of them in china. Well here in moscow and now into the 1st day of a citywide partial lockdown it was announced by the just last night people are required to stay at home whenever possible to prevent the spread of the virus he said to try to reports from the city center well for a whole bunch of reasons including early border restrictions testing and quarantine measures for everyone coming into this country and also pure luck the outbreak of covert 19 in this country in this city in particular wasnt as disastrous as in some other places round this world which gave the russian authorities a chance to try and balance between a lighter measures and very strict measures in their attempts to flatten the curb i guess we all know what this phrase means by now in particular the mayor of moscow the capital in this countrys biggest city and also the city with the most coronavirus cases announced late on sunday night that from that point moscow is going to be in full self isolation mode and the russian Prime Minister me followed up on that this morning. The self isolation rules apply to people of all ages exceptions are for those who require emergency help need to get food have to get to work if the work hasnt been stopped by order of the government or have another compelling reason. So let me just explain what complete self isolation means in the case of the russian capital for the people who are in moscow the rules are that they will only be allowed to leave their homes or places where theyre staying only in case of emergency to go to a pharmacy or to get groceries or in case they have to continue working officially unnecessary movement is forbidden but city borders still do remain open people besides this have to keep social distancing everywhere which is 1. 5 meters thats how its been ordered by the government and also compensations have been and now for those who have lost their jobs now as for how all of this is affecting the situation in the streets of the capital i can tell you that there are apps with a score for how busy the roads in moscow are from one to 10 and usually during the morning rush hour it gets to as high as a wall sometimes 67 while at about 10 am on moscow it was 0 so that probably explain it barely saw people in the streets at least and downtown moscow and clearly everything except for government offices police stations medical organizations grocery shops and pharmacies Everything Else is pretty much shut down this is what moscow looks like at this point. President trump has claimed that keeping covert 19 deaths below 100000 in the United States would be a great achievement for the administration the viruses so far killed more than 2400 americans. Get about 2200000 deaths 2200000 people from this. And still if we could hold their down as were saying 200000 its a horrible number maybe even less but 2100000 so we have between 10200000. We altogether of done a very good journey new york is by far the worst hit city in the United States accounting for almost half of nationwide infections with hospitals overflowing central park has been turned into an emergency Field Hospital tents with dozens of beds are being set up there. Has more on the situation. New york city has 7 days left one week before the citys hospitals its medical infrastructure collapse its a crucial day to think about is sunday april 5th meaning which ive said were getting through this week its tough. We have what we need for next week but it will definitely be a very hard week but after next sunday april 5th is when i get very very worried about everything were going to need the more you read about whats happening in new york the more horrifying it is its out of control and by all accounts all of them its only going to get worse the peak in death rate is likely to hit in 2 weeks so ill say it again the peak the highest point of death rates remember this is likely to head into ics Emergency Services getting more calls now than they did on 911 just let that sink in the city is terrified theyre scared of the virus theyre fearful of how unprepared they are that terrified from a mental standpoint its a serious strain on on us when you mess the were doing over 6000 calls dearly in the last few days weve done over 44000. 00 calls to see we some perspective we normally only do about 4000. 00 calls a day and 911. 00 which was the busiest a. T. M. s we did 6000. 00. 300 calls a roughly in the last couple days weve done over 7000 so were. Doing a lot of double ships were very busy running around number one stress isnt that if i can get infected you know we signed up for a job thats dangerous that we know we can be killed in the line of duty we know we can get sick while we take care of others the stress has been that were not able to get tested properly so the city has not provided dedicated test think of 1st responders so the problem with that is we dont know if were bringing it home to have families just look at this in the middle of the pandemic nervous is a protesting that dont be quick to judge. Many of them being sent to the deaths theres not enough mosques theyre being asked to use mosques that are intended only for a few hours then being told to reuse them for days some of them lacking gallons of wearing trash bags trash bags imagine if youre given this gesture and told to use what entire we only hear and over again its extremely difficult when you need what you need to do what you gotta do and you dont have it you have to improvise so some of us. Probably once we come out once you start losing the mask and we dont have it anymore were going to have to with substandard equipment it puts us at rest we can do better we should be doing better in this day and age and whats supposed to be the richest country on the planet its unacceptable that nurses should be interesting people should be without the equipment they need god forbid you for the overhead break you call an ambulance theyre busy there arent enough they have to go get the guy thats suffocating from pneumonia from a severe coronavirus case you decide to go to the hospital you a self where Emergency Rooms of full of severe coronavirus cases you get infected you talk to a nurse who lacks basic personal Protection Equipment your chances of infection go up they call provide for the nurses and the nurses call and provide for you what happens when we dont have the proper equipment is that we potentially expose ourselves which we have been not only do we expose ourselves but weve been exposing the patients that getting have the virus weve been bringing home to our families and bringing it out into the community this is an on mitigated disaster they they had a choice lead. All of them from china to russia to europe to america the choice was to save business save Bank Accounts keep things open let the infection spread or save lives closed borders closed businesses quarantine it works we know it works and given these 2 choices lives or businesses youd have to go back to the civil war to talk about borders of states like that i think would paralyze the economy a lockdown is what they did in war on china and were not in china were not in war on new york has made its choice. Italy has suffered more than any other nation from the cove in 1000 pandemic with more than 10700 lives lost the government has announced that a nationwide lockdown is being extended as well for an indefinite period it was supposed to end on april 3rd the thirtys are also urging recent graduates to join the ranks of doctors to cope with the continued influx of patients the director of a clinic in belgrade most spoke with russian returns a host of arties going underground shes shared her experience of handling the pandemic. We are or are that a much what a day about to the masks we chat impart down to back to these vitals its the same seasons natale spreading that through the hair back there also and maybe mainly true this what faces and the contact so is really important or brought to wash and yet have a can become a vector of design to us and that door i mean in the environment you should look at counties to stop the spread of divide it was good to read a lot of environmental measures to keep oil day places clean and if youre thats that peabody it negative that is that can be negative to day maybe into what you put a cape doubts that came people as if this is what i mean you tell you they decided to test only people we thought maybe if they were developed for different kind of deaths that i that he detests which to add that there is as i can wage these might be really helpful why is it were getting reports of younger people now dying of coronavirus if youre going to say because there are people even we deny that a disease is quite like 4550 s saw again they develop a serious illness that add their people we do many diseases say and they dont develop serious illness that so theyre not experiencing a clear correlation between there is this you are florida. Your genetic condition and the 11 of these that you develop because a squadron of right. There moscow and the surrounding region all the restaurants of being close since saturday to stop the spread of the corona virus but deliveries there still permitted and some businesses are stepping in to provide help where its needed if you have reports. In times of crises you have 2 options you can either panic oh you can think what can i do to support the community now im here to see how it started out as a full suggestion of sending flowers to doctors the nurses and hospitals across the city has spiraled into something of a mission because wallflowers would certainly help boost morale sweaty things like coffee chocolate and other supplies that will keep these king workers go away and it turns out theres plenty of people willing to help with that. Character had a call with my caller heres a doctor i asked him to help you he said ok you can take part in that probably you can give us some coffee because right now we dont have it and asked to see a launch the hash tag fighting together as a way of getting people on board an Online Community of mums who were already sending flowers to doctors and nurses onto the call putting their own concerns and stresses aside to focus on supporting those who need it most. Subordinates. More than 100 people have responded to all call and the donations keep coming and i think everyone who sees our posts can abstain different and they send money. One local restaurant in moscow also decided to pitch in its a challenging time for businesses but the pandemic putting some at risk of closure and leading to uncertainty about what the future holds but they using this opportunity to turn and negative situation into a positive. It was a bias to doctors and some swedes which are there. Ever any us through improve their moods and so that they know that we support them and really thankful to them now like all of us are in cycles and out they dont have. And you think to good people are scared and upset and so its also for them its kind of. Emotional. To make something for. The way here we have one of the beautiful cookies the doctors the nurses dont have the time to have a sit down meal. Currently the initiative is supplying boxes of snacks and drinks to 2 clinics in mosco but theyre hoping this will follow suit and join the project so that more hospitals in moscow and elsewhere can also benefit everyone can help every little help will count and if we combine all these help together as a community i think this could be a really good thing. Unsurprisingly the goodies are going down well hospital staff have taken to social media to post them messages of gratitude from doctors that are as absolutely amazing because once i saw abound they were so i have just taken this cup of coffee with milk and they was like oh my god is rio is it from people as the saying goes a small bottle of kindness can create a big wave and if these little care packages that could make the world of difference for those working around the clock until with during this difficult time. Heading north of the border in canada the situation there appears to be more stable around 6 the. In coven 1000 cases have been registered 65 people have died but nationwide containment measures have had a severe Economic Impact according to a new poll almost half of canadian say that they or someone in their household has lost income most of them have received no compensation for loss of working hours and the movement called keep your rent is urging landlords to temporarily stop charging rent for those left out of pocket we spoke to one of the activists im an out of work carpenter that cant make the rent i live in a neighborhood with thousands of people that are faced with the same situation in a city and a province and a country with millions of people that are facing the same situation we have just seen wide spread loss of jobs increase in costs and yet rent is still due to the overage of coverage 19. 00 this is pushing people over the Tipping Point in a lot of ways so tenants are coming together to organize together and spread the word there are no guarantees ahead of us their number one priority needs to be the safety and security of themselves their families and those around them that mean need the money that the rules dictate be handed over on the 1st of the month. The keep your rent movement is putting up posters across toronto telling tenants to stop paying theyre also dropping leaflets into little boxes and the landlords are pushing back. Where i grew a number of tenants who are planning around strike this would be catastrophic for landlords who need that money to be able to make their payments brown dirty again says that despite awareness of the rent problem nothing has been done so far. Everyone knows that rent is coming up every tenant every landlord every politician and everyone in the media and there have been no movements if working class tenants keeping what little they have left under these circumstances puts individual landlords in jeopardy those concerns need to be taken up not with tenants but up the line if they have an issue with putting food on their table then theyd need to make choices and they need to put pressure on their Financial Institutions and on their lenders not on tenets no 10 and created this situation we are simply trying to deal with it. Now ducks in india are also at risk of eviction but for a different reason well explain all after this break. Join me every thursday on the alex salmond show and ill be speaking to guest of the world of politics sports business im showbusiness ill see you then. Is your media a reflection of reality. In a world transformed. What will make you feel safe. Isolation community. Are you going the right way or are you being led. By. What is true what is faith. In the world corrupted you need to descend. To join us in the depths. Aura made in the shallows. Welcome back indias big cities are usually teeming with Migrant Workers from the countryside but a nation wide lockdown is that millions without work and they are heading home for its a buses have been provided to get them out of the cities meanwhile frontline medics in india who treat coronavirus patients now have an extra problem to deal with some of them are reportedly unable to leave the hospitals where they work and theyve been evicted from their homes as learned those feared they may be infected the government has expressed serious concern. Im deeply anguished to see reports that doctors and paramedics are being ostracised complexes and societies. These doctors are saving our lives putting their lives at risk their landlords should not do this this is wrong and weve spoken to the head of a Doctors Association in india who said that many people have no understanding of just how the virus is transmitted. It is me also information regarding the way this. Issue nor the nature of mission of the whales what is it and what if it is then we will believe their news and. The only 3 i mean. Thats nearly all us and ensuring their immediate action will be against us and our beach. Where this was at the mean and variance in states. So there was an interview so this points made the ministry and was reported to. Me while in his Prime Ministers heard citizens to remain calm and to avoid panic buying in a radio broadcast over the weekend he apologized for the hardships people are facing during the lockdown. Bar and certain all many people my being free with me wondering why we have locks everyone up in their homes i understand your problems and your frustration but in such a country is india with a population of 1300000000 there was no other way to fight cope with 1000 well youve probably heard that the pandemic has caused a global shortage of face masks and other equipment but inventors are stepping in to try to tackle the problem aunties Jacqueline Berger explains. Right now the world is facing a completely unprecedented situation and focus are having to adapt fast any and all ideas are on the table because the fact is shortages of essential materials and medical equipment is a global problem shortages are leaving doctors nurses and other frontline workers dangerously ill equipped to care for covert 1000 patients due to limited access to supplies such as gloves medical masks respirators goggles face shields to gallons and a prince but we have tremendous numbers of ventilators but theres never been an instance like this where no matter what he would have its not enough that would be the case and then theres the story of the italian doctor who has now fallen victim to the coronavirus who shortly before he died revealed in an interview that doctors on the front lines had run out of protective gloves but desperate times call for Desperate Measures and many people are answering that call take in italy for instance where a start up is making ventilator masks which are urgently needed out of snorkels the face of you today on a website people can download for free the file we created which will allow everyone around the world to turn a dive a mosque into respect and potentially save lives how about a snood that kills more than 95 percent of viruses including coded 19 yes i said a snood those things that are somewhere between a scarf and a hood might soon be found on millions of n. 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