Over a good morning this is Art International from moscow its just turned 11 am here now this friday my names kevin irwin with this 30 minute world news round up for you and 1st the latest figures in the covert 19 pandemic today the total number of coronavirus cases around the globe as exceeded 1000000. 00 with the largest number of cases registered in the us in italy and spain the number of deaths to continues its troubling rise its now more than 53000 however there is some encouraging news too the number of recoveries is also soaring and has now reached 213000. Here in russia there are currently over 4000 registered cases 34 people have died as the number of cases spiked yesterday president putin extended the countrys coronavirus lockdown until the end of april to get the latest on whats happening in russia with a correspondent in central moscow he goes down of morning we go nice to see you so what exactly was announced by the president thursday afternoon that take us through it while kevin it was glad im of putins 2nd address to the nation in regards to the coronavirus pandemic and this time it sounded and looked like more of an update it was rather brief and it was sounded more like an update as to what is being done and what to expect and perhaps most importantly is russians will be staying home till the end of april. According to the peak of the global epidemic has not yet passed including in our country because of this ive decided to extend the nonworking regime until the end of the month that is through to april 30th i would like to emphasize that employees will continue to receive their salaries. Well also his address seemed almost therapeutic in nature to show the russian citizens that they are not being abandoned that the government is doing its best to prevent as many deaths as possible Latimer Putin also focused on what regions should be doing those may be less affected by the pandemic so far to keep that from happening to keep that to keep themselves safe and sound from this virus and essentially he has emphasized that from now on regional authorities will be given greater powers to be able to handle this pandemic more autonomous lee have a listen. To be a victim gloams according to my decree governors will be given additional powers until the end of this week they will have to determine a specific set of preventative measures which are optimized for their territories both in terms of ensuring Health People security and the sustainability of the economy and key infrastructure in the regions themselves based on their situations will decide which regime is introduced. So essentially Vladimir Putins message here is that the response should be proportionate proportion to the medical situation to each region for instance moscow here has been sort of leading in such quarantine measures for instance here people are not allowed out of their homes unless its to visit a local supermarket or to walk the dog or cafes in the century all restaurant all the Entertainment Industries i should say have been shut down now at least until the and of this month also glad im a putin gave orders to the russian government to step up the production of personal Protection Equipment and disinfectants as well as to step up the work on the stove to step up their work to start working i should say on developing new testing kits to be which will be able to identify and diagnose covert 19 more quickly and more efficiently. Igor thank you for give us an update later on as you get more in the central moscow goes down all thanks. It israel making sure all communities abide by strict rules is proving difficult it seems there are more than 7000 though new factions there despite intense Movement Restrictions one hot spot is an ultraorthodox town where locals are ignoring social distancing advice paula slayer discovered. Welcome to mastering one of the oldest jewish neighborhoods in jerusalem now were into science fact this past year not to prostitution in my district i am dressed modestly but you can already hear people shouting and booing and yelling they dont like journalists here they dont like the police here and we are here because we want to monitor the whole coronavirus situation and the fact that most of the cases are coming from ultraorthodox neighborhoods like this one information is placed on billboards because there is no television or radio in these communities many of the posters on the yiddish language that was spoken in the 9th century in Central Europe most israelis dont speak yiddish its only the ultraorthodox communities who do not some of these posters warn against the koran this virus and also encourage social distancing but its too little too late the latest ata shows that the highest rates of infection are among the ultraorthodox and they still not taking heed superintended Mickey Rosenfeld is the National Police spokesperson and hes here to assess things how exactly have the ultraorthodox been flouting the regulations well here we are located in the area of mayor shot him in the religious neighborhood weve seen an extremely high number of people that have been in the streets our units are now patrolling all of the different areas because we want to prevent the corona virus from spreading that is something thats absolutely vital here in israel as we see the numbers going up and the main problem being inside the area is the fact that the neighborhoods are very closed very confined and we seeing that the message is not getting out to the public there are large numbers of people inside the families were talking about couples plus 567 even 10 children and we have to make sure that people stay at home and they stay away from each other as much as possible at this stage in some cases police have been removing people from synagogues and closing down places of worship its really tough going trying to convince people in this ultra orthodox neighborhood to abide by the end to come on a virus or does. Buses are allowed to travel with 25 people on board a synagogue is an open place. They allowed only 10 people to carry them with 2 nieces between each other. Still closing it why. The only thing the we need is the souls to be open the only thing nothing else was sure was you know. He was he was actually was that once was or was i was not there at that. Time he said muffin rise from people screaming on the balcony i was trying to just one of the villagers just because theyre not in the c. C. C. That we stick efficiency not scientists not people in this neighborhood im not shy just in genesis was he just thats not the reason why the peace appears to be saying that she thinks are actually things like money when is the shop assistant teaching you moment was. Was. Was. Was. So many religious jews here prayer is not on city the coronavirus but with big hospitals reporting that 40 to 60 percent of cases come from the docs neighborhoods the police will continue to crackdown. Masha rim jerusalem. Now for a migrant come to athens has become the 1st such facility in greece to record an outbreak of corona virus its now being quarantined theres been concern for weeks of poor conditions inside the often crammed compound spreads disease more quickly reporting next than shala due bensky. Security has been reinforced at the camp at cerner where the infection has taken hold its just 70 kilometers north of athens and its home to around 2500 migrants all living in close proximity all the food baskets and hygiene kits are being distributed charities have warned of the dangers of disease taking hold in a migrant camp for some people some of whom are at high risk of severe disease or death to live in dirt in unsanitary conditions crammed together in close quarters is a recipe for spreading the virus not to mention it is degrading and inhumane. The quarantine was imposed after to merge the new mother from its owner was found to be infected with couvade 19 now she had given birth in a hospital in athens and its not yet clear if she contract the virus in there or in the camp but with other residents now testing positive the new confinement rules mean no one will be allowed out for the next 14 days the greek government has held its hands up and admitted the conditions in the camps all problematic but it points the finger at the e. U. The conditions are far from being ideal but it is dealing with this problem basically on its own we havent gotten as much support from the European Union as we want. The reaction in. Europe is returning to the nation states and is moving away from or should have been a common European Response to a common Global Challenge that rebuke came off the elitists clashed over the economic response to the pandemic last week greece and for coronavirus point the idea is that the debt as a result of this crisis would be guaranteed by all countries however that was rejected by germany and it was also rejected by the netherlands now a new 100000000000. 00 euro fund for the hardest hit countries has been unearthed the European Commission president says that every year are Still Available in the budget would be spent on tackling the crisis we have developed the concept of short time work. It is intended to help italy spain and all other countries that have been hard hit this is European Solidarity in action mundelein says the newly agreed initiative does demonstrate European Solidarity but for europes poor countries in the south such as greece and italy. Countries have already feel that they are shouldering more than that fashion when it comes to like whence this new fund may feel more like a drop in the ocean rather than a life raft issues surely that have transformed vision into. A kind of. County for immigrants for a few days and this is some acceptable especially as its coming from from members of the same union. The exploited today did not simply abandon. In i believe the scene to some extent has happened to see germany would have to find a more general solution to any way i dont believe that this union can exist for far longer if it continues to do what it is doing to its poor and smaller members it will be destroyed other developments to brief you on the European Commission president s admitted that italy had been left to go it alone to battle europes most severe outbreak but she then went on to say that other e. U. Nations and are rallying round to help her thats not how one former italian interior minister sees it today europe is mobilizing alongside eataly unfortunately this has not always been the case it must be recognised that in the early days of the crisis in the face of the need for a common European Response to many had thought only of their own home problems question where is the e. U. Fat chance today Commission President von der leyen apologized to italy and the italians she could have thought of that before from europe only gets her words a smoke 0 substance. Well hes not alone several italian politicians are losing patience with europes lack of solidarity and symbolically taking down the e. U. Flag of ice president of italys lower house of parliaments among them he says the e. U. Needs to prove itself to be a worthy friend. This crisis is a test of the European Union i did not throw the flag out of the window nor did i tear it up i folded it away and perhaps one day all could start again depends on how the European Union deals with this crisis whether it be able and willing to help countries in the moments of me there is a very strong and widespread and reaction in italy many mayors as well as members of municipal and Regional Councils have copied my gesture and it has also been repeated in a number of other e. U. Member states this shows that the use going through a very difficult period is a very difficult situation and the European Union must show that exists it is not only a group that represents financial and economic interests it is almost as if the European Union is europes worst enemy i think the selfish as jews are Different Countries opposing the European Union inject the if a bloc which is restricted to being an entity based on trade and commercial treaties is not a union we need we can just go back to square one and become the European Common Market square in the e. U. Or any Super National organization that may follow its mirror to try to find more common ground. A french medical emergencies chief says government efforts there to get protective equipment to medics isnt moving fast enough the country is dealing with more than 59000 cases more than 5000 have died dr eric charles is being describing the deluge of patients his region is treating. Not sure i was sure it before in the elder france region were sort of playing a game of tetris meaning that whenever we take a patient out of intensive care their place is immediately taken by another patient the date by which these most should arrive is actually within the next 10 to 15 days is that reassuring no because there is a period during which we will continue to work and lack equipment what is claimed that a batch of masks jus to be sent to france from china was instead diverted to the United States soft of by a swooped in with cash no washington denies making such a move but the head of one french region says securing future orders is vital now they go from the one that we have ordered 60000000 masks all regions but this morning in china right at the loading dock the americans board a french order plane which is supposed to fly to france to be headed to the United States instead base for search problems i must secure the cargo it is not inserted or quarter by others at the loading bay the demand for masks in france has rocketed to 40000000 a week just for medical personnel right now the country can only produce 8000000 even with more factories joining in production will only reach 10000000 a week by the end of april the independent journalist says the worlds learning a big lesson here. Can it be chicago off the thirtys you know the americans cannot manage things that way it is totally unacceptable here it is really bullying it is being on the chinese airport and offering 3 times the price cash and thats it we get them and we dont care about the people were supposed to receive the governance of the regions mosques in china because they cant rely upon the stand a problem president michel to the lives of them its a big lesson probably for americans too and for european sense for everybody well that you cannot simply you know send all your and stress out of the country at bandon production when you come to epidemic strike this one or a pandemic its impossible now to find mouse mosques anywhere because everybody wants them. And they they do come on our peer not International Live from moscow with me kevin i would look good britain after the break with a nationwide round of applause to thank Health Care Workers theres been somewhat diminished as medics increasingly report no big verbal and physically assaulted. Under threat over attention is biased to scare information want to know about more so we will be the loser for this information what else happened how many people died who was good so. What are other. Risk factors the bread is supposed to make a better outcome if you can buy the right so we have this natural bias. Micrographs sions arent slights against you know whites or men for example theres their sites against women or nonwhites so its always you know the idea is that state. Thats the directed toward a Privileged Group are interpreted differently than a statement directed toward an oppressed group and so thats kind of the whole framework and its a its a political framework thats used the result is of course theyre focusing at least on certain kinds of minor slights and saying well rather than or more than we need to call attention to them but its not so its very political and. Again good morning it said 90 minutes past 11 hour here in moscow next focus on britain as mentioned before the break in britains race to quell the pandemic is saying the government pledged to boost testing by the end of the month as it grapples with close 234000 infections putting the u. K. In the top 10 nations in terms of confirmed cases now nearly 3000 people have died in the u. K. With doctors facing difficult decisions about prioritizing patients with a higher probability of survival or think they have to do a temporary mortuary is now being built in east london is should there be a predicted sharp rise in deaths construction should be complete by the end of the week also in behavior being witnessed elsewhere britains medical staff and pharmacists are bearing the brunt of the publics anxiety it seems in a recent survey 77 percent of pharmacists said that theyd noticed an increase in verbal abuse 16 percent said theyd been physically attacked a partridge next that looks at the darker side of their difficulties right now despite the very public show of affection every week. The u. K. Recently joined the rest of the world in an emotional tribute to its frontline keris in the battle against covert 19. Thank you very 2 much im definitely seeing and to give the next week the country even the most vironment and patients seem to be very grateful for the care that we wait with the boys medics are our new soldiers risking their lives to save others but this global war has an ugly side in a short space of time these brave workers are also falling victim to verbal and physical abuse i hear from Community Nurses that theyre being heckled at a verbal abuse and called to see spreaders this is supporting behavior it must stop right now Society Needs us more than ever headlines from around the world are grim to an australian nurse punched in the face and coughed at a hospital janitor in the philippines has bleach thrown in his