And the oil markets ravaged by the pandemic slowdown and a price war at the same time could see a rally as the big 3 producers including russia prepared to talk solutions. Hello this is Art International from moscow welcome to the program is just 1 pm here this saturday when i was kevin owen im here for 30 minutes with your world news round up and 1st these are the latest figures in the kobe 1000 pandemic today billions of people are currently under some sort of lockdown but the number of Corona Corona virus cases is still rapidly increasing there are now more than 1100000 registered infections more than 59000 people have died but some hope almost a quarter of a 1000000 people we can report have recovered. So todays developments the onset of springs warmer weather on the upcoming easter weekend will for many be a big temptation to travel but the warning is dont in france which is grappling with more than 82000. 00 infections leaders fear that will make a bad situation much worse theyre trying to get the message across that the coronavirus is not on holiday is our paris correspondent shiela do bensky. This weekend would have been the start of the easter or the spring holidays for many but as a lockdown measures remain in place the forest most of us will be saying is the one on our computer screens here in france the message is particularly. For you. There will be no let up if that saves lives the message is clear those we love we protect them and to protect them we confine ourselves we will be there all weekend to check this on the way that to and from vacation sites but also in Public Places and wherever its needed. In a bid to ensure french citizens obey the law the interior minister announced roadblocks are being stepped up on major groups and there will be extra patrols at train stations and airports the Prime Minister also insisted on discipline. The virus is not an occasion no one should depart in the coming days it will ruin the collective halfords to which we have been hearing for almost 3 weeks anyone traveling will need to have a poem mission slip explaining essentially why june is considered to be essential travel now that could mean either traveling home or having to travel to work but be warned if its for work youre also going to need an official letter from your employer so even if youre thinking about slipping away the odds are stacked against you since the start of the lockdown around 100000 officers have been deployed across france to keep order and to verify why people are out and about that will be increased over the weekend 2160000 they have so far been around 6000000 stop checks more than 359000. Fines have been issued one man was even jailed for 2 months after being caught 8 times without the self certified document that all residents must have anger over people breaking the lockdown lead to the police in paris issuing this repeat suki so the people who are hospitalized today those who are in intensive care right now are the ones who did not respect the log down at the beginning so all this is not a video game its reality people have died. He though quickly came under fire to insult and treat my patients who are in danger of dying as offenders is a real scandal you have to tell the grief that their caregivers and intensive care and one of my nurses contracted the virus for treating patients meanwhile norm for cement agencies are also warning of new restrictions saying it is forbidden to use your car to go on vacation the deputy interior minister had this message for anyone considering flouting the rules it is not a Traffic Violation where on the driver is liable to be punished we are talking about a different type of offense noncompliance with the confinement troop and obviously all the people present in the vehicle will be fined. That means anyone not authorized to be in the vehicle will also face a fine of 135. And if you court will be made to double back the advice is to continue to remain at home but as it is the holiday you can still crack open a chocolate egg or perhaps tag. For r. T. In paris france has now reported its deadliest day yet with medical staff on the front line saying theyre exhausted and still under equipped hundreds of nurses are raising awareness about their lack of protection by photographing themselves naked the symbolic Campaign Runs for the naked against covert 191. 00 of the nurses involved says the french governments putting Health Workers at deadly risk. Litter heres what our government has given us to fire the coach with 19 as you can see we need a full range of necessary medical equipment so that we actually dont have to provide sufficient medical help for our patients and the risks for us as well as for them the government puts us and patients under threat we decided to perform naked as part of this campaign because our authorities leave us naked in the face of the pandemic. France is also no late on special high speed trains for moving infected patients between cities is to try and ease the burden on overwhelmed facilities by transferring the sick to less crowded hospitals will do from. Shell again says the countrys Health Care System has been in dire need in fact for over a decade. The middle east i think our interest should be represented but nobody protects us on a governmental level it is not only the current government that bears responsibility for the situation we find ourselves right now frances Health Care System has been a dire condition for 15 or 20 years the 5th or the 6th strongest european economy doesnt have the capability to take necessary medical measures we have to understand that you have fees these choices and youre pretty aware of that this is our reality we have to choose which patient or treat. Well just about every countrys having a real tough time staying on top of infections in ecuador there are some how and stories emerging the country has more than 3000 infections and 145 known fatalities but in one city there are reports that families are going to leave the bodies of the dead on the streets Health Service is a step in the cope but the government says it is building a special facility for corona virus victims there. My brother has just died due to a respiratory problem and hes here outside the house the police told me they can come and collect the body and i have to wait a day more but the body lying here on the sidewalk. You dave. Is it good to do this is. Good this is. Good. Or a little. 2 3 bit of a little. Shocking isnt it elsewhere a member of the british Science Group responsible for mapping infections whats the herd immunity strategy now to be reconsidered and that would involve allowing 60 percent of the population to get infected it had been suggested a few weeks ago it was then the band in this hospital rapidly filled up professor graham medley says the lockdown at the moment is not enough this disease is so nasty that we had to suppress it completely then weve kind of painted ourselves into a corner because then the question will be what do we do now in broad terms are we going to continue to harm children to protect Vulnerable People or not if we carry on with the lock down it buys more time we can get more thought into it but it doesnt resolve anything its a placeholder it will lead to britain now has more than 38000 cases with more than 3 and a half 1000 its the death toll is now surpassed chinas reported number another tracking solution meantime is being floated by the Health Secretary is just recovering himself from the virus that hancocks looking at issuing immunity passports to people have developed antibodies. We are looking at unity certificate and how we can how how people who are have had the disease have got the antibodies and therefore have immunity can show that and so get back as much as normal to as much as possible to normal life. But its too early in the science of the immunity right now though is that the u. K. Hasnt yet approved an Antibody Test and Health Experts say its still not clear whether or not people with antibodies are truly immune to reinfection we discussed possible ways forward with british lawyer luke get us and liberal Democrat Party politician helen belcher. There is no Antibody Test that is functional which has been currently developed and weve got 66000000 people in the country to try and test it gets it if its for and naturally some of them will require retesting so the practicalities of this are impossible practicalities it difficult no one claimed no ones claim is going to be easy but it can be managed you know germany has implemented a system that which we are attempting to model and i think what we cant do is underestimate the economic damage of the entire population being on lockdown you know were seeing a 1000000 new claims for Social Security or you quit in this country going in suggesting people are either losing their jobs feelers or theyre about to lose their jobs of course the government is not going to allow any system of testing there is certain but if we can get to a place where we let people return to work if they have the necessary antibodies if that is scientifically possible then in principle its something we absolutely have to support part of the governments strategy i think is to try and make sure that we flatten the curve this much as possible but were trying to do that at the moment without adequate testing a tool and so i would much rather government focused on getting the current tests out to everybody you need them and we need to concentrate on get solving that problem 1st rather than trying to design pie in the sky schemes around something that doesnt even exist yet cant allow that uncertainty to lull us into a state of complete inertia and i dont disagree that obviously p. P. Is an absolute significant priority but we also have to recognize that getting people back to work is a priority i think one of the problems with the government messaging so far has been not giving people a sense of the way out of this what were living with in the moment is a sort of indefinite state where people have no idea when theyre going to get back to work that level of uncertainty is killing British Business and it stands to do a lot more damage than the virus itself away from corona virus from it all prices have rallied slightly after a glimmer of optimism when the global feud over production prices tanked as demand dried up because of the coronavirus but behind the scenes theres also been a row over cutting world supplies i got more earlier from correspondents ask you taylor. Oil sucked it was already in a precarious situation and thats only been wason by the spread of covert 19 but it seems that some leaders are trying to mitigate the fool out so on friday in a meeting with the countrys top Oil Executives russian president Vladimir Putin suggested that he be ready to cut or Oil Production in a bid to try and revive the price collapse of carney at seeing an 18. 00 yet low but before we delve into what that looks like what that could mean lets listen to exactly what he said. Just then we are in close contact with our partners in saudi arabia recently i had a conversation with the United States president we all are concerned about the developing situation everyone is interested in joint and i would like to emphasize coordinated actions for ensuring long term market stability. But he also did specifically emphasize that the have to be a joint coordinated effort not a case where one or 2 countries make some sort of compromise and the others just sit back and really reap the rewards should. Considers it necessary to join forces were not initiators of the consolation of the opec plus deal were ready for agreements with partners and were ready for interaction with the United States on this issue i think it is necessary to join efforts to balance the market and reduce production as a result of these coordinated efforts and actions so thats how we got to this moment but luckily it seems that the market is already responding quite well to this latest initiative from russia we saw in fact a record breaking percentage climb and oil prices so you stabilize ation measures will likely be the prime rate topic will top of the agenda after the opec plus meeting which was very hasty very unexpectedly organized for monday and actually were getting reports that the majority of opec members do actually support cutting down on the. Production the u. S. As the top producer also want to see this issue settled very quickly especially unfortunately its found itself in the terrible position of being a country in terms of the coronavirus pandemic lets get the expert view for International Economist mom duesler many is also visiting professor of energy can or mix that e. S. C. P europe is a school hello sir hope youre doing ok with how solvable is this in the oil market if they agree on production no ones really buying right now other way. Ive been playing with a solution as long as the current writers are really is certainly making. Several new ones in an effort bally name merger prove yourself and we in the rare commercial in the United States. At that level. Removed with. A cut of the 20 k. Money realm better his aides have said. Dick very well in my case which Barry Manilow sounds that means the rest 20000000 barrels back remember him as an attorney rational early x. Is less as remembered as the koran the higher us game title i wrote you will have it really have a real positive impact every day. Some of them less than has it stashed them thinking in my house for richie sorry it is the cat by the price barry price war talk what we want from one more question of mentioning there about the only last week saudi arabia posted its production to a record high or is the logic behind that what were they thinking. Is seen retirees and i are clearly right besant matter how much you are struggling about or a market sense list of the barriers are a little early after in credit and cheering and rock balance so really it matters not i. M. S. Shall be good for you says. Sorry as. In the real world where russian capacity of 30000000. They have none of that shims that i well remember it seems that our well. There are several of whom are still only a little better. Than the. Rest period or a little. Bit better thats very risky even though they can do it for sure because rape happens. Over limbs and women whereas in. The Real Progress shouldnt that person again earlier production by hand that back by the 1st piece of woman they really help us yeah theres so many layers to this well no bit more a month after that meeting the opec meeting but for now dr mamdouh seller may thank you have a good day thank you. This is Art International its 19 minutes past one of the afternoon moscow time if you need some tips on coping with that tedious self isolation we have some advice from people who really know what its like to spend months cooped up in a really small space and sage words coming up but for russian cosmonauts when the back you. Are an. Join me every thursday on the alex salmond show and obviously going to get us out of the world of politics or business im show business ill see you there. Again a nationwide 3 minute silence has been held in china leaders including chinese president xi jinping pay their respects to the victims of the coronavirus pandemic and to the medics who lost their lives while battling the disease more than 3000. 00 Health Care Workers have contracted covered 90 since the outbreak which began there last autumn. Else around the world is imposing a unique quarantine rule by separating the sexes tell you thats going to work at the minute many women now have specific days of the week where theyre allowed to venture out everyone is going to stay home on a sunday Officials Say to many people its still been circulating despite the lock down rules and the hope is that can be tackled by stopping men and women going out together at the same time similar measures are being offered in force rather in peru. What you see here is a car horn protest breaking the silence in San Francisco its against the way that immigrants are being detained right now in Holding Centers its claimed it puts them at risk of contracting covert 19 says protesters come to mass because of the self isolation theyre taking to their cars currently is similar caravans of diego and sacramento. And now theres a warning for people to be alert to scammers profiting from the pandemic britains Fraud Reporting Center says its logged 105. 00 coronavirus linked online scams since the beginning of february with losses amounting to nearly a 1000000 pounds. Edwidge dashti reports next about it them from london. The corona virus pandemic and the u. K. Locked down together mean a lot of scared people cooped up at home relying on the internet like never before news Health Advice shopping and communication are all now online and thats the perfect environment for fraudsters cyber criminals are capitalizing on covert 19 cashing in on fare with fake cures posted on social media and sending scams directly to your email inbox honey and even drink will silver mungos advertises virus treatments for sale on facebook marketplace dont be fooled by the promises make your immune system stronger and help protect against the disease theres no proof any of them work even fake home test kits were listed for 65 pounds before they were removed with the site saying it would ban sellers making health all medical claims related to the corona virus its not just social media though the Banking Industry has warned of a surge in socalled smiting scams when hackers impersonate Government Departments or banks to get money or personal information they might be offering cash related to the government bailout or say