They watching r. T. International this saturday evening. Here in moscow ok well lets start with the latest figures then on the pandemic because confirmed cases have now passed 2200000 more than 150000 people have died from the virus most of those fatalities are in europe and the u. S. So far just over 585000 patients have recovered from the disease. Well the corona Virus Outbreak in germany appears to be under control after a month long lockdown according to the countrys Health Minister germany has a much lower death rate than other major European Countries and restrictions on movement are being partially lifted with some shops at least reopening is a as next week however a Government Spokesperson has stressed that caution is needed skip. The statistics there are no guarantees that the infection kovel keep flattening out there are also risks and when we take these small careful steps into opening up we must keep an eye on the infection curve and what it means for our Health System and our hospitals. As in many countries germany shut down has devastated the hospitality sector in dresden restaurant workers there sets out empty tables and chairs on the Central Square to highlight the crisis they are dealing with and the munich people held a safe distance demonstration calling the lockdown disproportionate while most of the population is staying safe though refugees in shelters are at much higher risk as peter oliver explains. As germany gets set to ease coronavirus restrictions not everywhere in the country has been successful in stopping the spread of the virus some Refugee Centers have seen a spike in the number of cases at one in the south of the country almost half of the 600 residents tested positive this week do you feel mood and isolation we suspect that maybe people with coby 19 whove been in the facility for a long time and that theyve shown no symptoms of the disease and that they could have passed on the virus the facility in but involved in bird houses people from nigeria iraq syria and turkey who are waiting to have their asylum applications process the action taken by authorities to this localized outbreak its causing concern theyre seeing these people as a kind of threat and danger it seems to be an acceptable strategy to pack the Police Outside and make sure nobody comes in and nobody comes out another center not far from frankfurt theres a similar picture with around 60 residents testing positive out of 170 in the far northeast of the country the Refugee Council of mecklenburg West Pomerania has voiced some serious concerns about an Asylum Application Center on their patch weve been bad the required minimum distance of 1. 5 to 2 meters cannot be maintained this is added and anyone who recklessly lads people leave in a massacre mandation in this situation there have authorities in the region which just so happens to be represented in the bundestag by chancellor Angela Merkel have been quick to rubbish criticism of the way coronavirus is being tackled among asylum applicants in coordination with the Health Authorities every effort is being made to prevent the spread of infection within the countrys primary care facilities and in Community Commendation in the current emergency situation infection control. Asylum seekers and the population is a priority that comes as berlijn is quite rightly being praised for having tackled coronavirus nationally in a robust and fact based way on friday Health Minister yen spahn described the situation in germany as under control. We have moments to bring the Dynamic Growth to linear growth the infection numbers have decreased significantly relative increases from day to day the outbreak has now become manageable and controllable again ultimately what these localized outbreaks in asylum sent to show is that if you drop your guard for just a moment when it comes to fighting or trying to stop the spread of this virus then it will be exploited peter all of our r. T. Berlin President Trump now says that he expects between 60. 65 americans to die of cold 19 that is though substantially less than his previous estimate of 100000 the president claims the countrys infection rate is paid and hes revealed plans to gradually ease the lock down Trinity Chavez has more on that. White house pushing to get the economy moving again our approach outlines 3 phases in restoring our Economic Life and we are not opening all d at once but one careful step at a time issuing new guidelines to get the country up and running the 1st phase officials must see a 2 week decline in the number of people with cold it symptoms and the percentage of people testing positive for the virus must also decrease than face to allowing all nonessential travel School Activities and elective surgeries to continue some states will be able to open up sooner than others. But hard hit new york and new jersey have to wait state continues to see an increase in covert cases new York Governor Andrew Cuomo extending stay at home orders he calls new york pause until may 15th but it could be longer what is the final conclusion of this our great chapter i still believe it when we have a vaccine with more than 226000 infections and more than 16000 deaths a new york is still seeing around 2000 new cases a day city remaining the epicenter of the outbreak officials working to open testing sites in the citys poorest and hardest hit communities so were talking about folks in some of the lowest income communities in the city people in communities of color that have borne the brunt of this crisis immigrant communities while Governor Cuomo is issuing an executive order directing all public and private labs in new york to coordinate with the department of health to ensure prioritizing of diagnostic testing he says thats still not enough to test the millions of people needed to reopen new yorks economy we dont have a testing system that can do this or there can be ramped up to do this von. We dont have a Public Health casting system by the way its de minimis if you look at what our Government Departments of health have we need a clean. Approach between the federal government and the states right now the main testing lab for the state can perform about 300 antibody tests per day while officials believe they can grow that number to 2000 test a day in the coming weeks with nearly 20000000 residents in new york the governor says the state needs all the help they can get from the federal government. Meanwhile u. S. Politicians continue to blame china for the pandemic and the republican senator Lindsey Graham has suggested that washington should punish beijing with sanctions. As the largest state sponsor of pandemics this is the 3rd or 4th pandemic that came out of china what should we do to the largest state sponsor of pandemics on the globe which is saying china. Well since the coronavirus 1st paid in december numerous conspiracy theories have flooded the internet and id that the virus is created in a Bio Weapons Lab and will you hand has gained widespread coverage in the us media and donald trump and his administration have been willing woman willing to few the speculation. That a lot of people are looking that seems to make sense they talk about a certain kind of bet but that was it in that area if you can believe this thats what theyre doing to know is vets but that is not in that area that was in seoul that went zone it wasnt sold there that bat is 40 miles away so a lot of strange things are happening but there is a lot of investigation going were going to find out if we know they have this lab we know about the wet markets we know that the virus itself did originate in a way so all those things come together are still a lot we dont know. But said they were a member of the White House Coronavirus task forces to blunt the theory of the virus being created in a lab and in fact here was a leading expert on Infectious Diseases said the pattern of me take actions to show the virus jump directly from an animal to human being while china has the us to stop making claims with no scientific basis. Fishel to repeatedly stated that there is any evidence that you corona virus was produced 3 many medical experts in the world also believe the socalled laboratory leak hypothesis has no scientific basis the British Foreign secretary has echoed the anti china rhetoric coming from washington. Said there can be no business as usual with beijing after this crisis and that hard questions do need to be asked about how the outbreak started journalist daniel is are you believes the blame going being led by donald trump is merely a way of deflecting responsibility. Clearly what were seeing here are charges that are political in nature i mean trump has mishandled this whole crisis gambles. America has got a few cases having more cases than any other country in the world in a matter of 2 months and trump has been contradictory half hearted in effect saying one thing one moment and another thing another moment so this crisis began so clearly trying to strike out and distract attention from his own theres more record. By attacking china thats just plain as the evidence so far is that the the allegations that theyre really fighting an uphill battle they have nothing to go on religious based on pure anti chinese. In other news millions of Orthodox Christians around the world are celebrating easter today and a much anticipated ceremony has taken place in jerusalem were on saturday the holy fire was this the church of the household that event does happen each year inside a chapel in the church in the center of the church which Orthodox Christian believers consider to be the to christ additionally of pilgrims to travel to jerusalem to light candles from the flame valleys in happening this year but the holy fire has now made its way to be orthodox nations of russia and greece for a slayer as more. Holy fire has always been a symbol of hope hope that the end of the world has not yet come but this easter the most significant religious holiday for some 300000000 people things are different this easter is different we will not go to our villages we will not barbecue in our yards we will not go to our churches and of course we will not gather in the homes of relatives and friends for us to continue bringing together this year we stay apart there are no could find a procession is no hugs and kisses no joyous celebrations that christ has risen this is the main church where the miracle takes place but it is closed as part of a nationwide lockdown its all part of the governments attempt to push back on the coronavirus and as a result is banned all mess gatherings something that has the countrys Ultra Orthodox Jewish community up in arms. I dont remember when i was. I. All across the world churches urge people to pray and stay at home some churches even live stream through social media other Christian Communities celebrated easter 7 days ago with pope francis praying alone in st Peters Square many Christian Churches urged pogroms to spend this holy day at home. Now russia has registered more than 4700 corona virus cases in the past 24 hours that is the highest single day increase so far and the death toll stands at 313 well here in moscow the mayor has updated to digital past system which had some glitches during the week although it is now automated Saskia Taylor explains. 15th of april new measures which to use here in the capital which is suffering the brunt of the crude virus in russia essentially has been out of chasses which means that you need a passport everything specially to travel to and from what is now the most demand today announcing that passes do will be extended until the 1st of may he did also admit that the imposing of the past is jim didnt have its steve thing issues at the very beginning. So the main issue that we sold out was the time that was needed for fortys to visit to check each and every part of it which is why as part of the new match starting from the next wednesday the 22nd of 81 everything will now be done and automatically so here in moscow theres a cost to detroit cut that he used to chop on the match open from next wednesday you have to link your travel permit to that card so essentially if you dont do that and put your car down and try to get what the bar has just went open and be allowed to travel through we also saw a build up of cars especially in the size 24 hours of process dont was introduced we had stories of people waiting for up to several hours as authorities very diligently checked through all that documents that also is going to be made much more efficient because now cameras will be checking and scanning which cars have the right time its and which dont now us against atlanta nuts the most magic you recognize of course this is not one for one western nation is causing quite natural and psychological distress to a lot of people but that it is necessary and that it is bringing results so in that mix he said that while the numbers of rising in russia that are actually not growing exponentially d and he actually to pad moscow to new york because the cities are roughly the same population and he said this so thought here in washington managed to avoid the development of that american its. Well thats the u. N. Hes warning that Economic Hardship caused by nation could actually cost more lives than the coronavirus itself well have a look at why just off the bright. Join me every thursday on the alec simon 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 so. What is true what is fake. In a world corrupted you need to descend. To join us in the depths. For a mate in the shallows. Again now economists are making diet predictions for the long term impact of the pandemic according to the International Monetary fund the us will suffer its worst recession since the Great Depression and as for china the impact is already hitting its economy hard and we can see that a sudden attack of kobe 19 has indeed had a pretty big impact on the Economic Performance of our country in the 1st quarter Major Economic indicators clearly declined by us we must also see that in march theres indicators showed signs of a rebound and a decline has been reduced. The Oxford EconomicsResearch Firm is predicting a global recession in the 1st half of 2020 far worse than the last financial crisis of 2008 they are saying that global output will contract by 7 percent and china is facing a 12 percent downturn on actual commentator Charlie Boyle believes the impact will be long lasting most of the economies around the world will have recovered from initial shock but people have to understand. Their economy before its not going to be the same and after theres going to be a permanent loss and destruction of that economic productivity. Because people they should be doing nothing for 2 or 3 months economically its going to take years together so i think this is a global problem pretty much everyones got the same issue but if you remember what happened before we came into this crisis we already have large levels of that in the world and. This is not a direct result and in my opinion on the back of years of austerity re never really got over 3 dimensional crisis in 2008 so this is a really Good Opportunity to try and make our entire system oxana so i think it will get the people to our street and pretty much every country were going to have to again increase the deficit and the debts future generations are going to have to pay. Meanwhile the head of the Uns World Food Programme has warned the economic shock of the cove in 1000 pandemic could in some countries actually be far deadlier than the virus itself he says at least 30000000 people are at risk of dying starvation if critical funding is cut one quarter reports. As the worlds battle with the coronavirus rages on one has to wonder what will happen when the smoke clears tens of millions of people are already dependent on the Uns World Food Program for meals if that were to lose funding all of those people would be threatened with starvation if we lost all funding a minimum of 30000000. 00 would die over a 3 month period that would be 300000 people dying per day thats why leaders have got to balance out the response with keeping the economy going because otherwise a lot more people will die from starvation and economic deterioration than from cope itself even before the pandemic the world had a serious food crisis on its hands the World Economic forum says that over 820000000 people were going to bed hungry now Many Organizations are indicating that the situation can get much much worse we for you today with the 1st us to be both of the measures that they can place the Police Report but we also believe that will gun pulled the cha