as the inoculation campaign expands to adults those who are getting a shot know they're the lucky ones because. of the situation is extremely grave for you to force their values onto the wards they're going to be in the futures exchange you see. the system is there or even before that and that's the reason why the greater good that's needed as early as possible. these lines in punjab aren't for vaccines seek to vote crammed together in a shrine religious gatherings have been partly blamed for india's coronavirus outbreak even prime minister narendra modi joined the crowds some indians blamed his leadership for the crisis. they are angry about the immense loss of life and are hopeful that a new government will be voted into power in the upcoming election a party that will stem the pandemic and end india's suffering.

ok let's go to our correspondent been there at choudhry in delhi for more minera where herring that the government had in fact been warned by a form of scientific advisors about a more dangerous virus variant back in march but that warning was apparently ignored can you tell us why. well it is a form signed in this form was early december last year and we don't want plus we've now as you said they have come out and said that the you know apple warning to the government and the list that the country is going to see it right in a number of pieces and that it is going to be bi annual more. than what we saw last year but clearly i have to say that the government did not beat to this morning by the critics are saying that the government at that and the fact that the election's going to look at which actually came out today and that i mean at the same time we actually saw this really i think. all and i think massive election that. they're

all. basically grew up in the onslaught of the government allowing largely just politicians to keep the flame of the cases for atheism. so what is the government saying about these accusations now let's look at what the government has not directly responded to these but as the critics say that the critics and the opposition that the government has actually not been just want to many people aren't questions that are being groups of the same thing really unlucky what we have now begun to see is a disappointing political debate it's all to say that the government has been quite dismissive and defensive and beats we with these documents and it's ok now if the prime minister narendra modi suffered a defeat and a key state election on sunday would you say that this is a sign of people's anger about the way that his government's been handling the pandemic. well grasping oil is a key state that is what you would see i needed to defeat in that state now the

full analysis of it is still not out but at the moment what we can see is that the loss of support in this state has less to do with how the plot. in the going out and situation in the us one the other because remember that the 2nd debate and the . ones that actually started happening often many of them only with the already over so the fact of one can be said that this defeat has more can deal with the fact that the incumbent. party in this east actually had an much strong record on the local population and also the many can beat strategy did not were down bent with the people of that state but what can be surely said is that this defeat is actually good humor to say that the national building but do you read at the time that it's actually facing a lot of criticism and the bill with the commission specially the 2nd. all right

a huge setback to correspondent minera chaldee chattery indebting thanks so much. now fostering coronavirus variants are changing the fortunes of countries which had previously avoided the worst of the pandemic until recently europe why was the leading example a virus control but it's now seeing a surge of cases and deaths the small south american country has been hit hard by the contagious p one variant which has spread from neighboring brazil despite the border in closed for months hospital beds of filling up with critically ill patients after almost a year of living with few restrictions must now where mosques in public places although medics say that many people still aren't treating the outbreak seriously but while you're of why is health situation is dire the country's children a well equipped for study and at home the country has spent years building its digital education system and it's now offering other countries

a lesson in how to help students learn online. teacher of an interview is getting ready for her daily class oh yeah her year than tic i have. when the coronavirus closed down public life last year remote learning was completely new for many kids and teachers around the world but not for children in europe. yet. more than a decade ago the country implemented its one laptop per child policy europe why provided every school child with a computer it also installed free internet in public places and barrel areas and it created plants above the state agency for digital education. what enabled uruguay to respond quickly in the pandemic was that the infrastructure was already in place but it also helped that the plan was more designed for open

educational centers and that allowed to mature and adapt very quickly. that the agency has been training teachers for years it operates a central platform with digital textbooks that allow teachers and students to upload assignments and content. at the start of the pandemic plant's about expanded its server capacity virtually overnight in addition the country has since provided each student with a free monthly 50 gigabyte data plan. we had some important conditions in place we started investing in educational technology a long time ago we invested in connectivity in the same plan then the transformation of devices and technological equipment platforms and digital libraries and then there is the commitment and professionalism of our teachers that

allowed them to work with families in a virtual environment. and that. many. of them. digital learning has to be fun experts agree that the actual online content is the most important thing that's what supreme oates the development of innovative software and might help explain why 98 percent of students have regularly used online education here and that includes poor children in rural areas when actual phone the work is quite varied i teach zoom classes 3 times a week and also upload homework for the children. the pupils have gotten used to doing their lessons at a distance. i prefer to go to school but hey for now i've got this

but everyone in europe is hoping the children will soon be back at school again and spending time with their friends on the playground. let's take a look at some other stories making headlines around the world israel has been observing a day of national mourning for the 45 victims of a stampede on friday at a jewish religious festival funerals have been held for many of the victims the event on mount merapi in the north of the country was authorized 410000 people but around 100000 were at the festival. meanwhile security forces have opened fire on protesters killing at least 5 that's according to local media the demonstrators were taking part in some of the biggest protests in recent days 3 months after a coup plunged the country into crisis. north korea has accused u.s. president joe biden of making quote a big blunder by calling pyongyang

a security threat state media say biden is intent on maintaining a hostile policy towards north korea and warns the u.s. will face consequences in a speech to congress earlier this week biden said north korea's nuclear program pose a serious threat to global security. for astronauts have landed safely back on spending almost half a year on board the international space station the space x. dragon capsule touched down off the coast of florida and the 1st nighttime landing in more than 50 is that was the 1st crew mission run by a private company rather than by nasa. safely returned to planet earth. through. these astronaut spent almost 6 months in orbit at the international space station. they splashed in the gulf of mexico in a rare nighttime landing right also if you can. back it up about the journey home

only 6 and a half hours. just a little over my house off to the space x. team for building such a great vehicle and also the recovery operations tonight was was from normal 1st time the crew vehicle at night the mission was part of nasa public private partnership with elon musk's rocket company space x. it's being viewed as one step closer to achieving commercial space travel in the near future. or goal is one day that everyone's a space person and so this is just an exciting 1st step for that and we're very excited to see it starting to take up space x. will launch another mission for nasa later this year and is also planning its 1st all civilian trip to orbit happy reunions with their families and loved ones thanks again for fly in space x.

. in formula one lewis hamilton has extended his lead at the top of the championship standings after winning the portrays portugese graham prix hamilton started the race in 2nd place but over took his mercedes team mate well terry boss asked to claim victory it's the reigning champion 2nd grand prix win in 3 races this season. and a protest by supporters of english football in giants manchester united forced clubs showdown against rival the rivals liverpool to be postponed after fans made it on to the pitch in protest comes off to both manchester united and liverpool were among the 12 clubs who attempted to form a breakaway european super league that project collapsed after resistance from support says and united fans all now demanding that the twelve's owners the glazer family sell out. you're

watching news live from the then coming up next being devastating effect of the coronavirus on brazil's pool on the vaccination drive and france that sold in the week end reports i knew phipps mckinnon on behalf of the whole news team here at the top me thankful. mean. true truths. that you live. pictures of a good outfit glued glued glitter. against prejudice i don't hold cable like i did nothing and just getting up. for.

your little stores going to feed. store to 17. ever took. this week on the world stories in russia vaccine tourism becomes a business model what is the price of freedom in sweden during a pandemic but we begin in brazil where just as it has everywhere else the coronavirus pandemic is hitting the poor especially hard many have lost their jobs and are struggling to feed their families. fairly or gomez starts her day early

she gets up at around 4 am worried about having enough food for her 4 children to have breakfast. i wake up with the feeling of being in agony i jump out of bed in the 1st thing i do is thank god i'm alive i look at my children and think to myself today i'll bring home some food for them i leave the house early to fetch bread there are days when i can't manage to bring them anything but they run out of the night. gomez lives in a for valor of around a 100000 people in sao paolo here and across brazil unemployment hit a record high last year this community association helps people living in marginalized areas to find work. we had an 84 percent increase in demand for employment after the government's emergency aid ended and the number of people seeking our help tripled because so many people didn't have any support anymore but

if. up. in december government aid of around $84.00 euros a month was cut making an already difficult situation for many much worse. the number of people living on less than 36 year has more than doubled many families stopped cooking with gas and started using firewood 27000000 brazilians live in extreme poverty were not attacked daily has been researching the favelas for 20 years. knowing how to pull the data shows that the poorer you are the higher the rates of infection. the more on the periphery the person finds themselves in the higher the death rate from coronavirus. brazil has added 2000000 more people to the marginalised areas in the past year it's not ethical that brazilians have to choose between going hungry or getting the virus it's an ethical

. no hatch. for adults live in the home of sylvia de hayes us she's a cook and the only one still to have a job but it's just one day a week she used to cook in other people's homes but they let her go for fear of infection. that this pandemic is difficult it's going to leave all of us starving and that's apart from all the damage it does to your health look at this q we're all in the same boat don't have. that problem of the melba with a shortage of vaccines and hospitals overwhelmed it's hard to see a way forward for people in the lowest social groups who are trapped by both poverty and disease. despite a 3rd lockdown france has one of the highest rates of covert infections in europe the government is trying to contain the spread of the virus with

a massive vaccination campaign. places like these are the new beacon of hope for the french the stud the fast just north of paris is one of more than 100 new huge vaccinations and just across the country all have escalated on a combined effect this is a mega operation we are now able to administer mass vaccinations in this center we will inoculate about $10000.00 people per week 3 neatly organized. part of a national effort to end this crisis. people here are relief they're finally getting help the stadium is located in france's most destitute departments and sunny which has also been hit hardest by the epidemic with about 800 new infections per 100000 inhabitants each week. i really hope to finally see the light at the end of the tunnel it's what we need things has been very

worrying for a year now and although we try to make an effort and stay reasonable it's getting very difficult to live without social contacts i think for the department of sense and the me is very badly affected by the epidemic the numbers keep skyrocketing it's high time they do this if it's not already too late. a faster vaccination campaign is key to the country's latest strategy to fight cope with 19 the government just a creed a 3rd nation might lock down but it's only a 4 week lockdown light and this time people are even told to spend more time outside this fire on a just is not sure that will be enough to bring the epidemic under control. used. by people song. we will need to vaccinate 10 percent of the french population with 2 jabs for the spread of the virus to start slowing down. now.

and our infection numbers are very high as we didn't impose a strict lockdown earlier this year like other countries with that said a 4 week lockdown seems rather optimistic. a sightseeing tour in moscow comes with a dose of the russian sputnik 5 back seeing this business model is gaining momentum in russia and demand is high especially among german tourists. with a tiny needle prick and a covert 1000 vaccine sputnik v. enters heintz get pink n l's bloodstream. it's certified as being highly efficacious pinker now is one of several germans who pay 2000 euros for a vaccination vacation his wife is also getting a dose of sputnik v. . just for the rich. i feel great i didn't even feel the job.

it also means we can look forward to being able to travel again in future israel has said it will open up to people who've been vaccinated. the 2 departed from frankfurt today go there among the 1st 18 tourists who booked the 4 day trip to moscow. the return of the beginning of may for a 2nd job. then cuts are coming but you can't count on getting a vaccination in the near future in germany to be honest i think we're being sensible the more people are vaccinated the sooner we recharge immunity and when you take it. the media are out in force to meet the would be vaccinate. he's russia's government is happy too it wants sputnik v. to be a top export 60 countries have certified it for use the european union is more hesitant dutch have been raised about its efficacy so the kremlin could see vaccine tourism

as good publicity. tour operator world visitor welcomes the business. to tour operator we had leased up work for some of our stuff and generate some revenues we otherwise wouldn't have and for russia it's peor and solves a couple of german problems as well. sputnik v is available to all russian citizens free of charge but only 30 percent of them are interested a quick straw poll shows many welcome the fact that germans are coming to moscow for their shots. if they've got problems of vaccines in germany they should come here i don't think it's bad boys need to be. with you moving they should come to russia where the best. with them let them have their vaccinations our vaccine is very good. group even though sputnik field isn't even certified yet the next few weeks will see quite a few more vaccine vacationers like pink uno heading to moscow visitors says

bookings are surging. sweden has taken a unique approach to the corona virus pandemic the government's lockdown policy was much lighter than in neighboring countries though the death toll is quite high the approach still has its supporters. sweden seen as the land of sweet liberty for those cheating against coronavirus closures curfews and mandatory masks while most of europe has been in various stages of lockdown over the last year suite. have been skiing shopping dining in drinking restrictions in swedish restaurants means giving customers space and closing at 8 pm i think we have taken away a round hole for the tables so we have one meters per tank gun jimmy head waiter at

the concern and restaurant in stockholm says sweden's done it right to it from belgium from prawns from him learn from czech republic they come here taking it we were occasion. just to feel the freedom of the architect of this model state epidemiologist understand now we did basically the same as many other countries we do things in a slightly different way what we're all trying to do i think sweden has tried maybe a bit more than others says to pinpoint what exactly we do we need to throw stones but technically different way has seen sweden record a far higher death toll than its closest neighbors finland and norway a comparison he rejects they all flyers sweden compare very much more true belgium or stray even germany and sweden this the moment 5 to 10 countries for at least excess mortality seen in europe but sweden's care homes in particular were

hit hard last year and still now hospitals warn intensive care units are nearly overwhelmed take masks for example understand nell doesn't believe they're very effective so on public transportation writers are urged but not required to mask up during rush hours few appear to do so some feel that's a failure of the government's covert $1000.00 communications strategy at least journalism professor christian christianson says the lax approach to mask wearing exposes inequalities in swedish society endangering especially minorities you're seeing people who are probably in lower paying jobs service industry jobs must take public transportation they're on packed trains in the morning day in day out with hundreds of people in a small container i think it's reasonable to ask like you know might that not be possible public health problem if they make it more tight that everyone should make it and should wear a mask that would be very important and maybe we could have spare some life for

a new emergency law gives the government temporary power to impose a lockdown but it hasn't been used polls show some swedes have lost faith in their country's approach to stuff lloyd blood isn't one of them. he still trusts in ender's tech now he represents the like these different kind of a way to handle a crisis in the world we did it in a way where people still could have a lot of their freedom and for me freedom is really important i grew blood support isn't likely to fade quickly last year he immortalized the epidemiologist on his epidermis.

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