health emergency well and good we're still going to be left with this dual crisis of structural the structural crisis of the economy and the political crisis of state legitimacy in. moscow rolls out automated ideally checks to allow essential travel around the city during the lockdown of the digital past suffered some glitches one could say on the city's mattresses. this doesn't make sense. from line medics in the united states say that their lives are being put at risk by the government's failure to supply hospitals with protective equipment. and french teachers and doctors criticize present a plan to reopen the schools by may they called it premature and dangerous.

by their great to have you with us with your global news update this is r.t. . first an update on the 900 pandemic more than 2300000 cases are now being confirmed across the globe at least 161000 people have died with the highest death toll coming in the united states so far 604000 people have recovered from the virus. orthodox christians around the world are celebrating easter sunday but for most going to church isn't an option this year because of the pandemic so in russia services are being live streamed the leader of the russian orthodox church patriarch kirill those people to stay at home and pray he led an overnight vigil at

the cathedral of christ the savior in moscow it was attended by small group of clergy traditionally thousands gather there to light candles from the holy fire which has been flown in from jerusalem and while the russian orthodox church has given some recommendations on how to bless the traditional east the cake while at home and president putin sent out is this the greetings. we're going to the president but what it was lugar these east celebrations are happening at a time of restrictions when they're necessary to battle the disease known around the world we are closely analyzing the experience of other countries to understand the situation and see the risks and assess what to do in any scenario it we will do all that is necessary to stop the pandemic there is no doubt that will make it through these challenges with dignity i'm happy easter stay happy and healthy. well here in russia 361 people have so far lost their lives to coronavirus there

are almost 43000 infections the majority of those here in moscow this week the city rolled out a digital paskin now this is to ensure that people only use transportation for essential purposes have been summarily set backs but the system is now fully automated so thank you taylor explains this week saw a few changes in the way russia is fighting to create a virus outbreak on wednesday a new pasta stove was rolled out right here in moscow brought to teach you imitate people's movement around the city and that's going to remain in force until at least the 1st of may now i can show you this one here is my it's got my name it's got my possible date it's also got my employees information and the most important thing is the possible code right the very top and i need this to get to watch child from a taxi from pretty much to go anywhere other than just throw out the rubbish walk the dog go to my supermarket or my local pharmacy but there was a few teething problems beginning to sayit register on crashed because of high to

moderate and in the 1st state they came into force they appeared to do more harm than good. it's not surprising that initially the reaction to the past history was a bit mixed will we get a curse or not this doesn't make sense but also move everyone is a know what all they say as usual do it right now and never once started applying for a process and the server crashed. it's idiotic these kind of what those cannot so it's not a quarantine at all these are the right measures and should be strictly implemented but they must remain reasonable so the problem that is still there was that each and every time it was physically being checked by the authorities obviously creating crowds but tell from next wednesday the system will become fully automated you'll have to link up the metro card to. have a permit online and if you haven't done that the bar is in the magic just won't

open and you won't be and out through much more efficient now a similar formal streamlined system has also been created because we heard stories here of people waiting for hours to get that documents checked but now cameras will be scanning to see which bits have the right targets and which don't now another big announcement this week was the persona of the night of may that is the annual victory day parade along with new year it is possibly the most highly anticipated event in russian calendar so a bitter disappointment especially as this year was going to be an extra special event as it marks 75 years since the defeat of fascism but a large gathering of people especially wild into factions who are in the out risk category was something the russian president said was simply not justified at this point old to change the door and postpone the rehearsal for the military march on red square and postpone all of the mass gatherings to celebrate 75 years since the

great victory we have been promised the event will be held in 2020 just at the late date either in the summer at the event and so those are just some of the key decisions that were made in russia this week was seeing how it started to dealing with that 1000 and therese ways to try to keep the country safe so we can all return to normality as quickly as possible. pharmaceutical firms worldwide are working flat out to develop vaccines and treatments for covert 19 and in russia patients who've recovered are hoping doctors by donating their blood plasma with antibodies for transfusions one of the 1st don't talk to us through how it works. but i'm going to be needed i became a donor 2 weeks after i was discharged from hospital as far as i know there was the time when the concentration of fan type bodies in my blood had reached its peak i received a call from the hospital and they asked if they could pass my personal data to another medical institution then

a team of medics from school if i saw skiing came to take my blood for testing 4 days after i learned the results were good enough to be a donor. the procedure itself is rather simple and takes about an hour during this time you're surrounded by medics who are monitoring your condition it's not scary it's fasting cause it's no we're losing sleep in consciousness anyone who came through this conveyed infection could do the same if it was said my plans might help 2 or 3 people who are about to be totally ventilators. i did it better put on a medical mask yourself and then see people wearing masks and hazmat suits and run you for a month you shouldn't think this won't happen to you i thought i was immune to this disease because i hadn't been ill for 13 years but it happened anyway it's better to stay at home for a month or 2 than stay in a great forever. united states has registered more than 39000

deaths from cove and 19 according to official data at least 27 doctors and nurses have died from the virus to but media reports quote much higher figures and some medics are taken to the streets blaming the government for the severe shortage of protective equipment. oh. god why do you want. me. this really occurred outside a hospital in new york which has been devastated by the pandemic that takes courage signs demanding urgent action because supplies of personal protective equipment when needed the state's death toll now stands at more than 17000 and motions boiled over that protest nurses were saying that they are risking their own lives because of government incompetence. so i guess they. just. have. what we need don't find things you don't like discovery don't know why

us then dammit if you do and i ask my coworkers well i wonder let's just. let's think about the fact that the mt sinai boss is right now or in their mansions in florida while they're nurses and dying because they can't get the proper v.p. and they just don't give a damn they don't care about all the lies the loaded the gun they played russian roulette with the working people's lies within the consequences. and aside from the lack of protective gear medics in the usa the health insurance system is still so putting people's lives at risk a post by any statistics been widely said on facebook their expense recalled the final words that he heard from a patient who was put onto a ventilator those words who are who's going to pay for it the nurse spoke to r.t. . and it was really sad because someone who's you know potentially going to die in the last thing you should be worried about is how to pay for their health care it

speaks to a misallocation of fun you know we have almost endless discretionary spending for militarism. we recently just you know injected $1.00 trillion dollars into the stock market you know just knows that. but when it comes to health care you know the constant question has. who's going to pay for it which is the same question as the pollution ironically but you know it just shows where the priorities are why i don't know that it's necessary to a multi-billion dollar annual military budget you know which with our logic department of defense where i need a real artist effort to defer and will be with providing care for our citizens especially with the amount of people that just lost their insurance that's type to their employment as you know a lot of people just lost their jobs with this pandemic. france has one of the world's strictest lock downs with hefty fines for people who break the rules speaking earlier in the week the president said that the measures will have to be extended until may 11th so far 19000 people have died from corona virus in

france and among your micron admitted that mistakes have been made it to demean it doesn't cause me to see the epidemic is still not under control we need to continue to make every effort to try and stem the spread of this virus because the more we do this the more we will be able to save lives a lot. yes it does so who are we prepared for this crisis well i think the answer would be no we won't but we have to admit our errors we made difficult decisions when dealing with incomplete information changing information about the virus. the containment measures have dealt a heavy blow to france's economy with restaurants and cafes out of action to many owners say they won't have the finances to reopen once the pandemic is over him or president is calling for schools to resume normal activity in mid may many teachers i think that that would be a premature move explains. schools could start to reopen from

may 11th that was the announcement from president not growing prompting a wave of criticism not just from teachers but doctors too this choice reveals an absolute lack of logic it is very difficult in a school environment can for social distancing measures and now the 1st environment that the president wants to reopen is the school environment how does it no longer carry the same risks while the federation of french doctors says it's worried the target date could generate an unnecessary risk and is premature children do not necessarily follow instructions they will naturally play together and risk bringing the virus home that criticism seems sharper perhaps given that almost in the same breath mark or announce that restaurants bars cinemas and museums would not be reopening until further notice that's left some teachers groups reeling

who are we going to return with young children and adults packing the small classrooms 20 square metres maximum the school cafeteria is a crammed with 500 people inside it's completely incoherent to leave bars and restaurants closed because of 20 people you know the same time open a school with some 502-1500 students one of macros given reasons for reopening schools gradually was to fight against social inequality phone that amount only to many children notably in poorer areas in the countryside are deprived of school without access to digital tools. since schools closed in march teachers have few educating their students online there have been public television services broadcasting lessons to the nation yet despite these new concerns from the government about. students for link behind the education minister genre show blanca

recently it flies that they should take a break in the easter holidays for one teaching union there is a clearer motivation behind the return to school we have the impression that we are being personally author of the economy it seems like the school is being used to the big childcare service so that mom and dad can go back to work that's also the belief of the teaching collective the red pens. this is an irresponsible decision driven by economic interests life is more important health is more important than the economy. the red pens also say there needs to be a concrete plan to protect not just those who work in schools but the peoples to. get what we are waiting for is a more viable situation mass testing including immunity tests mosques in large quantities and although i won't be ready in $26.00 days it's impossible

a bold plan hasn't yet been formulated about how schools will reopen schools will though be disinfected and full classrooms will be out of the question that's according to france's education minister shore michel but for many teachers the devil will be in the details will they get face masks how will they enforce any social distancing that still mandated and it says longer says the return will not be obligatory how can the government be sure that the most deprived students well actually come back to the classroom. r.t. paris. well than a 1000 sailors on board a french aircraft carrier have tested positive for covert 19 the shelter goal is stocked of the country's south coast and it's not the only nato ship to have suffered such an outbreak.

of the. west while the rest to say there's lies the nato secretary general believes that the real danger lies elsewhere in stoltenberg has accused the series including russia of trying to exploit the pandemic security challenges have not diminished because of call with 19 on the contrary potential adversaries look to exploit the

situation to further their own interests terrorist groups could be emboldened we see a continued pace of russian military activity or were operational readiness remains diminished. our forces remain vigilant and prepared to respond to in the thirty's we spoke with a retired u.s. air force lieutenant colonel who thinks the fronts should have learned from america's recent experience of an on board outbreak the group that is most sickened by this is not normally the age group of soldiers or an ornate the servicemen so you know it's not that dangerous per se like in terms of life and death but in terms of operational capability yet bethink because if a 3rd of your crew is sick and not functional then your ship is not functional well he'd like to think that social distancing and things like that could work with they that those things are not going to be possible on

a close quarters ship of any type i actually am surprised that the navy doesn't seem to have reacted and learned from that type of situation because we had that months ago and we can see how it was handled and also what the vulnerabilities were very much a bureaucratic response as opposed to real leadership it seems a little too little too late. taking hands it is time to move in the air of covert 19 and 20 top dogs are saying that the practice should be ditched for good story still to come.

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welcome back the new york times is accusing russia's president of personally helping to spread covert 19 an american code into the play but kremlin propagandists of done just that by discrediting the u.s. health care system our senior correspondent takes a closer look. nowhere in the world is it as bad as in america a quarter of the world's confirmed infected are in the states the economy's on the brink of ruin millions fighting in employment someone has to take the blame preferably someone smart we want to look into the world health organization because they really are or. they called it wrong they call it wrong they really they missed the call blame the world health organization blame the chinese blame conspiracies

and of course blame russia the decade of health information promoted by president vladimir putin of russia has certain white confusion hood's major institutions and encourage the spread of deadly illness is the new york times lies right off the bat there is no widespread confusion in fact americans trust and scientists and doctors has grown yeah off the year according to pew research a record 9 in 10 americans trust scientists and doctors and less than half of americans trust the media or the new york times apparently for good reason experts fear that it will foster public cynicism that erodes washington's influence as well as the core democratic value of relying on demonstrably facts as a basis for decision making the facts as follows in january it was the new york

times that misled and misinformed potentially millions of americans about the pandemic telling them it's nothing to worry about and that the flu kills more people reaching an audience is far greater than any russian bought network given the checkered history of coron teens throughout history they've been used to persecute the marginalized lawmakers in the media should rigorously examine the bases for any such restrictions. trump followed the advice he read in the new york times. delaying almost every measure against the virus from mass quarantine to international travel restrictions to the last moment a device that has potentially could tributed to the deaths of thousands of americans sure they apologized and admitted to being wrong but it was too late mr ferguson has worked hard to encourage americans to see vaccinations as dangerous and federal health officials as malevolent and here we thought it was

a matter of public knowledge that the united states is the capital of the world's vaccine movement a movement that was birthed not by putin the k.g.b. but by a british position who were really nice link vaccines to autism the alleged autism vaccine connection is perhaps the most damaging medical 100 years even today masses in the united states refuse vaccinations because of the 998. the reason it snowballed this because the media gave a controversial research paper. including the new york times which gave a platform for conspiracy theorist and vaccine to speak the spite the overwhelming majority of the scientific community insisting it was nonsense it is absurd to accuse the n.y.t. of helping birth the anti vaccine movement 20 years ago but for some reason it's ok for the new york times to accuse others of spreading simulate this information the

russian president has waged his long campaign by means of open media secretive trolls and shadowy blogs the regular cost american health officials as patronize and frauds putin didn't put a trash bag on that nurse when american sea then says dressed in trash bags they lose faith in their system in their leadership because their leaders have failed them not because putin said so everybody involved. if we are such a weak sister we deserve the right protection to be in that environment that is in the little bit 90 look at all the charlatans the bloggers the televangelists who are being watched by millions of americans is that putin to say is he behind america's faith based medicine.

was it putin or american politicians who cut funding for counter pandemic programs was it russian balts who urged america's elderly to sacrifice themselves so the economy could keep running i think all of my my fellow grandparents out there are going to be smart we all want to live we want to live with our grandchildren as long as we can but the point is that our biggest but our biggest gifts we give to our our country and our children and our grandchildren is the legacy of our country we can go on and on about how american media and politicians bungled these pandemic caused untold suffering but instead will end with this quote from the new york times itself it is worth remembering that disease or the fear of disease can bring out the worst in humanity and demick so often feet scapegoating jews were widely blamed for the black death creating a fertile field for demagogues the unity difference this time it's putin.

and the way we personally greet each other could be about to change forever as one of america's most prominent experts on infectious disease suggests that we will get hand shakes is being claimed to stopping the centuries old tradition where not only prevent the spread of corona virus but also the common cold. i don't think we should ever shake hands ever again to be honest with you not only would it be good to prevent corona virus disease it probably would decrease instances of influenza dramatically in this country my colleague in an o'neill spoke with 3 sociologists about the likely changes to wear breed a habits after the pandemic. if it was somehow universally adopted out how big a difference would it make you know a sense what what what was being promoted in the name of health is actually the erosion of human contact and human solidarity and it seems to me that if you begin to medicalize human relationships and contacts into is being suggested it simply

makes the divisions and the tension that already exists so much more difficult to bear i think that's something we should very strongly oppose and that is that a lot of people are talking about now and i watch television i see people very close to each other there are strangers talking to each other or people shaking hands and i guess they're disgusted i think that's quite unsettling this is a class pandemic that is several billions of poor people around the world crowded in corridors in the world's megacities they're forced to do jobs that involve physical contact and close proximity to others they have no other choice social isolation is a privilege for those that don't have to either face work in close proximity or die of starvation in the future after the pandemic is over such things as no longer handshaking were having physical contacts not an option for several billions of peoples around the world how easy do you think it will be after being told for so long to move away you know social distancing isolation supermarket rushing how do

you expect the public to react when when the measures are lifted as this as the measures begin to recede hopefully we will see ourselves going back to i think older farms of social contact think a portion of global humanity is going to be more cautious there's going to be of course the psychological trauma of having emerged from this pandemic but again i see the world from the viewpoint of that's 34b5b that are the most outcast and the most downtrodden and their secondary concern is shaking hands in physical presence maybe the 1st is that still going to be daily survival in this in stream leon equal global says. i agree that we live in what the pandemic has done is that it's created a 2 tier system it made it even more rigid many respects what a pandemic has really done is reinforce trends there already exist in existence in the economy prior to that played accelerated it it intensified it and in that sense

divisions and differences in lifestyle are going to become even more pronounced what happens now are we still helping to be monitored cutted encourage people to test each other to the authorities what's your take is the next stage in exchanging our freedoms for security which is basically to make our private lives negotiable and i have a little bit worried in the way in which there's all the stock work governments into using these new apps that will monitor us but it does seem to me that it does give enormous power over to the authorities and my understanding of human history is that whenever you go over your freedoms the authority is different as you go back to you there is a very potentially quite a quite a difficult situation coming up as far as question of freedom is concerned appreciate you staying with us here on our team as we update you on the coronavirus pandemic viral web site r.t. dot com the various social media channels on

a live broadcast from studios here in moscow as london and washington stay informed stay with r.t. . join me every week. and i'll be speaking to. i'm sure. there are a lot of lawmakers in the state of missouri that we know huge financial contributions from agricultural industry groups those are the groups that opposed 'd proposition b. and there is no doubt in our minds that those same groups pressured lawmakers to overturn

proposition b. and before the session even started.