yes. surely. in the stories that shaped the week here on r.t. moscow rolls out automated id checks to a now essential travel during the lot of them that after an initial pass system suffered big problems on the city's metro. this doesn't make sense. what. medics in the us say that their lives are being put at risk by the government's failure to supply us with protective gear and french team doctors criticize president micron's plan to reopen finally made calling it premature and dangerous.

so i welcome the latest developments and look back at the last 7 days to you watch the weekly here on r.t. international so let's start there with the latest numbers on the pandemic more than she point 3000000 cases have been confirmed across the globe at least 164000 people have died with the highest death toll in the united states and so far more than 613000 people have recovered from the virus. well today orthodox christians around the world have been celebrating easter sunday but for most going to church was not an option due to the pandemics when russia services were being streamed on the internet the leader of the russian orthodox church patry ark here all has people to stay at home and pray he led an overnight

vigil at the cathedral of christ the savior in moscow attended by a small group of clergy traditionally thousands to gather there to light candles from the holy fire flown in from jerusalem meanwhile the russian orthodox church has given some recommendations on how to bless the traditional you stick a good home and president vladimir putin has given this easter message. we're going to present what it was lou of these east to celebrations are happening at a time of restrictions they're necessary to battle the disease known around the world we're closely analyzing the experience of other countries to understand the situation you see the risks and assess what to do in any scenario we will do all that is necessary to stop the pandemic there is no doubt that rush will make it through these challenges with dignity happy easter stay happy and healthy well in russia 361 people have lost their lives to the coronavirus and there are almost

43000 infections majority of you say here in moscow and this week the city did roll out a digital past scheme to ensure that people only use transport for central purposes after some early setbacks the system is now fully automated sask taylor has more. 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 limiting 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 data it's also got my employer's information and the most important thing is the possible code right there i talk 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 are beginning to psyche register on crashed because of high to moderate and in the 1st state they came into force they have kids to do move harm than good. it's not surprising that initially the reaction to the process jim was a bit mixed with whom we can i 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 and yeah i do this but 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 was told i 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 thoroughly automated you'll have to link up the metro card to travel permit online and if you haven't

done that the bar isn't a magic just way 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 the cameras will be scanning to see which vehicles have the right. and which don't now and not the big announcement this week was spending the night may that is the annual victory day parade along with me yeah it is possibly the most highly anticipated event in russia and canada so a big disappointment especially as this year was going to be extra special about it as it marks 75 years since the fascism but a large gathering of people especially welcome to factions who are in the out risk category was something the russian president said was simply not justified at this point i wanted to change the sheer joy 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 you that will be held in 2020 just at the late date i do in the summer. said so those are just some of the key decisions that were made in russia this week was seeing how it started to dealing with 19 in various ways to try to keep the country safe so we can all return to normality as quickly as possible now pharmaceutical firms are working flat out at the moment to develop vaccines and treatments for igniting and in russia patients who have recovered are helping doctors by donating blood plasma with antibodies for transfusions one of the 1st owners told us how it works. 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 or

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 schemes to cheat 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. or gates was quick you'd better put on a medical mask yourself and then see people wearing masks and has months units around 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. now the united states has registered more than 39000 deaths from cave 19 and according to official data at least 27 doctors and nurses have died from the fire support the media has been reporting much higher figures some medics have taken to the street spraying the government for the severe shortage of protective equipment. it was was like it was really. well this rally took place outside a hospital in new york which has been devastated by the pandemic medics carried signs that demanding urgent action to get supplies of pain pain personal protective equipment where it's needed the state's death toll now stands at more than $17000.00 motions to boil over to with the price of tests with nurses saying that

they are risking their lives she said government incompetence and show us. just. what it looks like you don't like discovery don't know why you must bend that i mean if you do in the us. work as well i wonder. let's think about the fact that the mt sinai bosses right now are in their mansions in florida while they're nurses and dying because they can't get the proper feet and they just don't give a damn they don't care about all the lies they loaded the gun they played russian roulette with working people's lives with training the consequence but apart from the lack of protective gear medics in the us do you say to me that the health insurance system is putting people's lives at risk a post by a nurse was shared many times on facebook about this their experience recalled the final words he heard from a patient who was put on

a ventilator they were who is going to pay for it than a spoke with us and. it was really sad because someone who knows 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 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. but when it comes to health care you know the constant question is who's going to pay for it which is the same question isn't pollution ironically but you know it just shows where the priorities are i don't know that it's not search a multi-million dollar annual military budget you know which ones are legit department of defense where real artist firms would be with providing care for our citizens especially with the amount of people that just lost their insurance that's type of their employment as you know a lot of people just lost their jobs with this pandemic so. well where france has

one of the most severe lockdowns the moment with hefty fines for people who break the rules and speaking earlier in the week the president said the measures will now have to be extended until maybe 11th so far 19000 people have died from coronavirus in france the man in that crowd has 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. of these 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 hefty blow to the french economy with restaurants and cafes out of action many do say that they won't have the finances to reopen once the pandemic is over meanwhile

president macron is calling for schools to resume normal activity in mid may but many teachers do think that that could be premature. 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 to enforce 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 in 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 of the school cafeterias 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 or don't find that a model. to many children notably in poorer areas in the countryside are deprived of school without access to digital tools. since schools closed in more teachers

have been 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 ling behind the education minister genre show blanca recently it flies that they should take a break over 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 pupils 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 to follow plan has not 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 sure 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 if as 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 show but even ski arty paris. more than

a 1000 sailors on board a french aircraft carrier have tested positive for cope with 19 charles de gaulle is docked at the moment off the country south coast but it isn't the only nato ship that's been affected by the fires.

well we spoke to retired u.s. air force left and colonel who does think that france should have learned lessons from america's recent experience. though group that is most sickened by this is not normally the age group of soldiers or or navy 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 it's a bad thing because if a 3rd of your crew is sick and not functional then your ship is not functional well you'd like to think that social distancing and things like that could work with 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 could 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. despite the risk there to save those lives the nato secretary general had said that he believes the danger the real danger lies elsewhere. because one of the stories including russia not to exploiting the pandemic. secured it to challenges have not diminished because of called it 19 on the contrary potential adversaries will look to exploit the situation to further their own interests terrorist groups could be emboldened we see a continued pace of russian military activity all were operational readiness remains under ministry. and our forces remain vigilant and prepared to respond to any threats. america's death toll spyros the new york times has begun blaming russia today saying that kremlin propaganda is making the pandemic worse we'll have

the details in a couple of minutes. world is driven by.

the day or thinks. we dare to ask. welcome back to their weekly now the new york times is accusing russia's president of personally helping to spread 19 in america according to the paper kremlin propagandists have done that by discrediting the american health care system with more is murder. 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 far we want to look into the world health organization because they really are. 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 decades of health this information promoted by president vladimir putin of russia a certain white confusion hood's major institutions and encourage the spread of deadly illnesses the new york times lies right off the bat there is no widespread confusion in fact americans trust in 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 were 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 reach 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 seems trumped 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 leaning to 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. reason it snowballed this because the media gave a controversial research paper and side including the new york times which gave

a platform for conspiracy theorist and vaccines 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 secrecy of 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 sentient we just are we deserve the right protection to be in that environment that is in the little bit

98 look at all the charlatans the bloggers the televangelists who are being watched by millions of americans is that putin do you see behind america's faith based medicine. only. on. you was it putin or american politicians who cut funding for counter pandemic programs was it russian boortz 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 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

this 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 difference this time it's proved. all right gas here that now the pandemic has brought entire economies to a virtual standstill with. 1000 planes grounded there was also been a sharp drop in pollution levels and in many parts of the world the contrast is striking.

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i've been watching weekly here not a that brings you up to date for the moment we'll be back with more stories for you in just over half an hour don't forget that you can always keep yourself updated on the latest on the pandemic at our website social media pages and each. i've been arguing for the last decade or so. crisis is both

a structural crisis and it is also a price of statement you're going to see in a capitalist edge of money and this did not cause that crisis it only made it very fast. and we deal with the whole world and it's going to aggravate all of the reds and dimensions of the crisis the health emergency lens 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 budget in the seat and. 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 oppose 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 there were bills that were pretty filed to do

just that you feel bad because it was repealed but you know all of your work paid off has made a dramatic difference for this i mean just the fact that over almost half these facilities are out of business who could have been patient that things are definitely much improved with many of the worst operations but you still have chronic while leaders who are operating you still have any humane treatment of the bulls and you still have the attitude that some folks believe they can do whatever they want there are so many issues out here show many porton issues and everybody is struggling in their own way that we don't necessarily want to pick up the other guy struggle eventually i have to go back into my town and face this neighbor in face the other neighbors and i will meet them at church i'll meet them at the grocery store or meet him at the restaurant at the sale barn and i'm responsible i.