march. in today's headlines airlines resort to calling each other crack junkies and other abuse as they battle for government aid and the fight for survival. and rules around flying could be about to change with talk of immunity passports being issued to those who recover from the coronavirus although the world health organization disagrees with that. plus the brazilian president's downplaying of the outbreak has become tree divided

as some have been calling for his impeachment amid fears of insufficient preventative measures and rapidly growing numbers of victims. and r t becomes the 1st company in russia to give staff blood plasma screening tests for antibodies that can fight the disease. watching our 2 international coming to you straight from the russian capital let's get started with your live news update as always let's begin with the latest figures on covert 19 the global pandemic is still raging with the number of confirmed coronavirus cases now surpassing 3100000 more than 159000 people have recovered but the number of fatalities has risen to more than 218000.

plane maker air bus has posted a 49 percent slump in 1st quarter adjusted operating profit as the industry faces quote its worst crisis in history suppliers and airlines seem ready to destroy one another to get their hands on state aid as modesty of reports. for airlines this is an extinction level event so take your average airline most of your aircraft abroad on credit so you can fly there's a pandemic but you have to make interest payments every month on every aircraft so how long do you think all these airlines would last without government taxpayer bailouts i am in favor of companies like lufthansa having an opportunity to get back on their feet and make money again if there's a tornado coming for your house you don't try to save the couch you grab what you

can and you run because you can't save everything the analogy ends here airlines aren't couches and they're now asking governments why the hell they use saving some companies the big ones and not others look transit is a create a 2nd crack cocaine looking for state aid you know times are tough when airline executives compare their rivals to crack junkies can say there was no warning either i mean these people even had exercises to prepare for pandemics to think about what they would do capsis spreading and it's largely due to the movement of people how should national leaders businesses and international organizations balance the risk of worsening disease there will be caused by the continued movement of people around the world against the risks of profound economic consequence of travel and trade bans so they wed back and forth brainstorming about

how their business could survive a pandemic this was in october 2019 a game could organize by the world economic forum so what happens when you let politicians and businessmen decide by themselves how to handle a pandemic and balance with. saving lives and saving revenues spoilers a lot of dead people we project that in one month we could see upwards of $2000000.00 cases and over 100000 deaths and in 3 months there could be as many as 20000000 cases and 1600000 deaths the outcome of the cap's pandemic and event to world one was catastrophic 65000000 people died in the 1st 18 months airlines among others haven't just learned the awful it saving lives they've accepted some have to suspend all operations ground their entire fleet others

claim to have introduced safety precautions like social distancing which is not dissimilar to stuffing a can full of beans and asking the beans to stay away from each other as they say every dollar counts it will take 2 to 3 years for travel to return to $29000.00 levels and additional few years beyond that for the industry's long term growth trend to return when the situation does stabilize the commercial market we smaller and our customer's needs will be different you carol deny that airlines facing catastrophe this truly is survival of the fittest or well those most willing to violate health standards and most adapted to smearing their rivals. in russia there are more than $99000.00 coronavirus cases where just under $6000.00 words started in the last 24 hours over $10000.00 have recovered in total but more

than $900.00 people have died here r.t. has become the 1st company and russia to conduct staff screening test to find out whether their blood plasma contained antibodies confirms every person has been ill without symptoms as well as a fine plasma donors for the severely ill and i was one of the lucky ones to take the test and here's how it went. everybody who is left at the channel which is not a whole lot of people think clay for is getting to us today to see if we have the anti-bodies up to the crown fires and if we do and if it turns out that we do later on we could possibly become donors because there's this whole wave of treating people with blood plasma from people who have already had the coronavirus and there's been a lot of success for them so want to try that out i'm going to go get one take em which is not my favorite thing to do but we're going to cause it's all work they're great. way to turn that look like i'm up.

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the right and that's it so when the results come in and if it turns out that i have somehow found the con artist and didn't know it and i do have the anti-bodies then the contacts weak and i can become a donor which would be really nice to feel like you can help people you know it is right now there's. so much going on that it's really difficult to. understand how to help these. without contacting you being in contact with other people but this could be a really great way to do it so fingers crossed and it's got me there for thing is very telling everybody who's here the channel today and maybe one of them will become i don't or and be able to help people who are really really suffering right now. so far we can say with absolute confidence that antibodies create a long lasting and strong immune system but what we can say is the doctors and specialists hope that antibodies provide the immune system with enough strength to prevent getting infected the 2nd time the testament of bodies is important because

there is a number of professionals such as doctors journalists or police officers who have to work with patients and those potentially infected and then 2 bodies can be found in the blood of victims both with or without symptoms. and i have rushed through those results and while i don't have the anti-bodies i don't have the virus either so i continue to follow all the advice and wash my hands constantly. the brazilian president's downplaying of the coded 1000 swire as has the country split on whether to impeach the number of deaths is rising fast with some now fearing it will become the new epicenter of the virus our desire quarter has the details. brazilian president jr balsa naro is downplaying the seriousness of the coronavirus and it's dividing his country against itself 2 evenly matched camps have emerged those who want to see balsa naro out and others who have come to his defense.

i am. happy. but. bolton are is doing all he can to make this virus look like it's no big deal he's calling it a little flu telling business owners to reopen and he's even hugging supporters on the streets. in the middle. of the debate. in my case due to my track record as an athlete were infected so i would not even

worry because i would have symptoms or at most it would be like a flu a cold the president even fired brazil's health minister a strong supporter of self isolation officially the country's got almost 70000 cases but many experts are saying that the real number can't possibly be that love with some estimates reaching as high as 1000000 why the big discrepancy it could be a lack of testing or the terrible medical conditions that have pushed doctors onto the streets in protest. cemeteries are so overcrowded the government has begun taking mass graves to absorb the extra bodies many media outlets are reporting that brazil has become one of the world's largest coronavirus hotspots but despite all the indications that something

is clearly wrong all scenarios and to lock down policies have a lot of support behind them so why do we think that the same just as about as you know there are cities in brazil that have no coronavirus cases that's more than 80 percent of cities in the country so stopping the entirety of brazil like this is irresponsible. and. like them that. way he also because we support our president both a narrow and then till proven otherwise we still believe him and wish he had to show us strength and i'll support to our beloved country brazil it's unclear how many more people will die before boston are all has a change of heart about the virus if he has one at all but it doesn't he seems like the brazilian government is more concerned about the safety of the economy than of its own people. but all i'm an editor of the opera monday news site says both now is more interested in economic growth than people's health. it's. always

a man who walks for capital is interest especially for 'd a man to groups and they want they don't want to pay to be you for so-so isolation the strategy overhand brazilian president bags that people will be mainly were it. is the vacation nope we've heard a virus his speech defend the economy be against public now is. in large. social groups. this great weak economy great and social isolation and the early. states and cities he is not a matter of describing. both so mad that this shouldn't be so so isolated from the strategy to weaken some old pays only to go bad it's.

staying on the continent more than a 1000000 cases have been logged in the us the situation is serious in new york city hundreds of new cases have been registered with authorities extending lockdown restrictions trinny chobits reports. as new york continues to come down the curve officials are preparing for what's next governor andrew cuomo asking the president to keep the javits center makeshift hospital open and on standby because he fears a possible 2nd wave of the coronavirus come this fall i spoke to the president about leaving them in place until we get through the flu season god forbid we need extra capacity again the virus still holding a tight grip on new york even as it comes down the curve a 2nd wave of antibody testing revealing nearly 15 percent of residents tested positive for coal the 1980 s. governor cuomo saying he will extend new york's pas order in many parts of the state but while some are ready to get back to business we have to take

a risk because we need to. get out of. heating others have mixed feelings i know everyone in new york is so anxious to go back but we have to take things slow as of right now just coming out. and. this while the virus continues to take an extreme toll on health care workers on the front lines the head of the emergency department at new york presbyterian allan hospital dr lorna breen taking her own life her father saying she tried to do her job and it killed her doctor had contracted the virus called on the job she returned to work after nearly 2 weeks of recovering her father telling the new york times make sure she is praised a hero because she was reporting in new york trinity chavez r t. here in russia lockdown measures have also been extended or go live to our correspondent saskia taylor for the details after this break.

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out. and in the game. trail. find themselves worlds apart. to look for common ground. welcome back president putin has extended russia's lockdown to may the 11th he told a video conference with regional chiefs that the toughest phase of the fight against the pandemic is about to start. it would mean a just lot more switch if we were in your belief the daily number of new infections has stabilised but that doesn't mean we can relax the situation remains very complicated experts and scientists say we haven't passed the peak yet now we're about to face perhaps the toughest phase of our fight against a pandemic the risks of being infected are reaching the upper limits.

we're joined live now by artist ascared taylor thought it would alter the present have to say. well the russian president's been very diligent in racing weeks in keeping people up to speed on the crowd of our situation in the country on tuesday he spoke against at the collective effort and discipline of millions of russians meant that we're now seeing a stable daily increase in the new cases around the 6000 mark rather than an exponential bust but course as we heard he did warn we absolutely cannot relax we haven't reached the peak so in order to contain the virus even further he announced the extension of the normal period to kind of semi knocked out that we've been in since the end of march that's going to last all the way up until they the 11 inclusive not the start of may really is a favorite time of the if the russians spring has already arrived by then there are a number of public holiday sick people going to the countryside they thought queues they see friends and they walk around the city so probably wants to be expected

that the government would take measures to prevent people from streaming out onto the streets but either way the russian president said yes we will consider easing restrictions from may the 12 but he stressed it will be a gradual process. and seriousness of being is still the most we all need to be concentrated disciplined in mobilized we should get the waves of the epidemic to finally declines which will help us later to ease the restrictions step by step and return to the normal way of living we listen much however the streets we comply with the necessary requirements and follow the rules of so funny salacious and quarantine the foster this week old. suit was no strike from the main announcement an interesting remark he made was not want of course coronavirus is a national and global imagine sea in the midst of all this we cannot forget about all people who need medical support. but you wouldn't let

me see the image you'd sooner see we put all our medical resources towards the fight against the pandemic but unfortunately nobody is able to counsel other dangerous diseases including uncle logical and cardiovascular accusing chronic we can't leave such secure people behind we can't say just be patient and wait regardless of today's extraordinary situation people should receive all the help they need for it in the. now this is a touchy subject in a number of countries in the u.k. for example it's thought that around 2000000 have been postponed in order to free up that for cope with 19 patients and that's understandably led to a lot of anger frustration and of course desperation so russia very keen to avoid a similar scenario and just a final thing that came out of she states speech it was very interesting to see how successfully russia has mobilized its resources in the fight against coronavirus so just an example that's an approach and said that while in you know russia was

producing around 70 ventilators for intensive care units in april that had risen to 800 and in may that will be a target of 2500 similarly the testing system in russia has become incredibly comprehensive rob 150000 test stayed put. to russia at certain times of testing but russia putin stress that of course this is an unprecedented climate things are changing daily so we need to constantly be setting ourselves new targets but either way tuesday's address a very clear message that from the russian president that more can and should be done in order to slow the spread of crude a virus we absolutely cannot that gods doubt but for many who are sick of sitting inside 4 walls definitely a light at the end of the quarantine tunnel as we look forward to that may 11th dates. are to saskia tellings for bringing us that report. the world health organization has warned against issuing immunity passport saying

there is no solid proof yet that recovery from the disease would prevent a 2nd infection but the plan is being widely discussed with crushes tourism minister claiming many agree on the need for a common exit plan or what he calls a covert $1000.00 passport archies peter oliver takes a closer look. the brandenburg gate is one of germany's most visited tourist attractions but if you're dreaming of seeing it or anything else in the e.u. any time soon you may well need a special type of passport that says you are new to the coronavirus the tourism sector has experienced an immense and unexpected decline in demand due to the outbreak of the corona virus pandemic our mission is to be as members of the european union and as part of the most successful tourist region in the world leader in the recovery of tourism these m unity passports are just one of a number of ideas being discussed by the tourism ministers as they try to find ways to mitigate the impact of covert 90 on the holiday industry what particular idea is

based on the whole proviso that if you had 19 you can't be. some nations like greece which relies massively on holiday makers spending money there are very much on side with the plan but there is $1.00 quite significant show experts at the world health organization say immunity passports wouldn't be worth the paper they're printed on at this point there is not enough evidence about the effectiveness of antibody mediated immunity to guarantee the accuracy of an immunity passport or risk free certificate people who assume that they are immune to a 2nd infection made more public health advice the use of such that if it gets made there for increase the risks of continued transmission. for all a just so wanting that immunity sports would just be the right to kill but they could be held to spread the virus the sad reality for europe's tourism industry is

that without a working see the future looks far from bright the trail of a potty. dr mohamed one year of viral just at the u.k.'s lancaster university told us any moves to get people moving on mass again actually lead to a 2nd outbreak. immunity passport has to have a lot of debate and discussion and to be reassessed whether it is a good bit of forward because what we don't want really is the reemergence of the same inspection because that would turn out to be a lot more lethal than what we have seen in the 1st phase one of the important things that we have to understand is that it was due to our ism or the movement of people that are spreading this inspection from china or the rest of the globe so a movement of people has great concerns for reopening the countries whether it is for tourism purposes or for any other purposes and then it comes to tourism even if it is within the continent is not riddled any risk. hundreds are spending

hours lining up for food handouts and the poor suburbs of paris the authorities who are uncovered 19 has caused an unprecedented hunger crisis and families were lying on food banks to survive. ringback before the lockdown had macaws markets which are cheaper than supermarkets supermarkets are too expensive for the kind of shop that. i'm not covered by the unemployment or of course simply. otherwise we would not see it. as soon as people are i think you know we get set up and give the different crates

with the prepare to doas distributing the food. everything is prepared here we distribute milk our preserves our vet at the polls. with the still expense so it's too expensive for me to stickle to is my children and my husband has been a lot of work since the beginning of the crisis i have to call him to get food and this is why i'm going to the solution. for when this code 19 health crisis started we thought that it was going to affect the whole population but especially those in a precarious position we thought about how we could help them so we decided to do food distribution there.

we have a lot of people who come from all over the region from far away to get food you know we have about 300 families 200 who come contemplate and 100 from the other municipalities but it's huge. we see numerous people in either urgently in a way we have never seen in these towns neighborhoods the smallest part can trigger yet more tension. ready ready the ready ready ready ready ready ready 'd but. that's a real news wrap up for this hour but if you're looking for more head on over to our website all of us here at r t h k o hope you and yours are well. past

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