just don't hold. me. to shape out the attic. and in. equals betrayal. when something you find themselves worlds apart we choose to look for common ground. ministers insist there's significant support for a party in the public to have immunity passports despite the world health organization noting such documents could even be misleading. the brazilian president's downplaying of the outbreak has the country divided with some even calling for his impeachment amid fears of insufficient preventative measures and a rapidly growing numbers of victims. and our team becomes the 1st company and

russia to give staff blood plasma screening tests for antibodies that can fight the disease. a very warm welcome to the program from all of us here at r t h q in moscow thanks for joining us this hour we began as always with the latest figures on covert 19 the global pandemic is still raging but the number of confirmed coronavirus cases now surpassing 3100000 more than 162000 people have recovered but the number of fatalities has risen to more than 218000. 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 particularly in europe with her tourism minister claiming many agree on the need for a common travel protocol or what he calls a covert 1000 passport r.t. is peter all over 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 tourists 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 e.u. 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 one quite significant show experts at the world health organization say immunity passports could 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 in some 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 back seeing the future looks far from bright the trail of

a hearty. dr mohamed munir a viral just at the u.k.'s lancaster university told us any moves to get people moving on mass again could actually lead to a 2nd outbreak. the unity passport has to has a lot of debate and discussion and 2 media sets but it is a good to be of forwards because what we don't want really is the reemergence of the same inspection because dark would turn old 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 resume or movement of people that are spreading this insurrection from china to the rest of the globe so a movement of people has grave concerns for reopening the countries whether it is for tourism purposes or for any other purposes and when it comes to tourism even if it is within the continent is not riddled any risk but i mean to be passports could

get the public flying again and large numbers which would be a boost to the airline industry that is fighting for survival amid a lockdown airlines have resorted to calling each other crack junkies and other abuse as they battle for government aid apps or is coming up in the program. and russia the number of coronavirus cases is nearing 100000 with just under $6000.00 registered and the last 24 hours well than $10000.00 have recovered in total but almost a 1000 people have died at this point r.t. has become the 1st company and russia to conduct staff screening tests to find out whether their blood plasma contains antibodies that confirms if a person has been ill without symptoms as well to find plasma donors for the severely ill i was one of the lucky ones to take the test yesterday here's how it went.

everybody who is left at the channel which is not a whole lot of people think play for is getting to us today to see if we have the anti-bodies for the crown fires and if we do and if it turns out that we do know 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 it out i'm going to go get one taken which is not my favorite thing to do but we're going to cause it's all work there for a. different turn that looks like i'm up. on someone on. the over the i think.

ultimately over the top of the to. the right and that sits so when the results come in and if it turns out that i have somehow the con artist didn't know it and i do have the anti-bodies then the contacts meet and i can become a donor which would be really nice to feel like you can help people you know in the city right now there's. so much going on that it's really difficult to. understand how about these. without contacting me and being in contact with other people but

this could be a really great way to do it so fingers crossed and it's not me there for thing is they're telling everybody who's here that you will 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 a 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 the victims both with or without symptoms. and they did rush those results and i don't have the anti-bodies i don't have the virus either which means i continue to take all the advice continually wearing masks clubs and washing my hands constantly but the number of coronavirus victims in russia still rising and

president putin has extended the lockdown to may the 11th here he told a video conference with regional chiefs that the toughest phase of the fight against the pandemic is only about to start. if you knew more speech if we really knew but the daily number of new infections has stabilised but that doesn't mean we can relax the situation remains very complicated case but since scientists say we haven't cost the peak cancer which now we're about to face perhaps the toughest phase of all fight against a pandemic the risks of being infected are reaching the upper limit of the russian president has been very diligent in recent weeks in keeping people up to speed on the caret of our situation in the country and on tuesday he spoke again it said that the collective factor and discipline opened millions of russians meant that we now have a stable daily increase in the number of new cases around the 6000 mark now and exponential but but he said more can still be done so he announced the nano period

to kind of set me knocked down that we've been in since the end of march will be extended all the way up until may 11th inclusive now the start of mate is a favorite time of year for many russians people used to go to the countryside they visit that friends and to barbecues they walk around the city spring has arrived and there are a number of public holidays so was probably to be expected that the government would take measures to prevent people from streaming out onto the streets and if i think that made the announcement interesting remarks he made was that while of course coronavirus is a national and local emergency we in the midst of this cannot forget about all the people who need medical support but you wouldn't know me soon you'd soon see we put all our medical resources towards the fight against the pandemic but unfortunately nobody is able to cancel other dangerous diseases including uncle logical and cardiovascular accusing chronic regardless of today's extraordinary situation people should receive all the help they need now this is a touchy subject in

a number of countries in the u.k. for example it's thought that around to the 1000000 side streets have been postponed in order to free up that's for cope with 19 patients and that's under. stand to be 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 the speech it was very interesting to see how successfully russia have mobilized its resources in the fight it gates coronavirus so just an example and said that what a new you know russia was producing around 70 ventilators for intensive care units in april that had risen to $800.00 and in may that will be a target of $2500.00 similarly the testing system in russia has become incredibly comprehensive around $150000.00 test but russia putin stress that because this is an unprecedented climate things are changing daily so we need constant access not solves new targets but either way tuesday to 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. plane maker air bus has posted a 49 percent slump in 1st quarter adjusted operating profit as the industry faces what analysts are calling its worst crisis in history british airways is to cut 12000 jobs after a record quarterly loss saying air travel will take years to recover both suppliers and airline seem ready to destroy one another to get our hands on state aid as more of a explains. 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 will 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 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 then 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 caps pandemic and event to

world one was catastrophic 65000000 people died in the 1st 18 months airlines among others haven't just learned the they're awful at saving lives they've accepted it 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 cannot deny that the airlines are 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 still to come a hunger crisis is brewing and paris the suburbs and another fallout from the corona virus outbreak that story and more after the break.

economic system known as competent as in has generated more wealth than any other system in history in many ways it is defined maternity itself hundreds of millions have been lifted out of poverty however competent lism has also witnessed growing income inequality thus the appeal of socialism currently on the rise in campuses. welcome back more than a 1000000 cases have been logged in the u.s. and the situation is particularly severe in new york city which has almost a 3rd of all cases or more than 300000 people trade reports.

new york continues to come down the curb 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 cold in 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 by i'm going to be meeting 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 tell me now. it's been

changed. 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 lauren a brain taking her own life her father saying she tried to do her job and it killed her doctor had contracted the virus while 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. . the brazilian president's downplaying of the covert 1000 outbreak 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 are to its own accord or has more. 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 valsin r.-o. out and others who have come to his defense. i am. the. boss and i was 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. with. the device. in my case due to my track record as an athlete were infected so i would not even worry

because i wouldn't 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 mask. raids 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 to the stars 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 trying to make them that. way here 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 all support to our beloved country brazil it's unclear how many more people will die before boston or 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. i know i'm an editor of the opera monday news site says both more interested in economic growth then people's health. it's a political choice both a man who works for capital is interests especially for 'd finance to groups and

they want they don't want to bait the buick for so so isolationists strategy over her and brazilian president bats that people will be mainly worried that we are going to bribe and the vacation not that we've heard a virus his speech defending carney be against public health is but never will enlarge his support among social groups which i this great week it could all be code breaking as social isolation from them and the late that they're all states and cities here in brazil is not a matter of the fabric. both a matter of fact. just shouldn't this show so isolated that the strategy. is only to go bad it's. hundreds are spending hours lining up for food handouts

in the poorer suburbs of paris at $31.00 coben $1000.00 has caused an unprecedented hunger crisis with families relying on food banks to survive. well then for the lockdown had local markets which had cheaper than supermarkets supermarkets are too expensive for the kind of shop there. are not covered by the employment all fortunately. otherwise we would also eat. as soon as people arrive here would get set up and give the different grades who are prepared to those distributing the food.

everything is prepared here we distribute milk our preserves and our vegetables. for the special expenses to expensive for me just difficult with my children and my husband who has been to work since the beginning of the crisis i have to call them to get food and this is a little a solution. when this good 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.

we have a lot of people who come from all over the region from far away to get food in all we have about 300 families 200 who come constantly and 100 from the other municipalities but it's huge. we see numerous people in need urgently in a way we have never seen in these towns neighborhoods the smallest part can trigger yet more tension. that's our world news wrap up for this hour but don't forget you can always find up to the minute reports on our facebook and twitter pages all of us here at r.t. hope you and yours are well.

as the u.s. economy was booming gaining numbers of people were made homeless. you can work 40 hours in a week and still not have enough to get housing everybody believes america still has the lead up to the reality of it is we're not financially equality and the lack of affordable housing for a living minimum wage gave many people new choice. just going to fall in with the city knows turn their backs on coal who stay away idleness. twosomes of the food that there is no answer because yes requires at least once the most vulnerable are abandoned on the streets to become invisible comes.

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a more equitable and sustainable way. they claim their production is completely harmless. lovely. companies want us to feel good about buying their products while the damage is being done far away and this is something elvis doesn't want anyone and i'm not even looking. and mean listen we didn't dream and then we understood superman and.

hello and welcome to cross talk where all things considered i'm peter lavelle the economic system known as competent as in has generated more wealth than any other system in history in many ways that is defined maternity itself hundreds of millions have been lifted out of poverty however competent lism has also witnessed

growing income and.