ministers insist there are significant support for acquiring the public to have immunity passports despite the world health organization noting such documents could end up being misleading. the brazilian president's downplaying of outbreak has the country divided with some even calling for his impeachment and it fears of insufficient preventive measures and rapidly growing numbers of victims. and our team becomes the 1st company in

russia to give staff blood plasma screening task 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 let's begin with the latest figures on kobe had 19 the global pandemic is still raging but the number of confirmed coronavirus cases now surpassing 3100000 on the 964000 people have recovered but the number of fatalities has risen to more than 218000. i. the world health organization has warned against issuing immunity passports saying there's no solid proof yet that recovery from the disease will prevent a 2nd and fraction of the plan is being widely discussed particularly in europe

with croatia's tourism minister claiming many agree on the need for a common travel protocol or what he calls a code 1000 passport or she's been 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 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 e.u. tourism ministers as they try to find ways to mitigate the impact of covert 90 on the holiday industry one particular idea is based on the whole proviso that if you've had 19 you can't be free to some nations like greece which relies

massively on holiday makers spending money they're very much on side with the plan but there is one 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 the difficulties made therefore increase the risks of continued transmission. so much for all a just so warning that immunity sports would just be practical but they could be helped to spread the virus the sad reality for europe's tourism industry is that without say working back seeing the future looks far from bright peter all of

a party. dr mohamed money or a viral just at the u.k.'s lancaster university told us any moves to get the people moving on mass again only to actually to a 2nd outbreak. immunity passports as to how does a lot of debate and discussion into media c'est whether 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 the movement of people that spread of this insurrection from joyner to the rest of the globe 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 immunity passports could get the public flying again and in large numbers which would be

a boost to the airline industry and it's fighting for survival in the lock down airlines have resorted to calling each other crack junkies and other abuse as they battle for government aid that story is coming in full later 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 people have recovered in total but almost a 1000 have died r.t. has become the 1st company and russia to conduct staff screening tests to find out whether their blood plasma contains anti-bodies confirms if a person has been ill without symptoms as well as to fine plasma donors for the severely sick i was one of the lucky ones to take the test yesterday and here's how it went. everybody who is left at the channel which is not a whole lot of people thankfully for us 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 taken 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. on some one of. the of the i think. ultimately you know the totally.

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 we 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. what's 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 they're for thing is

they're 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 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 affected and then 2 bodies can be found in the blood the victims both with or without symptoms and they did rush those results and while i don't have the antibodies i don't have the virus either which means i continue to take all of the usual advice washing my hands keeping my distance and wearing masks we have been doing the same with a number of corona virus victims and russia still rising the president putin has extended the lockdown to may 11th here he told

a video conference with regional chiefs that the toughest phase of the fight against the pandemic is about to start. is it more secure wheeling in the day the 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 against 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 said that the collective effort and discipline open millions of russians meant that we now have a stable daily increase in the number of new cases around the $6000.00 mark now and exponential bust but he said more can still be done so he announced the nano period a kind of semi lockdown 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 may is a favorite time of year for many russians people usually go to the countryside they visit the frenzy 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 aside from that made the announcement interesting remarks he made was that while of course coronavirus is a national and global emergency we in the midst of this cannot forget about all the people who need medical support but you in the us know me soon you'd sooner 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 to millions have been postponed in order to free up that's for cope with 19 patients and not understand. let's not 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 speech it was very interesting to see how successfully russia had 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 similarly the testing system in russia has become incredibly comprehensive rob 150000 test but russia putin stress that of course this is an unprecedented climate things are changing daily so we need to constantly be sets not selves 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 let our gods doubt but so 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 cut 12000 jobs after a record quarterly loss saying air travel will take years to recover both suppliers and airlines seem ready to destroy one another to get their hands on state aid as more and explains. these is an extinction level event so take your average most of your aircraft credit so you can fly there is a time to make good have to make interest payments every month on every. 2 how long do you think all these airlines would last without government food taxpayer

bailouts i am in favor of companies like. 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 save everything the analogy entier 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 it creates a good crack cocaine junkie looking for state aid but 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 caps is spreading and it's largely due to the

movement of people how should notional 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 balance 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 between saving lives and saving revenues spiralis a lot of dead people we project then in one month we could see upwards of 2000000 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 an event to well one was

catastrophic 65000000 people died in the 1st 18 months airline. among others haven't just learned that they're awful at saving lives they've accepted it some have chosen 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 industries long term growth trend to return when the situation does stabilize the commercial market will be smaller and a customer's needs will be different you cannot deny that the airlines a 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 there come a hunger crisis is brewing in the parisian suburbs and another fallout from the corona virus outbreak that story and more after this. 6.

straight home. welcome back to the program more than a 1000000 cases have been logged and the us in the situation is particularly severe in new york city which is almost a 3rd of all cases are more than 300006 people trying to chop us 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 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 i'm going to be eating 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. as soon

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 laura now 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 was praised a hero because she was reporting in new york trinity chavez r.t. . the brazilian president's downplaying of the coven 1000 outbreak has the country split on whether to impeach a number of deaths is rising fast with some now fearing it will become a new epicenter of the virus. 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 balsa naro out and others who have come to his defense. i am. the. boss and 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. with. the kids on the bus. 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. right now. been identified that. we hear 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 bolton 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 men editor of the opera monday news site says both scenarios more interested in economic growth than people's health. it's

a political choice both a man who works for capitalist interests especially for 'd a man to groups and they want they don't want to pay the bill for so so isolationists strategy although the hand brazilian president bats that people will be mainly worried that we live and vacation not that we've heard a virus his speech defending carney be against public health is. to enlarge his support among social groups which are just great with economic oh great as social isolation is from them and totally mad they're all states and cities here brasil is not a matter of the fiber woman both are mad that this option this so so isolationists back to do we can all phase only to go bad it's.

hundreds of people are spending hours lining up for food handouts and the poor suburbs of paris and thirties one covered $1000.00 has caused an unprecedented hunger crisis and families relying on food banks just to survive. well 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 their employment or fortunately. otherwise we would also eat. as soon as people arrive here would get set up and give the different crates with

a prepared to those distributing the food. everything is prepared here to distribute milk our preserves our vegetables. for the expense so it's too expensive for me just difficult with my children and my husband has been all to work since the beginning of the crisis i have to call them to get food and this is why it was a solution. when this card with 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. you know. we see numerous people in either urgently in a way we have never seen in these tense neighborhoods the smallest part can trigger yet more tension. that's a global news break down for this hour but if you're looking for more head on over to our website all of us here at r t h q hope you and yours are well. time

after time corporations repeat the same mantra sustainability it's very important to accelerate transitions to sustainable prize board sustainability stay number man or a more equitable and sustainable world. they claim their production is completely harmless . because number doesn't cut it into something companies want us to feel good about buying their products while the damage is being done far away and this is again this we don't even and i mean look. this is i'm in news limited window nieminen i'm stunned. understood so when and. when i'll show seemed wrong why don't we all just don't all.

get to shape out just become educated and in gains from it equals betrayal. when so many find themselves worlds apart. just to look for common ground. somebody. let me see yes. i was on the floor some days in my bathroom you know trying praying. yes it's time for western. i was having children fever i didn't have any sense of space or smell from the most young. girls would you.

recently she was on the low just used to. that one time a song sounds of the research. i have heard and. push myself to do for me in the 58 i'm going to. go. greetings and sal you take shit you know i opened up the merriam webster dictionary today and found some of the many definitions of liberty they are the power to do as one pleases or the power of choice 11 definition that has been tossed around in political circles and rallies for the definition of liberty a lot these days is that liberty is the freedom from arbitrary or despotic control

and it was apparently this particular definition that led hundreds upon hundreds upon hundreds of us citizens across the country from michigan and minnesota down to texas and up to colorado to throw down their face masks and rubber gloves and take to their streets their capitol buildings and their governor's residences in protest of the social distancing policies and stay at home borders that have affectively closed businesses both large and small across the country since the start of the coded 19 pandemic us president donald trump he triumphantly egged those protesters on tweeting proudly liberate michigan liberate minnesota and liberate virginia yes it was our undying need for liberty and freedom that caused these protests to take place much like the boston tea party of old. or at least that.