Thanks for joining us here with your global news update this is. The latest numbers on the cove with 900 pandemic more than 2300000 cases of now being confirmed worldwide at least 160000 people have died with the highest death toll in the United States and so far 600000 people have recovered from the virus. Orthodox christians around the world are celebrating Easter Sunday but for most going to church is not an option this year because of the pandemic so in Russia Services are being live streamed the leader of the Russian Orthodox church thats Patriarch Kirill has urged people to stay at home and he led an overnight vigil at the cathedral of christ the savior of moscow attended. By just a small group of clergy traditionally thousands gathered to light candles from the holy fire flown in from jerusalem meanwhile the Russian Orthodox church is given some recommendations on how to bless the traditional east the cake at home and president Vladimir Putin sent out his easter greetings. With which it was lugar these east celebrations are happening at a time of restrictions when theyre necessary to battle the disease known around the world we are closely analyzing the experience of other countries to understand the situation 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 im happy easter stay happy and healthy. Well here in russia 361 people have lost their lives to corona virus and there are almost 43000 infections the majority of the cases coming in moscow this week the city rolled out a digital past scheme to ensure that people only use transportation for essential purposes after some early setbacks the system is now fully automated teller explains. This week saw a few changes in the way russia is fighting to create a Virus Outbreak on wednesday a new pastas dont was rolled out right here in moscow brought to teach you limit to Peoples Movement around the city and thats going to remain in force until at least the 1st of may now i can show you this one here is my its got my name its got my possible data its also got my employees information and the most important thing the possible code right the very top and i need this to get to watch child from a taxi even pretty much to go anywhere other than to throw out the rubbish walk the dog go to my supermarket or my local pharmacy but there was a few teething problems at the beginning the site you register on crashed because of piet. Its not surprising then that initially the reaction to the pasta was a bit mixed with whom can i curse or not this doesnt make sense but also move everyone is a know what all they say is usually do it right now and never once started applying for a process and the server crashed yet the impulse but its idiotic these kind of what those cannot so its not a quarantine at all these are the right measures and should be strictly implemented but they must remain reasonable so the program that was told that was that each and every part of it was physically being checked by the authorities obviously creating crowds but from next wednesday the system will become fully automated youll have to link up the metro card to your travel permit online and if you havent done that the barriers in the magic just way open and you wont 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 pictures have the right pockets and which dont now another big announcement this week was the perspiring of the night of may that is the annual victory day parade along with new yeah it is possible. The most highly anticipated event in the russian calendar so a bit of disappointment especially as this year was going to be extra special about it as it marks 75 years since the defeat fascism but a large gathering of people especially while the 2 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 this 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 event. So those are just some of the key decisions that were made in russia this week was seeing how we 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. Pharmaceutical firms will why they are working flat out to develop vaccines and treatments for covert 19 and then russia patients who have recovered or helping doctors by donating their blood plasma with antibodies for transfusions one of the 1st talk to 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 of birth 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 youre surrounded by medics who are monitoring your condition its not scary its fast and causes no were losing sleep in consciousness anyone who came through this can lead 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 shouldnt think this wont happen to you i thought i was immune to this disease because i hadnt been ill for 13 years but it happened anyway its better to stay at home for a month or 2 then stay in a great forever. United states has registered more than 39000. 00 deaths from covert 19 according to official data at least 27. 00 doctors and nurses have died from the virus but media reports quote much higher figures about medics are taking to the streets theyre blaming the government for the severe shortage of protective equipment. Why do you want to leave me. With. The rally that took place outside a hospital in new york which is of course been devastated by the pandemic attics carried signs that demanded urgent action to get supplies of personal protective equipment when needed the states death toll now stands at more than 17000 and emotions sport over that protest nurses saying that they are risking their lives through to government incompetence. What did. You. Discover oh no why us then i mean if you do in the us. Work as well i wonder. Lets think about the fact that the mount sinai bosses right now are in their mansions in florida while their nurses a dying because they cant get the proper v. P. And they just dont give a damn they dont care about our lives the loaded the gun they played russian roulette with working people with thing the consequence. The sunshine the lack of protective gear medics in the usa the Health Insurance system is also putting peoples lives at risk a post by a nurse a nice the tist was being widely shared on facebook in which derek smith recalled the final words that he heard from a patient whod been put onto a ventilator those words were whos going to pay for it the nurse spoke to r. T. It was really sad because someone who is 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 that knows that there are but when it comes to health care you know the constant question is whos going to pay for it which is the same question as the patient ironically. And you know it just shows where the priorities are i dont know that its necessary to have a multibillion dollar annual military budget you know which with our Logic Department of defense where i think a real honest effort to defend would be with providing care for our citizens especially with the amount of people that just lost their insurance thats types of their employment as you know a lot of people just lost their jobs with this pandemic so. France has one of the worlds strictest lock downs with hefty fines for people breaking the rules and speaking earlier in the week the president said the measures will have to be extended until may 11th so far 900000 people have died from coronavirus in france and a 1000000 micron admitted mistakes have been made it to demean it doesnt 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. It is so what weve paid for this crisis well i think the answer would be no we werent 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 the French Economy restaurants and cafes are out of action many owners say that they wont have the finances to reopen whats the pandemic is over the mark as the market is calling for schools to resume normal activity in mid may and it teaches though think thats premature move on the dubin ski explains schools could start to reopen from may 11th that was the announcement from president matt cohen 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 its 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 shocked but perhaps given that almost in the same breath that Court Announced its restaurants bars cinemas in museums would not be reopening until further notice thats 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. 00 people inside its completely incoherent to leave bars and restaurants closed because of 20 people you know the same time open a school with some 5021500 students one of macros given reasons for reopening schools gradually was to fight against social inequality or dont find that a model. To many children notably in poor air. Its in the countryside are deprived of School Without access to digital tools. Since schools closed in more teachers have field educating their students online they have been Public TelevisionServices 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 follows that they should take a break 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 thats 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 wont be ready in 26. 00 days its impossible a bold plan hasnt yet been formulated about how schools will reopen schools will though be disinfected and full classrooms will be out of the question thats according to frances education is so 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 it says longer says the return will not be obligatory how can the. Government to be sure that the most deprived sequels well actually come back to the classroom show that even ski arty paris. More than a 1000 sailors on board a friend jack craft carrier have tested positive for covert 19 the shoulder goal is docked off the country south coast and its not the only nato ship to have suffered such an outbreak. Of the. Despite the risk to sailors lives the nato secretary general believes the real danger lies elsewhere and stoltenberg has accused adversaries including russia of trying to exploit the pandemic the security challenges have not diminished because of called with 19 on the contrary a 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 under ministry. And our forces remain vigilant and prepared to respond to in the thirtys we spoke to a retired u. S. Air force Lieutenant Colonel who thinks that france should have learned from americas recent experience of an on board outbreak the group that is most sickened by this is not normally the age group of soldiers or or Navy Servicemen so you know its 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 youd 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 doesnt 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. If you can see is taboo in the air of coronavirus someone top doctors saying the practice should actually be ditched for good story and more still to go. So what weve got to do is identify the threats that we have its crazy. Let it be an arms race. Spearing dramatic looking only. I dont see how that strategy will be successful very critical. To sit down and talk. The New York Times is accusing russias president soft pursley helping to spread cope with 19 in america according to the paper kremlin propagandists of the month by discrediting the American Health care system Senior Correspondent takes a closer look. Nowhere in the world is it as bad as in america a quarter of the worlds confirmed infected are in the states the economys 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. 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 hoods 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 washingtons 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 its 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 theyve 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 tri