RT News - October 30 2021 (17:00 MSK)

Vladimir Putin calls for mutual recognition of Covid vaccines pointing out that not all countries have essential medicine for fighting the pandemic. The Russian president is making that statement at this year's G20 summit. Doctors in France warn that budget cuts are leading to staff shortages as top scientists claim the national healthcare system is 'on the brink of collapse', with the pandemic taking hold once again. Rubbish piles up in New York as sanitation workers protest against the Covid vaccination mandate with unvaccinated city employees to be placed on unpaid leave starting Monday.