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The COVID-19 'circuit breaker': Is this still an option for reducing infection rates?
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The COVID-19 'circuit breaker': Is this still an option for reducing infection rates?
FromSky News Daily
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Length:
29 minutes
Released:
Oct 19, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
With infection rates rising, the economy looking precarious and different parts of the UK taking their own paths, what options does the prime minister have to reduce coronavirus cases? In this episode of the Sky News Daily podcast, host Jonathan Samuels is joined by Professor Christina Pagel, scientist, mathematician and member of the independent SAGE committee; Dr Simon Clarke, associate professor in cellular microbiology at University of Reading; and Kate Andrews, economics correspondent for The Spectator to discuss the "circuit breaker" strategy that was advised by SAGE and dismissed by the government a month ago. Plus, Sky's West of England correspondent Dan Whitehead talks us through the Welsh "firebreaker" lockdown. Daily podcast team:Podcast producer - Annie JoycePodcast producer - Nicola EyersPodcast producer – Emma Rae Woodhouse Interviews producer - Oli FosterArchive - Simon WindsorMusic - Steven Wheeler
Released:
Oct 19, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode
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