Covid-19: Six Months On
It's been six months since lockdown started, what have we learned since then about Covid-19? David Aaronovitch examines what we know about the science, symptoms and policies.
It's been six months since the coronavirus-induced lockdown was introduced across the UK - what have we learned about Covid-19 in that time?
David Aaronovitch explores what we now know about the science of the virus, the symptoms it produces, and the policies which have been developed to tackle its spread.
Contributors:
Ravi Gupta, Professor of Clinical Microbiology, University of Cambridge
Tim Spector, Professor of Genetic Epidemiology. King's College London
Thomas Hale, Associate Professor in Global Public Policy, University of Oxford
Keith Neal, Emeritus Professor in the Epidemiology of Infectious Diseases, University of Nottingham
Team: Richard Fenton-Smith, Kirsteen Knight and Julie Ball.
Studio Manager: Rod Farquhar
Editor: Jasper Corbett
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