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The politics of Covid-19

Every month, members of the public put their questions on issues impacting the world.

What works - and at what cost - in the fight against Covid? Jonny Dymond brings together top flight decision-makers with the public feeling the brunt of those decisions around the world. How some countries get ahead with vaccines, what the world has learned about preventing the next pandemic and whether vaccine passports are an assault on human rights - a few of the political questions on which a global panel from Singapore, USA, Kenya, South Korea and the United Kingdom, compare notes.

On the panel:
Nadhim Zahawi, MP: UK Minister for Covid-19 Vaccine Deployment
Sabina Chege, MP: Chair of Parliamentary Committee on Health, Kenya
Prof Kenneth Mac: Director of Medical Services, Singapore
Jennifer Nuzzo: Director of The Outbreak Observatory, Johns Hopkins University, USA
Jie-Ae Sohn: Former CNN Bureau Chief in Seoul and Advisor to the World Bank

Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Questions is a series of international events created in partnership with the British Council.

Producers: Charlie Taylor and Helen Towner
Assistant Producer: Steven Williams
Studio Engineers: Chris Weightman, Ian Mitchell and Giles Aspen

(Photo: Lucy Powderly receives a Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine from sergeant Julia Benson of the Illinois Army National Guard, Credit: Kamil Krzaczynski/AFP via Getty Images)

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50 minutes

Last on

Sun 14 Feb 2021 12:06GMT

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  • Sat 13 Feb 2021 19:06GMT
  • Sun 14 Feb 2021 12:06GMT