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🗓️ 11 March 2020
⏱️ 22 minutes
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As the number of cases of covid-19 rises over 100,000 around the world, scientists and governments are working around the clock on treatments and vaccines. Our science editor, Geoffrey Carr, explains the genetic make-up of the virus. Mark Suzman, CEO of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Rupert Beale from the Francis Crick Institute, and Regina Barzilay from MIT explain their attempts to thwart the outbreak. Plus, we turn data outlining the fatality rate by age into sound. Kenneth Cukier hosts
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0:31.0 | The outbreak of COVID-19 has been declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization. |
0:37.0 | There are over 100,000 recorded cases around the world, with governments and scientists scrambling to staunch it. |
0:44.0 | You're listening to Babbage from Economist. |
0:47.0 | You're listening to Babbage from the World Health Organization. |
0:51.0 | There are over 100,000 recorded cases around the world, with governments and scientists scrambling to staunch it. |
0:58.0 | You're listening to Babbage from Economist Radio, a weekly podcast on technology and science. |
1:03.0 | I'm Kenneth Kukie, a senior editor at the Economist, and on today's show, The Anatomy of the Coronavirus. |
1:11.0 | The spread of COVID-19 is slowing in China, but cases in the rest of the world are still climbing. |
1:23.0 | In Britain, one of the country's health ministers has tested positive, and in Italy, now the worst country affected after China, a nationwide quarantine has been imposed. |
1:41.0 | If scientists are to find a treatment for COVID-19, or to prevent a future outbreak like it, they need to first understand more about the virus. |
1:50.0 | To give us a science lesson is Jeffrey Carr, the economist, science and technology editor. Hello, Jeff. |
1:57.0 | Hello, Ken. |
1:58.0 | So, Jeff, what is the coronavirus? |
2:01.0 | Well, there is no V-coronavirus. |
2:03.0 | Coronavirus is our group. Most of them live in other animals, but there are seven which infect people. |
2:09.0 | Two of them are quite widespread and cause symptoms of a common cold. Two of them are quite rare and cause no serious symptoms. |
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