Coronavirus edition #6: Belgium death toll explained — Antibodies vs. immunity — AI & COVID-19

Brussels Playbook Podcast

POLITICO

News, Politics, News Commentary

4.4 • 205 Ratings

🗓️ 20 April 2020

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Why is Belgium’s coronavirus death toll so high? And will antibody tests be the panacea to ending lockdowns in Europe? POLITICO's Sarah Wheaton and Barbara Moens answer these questions in the latest edition of our special series on the coronavirus crisis in Europe. Also in this episode, POLITICO's Artificial Intelligence correspondent Janosch Delcker speaks with Nuria Oliver, high commissioner for AI and COVID-19 at the regional government in Valencia, about how she and her team of computer scientists are using AI to tackle the coronavirus. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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