Coronavirus: Europe
The Documentary Podcast
BBC
4.3 • 2.7K Ratings
🗓️ 20 November 2021
⏱️ 24 minutes
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Summary
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has warned that Europe is once again “at the epicentre” of the Covid pandemic. The WHO reported that deaths from coronavirus in the continent have increased by 5% - making it the only region in the world where the numbers are going up. Host Nuala McGovern hears from doctors in Romania, The Netherlands and Austria about what is happening in their country, the concerns and hopes for the future. We also hear from two Austrians about why they refuse to get a vaccine, despite the rising Covid-19 cases, and why they believe the new restrictions there have serious implications for the future freedom of their country.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, I'm Nulem Agoverin on the BBC World Service and this is BBC OS, Conversations on Coronavirus, Europe. |
| 0:11.9 | Three doctors in Austria, Romania and the Netherlands discuss why COVID cases are rising and restrictions are returning. |
| 0:19.5 | The numbers not getting vaccinated is a significant factor and two Australians explain their |
| 0:25.3 | reasons for refusing the job. There are lots of ways to stay healthy and to strengthen your |
| 0:31.6 | immune system but nobody told us about this so I wonder why and I don't agree that vaccination |
| 0:39.2 | is the only solution to stay healthy. Europe once again is a major concern for the pandemic. |
| 0:47.2 | The World Health Organization has reported that deaths from coronavirus in Europe |
| 0:51.4 | have increased by 5% making it the only region in the world where the recorded numbers are going up. |
| 0:58.8 | The WHO blames insufficient vaccine take-up and is worried about a further increase in death rates |
| 1:05.1 | during the next few months. As a result we're seeing new or additional measures across Europe such |
| 1:10.7 | as lockdowns for the unvaccinated so to understand what's going on we're going to hear from three |
| 1:16.0 | doctors. Professor Ava Sharmhammer from the Department of Epidemiology at the Medical |
| 1:20.8 | University of Vienna in Austria. Dr. Dragas Saharia from the Marius Nasty Institute of |
| 1:26.4 | Pulmonology in Bucharest, Romania. He's been treating COVID patients for the last 18 months |
| 1:32.4 | and Dr. Sharifa Zamori a specialist in infectious diseases and public health in Amsterdam |
| 1:38.0 | in the Netherlands which was one of the countries in Europe to bring back the wearing of masks |
| 1:43.7 | in public places. She also advises Dutch members of Parliament on public health and my colleague |
| 1:49.7 | Nancy Catchinggira began by asking Dr. Zamori about the current situation in the Netherlands. |
| 1:55.4 | At the moment proportionate stricter measures are necessary because we have around 17,000 daily |
| 2:03.2 | infections. The number of positive tests is around 21% and 110 out of 100,000 people in the Netherlands |
| 2:13.4 | are at the moment positive or test positive for COVID-19. So yes we do need that also to stop the |
| 2:20.6 | overflow of patients in the ICU which we have a reduced capacity. However if these stricter |
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