Coronavirus - new variants

BBC Inside Science

BBC

Technology, Science

4.5 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 3 November 2022

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

The virus which causes Covid 19 is continuing to evolve, but into several different closely related strains rather than more new variants such as Delta and Omicron. Ravi Gupta, Professor of Clinical Microbiology at Cambridge university gives us his assessment of the current picture, and Jeremy Farrar, Director of the Welcome Trust, comments on global efforts to counter the virus. The Nobel prizes were awarded this week. Science Journalist Philip Ball looks at the winning discoveries and the scientists behind them. And shortlisted for the Royal Society Insight Investment Science book prize, we hear from Henry Gee, author of A Very Short History of Life on Earth.

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0:00.0	Before you listen to this BBC podcast, I'd like to introduce myself.
0:03.7	My name's Stevie Middleton and I'm a BBC Commissioner for a Load of Sport Podcasts.
0:08.4	I'm lucky to do that at the BBC because I get to work with a leading journalist, experienced
0:12.2	pundits and the biggest sport stars.
0:14.3	Together we bring you untold stories and fascinating insights straight from the players'
0:18.5	mouths.
0:19.5	But the best thing about doing this at the BBC is our unique access to the sport world.
0:25.0	What that means is that we can bring you podcasts that create a real connection to
0:28.8	dedicated sports fans across the UK.
0:31.2	So if you like this podcast, head over to BBC Sounds where you'll find plenty more.
0:40.5	Hello, this is the podcast edition of BBC Inside Science.
0:44.7	First broadcast on Radio 4 Thursday the 6th of October 2022.
0:50.0	I'm Guy Evans.
0:51.8	It's that wonderful time of year when all the good scientists wait eagerly to see what that guy
0:57.8	from the North will bring them.
0:59.8	Yes, it's Nobel Prize Week and we'll be looking at who's won what for what?
1:05.6	We'll be casting back billions of years through the turbulent history of life on earth
1:11.1	with the first of the shortlisted authors for the Royal Society's science book prize.
1:16.5	But first, Covid.
1:18.8	A new wave of the SARS-CoV-2 virus infection is now well underway in the UK as we head into the
1:24.8	colder season. But rather than being driven by one dominant strain, there are now several variants
1:31.6	in circulation. One of those watching this changing dynamic is virologist Ravi Gupta,
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