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Global News Podcast

Covid global health emergency is over, says WHO

Global News Podcast

BBC

News, Daily News

4.38.3K Ratings

🗓️ 5 May 2023

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

Close to 20 million people are likely to have died during the last three years. Also: A wealthy Nigerian politician is jailed for plotting to steal the kidney of a man he trafficked to Britain, and why the Vatican is worried about the number of people who say they're communing with the Virgin Mary.

Transcript

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0:00.0

This is the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service.

0:05.0

I'm Nick Miles and in the early hours of Saturday,

0:07.4

the 6th of May, these are our main stories.

0:09.9

Three years on, the World Health Organization says

0:13.0

the COVID emergency is over.

0:15.0

How much of a threat is it now?

0:17.0

England's top criminal court has jailed a Nigerian senator

0:21.2

for nearly 10 years for plotting to steal the kidney

0:24.6

of a manny traffic to Britain.

0:26.6

The coronation of King Charles is just hours away.

0:29.8

We head to the Royal Enthusiasts,

0:32.1

camping out to get a glimpse of it all.

0:36.4

Also in this podcast.

0:40.0

For me, it's normal now.

0:41.5

Sometimes Mary talks to me, sometimes I see her.

0:45.4

Why the Vatican is worried about the number of people

0:48.0

commuting with a virgin Mary.

0:52.7

It is the story of the decade, which changed all our lives.

0:57.8

More than 30,000 people have died from COVID-19

1:01.2

in the UK hospital deaths.

1:02.7

There are more than 275,000 infections worldwide

1:06.0

and more than 11,000 deaths.

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