Has the government done enough?
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The Times
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🗓️ 23 March 2020
⏱️ 23 minutes
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Summary
What's going on behind the scenes at Number 10 to tackle coronavirus? And is the government moving fast enough to prevent the spread of covid-19 across the UK?
Guests:
Steven Swinford, Deputy Political Editor at The Times.
David McCoy, professor of Global Public Health at Queen Mary University in London.
Host: Manveen Rana
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| 0:00.0 | The government's coronavirus advice has continued to change. |
| 0:05.6 | Suddenly seismic political juggernaut political decisions are being taken on a daily |
| 0:10.9 | basis and down the street is operating on the edge. |
| 0:13.6 | But why are so many doctors still concerned about the strategy? |
| 0:18.2 | What's very clear is that if we have an uncontrolled epidemic, we will get a situation where the health system will be simply |
| 0:26.5 | overwhelmed by the number of sick people. |
| 0:29.6 | This is stories of our times, from the Times and the Sunday Times. I'm Manvein Rana. Today, has the government |
| 0:37.7 | done enough? The behind-the-scenes story of the government's attempts to tackle the |
| 0:41.9 | virus. Attention at all passengers. You can now book your train tickets on Uber and get 10% back in |
| 0:58.8 | Uber credits to spend on your |
| 1:03.6 | in-law's this Christmas. |
| 1:07.0 | Trains, now on Uber. |
| 1:08.7 | T's and C's apply. |
| 1:09.6 | Check the Uber app. UBab. |
| 1:19.0 | Friday night, just two hours after the Prime Minister Boris Johnson made an unprecedented announcement. |
| 1:26.0 | We are collectively telling cafes, pubs, bars and restaurants head out in a cab to see if the public is heeding the request. |
| 1:37.0 | And I head out in a cab to see if the public is he heating the request. Ben Bardis is my Uber driver. |
| 1:47.0 | Like everyone, he's shocked. |
| 1:49.0 | People are staying hot. |
| 1:50.0 | People are frequently, you know, scared to to get out. This is so weird we're |
| 1:54.6 | going through some of the busiest parts of London but I never seen a lot of |
| 1:58.0 | like this before. It's like empty street we know they're empty. Streets are completely empty. |
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