Summary
Whitty, JVT and Maria Van Kerkhove from the WHO
Adam and James chat to Professor Neil Ferguson, who's been working with Maria Van Kerkhove from the World Health Organisation, and Jonathan Van-Tam, England's Deputy Chief Medical Officer, for 20 years.
And they also speak to Professor David Mabey, who gave a young Chris Whitty one of his first roles in medicine.
Today’s Newscast was made by Maz Ebtehaj with Natalie Ktena. The Studio Directors were Emma Crowe and Mike Regaard. Sam Bonham is the Assistant Editor.
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, music radio podcasts. |
| 0:04.6 | Hello. |
| 0:05.4 | Now I wonder if you've noticed that because it's August we've been experimenting |
| 0:10.6 | with what newscast is a little bit, and if you didn't notice then that must mean you quite like it |
| 0:16.2 | Anyway today's experiment is something we're calling the medicine cabinet |
| 0:20.9 | Bear with me because we realize there's just all these famous medics and |
| 0:25.6 | scientists that have become household names and have almost been running the show |
| 0:30.2 | like the cabinet runs the government and we thought why don't we take a bit of time to get |
| 0:36.1 | to know some of them a little bit better so that's what we're going to do on this experimental |
| 0:40.8 | episode of newscast. |
| 0:42.1 | Newscast. Newscast from the BBC. experimental episode of newscast. Newscast. |
| 0:43.0 | Newscast. |
| 0:44.0 | What is this virus? |
| 0:46.0 | How does it spread? |
| 0:48.0 | How do we protect ourselves and our loved ones? |
| 0:50.0 | Don't tear the pants out of it and don't go further than the guidance actually says. |
| 0:54.8 | Next slide please. |
| 0:55.7 | We'll take some time before we figure out what our new normal is. |
| 1:00.0 | There's always a question of timing and there's always a question of what do you do now, |
| 1:03.4 | even in the middle of something. Be very clear, we are not at the end of this epidemic, not by a long shot. |
| 1:10.3 | Hello, it's Adam in the studio. |
| 1:13.0 | With James. |
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