Ros Atkins on: The UK’s rising Covid cases

The Documentary Podcast

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Society & Culture, Documentary

4.3 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 23 October 2021

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

More than 50,000 Covid cases have been recorded in the UK for the first time since mid-July. Hospital admissions are also rising, however, daily deaths have fallen slightly. Ros Atkins examines what’s behind the infections and what should happen next.

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0:00.0	Hello, I'm Rosakins.
0:04.4	Each week on the BBC World Service,
0:06.5	I look at one of the biggest issues in the news.
0:09.8	This time, it's the UK's rising COVID numbers.
0:17.2	One, two, three, two, one, two, one.
0:22.0	Yeah!
0:25.0	This is from back in July.
0:26.8	It was the countdown to what was dubbed freedom day
0:29.8	in England, freedom from COVID restrictions,
0:32.3	if not freedom from the virus, and the plan was clear.
0:36.4	In England, there would be no rules requiring masks
0:39.1	or social distancing.
0:40.8	Instead, two things were emphasised.
0:43.4	The UK's vaccine rollout was one.
0:46.1	It would break the link between the number of cases
0:48.8	and the number of people in hospital.
0:51.0	And then this was the second.
0:52.4	We'll move away from legal restrictions
0:55.2	and allow people to make their own informed decisions
0:58.2	about how to manage the virus.
1:00.9	That's the UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson speaking in July.
1:05.0	His approach is about personal responsibility and vaccines.
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