The Evidence: Covid 19: Transmission and South America

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🗓️ 13 June 2020

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

Claudia Hammond and a panel of international experts look at the latest research into Covid-19, the disease caused by the new coronavirus which is sweeping through the world. As the disease spreads how is South America handling the pandemic? How are the indigenous people of the Amazon protecting themselves? We also look at the aerodynamics of infection - if the air in an ITU room is changed 12 times and the virus still lingers what hope do offices have? On the panel are Professor Lydia Bourouiba, Associate Professor at the Fluid Dynamics of Disease Transmission Laboratory at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dr Adam Kucharski from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Professor Holgar Schunemann, co-director of the World Health Organization (WHO) Collaborating Centre for Infectious Diseases, Dr David Collier, Clinical Director at Queen Mary University London and Barbara Fraser, health journalist in the Peruvian capital Lima. The Evidence is produced in association with Wellcome Collection. Producers: Geraldine Fitzgerald and Caroline Steel Editor: Deborah Cohen

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0:00.0	You're about to listen to a BBC podcast and trust me you'll get there in a moment but if you're a comedy fan
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0:45.0	Hello and welcome to the evidence from the BBC World Service produced in collaboration with Welcome Collection.
0:51.0	I'm Claudia Hammond. Our topic is COVID-19 and as ever we're
0:55.4	taking an analytical look at the latest science as well as answering some of the
0:59.8	many excellent questions which you've been sending into us.
1:03.0	Now as lockdowns in many countries begin to be relaxed, more and more of us are wondering
1:07.5	about what we should and shouldn't do
1:10.0	in order to avoid catching the virus or passing it on.
1:13.2	How close should we stand to someone in a shop?
1:15.7	Is it okay to sit spaced out in an open plan office and can traveling by plane be made safe?
1:22.0	Ever since the virus appeared in December 2019
1:25.1	scientists have been collecting data and new findings are emerging. As the
1:29.6	knowledge grows, the advice is updated and so we'll update you too.
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