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The Intelligence from The Economist

This sequestered isle: Britain’s covid-19 response

The Intelligence from The Economist

The Economist

News, Global News, Daily News

4.53.7K Ratings

🗓️ 16 April 2020

⏱️ 25 minutes

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The prime minister is still convalescing; Parliament is still finding ways to meet virtually. Meanwhile questions are growing about how the government has handled the pandemic. In China authorities are promoting unproven traditional remedies to treat covid-19—treatments they would love to export. And the role that animals play in making wildfires worse, and in preventing them. For full access to print, digital and audio editions of The Economist, subscribe here www.economist.com/radiooffer

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0:46.6

Hello and welcome to the Intelligence on Economist Radio.

0:50.0

I'm your host Jason Palmer.

0:52.3

Every weekday we provide a fresh perspective on the events shaping your world.

1:00.2

Countries around the globe are clamping down on the sale of unproven treatments for COVID-19.

1:06.0

Not in China.

1:07.6

Authorities claim most of the country's cases were treated with traditional Chinese medicine.

1:12.7

Remedies that they would like to export.

1:16.7

And the raging bushfires that started last year in Australia were a reminder that human activities

1:22.2

make blazes more likely.

1:24.2

Scientists are figuring out how much animal activities can play a role too, both in making

1:29.2

fires worse and preventing them.

1:38.6

First up though.

1:40.7

In a time of crisis in Britain, Prime Minister Boris Johnson's popularity has soared.

1:48.4

I have today left hospital after a week in which the NHS has saved my life.

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