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Wuhan: Where it all began?

Newscast

BBC

Politics, News

4.46.4K Ratings

🗓️ 1 May 2020

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

What happened in Wuhan? Our woman keeping her eye on China, Carrie Gracie, joins us to delve into wet markets and government labs. Back on home soil, Matt Hancock succeeded in meeting his target for testing, but there is some sobering data about the people most impacted by Covid-19. Producers: Nicholas Rotherham, Harriet Noble and Seren Jones. Assistant Editor: Emma Close Editor: Dino Sofos Sound Engineer: Emma Crowe

Transcript

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0:00.0

BBC sounds, music, radio, podcasts.

0:04.7

Hello, before we start this episode of the coronavirus newscast,

0:08.0

I wanted to tell you about a new episode from our sister podcast,

0:12.1

which is called The Next Episode.

0:14.0

It's all about whether people are a bit tempted to break

0:19.0

the guidelines around our movements during coronavirus.

0:22.7

Have a listen to a noop whose partner is not following the rules.

0:28.5

When I hear like that money's gone out and he's seen people

0:31.0

and I'm just looking does, there is a bit of resentfulness

0:34.7

because why am I having to stick to these rules?

0:38.6

He's probably not the only person that's out there doing it.

0:42.2

And so a part of me is like, well,

0:44.0

no one else is taking it very seriously.

0:46.9

And as you can tell from that clip,

0:48.2

The Next Episode is always full of great new music

0:52.0

and it's available right now on BBC Sounds.

0:56.1

And joining us right now is Emily Maitless.

0:58.2

Hello, Emily. Hello, Adam.

0:59.9

Now, we have invited Carrie Gracie,

1:02.6

the former China editor to come and talk to us in a bit,

1:06.3

which means I'll probably be the only person on this podcast

1:08.9

that doesn't speak Mandarin.

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