A new phase in the Covid pandemic
The WHO says the pandemic is 鈥渘owhere near over鈥, so what does the new normal look like?
After two-and-a-half years of Covid rampaging across the planet, causing millions of deaths and transforming billions of lives, everyone is keen to move on. But this week the head of the World Health Organization warned the public that the pandemic is 鈥渘owhere near over鈥 and that with cases rising 30% over the past fortnight we must collectively 鈥減ush back鈥. This assessment comes after many governments have pulled back on testing and removed restrictions such as the requirement to wear masks in certain public spaces. England鈥檚 former Deputy Chief Medical Officer says the lethality of Covid-19 is now getting closer to that of the seasonal flu, so how should we adapt to the next phase of the pandemic? Vaccines have prevented many people from getting seriously ill and dying, but only in countries with ready access to jabs and high vaccination rates. The UN estimates roughly 72% of people in high income countries have received at least one dose of a coronavirus vaccine, but the figure for low-incomes nations is roughly 18%. How much progress has been made in the fight against Covid-19 and what will the next phase of the pandemic look like?
Paul Henley is joined by a panel of expert guests.
Producers: Ellen Otzen and Paul Schuster.
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Professor Devi Sridhar - Chair of Global Health at the University of Edinburgh and author of the book: Preventable: How a Pandemic Changed the World & How to Stop the Next One
Dr Ayoade Alakija - Chair of the Africa Union's Africa Vaccine Delivery Alliance and WHO Special Envoy for the Access to COVID-19 Tools Accelerator (ACT-Accelerator)
Abdullah Shihipar - A writer and public health researcher at Brown University in the United States
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Dr Tom Frieden - Former chair of the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), now President and CEO of Resolve to Save Lives
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