How will africa deal with corona virus the pandemic is slowly reaching the continent for Public Health care infrastructure and an inability to enforce law whats the impact going to be this is inside story. Hello and welcome to the program im peter davi know its taken the coronavirus longer to reach africa than other parts of the world but experts are warning of a possible large scale outbreak on the worlds poorest continent of 1200000000 people and if europe or the u. S. Were struggling to contain the pandemic the potential consequences across that continent are possibly devastating if not catastrophic one example mali has 56 ventilators for a population of 17000000. 00 africa is still reporting low numbers of cases compared to europe and china but that could change and change fast coronaviruses reached almost every nation on the continent and as you see there the infection rate and the death rate well they are both increasing for most of the african countries the question now is not h
Role coronavirus cases being reported the pandemic is spreading rapidly but some countries still dont have the capacity to test people so is that hampering efforts to curb the disease this is inside story. Hello and welcome to the program im peter davi now the number of people infected by covert 19 is more than 700000 globally the number who have died over 34000 those are the estimates from Johns Hopkins university but do those figures accurately reflect reality if were talking about pure math curves usually indicate how severe cases are in a country and they show its ability to control a crisis but there are other factors too governments denying risk facts suppressed a lack of access to poor people and limited testing but be it in the slums the townships countries suffering conflicts and those without democracy is what is unknown is whether the outbreak is bigger than politicians are admitting or theyre able to handle correspondence in beijing johannesburg and mexico city report now o
Life after coronavirus some countries are considering issuing immunity passports for those whove recovered from the illness the aim is to allow them to go back to a normal life but would that work and is it certain their immunity would last this is inside story. Hello and welcome back to the program. We are all a climate sizing to a new world of the coronavirus pandemic people staying at home businesses shuttered economies walking towards a cliff edge and role wondering when will we return to something approaching the old normal for some people immunity to cope at 19 could be a future gate pass a passport back to work writing public transport flying on a plane going out shaking hands remember those days experts are studying Antibody Tests to see whether people whove already had coronavirus are no longer at risk any risk of contracting it again if so they could have certificates that grant them freedom when the rest of us stay locked it sounds like a godsend solution but its not clear h
Role coronavirus cases being reported the pandemic is spreading rapidly but some countries still dont have the capacity to test people so is that hampering efforts to curb the disease this is inside story. Hello and welcome to the program im peter davi now the number of people infected by covert 19 is more than 700000 globally the number who have died over 34000 those are the estimates from Johns Hopkins university but do those figures accurately reflect reality if were talking about pure math curves usually indicate how severe cases are in a country and they show its ability to control a crisis but there are other factors too governments denying risk facts suppressed a lack of access to poor people and limited testing but be it in the slums the townships countries suffering conflicts and those without democracy is what is unknown is whether the outbreak is bigger than politicians are admitting or theyre able to handle correspondence in beijing johannesburg and mexico city report now o
While spain and germany see a surge in infections in other news. Im. Bringing them back from near extinction a 6 year team effort to save the african rhino appears to be working. Lets get going the coronavirus pandemic has hit another grim milestone with the global death toll now passing 11000 in china where the numbers have been dropping theyve seen a more than 200 percent increase in ported cases sparking fears of a 2nd wave of infection just as the country recovers from the initial outbreak of the pandemic has governments worldwide imposing stricter unprecedented measures to stop the spread of the virus the u. S. Government has now closed its borders with mexico and canada for all nonessential travel italy recording 627. 00 deaths on friday the biggest day to day increase italy and spain are also struggling to stem new infections despite unprecedented lockdowns now the u. K. Has joined them ordering the. Of cafes pubs and gyms in Asia Thailand reported more than 809 new cases the bi