How do we come out of the lockdown?
As some nations begin to tentatively lift their lockdowns, Tanya Beckett asks how best this can be done. What lessons, if any, can we learn from past pandemics? How do states make the decision, juggli...
23 Apr 202023min
How do you help people stay rational in a pandemic?
Last month, everyday supermarket items turned into valuable and vanishing commodities overnight – none more so than toilet paper. There are now billions of us around the world living in lockdown condi...
16 Apr 202023min
Can Africa cope with coronavirus?
How will Africa deal with Covid-19? It began in China then reached the Middle East, Europe and the United States, now Africa is bracing itself for a surge in coronavirus cases. But how will the contin...
9 Apr 202022min
Why is it taking so long to develop a Covid-19 vaccine?
The race is on for the world’s scientists to develop a safe and effective Covid-19 vaccine. The Inquiry examines quickly how this can be done and what hurdles need to be overcome to roll out a vaccin...
2 Apr 202023min
Coronavirus: What can the world learn from South Korea?
After China, South Korea was next in line to be struck by the Coronavirus outbreak. And in the early days the number of cases was going up fast – many of them related to a secretive religious sect. Bu...
26 Mar 202023min
Why did the USA fail in its initial coronavirus response?
‘It’s a failing, let's admit it’ says top health official, Dr Anthony Fauci. He’s talking about the fact that it took a month for a working coronavirus test to be rolled out around the country, while...
19 Mar 202023min
How China turned the tide with coronavirus
There are now significantly more new cases of coronavirus outside China than inside. On the first day of this week there were only 44 new cases in the whole country. Just a few weeks ago that figure w...
12 Mar 202024min
Have our climate models been wrong?
Climate change models have been a key tool to project what could happen with global warming in the future. But there’s a debate in the scientific community and some are saying too much emphasis has be...
5 Mar 202024min
