Covid deaths, outdoor swimming and care homes
The global death toll has reached a grim milestone. Plus the UK鈥檚 low ranking waters.
The official number of deaths attributed to Covid 19 around the world in the whole of 2020 is 1.88 million. The global toll this year surpassed this figure on 11th of June. We look at how things are worse worldwide, despite vaccines and lock downs.
Does the UK have the worst bathing sites in Europe? That鈥檚 certainly a claim made by a number of newspapers. We show why this is not the case.
Health Secretary Matt Hancock has been in the news again with comments regarding care homes during the pandemic. Just how good was the government鈥檚 鈥榬ing of protection鈥� around care homes during the first wave - and the second?
We speak to Steven Johnson about his book 鈥楨xtra Life: A Short History of Living Longer.鈥�
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