Coronomics: how countries suffered from 'the lost months' of Covid

<div>Reporter at Canada's Globe and Mail, <strong>Robyn Doolittle</strong>, joins the panel this week to discuss what went wrong in Canada. Speaking to a series of infectious-disease experts, health officials and politicians, Robyn and her team pieced together an image of the 'lost months' - a period between January and March when more should have been done to prevent the pandemic. Also on the podcast: <strong>Kate Andrews</strong> gives an update on the latest in Leicester; <strong>Jennifer Creery</strong> reports on Hong Kong's latest worry - an influx of migrant workers; and <strong>Fredrik Erixon</strong> reflects back on Sweden's laissez-faire approach.<br><br>Read the articles discussed here:<br>Hong Kong: <a href="https://asiatimes.com/2020/06/hold-quarantine-centre-plea-as-domestic-workers-return/">https://asiatimes.com/2020/06/hold-quarantine-centre-plea-as-domestic-workers-return/</a></div><div>Sweden: <a href="https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/sweden-self-isolation-in-the-country-that-didnt-do-lockdown-jdjdsc8mm">https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/sweden-self-isolation-in-the-country-that-didnt-do-lockdown-jdjdsc8mm</a></div><div>Canada: <a href="https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/investigations/article-canadas-lost-months-when-covid-19s-first-wave-hit-governments-and/">https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/investigations/article-canadas-lost-months-when-covid-19s-first-wave-hit-governments-and/</a></div><div>UK: <a href="https://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/news/leicester-news/hundreds-more-people-diagnosed-covid-4272970">https://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/news/leicester-news/hundreds-more-people-diagnosed-covid-4272970</a><br><br><em>The Spectator is looking for the UK's brightest entrepreneurs for our Economic Innovator of the Year Awards, sponsored by private bank Julius Baer. If you run a business that brings radical positive change and is capable of achieving national or international impact, we want to hear from you. Apply by 1 July at </em><a href="http://www.spectator.co.uk/innovator"><em><a href="http://www.spectator.co.uk/innovator">www.spectator.co.uk/innovator</a></em></a><em>.</em></div> <hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>