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Who Should be Quarantined?

Who Should be Quarantined?

Tim Harford finds out which countries have the highest rate of Covid-19 infection.

More or Less · BBC Radio 4

June 20, 20209m 6s

Show Notes

Some countries are requiring new arrivals to self-isolate, a policy designed to stop infection spreading from areas of high prevalence to low prevalence. Tim Harford and Ruth Alexander find out which countries have the highest rate of Covid-19 infection. Plus, is it really true that the coronavirus mostly kills people who would die soon anyway?