Easing the lockdown
Some countries have opened schools and non-food shops. Can the lockdown be eased safely?
The Briefing Room · BBC Radio 4
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Show Notes
Some countries have opened schools, hairdressers and small non-food shops. David Aaronovitch asks what has guided those tentative first steps and whether the lockdown can be eased safely.
What have we learnt about the behaviour and epidemiology of the virus and how might that inform decisions in the UK?
He also quizzes experts about how long it could take to end the lockdown fully, and whether some form of social distancing could be in place for many months to come.
Contributors:
Dr Nathalie MacDermott, Imperial College London
Dr Michael Tildesley, Warwick University
Prof Hans Joern Kolmos, University of Southern Denmark
Prof Martin McKee, The London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Ngaire Woods, Blavatnik School of Government and Professor of Global Economic Governance at Oxford University
Producers: Kirsteen Knight, Darin Graham and Rosamund Jones Editor: Jasper Corbett