Back to lockdown

Europe is again at the epicentre of the global pandemic that has so far seen more than 44 million infections and 1.18 million deaths worldwide.

The region is struggling with rising numbers of infections while deaths rose by 32 percent last week.

France has imposed a month-long lockdown. Across the border, people in Germany are also preparing for a month of restrictions starting Monday.

Britain again decided to go its own way in how it handles the coronavirus. And there are warnings things may get even worse.

But are these restrictions the answer to the pandemic?

Presenter: Hashem Ahelbarra

Guests:

Maurizio Checconi – president-elect of the European Society of Intensive Care Medicine, and head of intensive care medicine at Humanitas Research Hospital

Matthew Fox – infectious disease epistemologist and professor of epidemiology at Boston University School of Public Health

Azeddine Ibrahim – director of the Medical Biotechnology Laboratory, Medbiotech, and director of the BioInova Research Center