World Vs Virus
'World vs Virus' becomes 'Radio Davos'
As the world starts to move out of lockdown, we are relaunching World Vs Virus under a new name: Radio Davos. As well as the pandemic, we’ll cover all the biggest global issues: climate change, technology, equality, education and the world of work, bringing you interviews with the people who have the ideas, the passion and the ability to make change happen.
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'World vs Virus' becomes 'Radio Davos'
As the world starts to move out of lockdown, we are relaunching World Vs Virus under a new name: Radio Davos. As well as the pandemic, we’ll cover all the biggest global issues: climate change, technology, equality, education and the world of work, bringing you interviews with the people who have the ideas, the passion and the ability to make change happen.
As the world starts to move out of lockdown, we are relaunching World Vs Virus under a new name: Radio Davos. As well as the pandemic, we’ll cover all the biggest global issues: climate change, technology, equality, education and the world of work, bringing you interviews with the people who have the ideas, the passion and the ability to make change happen.
How do we vaccinate the world? The head of COVAX talks to World Vs Virus
What would it take to vaccinate every single person on planet Earth? We hear from the person leading the charge: Aurélia Nguyen, Managing Director of the COVAX facility.
What would it take to vaccinate every single person on planet Earth? We hear from the person leading the charge: Aurélia Nguyen, Managing Director of the COVAX facility.
All at sea: the shipping crews stranded by COVID-19
Seafarers might be considered hardy types, used to spending weeks at sea and away from home. But when the pandemic hit and countries locked down, they suddenly found they were unable to disembark - and were forced to spend months more on board ships where they may have already been living for half a year. We hear from two merchant seafarers - one who spent 10 months at sea and is now finally back home in the Philippines - and another from onboard his container ship as it sails through the Mediterranean towards the Suez Canal.
Seafarers might be considered hardy types, used to spending weeks at sea and away from home. But when the pandemic hit and countries locked down, they suddenly found they were unable to disembark - and were forced to spend months more on board ships where they may have already been living for half a year. We hear from two merchant seafarers - one who spent 10 months at sea and is now finally back home in the Philippines - and another from onboard his container ship as it sails through the Mediterranean towards the Suez Canal.
The year that COVID built: a look back on 2020
COVID, climate, BLM and the end of the Trump era: CNN Johannesburg correspondent Eleni Giokos joins us to listen back on the big stories of the year.
COVID, climate, BLM and the end of the Trump era: CNN Johannesburg correspondent Eleni Giokos joins us to listen back on the big stories of the year.
There's no vaccine for the infodemic - so how can we combat the virus of misinformation?
What is spreading across the globe, can be passed on unwittingly from one person to countless others, is potentially deadly, yet can be stopped if everyone takes the right steps? Misinformation. The subject of this episode of World Vs Virus, with Melissa Fleming, who leads global communications for the United Nations.
What is spreading across the globe, can be passed on unwittingly from one person to countless others, is potentially deadly, yet can be stopped if everyone takes the right steps? Misinformation. The subject of this episode of World Vs Virus, with Melissa Fleming, who leads global communications for the United Nations.