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Number crunching the coronavirus

A listener in Singapore finds the way Covid-19 statistics are presented far from informative. Plus the 1918 flu pandemic and the orchestra made out of garbage.

Collating facts and figures about the global coronavirus crisis is of course crucial but one listener finds the way they are presented far from informative. The BBC’s Statistics Editor joins us.

Plus: your thoughts on a documentary about the 1918 flu pandemic and why a report about an orchestra made out of garbage led to bewilderment.

Presenter: Rajan Datar.
Producedr:: Howard Shannon

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9 minutes

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Sun 3 May 202014:50GMT
BBC World Service Europe and the Middle East

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