Use BBC.com or the new BBC App to listen to BBC podcasts, Radio 4 and the World Service outside the UK.

Find out how to listen to other BBC stations

Episode details

World Service,22 Dec 2020,53 mins

New Covid strain 'could overwhelm UK'

Newsday

Available for over a year

A former chief scientific adviser to the British government says the new mutant strain of the coronavirus will quickly overwhelm the rest of the country. The border between France and the UK remains shut - but food industry officials say there's no need to panic buy. And we hear from the award winning author Charles Yu, who says racism against Asian Americans just doesn't make the headlines.

Programme Website
More episodes