The Coronavirus Frontline special

Available for over a year

This series comes from the Bradford Royal Infirmary, in the North of England, with recordings made by Dr John Wright, who works there. He is an epidemiologist and as he helps the hospital prepare and cope with a huge influx of patients, he’s also searching for answers about Covid-19. Some of the best clues come from follow-ups on those who are still recovering from the virus and who document the on-going impact on their health as they struggle to get back to full fitness. Medical teams are preparing to vaccinate 3,000 people in the community and logistically this raises many challenges. The partnership with local mosques and other religious and community leaders helps with plans for a wave of volunteers to attend at a stadium to be registered for the trial. In the hospital patients are still being treated on the covid wards and many are involved in trials of new treatments that will work in partnership and at earlier stages of infection. Winifred Robinson presents these recordings in a series which charts the response of National Health Service staff and patients on the covid-19 wards.