May 21, 2021
What’s a global pandemic radar and how would it work?
The new international data-sharing and disease tracking partnership is due to be running by the end of 2021.
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From the BBC World Service: The World Health Organization and the London-based health foundation, the Wellcome Trust are teaming up to develop a system to spot outbreaks, including new COVID variants, and help prevent future pandemics. Plus, is Tesla looking to build an electric vehicle factory in the U.K.? And why do people stick with volatile assets like cryptocurrencies?
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Host, BBC
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