Ep 684: The race to combat new Covid variants

<p>Covid cases are on the rise around the world and public health experts are concerned about a new variant, BA.2.86 or Pirola. What is the UK doing about it?</p><br><p>Listen to The News Meeting <a href="https://podfollow.com/the-news-meeting" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">here</a>.</p><br><p>For the premium Tortoise listening experience, curated by our journalists, download the free Tortoise audio app. </p><br><p>For early and ad-free access, subscribe to Tortoise+ on Apple Podcasts. </p><br><p>If you’d like to further support slow journalism and help us build a different kind of newsroom, do consider donating to Tortoise at tortoisemedia.com/support-us. </p><br><p>Your contributions allow us to investigate, campaign and explore, and to build a newsroom that is responsible and sustainable.</p><br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>