'Long Covid' and the limbo in which it leaves sufferers - we talk to Dr Elaine Maxwell, clinical advisor to the UK National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Dissemination Centre. Also: Belgium's rapid rise in case numbers. Our Europe Editor Tony Connelly goes to the region one doctor fears could be "the new Lombardy".

Host: Colm Ó Mongáin How safe are schools? Is the contact tracing system coping with the added strain? We look at some of the answers offered at the weekly NPHET briefing and talk to Science Correspondent George Lee. Also: Journalist Michael Tatarski gives us an in-depth account of how Vietnam has kept its Covid stats low.

Host: Colm Ó Mongáin New Level 3 & Level 4 restrictions are in place amid troubling coronavirus statistics. Science Correspondent George Lee analyses the trends and News Reporter Sharon Tobin digs into the detail on the new measures. Also: Reporting for RTÉ from China, Yvonne Murray has an in-depth look at how the country has suppressed the virus.

Host: Colm Ó Mongáin NPHET locks horns with Government over restrictions - Political Correspondent Micheál Lehane on the controversy of the week. Northern Correspondent Vincent Kearney on the growing concern in Northern Ireland Also: What happened 'the little country that could'? Rob Cameron looks in-depth at Czechia's change of fortunes.

Host: Colm Ó Mongáin Health Correspondent Fergal Bowers on NPHET's advice to limit contacts before it becomes necessary for further restrictions.  Also: Dr Halim Boubaker, Medical Coordinator for NW Syria with MSF speaks about a rapid rise in Covid-19 cases in an area already dealing with war and acute humanitarian challenges.

Political Correspondent Micheál Lehane and Science Correspondent George Lee on the background to Donegal going to level 3. Also: Haaretz's Amos Harel has an in-depth look as Israel's second lockdown. Christian Aid CEO Rosamund Bennett outlines why Covid-19 has brought together 6 NGO's to help 7 vulnerable regions.

Host: Colm Ó Mongáin As Dublin goes to Level 3 and public health officials ramp up concerns, Health Correspondent Fergal Bowers has a full round-up. Also, guest interviewee Monica Gandhi,  Professor of Medicine at the University of California San Francisco looks at why fatality rates are not climbing in line with infection rates.

Host: Colm Ó Mongáin Former UK Foreign Secretary, now CEO of the International Rescue Committee, David Miliband highlights the danger of rising coronavirus cases in Northeastern Syria, where thousands of people displaced by war are packed into camps. Also: Health Correspondent Fergal Bowers has an in-depth look at the Covid-19 numbers in Ireland.

Sarah Covington, Eileen Sprague, Liza Engesser & Claire Butler tell Colm Ó Mongáin about Queens College/CUNY's oral history of Irish immigrants' experiences, incl life during the Covid-19 pandemic. More info: www.qcirishstudies.org/oral-histories www.instagram.com/irishnystories/ www.twitter.com/irishnystories www.facebook.com/IrishNYStories

Pandemic is back next week. RTÉ News US Election podcast States Of Mind heads to Delaware. Howard Dean, ex Chair of the Democratic National Committee, on healthy infighting and the party's virtual convention. Former Washington Correspondent, Robert Shortt also lays bare what conventions are really all about.