The nation is on tenterhooks at the prospect of moving out of alert level 4 after nearly a month of the lockdown period. Linda Clark and Michael Barnett join the show to discuss the impact the Covid-19 pandemic is having in this country.

Research NZ continues to take the pulse of the nation through the lockdown period, with the latest results showing that Kiwis are worried about whether there is a sufficient supply of appropriate (PPE) for staff working on the frontline.

Video emerged this week of a foreigner being held down with a pole by three officials in Beijing for not wearing a mask in public. Nathan van der Klippe is The Globe and Mail's Beijing correspondent. He joins the show for an update.

How much physical activity are Kiwis actually doing during the Level 4 lock down period? It's a question Associate Professor Elaine Hargreaves and her team from the University of Otago are asking in their Covid-19 lockdown survey.

Southland man Michael Anderson moved to Ecuador with his German girlfriend Tanja to take up a teaching position, but the couple currently find themselves on strict lockdown in the port city of Guayaquil. He's Calling Home this morning.

Gary McLean is a professor in molecular immunology at London Metropolitan University who specialises in infectious diseases, immunology and antibody engineering. He joins the show to look at the big Covid-19 talk points of the week.

Professor Michael Levitt, a Nobel laureate and Stanford biophysicist, says there is no clear evidence that Covid-19 is causing massive loss of life, despite evidence to the contrary in places like Europe and New York City.

Chef and restaurateur Al Brown is enjoying a bit of break with time to cook comfort food and do lots of reading. On his daily walk, he forages for feijoas which work well in a simple feijoa & almond cake. He shares the recipe.

Mayfair School Principal Ricardo Fox talks to Jim about how the school community has been dealing with lockdown, and how they are preparing for distance learning when school starts back on Wednesday.

Kylie Eastman and her family were visiting relatives in the Indian state of Chhattisgarh when it went into lockdown. They haven't been able to leave the house for three weeks, and are uncertain when they will be able to get a flight out.