
Sign up to save your podcasts
Or


Massively over crowded Moria refugee camp on the Greek island of Lesbos has seen numbers grow from 5 to 20 thousand in a matter of months. Hundreds of people share taps and toilets, there is little chance to implement measures designed to stop the spread of covid 19. So far the camp has not been hit by the epidemic, but aid agencies fear for the most vulnerable in the camp.
Covid 19 jumped from bats to humans, possibly via another wild animal. A study of zoonotic diseases has identified many other viruses that could do the same.
The skies are clearer, levels of pollution from traffic have dropped by up to 50 percent but how long will cleaner air remain?
And Comet Borisov makes a spectacular exit.
Listener Keith from Lincolnshire wants to know how to reduce stress as he is under extreme pressure as a firefighter. Not only does he have to cope with the stress of responding to emergency situations but he has to do it while wearing challenging breathing equipment.
(Image: Moria refugee camp, Lesvos, Greece. Credit: Getty Images)
By BBC World Service4.5
333333 ratings
Massively over crowded Moria refugee camp on the Greek island of Lesbos has seen numbers grow from 5 to 20 thousand in a matter of months. Hundreds of people share taps and toilets, there is little chance to implement measures designed to stop the spread of covid 19. So far the camp has not been hit by the epidemic, but aid agencies fear for the most vulnerable in the camp.
Covid 19 jumped from bats to humans, possibly via another wild animal. A study of zoonotic diseases has identified many other viruses that could do the same.
The skies are clearer, levels of pollution from traffic have dropped by up to 50 percent but how long will cleaner air remain?
And Comet Borisov makes a spectacular exit.
Listener Keith from Lincolnshire wants to know how to reduce stress as he is under extreme pressure as a firefighter. Not only does he have to cope with the stress of responding to emergency situations but he has to do it while wearing challenging breathing equipment.
(Image: Moria refugee camp, Lesvos, Greece. Credit: Getty Images)

7,722 Listeners

884 Listeners

1,044 Listeners

5,462 Listeners

1,807 Listeners

1,805 Listeners

1,069 Listeners

1,930 Listeners

617 Listeners

763 Listeners

77 Listeners

960 Listeners

434 Listeners

418 Listeners

826 Listeners

832 Listeners

736 Listeners

247 Listeners

351 Listeners

478 Listeners

3,189 Listeners

753 Listeners

111 Listeners

1,628 Listeners