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From Our Own Correspondent: Covid-19 reaches the White House

21/05/2020

Covid-19 reaches the White House

BBC Radio 4 - From Our Own Correspondent, Covid-19 reaches the White House

Stories from Ukraine, the Netherlands, Chile and Greece, and Covid-19 in the White House.

Stories from Ukraine, the Netherlands, Chile and Greece, and the impact of Covid-19 on the Trump administration. With Kate Adie.

For weeks President Donald Trump downplayed the threat of the coronavirus.  The White House carried on with business as usual. But then a few members of staff tested positive for the virus.  Anthony Zurcher reports on the impact this has had on both the White House, and on the Trump administration more widely. 
In Ukraine, it's a year since the new president, Volodymyr Zelensky, came to office. Before he was elected Mr Zelensky had been a comedian and actor, playing a popular fictional president fighting corruption in a TV series.  And then he got the job for real. Jonah Fisher reports on how the actor-turned-politician has been getting on. 
The Dutch have been having “an intelligent lockdown” - to minimise the impact on society and the economy. Only shops such as hairdressers or beauticians had to close. As the lockdown eases Anna Holligan reports on innovative solutions to enable restaurants to open and care home residents to see their families again.
In Chile's capital Santiago a very strict lockdown was only imposed a few days ago. This new stress comes after months of social unrest over inequalities in the country. Protestors were promised they could vote for a new constitution, but that’s now been put on hold, as Jane Chambers reports.  
In Greece, they're celebrating Easter - on the 26th of May. It will be a scaled down version, after the actual Easter in April had to be cancelled, with churches closed for lockdown.  Heidi Fuller-Love finds that religion is so important, it's sewn into the seam of life in Crete, and not just a coat to throw on when it's cold. 
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