Inside Health: The Virus

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Series that demystifies health issues, bringing clarity to conflicting advice.

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Inside Health: Inside Health: The Virus: Longest Stay Covid-19 Patient; Health Inequalities; Agoraphobia; Covid-19 Testing

Longest Stay Covid-19 Patient; Health Inequalities; Agoraphobia; Covid-19 Testing

BBC Radio 4 - Inside Health, Inside Health: The Virus, Longest Stay Covid-19 Patient; Health Inequalities; Agoraphobia; Covid-19 Testing

Claudia Hammond on the longest stay COVID-19 case; Health Inequalities; Agoraphobia.

Claudia Hammond on the longest stay COVID-19 case in intensive care; Health inequalities - time to reset the clock? Agoraphobia and lockdown; Margaret McCartney on testing.

Claudia Hammond on the longest known stay for a Briton with COVID-19 in intensive care. A month ago Respiratory Physiotherapist Gemma Bartlett at University Hospital Southampton highlighted the case to Inside Health. At that stage the patient was at day 28: now Erika Wright catches up with Gemma again for a good news update on the patient who is at a staggering 58 days on a ventilator and  has been speaking for 3 weeks.  There are many unknowns about COVID-19 but one aspect that is not disputed is how the virus has laid bare pre-existing health inequalities.  It does not effect us all in the same way and those with underlying health conditions such as heart disease, obesity and diabetes are at a higher risk of poorer outcomes if they get the virus. Linda Bauld from Edinburgh University and Chair in Behavioural Research at Cancer Research UK says this is the time to reset the health inequalities clock. And Laura Bartley, who began having severe symptoms of agoraphobia five years ago, explains her experience of lockdown. Plus resident sceptic GP Margaret McCartney explains her concerns about the current Covid-19 testing strategy.

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Claudia Hammond reports on the unfolding coronavirus pandemic.

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