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From Our Own Correspondent: India struggles to contain Covid-19

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India struggles to contain Covid-19

12/09/2020 GMT

BBC World Service - From Our Own Correspondent, India struggles to contain Covid-19

India struggles to contain Covid-19, plus stories from Japan, Argentina and France

India struggles to contain Covid-19, the future of politics in Japan, wildfires in Argentina and coronavirus in one of Europe’s largest nudist resort.

Pascale Harter introduces analysis, reportage and personal reflections from correspondents around the world.

India is now the second worst affected country in the world by the coronavirus, having recently surpassed Brazil. The government there has committed to significantly ramping up testing but there is growing concern over large numbers of cases in smaller towns, cities and rural India where healthcare services may not be able to cope. Yogita Limaye had a brush with the virus herself but recovered quickly.

An era of Japanese politics is drawing to close with the departure of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Japan’s longest serving prime minister in modern times.  Mr Abe announced he would be standing down because of serious health problems.  Rupert Wingfield-Hayes examines his legacy.  

Wildfires have raged through central and northern Argentina for much of this year. More than 14,000 hectares of precious grassland and vegetation have so far been lost. Natalio Cosoy has met some of the people who call the banks of the Paraná River home and have been trying to cling onto their livelihoods. 

In the mid-1950s, a couple of winegrowers near the town of Agde in southern France kept chasing away German holidaymakers sunbathing naked on their property next to a sandy beach. Eventually it became too much work and they decided to rent the land out to nudists. Fast forward to today, Cap d’Agde is home to the biggest naturist resort in Europe. Chris Bockman has been finding out how the naturist and swinging community faired with coronavirus restrictions.

Presenter: Pascale Harter
Producer: Bethan Head
Editor: Jasper Corbett

(Image: Fisherwoman wearing a protective mask at a crowded Mumbai market. Credit: Reuters/Francis Mascarenhas)

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