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Covid cases across Europe; Typhoid incidence in Malawi, Nepal and Bangladesh

Covid cases across Europe, Typhoid incidence in Malawi, Nepal and Bangladesh. Plus can house work help your memory?

James Gallagher, BBC health and science correspondent, examines Covid case rates across Europe.

A report on a new study documenting the incidence of Typhoid in three capital cities - Blantyre, Malawi and Kathmandu, Nepal, for the first time - plus updated estimates in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Claudia discusses the role of antibiotic resistance and gets an update on a new vaccine for the disease.

Remembering Professor Sir Michael Rutter, ‘the father of child psychiatry’ who died recently.

And can house work help your memory?


Presenter: Claudia Hammond
Producer: Erika Wright

(Picture: A crowded street in Brussels, Belgium in November 2021. Photo credit: Dursun Aydemir/Anadolu Agency/Getty images.)

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