BBC Radio 4 - The Briefing Room

China and the Pandemic

How have China's relations with other countries changed since the arrival of the virus?

What are the pandemic and lockdown doing to the economy and and what could happen next?

Have the mounting deaths exposed cracks in the way we deliver care to the most vulnerable?

Some countries have opened schools and non-food shops. Can the lockdown be eased safely?

What mental hardship are we enduring and, when normality returns, how changed might we be?

What do we know about the impact of the lockdown on different people and places?

How close to a vaccine are we and just how important is mass testing?

The UK fishing industry will be central to EU trade negotiations, starting soon. Why?

Sinn Féin recorded a historic result in the Irish election. Why?

What can be done to stop another convicted terrorist attacking again?