Health Check - Covid cases across Europe

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.)

Published on Wednesday, 24th November 2021.

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