Put to the Test (ft. Dr Chris Smith)

Podlitical

BBC

Government, News

4.6 • 157 Ratings

🗓️ 30 April 2020

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

Dr Chris Smith of The Naked Scientists joins the team to talk Covid-19 testing, and the UK Government's aim to test 100,000 people per day by the start of May.

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0:00.0	BBC Sounds
0:02.4	You're listening to BBC Scotland
0:10.0	Hi, you're listening to Podlitical BBC Scotland's podcast that gives you an inside look of the biggest stories coming out of Hollywood's and Westminster.
0:21.1	It's about 20 past three on Thursday the 30th of April.
0:24.7	I'm Lucy White, I'm a journalist and I'm based in the Glasgow Newsroom.
0:28.2	I'm Nick Hurdley in London.
0:29.7	I'm Lindsay Hughes in Edinburgh.
0:31.5	And I'm Phil Sim, also in Edinburgh.
0:33.6	And you guys are all in your respective homes at the moment.
0:37.0	Yes.
0:38.0	WFH.
0:38.9	Socially distancing once again.
0:41.3	We also have a special guest with us on the podcast today.
0:44.7	We're wanting to focus in on testing around coronavirus today.
0:48.5	So we have Dr. Chris Smith, who's from the Naked Scientist podcast.
0:51.9	Hi there, Chris.
0:53.0	Hello.
0:53.5	Thank you for having me. It's such an honour and a privilege.
0:55.8	Thank you so much for coming. I should also say you're also a consultant,
0:58.8	a virologist and a teacher and a broadcaster for lots of different outlets around the world.
1:03.3	So you're very, very busy man. So thank you so much for giving us your time today.
1:07.6	And you started your podcast to N scientists almost 20 years ago. Yeah, it's one of the longest
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