Where are we at on coronavirus testing? NHS doctor asks for apology from ministers, plus Shehab on Ramadan under lockdown
Calling Peston: The ITV News Politics Podcast
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4.2 • 177 Ratings
🗓️ 24 April 2020
⏱️ 46 minutes
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Summary
In this week's episode we speak to Dr Rachel Clarke, is working on the NHS frontline dealing directly with Covid-19 patients.
Shehab and Daniel discuss the government's coronavirus testing plan, while Robert explains how far the government is from relaxing some of the lockdown restrictions.
He also offers an insight into how Dominic Raab is running government in Boris Johnson's absence.
And since it the month of Ramadan has just begun, we ask Shehab what it's usually like and how this year is going to be much different.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to this week's episode of Calling Peston. |
| 0:08.0 | In the week that the government continued to expand its testing capacity as it tries to reach |
| 0:13.0 | the 100,000 tests a day target with less than seven days to go and almost a five-fold increase |
| 0:20.0 | needed is going to be a significant challenge |
| 0:22.0 | in the coming days. There's also been speculation about the government's exit strategy. |
| 0:26.2 | Part of that is likely to involve contact tracing. The NHS is currently testing a new app, |
| 0:32.3 | which alerts you if you've interacted with someone who has developed symptoms of the virus. |
| 0:36.7 | And the Prime Minister, |
| 0:42.4 | Boris Johnson, continues his recovery at Chequers. This week, he held an audience with the Queen, spoke to the US President Donald Trump, and there are also suggestions that he'll be |
| 0:47.3 | back to work soon. There'll be more coronavirus discussion on today's podcast presented by me, |
| 0:53.0 | Shehab Khan, my wonderful colleague who is |
| 0:55.4 | visibly relieved that the government's advice stops me from going within two metres of him. |
| 1:00.2 | Daniel Hewitt. |
| 1:01.3 | Hello. |
| 1:02.1 | And believe me, I would be going within two metres of him. |
| 1:04.6 | And of course, Robert Peston, who we will be calling as usual. |
| 1:08.0 | Later on the episode, we will be joined by Dr. Rachel Clark, who works in |
| 1:11.7 | palliative care looking after coronavirus patients in the last moments of their lives in a hospital |
| 1:18.1 | in Oxfordshire, and it's worth sticking around to hear her experiences on the front line. |
| 1:23.6 | But first, hi, Dan. |
| 1:25.8 | Hello, how you doing? That was a good introduction. |
| 1:28.3 | I'm not going to let you present it very often, but when you do... |
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