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Number crunching the coronavirus

A listener in Singapore finds the way Covid-19 statistics are presented far from informative. Plus the 1918 flu pandemic and the orchestra made out of garbage.

Collating facts and figures about the global coronavirus crisis is of course crucial but one listener finds the way they are presented far from informative. The 成人快手鈥檚 Statistics Editor joins us.

Plus: your thoughts on a documentary about the 1918 flu pandemic and why a report about an orchestra made out of garbage led to bewilderment.

Presenter: Rajan Datar.
Producedr:: Howard Shannon

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9 minutes

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Sun 3 May 2020 14:50GMT
成人快手 World Service Europe and the Middle East

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