Posts tagged WHO
S2 E4: First-Ever Virtual UN General Assembly - What Was Lost?

On the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the United Nations, the global body was forced, due to the Covid-19 pandemic, to hold its annual high-level gathering of leaders online. How did it go? What was lost? And what are the issues. Also our regular update on the pandemic as the US marks the grim milestone of 200,000 deaths.

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S2 E2: On Location in Ottawa - Belarus Protests, Navalny Poisoning & Covid-19

Starting with the situation in Belarus. Then the poisoning of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny. And then onto the situation of Covid-19 and it’s impact on travel and the food & beverage industry. Recorded on-location in Canada’s national capital, Ottawa.

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Episode 19: All About Travel Amid the Covid-19 Outbreak - Mary Jean Tully

We turn our attention to travel during the global Covid-19 pandemic. Will travel ever be the same again? Will the pandemic change forever the way we interact with strangers on the road? What's the safe and sensible thing to do right now when planning a get-away? For these and others answers we turned to one of North America's top travel experts, Mary Jean Tully.

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Episode 9: In Conversation With Dr. Boris Lushniak

Three months after the WHO declared a global public health emergency, we travel to Maryland to speak to the former Acting Surgeon-General of the United States, Dr. Boris Lushniak. About the coronavirus pandemic globally - and more locally in the United States. With some very important advice at the end about coping with the lockdown.

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