Coronavirus edition #9: Talking Tedros: WHO chief in spotlight — Sweden's light-touch lockdown

EU Confidential

English - May 11, 2020 19:08 - 27 minutes - 22.2 MB
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Previous Episode: Ep 151, presented by the Croatian presidency: Coronavirus quandaries — New British Chamber CEO

Next Episode: Ep 152: Timothy Garton Ash — Second wave — War on leaks

We turn the spotlight on World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the man at the center of a global public health crisis and a geopolitical storm. POLITICO's Sarah Wheaton talks about her recent profile of Tedros and the challenges he faces over COVID-19, written together with colleague Simon Marks, who is based in the WHO leader's home country of Ethiopia. Read their article here: https://www.politico.eu/article/coronavirus-tedros-who-doctor-making-donald-trump-queasy/

We also hear from POLITICO's Charlie Duxbury in Sweden on why the Nordic country has taken such a light-touch approach to lockdown. What does it mean for everyday life? And how do officials explain a strategy so different from others around the world and what's been the reaction at home and abroad?

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