Wednesday 25 March at 13.00 GMT - London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) experts Professor Jimmy Whitworth and Professor Heidi Larson share findings and answer questions on COVID-19 in a live broadcast Q&A session.
LSHTM experts are involved in many different aspects of research as well as providing guidance to those responding to the outbreak around the globe every day. Access the latest information and advice by visiting their COVID-19-dedicated webpage here: www.lshtm.ac.uk/coronavirus
Discussion overview:
~00:00 - 06:00 - Introductions and overview
~06:00 - 08:00 - Vaccines and reaching vulnerable populations
~08:40 - 09:40 - Nose swab tests
~09:40 - 11:12 - Reinfection with Covid-19
~11:12 - 12:30 - Herd immunity
~12:40 - 13:45 - Co-morbidities
~13:45 - 16:30 - Second wave of Covid-19
~16:30 - 20:19 - Anti-malaria drugs as treatment
~20:30 - 22:16 - PCR tests & antibody tests
~22:20 - 23:30 - PPE guidelines
~23:30 - 28:00 - Covid-19 cases in Africa
~28:15 - 30:30 - Communicating science to vulnerable groups
~30:30 - 32:10 - Children & Covid-19
~32:10 - 34:40 - Covid-19 transmission
~34:40 - 37:55 - Face masks
~38:13 - 40:15 - Blame and stigma
~40:30 - 42:00 - Climate and Covid-19
~42:00 - 47:17 - Take home messages and information