Covid: One year on

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2021-02-25

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  • 6 New English From BBCLearningEnglish.com Hello, this is six-minute English from BBC Learning English, I'm Neil.

  • And I'm Georgina.

  • In this program, we're talking about something the whole world knows about coronavirus.

  • Sadly, COVID-19 has been responsible for more than two million deaths globally.

  • What's believed to have started in the city of Wuhan in China went on to become a pandemic,

  • a disease that affects many people around the world.

  • Unsurprisingly, we've discussed this a lot on six-minute English,

  • but over a year on, since the first outbreak, it's good to take stock,

  • or look back over the situation and see what we have learned,

  • and find out how our knowledge has changed.

  • Before we do that, Georgina, let's test your knowledge with a question.

  • In 1918, stroke 1919, another major virus, known as Spanish flu, swept across the world,

  • do you know approximately how many people were infected by it?

  • Was it A, 5 million?

  • B, 50 million, or C, 500 million?

  • Well, I know it was bad, so I'm going for the awful number of 500 million.

  • OK, I'll reveal the right answer later on.

  • Now, back to the current coronavirus pandemic.