Covid: One year on - 6 Minute English

Covid-19 has been responsible for more than two million deaths globally. Over a year on since the first outbreak, what have we learnt? Neil and Georgina look back over the situation and see how our knowledge has changed. This week’s question: Do you know approximately, how many people were infected by it? a) 5 million b) 50 million c) 500 million Listen to the programme to find out the answer. Vocabulary pandemic disease that affects many people around the world take hold become stronger and is difficult to stop wimpy feeble or not very strong sheer great or significant kicks in starts to happen genome the full amount of genetic information of something. [Cover: Getty Images] To download the audio and a transcript, go to: More 6 Minute English episodes: How to disagree better