{"id":897,"date":"2020-10-23T11:06:13","date_gmt":"2020-10-23T10:06:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nearcast.ie\/?p=897"},"modified":"2020-10-23T11:06:16","modified_gmt":"2020-10-23T10:06:16","slug":"covid-19-the-eu-e02-agoritsa-baka","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nearcast.ie\/covid-19-the-eu-e02-agoritsa-baka\/","title":{"rendered":"COVID-19 &#038; the EU \u2013 E02 \u2013 Agoritsa Baka"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_6188\"><a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/storybud\/neararchive.org\/upload\/nearcast\/COVID19\/C19EUE02.mp3\" title=\"Play\" onclick=\"return powerpress_embed_html5a('6188','http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/storybud\/neararchive.org\/upload\/nearcast\/COVID19\/C19EUE02.mp3');\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nearcast.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/powerpress\/playbutton_sm.png\" title=\"Play\" alt=\"Play\" style=\"border:0;\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/storybud\/neararchive.org\/upload\/nearcast\/COVID19\/C19EUE02.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/nearcast.ie\/?powerpress_pinw=897-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/storybud\/neararchive.org\/upload\/nearcast\/COVID19\/C19EUE02.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"C19EUE02.mp3\">Download<\/a> (Duration: 26:02 &#8212; 59.6MB)<\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/nearcast.ie\/category\/covid-19-and-the-eu\/feed\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"625\" height=\"417\" src=\"https:\/\/nearcast.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Agoritsa-Baka-edited.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-899\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nearcast.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Agoritsa-Baka-edited.jpg 625w, https:\/\/nearcast.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Agoritsa-Baka-edited-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nearcast.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Agoritsa-Baka-edited-165x110.jpg 165w, https:\/\/nearcast.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Agoritsa-Baka-edited-90x60.jpg 90w, https:\/\/nearcast.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Agoritsa-Baka-edited-370x247.jpg 370w, https:\/\/nearcast.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Agoritsa-Baka-edited-272x182.jpg 272w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><figcaption>Agoritsa Baka<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In this episode I caught up with Agoritsa Baka, Senior Expert from the European Centre for Disease Control and Prevention. We talk soaring rates in Europe, the origins of COVID-19 and the threat of more pandemics, potential vaccines, and what it\u2019s like living in Sweden, where Agoritsa resides, very much the outlier of Europe in terms of its response to the virus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>About this podcast<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In this six part series we look at how the EU is responding to the Covid-19 pandemic and to the future for EU citizens living with Covid-19. We\u2019ll look at the present and future of Europe in the Covid context, with ongoing travel restrictions we\u2019ll look at the European citizenship concept and how efforts to promote mobility across member states is affected.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The music on this podcast is a track called <em>Clear Progress<\/em> by Scott Holmes, the music appears here under a Creative Commons Licence. Visit\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/scottholmesmusic.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">scottholmesmusic.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>COVID-19 and the EU<\/em>&nbsp;is produced and presented by Paul Loughran for NearCast with the support of the Communicating Europe initiative.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nearcast.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Communicating-Europe-logo.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-890\" width=\"175\" height=\"116\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nearcast.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Communicating-Europe-logo.jpg 960w, https:\/\/nearcast.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Communicating-Europe-logo-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nearcast.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Communicating-Europe-logo-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/nearcast.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Communicating-Europe-logo-165x110.jpg 165w, https:\/\/nearcast.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Communicating-Europe-logo-90x60.jpg 90w, https:\/\/nearcast.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Communicating-Europe-logo-370x247.jpg 370w, https:\/\/nearcast.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Communicating-Europe-logo-663x442.jpg 663w, https:\/\/nearcast.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Communicating-Europe-logo-272x182.jpg 272w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 175px) 100vw, 175px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this episode I caught up with Agoritsa Baka, Senior Expert from the European Centre for Disease Control and Prevention. 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