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How do we come out of the lockdown?

As some nations begin to tentatively lift their lockdowns, Tanya Beckett asks how best this can be done. And what will our lives look like in a post lockdown world?

As some nations begin to tentatively lift their lockdowns, Tanya Beckett asks how best this can be done. What lessons, if any, can we learn from past pandemics? How do states make the decision, juggling the increasing demands of economic and social factors against public health concerns, amid worries of a new wave of infections from the disease? And what will our lives look like in a post-lockdown world? We hear from contributors based in France, the United States, South Korea and Denmark - one of the first countries to begin to lift its lockdown.

Reporter Tanya Beckett
Producer Jim Frank

Image: A woman wearing a mask runs through a deserted Central Park in Manhattan, April 16, 2020 during lockdown in New York City, USA (Credit: Johannes Eisele/ Getty Images)

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23 minutes

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  • Thu 23 Apr 2020 01:06GMT
  • Thu 23 Apr 2020 07:06GMT
  • Thu 23 Apr 2020 14:06GMT
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  • Sat 25 Apr 2020 16:30GMT
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