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Dr. Sonia Adesara on COVID-19 and the UK's Healthcare System

Clip: 3/16/2020 | 2m 59sVideo has Closed Captions

Dr. Sonia Adesara of the UK National Health Service joins the program.

While other countries struggle to contain the virus, the UK has been an outlier, remaining open -- but now it's doing an about-face. Prime Minister Boris Johnson is turning against mass gatherings, urging people to "stop all unnecessary social contact." Will this be enough to counter the disease? Christiane speaks to a doctor on the front lines, Dr. Sonia Adesara.

03/16/2020

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