What can the UK learn from a country now declared virus-free?
Jun 15, 2020•23 min
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Episode description
The Faroe Islands has become one of the first countries in the world to declare itself Covid-19 free.
Scotland Correspondent Peter Smith speaks to member of parliament, Kristina Háfoss,
who explains how a swift in the strategy brought in in March has succeeded.
She argues there were disadvantages as well as advantages to fighting a pandemic among a relatively small population.
And she explains what other nations could learn from its approach, particularly its testing regime.
Scotland Correspondent Peter Smith speaks to member of parliament, Kristina Háfoss,
who explains how a swift in the strategy brought in in March has succeeded.
She argues there were disadvantages as well as advantages to fighting a pandemic among a relatively small population.
And she explains what other nations could learn from its approach, particularly its testing regime.
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