the science minister, amanda solloway, said something as basic as ppe would make a big difference tognificant ppe would be, it would transform the way people are able to work and carry out their day—to—day life and the things that we do seem very basic to us and very fundamental, but something like ppe is going to have significant impact overseas where we are using it. let's speak to ben margetts, director of on call africa, a charity which aims to improve access to health care in ruralzambia. any additional money is welcome, of course it's going to be for those at the sharp end. can you give us an example in zambia what sort of challenges they are facing in trying to deal with corona—mac? challenges they are facing in trying to deal with corona-mac? yeah, absolutely. . we worked on the southern province in zambia and it is one doctorfor 16,000 southern province in zambia and it is one doctorfor16,000 people southern province in zambia and it is one doctor for 16,000 people so if you put that in the context of the uk, that's where we have one doctor to around 360 people, think about

the science minister, amanda solloway, said something as basic as ppe would make a big difference tocant in the way that people are able to work and carry out their day—to—day life. things that we do seem very basic to us but something like ppe will have a significant impact. protesters from the environmental campaign group extinction rebellion have blockaded printing presses in england to stop some papers reaching newsstands today. they accuse the newspapers of failing to report on the climate emergency. 63 people have been arrested. earlier a spokesperson from the group explained why they were there. we feel the british media have been complacent about what button faces. in 2018 the un general secretary said in this we cut emissions, by the end of 2020 we face an existential crisis. government's response is to pour hundreds of billions of pounds into the old economy. we are borrowing money from the future. we felt we had to make a dramatic statement. joining me now is ian murray the executive director of the society of editors. you heard what that spokesperson had to say. do you th

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the science minister, amanda solloway, says something as basic as ppe would make a big difference toife—changing it will be. when i'm talking about the ppe as an example, in terms of masks, that will be significant, that will be transforming in the way that people are able to work and carry out their day—to—day life and, of course, the things that we do seem very, very basic to us and very fundamental, but something like ppe and in the places very basic to us and very fundamental, but something like ppe is going to have significant difference overseas and in the places where we are using it. let's speak to dr walter kazadi mulombo, the new world health organization representative to nigeria sincejune 2020, he joins us from abuja. how important is the provision of protective equipment in a country like nigeria in containing the spread of covid—i9, particularly among health workers? thank you for having me in the stock. it is very important to provide protective equipment to people in nigeria, especially health workers because we notice that nigeria is one of the countries where a bigg