COVID's next frontier: Contact tracing and the race to find a treatment

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The House from CBC Radio

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This week on The House, ​​​​​​​CBC senior reporter Salimah Shivji outlines the federal government’s pitch to provinces and territories to help them increase COVID-19  testing and contact tracing, and who’s on board. Plus, a leading infectious diseases specialist explains this country’s role in identifying effective treatments to reduce the symptoms and severity of COVID-19 infections; Foreign Affairs Minister François-Philippe Champagne reflects on the pandemic’s effect on Canada's already tense relationship with China; Tijjani Muhammad-Bande, president of the UN General Assembly and a diplomat from Nigeria, highlights some of the challenges facing the international community; and a trio of MPs weighs in on whether it's time for the House of Commons to resume its normal routines.