{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/ea536b26-ff86-4e32-870c-f5bbb16461a4/c832b6ef-d8de-4d4a-a35a-fe682fc22b60?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"The Jab: Can Asia’s covid havens re-open?","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/62e288e734d4d9521887428f/62e288eaf9094c0011798361.jpg?height=200","description":"<p>A “zero-covid” strategy has kept cases to a minimum in a handful of Asia-Pacific countries. How can they use vaccines to end their isolation?</p><p><br></p><p>Professor Gabriel Leung of the University of Hong Kong says “zero-covid” countries have become victims of their own success, Charlie McCann explains South-East Asia’s worrying <a href=\"https://www.economist.com/asia/2021/05/15/a-worrying-new-wave-of-covid-19-is-hitting-south-east-asia?utm_campaign=thejab&amp;utm_medium=podcast&amp;utm_source=third-party-host&amp;utm_content=show-notes\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">new wave</a>, and Nell Whitehead reports from <a href=\"https://www.economist.com/asia/2021/05/22/australia-and-new-zealand-cannot-hide-from-covid-19-for-ever?utm_campaign=thejab&amp;utm_medium=podcast&amp;utm_source=third-party-host&amp;utm_content=show-notes\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Australia</a>.</p><p><br></p><p>Alok Jha and Natasha Loder are joined by Edward Carr, <em>The Economist</em>’s deputy editor.</p><p><br></p><p>For full access to <em>The Economist</em>’s print, digital and audio editions subscribe at<a href=\"https://subscribenow.economist.com/uk-uk/default/?utm_campaign=a_io&amp;utm_medium=podcast&amp;utm_source=thejab&amp;utm_content=dr_nativereads-shownotes_nop-io12&amp;utm_term=listeners\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"> economist.com/thejabpod</a>. Sign up for our new weekly science and data newsletters at<a href=\"https://www.economist.com/simplyscience/?utm_campaign=thejab&amp;utm_medium=podcast&amp;utm_source=third-party-host&amp;utm_content=show-notes\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"> economist.com/simplyscience</a> and <a href=\"https://www.economist.com/offthecharts/?utm_campaign=thejab&amp;utm_medium=podcast&amp;utm_source=third-party-host&amp;utm_content=show-notes\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">economist.com/offthecharts</a></p>","author_name":"The Economist"}