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We go to Israel which is set to bring in a three-week national lockdown on Friday following a rise in cases. The country is seeing about 4,000 new infections a day, and will be the first in the world to bring in a second lockdown. A doctor there tells us what he's seeing in hospitals, and we also hear from people in ultra-Orthodox communities, where many of the recent hotspots have been.

Also, astronomers have detected traces of a gas in the atmosphere of Venus that they believe could be produced by microbes in the planet's cloud - meaning there's a possibility of life. Our science correspondent tells us more.

And our health expert, Dr Eleanor Murray from Boston University, answers some of the questions we've been receiving from listeners around the world about the coronavirus pandemic. If you want to ask one, send it to us on WhatsApp +447730 751925.

(Photo: An Israeli man gives a swab sample at a test station in Jerusalem, Israel. Credit: EPA/Abir Sultan)