Matt Frei , Europe Editor and Presenter
Matt Frei is Europe Editor and Presenter at Channel 4 News.
This year he has led the Channel 4 News coverage of events in Ukraine from the crash site of Malaysia flight MH17, to the tensions in Crimea and reported live from Independence Square on Kiev’s bloodiest day. He has also secured major interviews with Bill Clinton, George W Bush and Aung San Suu Kyi.
Prior to his appointment as Europe Editor for Channel 4 News, Frei was the Washington Correspondent for two years and has reported on the Americas on everything from business and culture to US foreign policy and its view of the world.
He is also part of the presenting team across Channel 4's news and current affairs portfolio, including the award-winning Dispatches programme.
Matt previously anchored the BBC World News America bulletin and was also Washington Correspondent. He presented a weekly radio show called Americana, and in two decades at the corporation reported from Bonn, Rome, Bosnia, Kosovo, North Africa, Hong Kong and Singapore.
He is the author of two books: Italy: The Unfinished Revolution published in 1996 by Random House and Mandarin books and Only In America published in 2008 by 4th Estate.
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Restaurant trade turns to feeding overworked NHS staff
The daily outpouring of goodwill towards the country’s frontline medical staff has been one of the more heartwarming aspects of the coronavirus outbreak.
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How do you keep your spirits up during coronavirus lockdown?
As the country comes to the end of its first day of lockdown, many people around the country will be wondering how to keep their spirits up while stuck at home for weeks.
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‘We are very concerned about a lot of the disinformation from top Chinese Communist Party officials’ – State Dept’s Morgan Ortagus on coronavirus
President Trump has been cristicised for both his dealing with the coronavirus crisis and also his labelling of it as the ‘chinese virus’.
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‘Please wash your hands, please stay at home, use NHS with responsibility’ – message from Chief Nursing Officer for England
Joining Matt in the studio is Ruth May from Colchester, who’s the Chief Nursing officer of NHS England and from Westminster, Guddi Singh – an NHS doctor.
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Italy death toll exceeds China – and Spain’s virus deaths jump 200 in one day
In Italy the number of deaths from coronavirus has surpassed those in China. 3,405 people have now died from Covid-19, a rise of 427 in just 24 hours.
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Diary of a GP: NHS Doctor explains switch to telephone consultations
Diary of a GP: NHS Doctor explains switch to telephone consultations
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“That’s not going to delay the epidemic it’s going to escalate it,” says Professor of Global Health Anthony Costello
Joining me now from Yorkshire is the former director of maternal and child health at the World Health Organization and now Professor of Global Health at UCL, Professor Anthony Costello.
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‘We are in a grave situation’, says Professor Dr John Ashton – as he says the UK are a couple of weeks behind Italy in the coronavirus pandemic
We spoke to Dr Clare Gerada, who was chairperson of the Council of the Royal College of General Practitioners from 2010 to 2013.
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Coronavirus ‘unexpected and very serious challenge’ – Treasury Minister John Glen
We speak to the economic secretary to the treasury, John Glen – and ask him where all the money handed out in the budget was going to come from.
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‘Globally we have been under-investing in preparing’ – Dr Jonathan Quick on coronavirus
Dr Jonathan Quick, from the Duke Global Health institute, joins us from Washington DC.
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‘We have gone from “get ready” to “take this really seriously”’ – WHO’s Dr Margaret Harris
We are joined from Geneva by Dr Margaret Harris from the World Health Organisation.
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Italy facing ‘darkest hour’ during coronavirus lockdown
Italy has almost ten thousand cases, making it the second worst after China
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Coronavirus: markets ‘pricing in risk that maybe we’re going to get tipped into global recession’ – FT’s Katie Martin
Markets ‘pricing in risk that maybe we’re going to get tipped into global recession’
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‘This is the most frightening disease I’ve ever encountered’ – virus expert Dr Richard Hatchett
Dr. Richard Hatchett advised the Bush and Obama White Houses and worked for the agency that protects Americans against pandemics and bioweapons.
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Coronavirus cases pass 100,000 across world, UK cases rise by 48 to 163
Across the world the number of coronavirus cases has now topped one hundred thousand.
