Coronavirus: Venezuela's hospitals
Two doctors in Venezuela talk about the healthcare crisis in their country
Venezuela鈥檚 hospitals are dealing with a pandemic at a time when the country is already in an economic crisis. Many hospitals don鈥檛 have running water and there are shortages of oxygen and other medical supplies to treat Covid patients. Two doctors in the capital Caracas share their stories with host Nuala McGovern.
In the United States, more than 500,000 lives have now been lost due to Covid-19. A reverend and deacon from a baptist church in New York, at one point the epicentre of the disease, reflect on how their community is coping almost a year after the pandemic was first declared.
Plus, three nightclub workers in Beirut, Warsaw and London discuss their fears for the industry鈥檚 survival despite the rollout of vaccines.
(Photo: A Venezuelan health worker prepares to vaccinate a colleague with Russia"s Sputnik V vaccine against the coronavirus disease at a hospital in Caracas, Venezuela February 22, 2021. Credit: Leonardo Fernandez Viloria/Reuters)
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