Coronavirus conversations: Senegalese business owners

As part of our conversations with people affected by Covid-19, we will spend time hearing from Senegal;, a country that has been widely praised for its handling of the virus, despite only having seven doctors for every 100,000 people. We’ll hear from a doctor and two people trying to run their businesses in through the pandemic.

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And, we are returning to frontline health workers around the world to hear how they have been coping throughout the pandemic. Today we go to Spain, which is going through a second wave of coronavirus, and speak to an emergency doctor in Madrid.

(Photo: A woman wears a protective mask while sitting outside her house, as the global spread of the coronavirus disease continues, in Ouakam neighbourhood of Dakar, Senegal October 23, 2020. Credit: Reuters/Zohra Bensemra)