Myanmar coup: US announces sanctions

US President Joe Biden has announced sanctions on the leaders of Myanmar's military following a coup that overthrew Aung San Suu Kyi's democratically elected government. We hear the latest from BBC Burmese and get reaction to the sanctions from people in Myanmar.

Also, our regular health expert joins us to answer your coronavirus questions and talk through the main news lines of the day. Today it's the turn of Dr Emma Hodcroft, molecular epidemiologist at the University of Bern in Switzerland. If you have a question you want to ask, send it to our WhatsApp number +447730 751925.

And we hear how hospital porters and cleaners, who are at higher risk of contracting Covid-19 because of their work, have been impacted by the pandemic.

(Photo: Demonstrators shout slogans and hold up placards during a protest against the military coup, in Naypyitaw, Myanmar. Credit: EPA/Maung Lonlan)