Coronavirus conversations: Venezuelan doctors

We hear from two doctors in Venezuela who have reminded of the shocking reality they are facing while tackling the pandemic; many of the biggest hospitals in the country don’t even have running water.

We also go to France where the number of patients treated in intensive care units for Covid-19 has reached a 12-week peak. France has switched from lockdown to a national curfew but the number of infections has remained high. We speak to a doctor about the challenges health care workers are facing.

We also hear about the debate a divorce ruling has sparked in China and around the world . A court in Beijing ruled that a man must compensate his wife for the housework she did during the marriage.

(Photo: A Venezuelan health worker vaccinates a colleague with Russia"s Sputnik V vaccine against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), at a hospital, in Caracas, Venezuela February 22, 2021. Credit: Leonardo Fernandez Viloria/Reuters)