Coronavirus conversations: Losing mom

To mark one year since the coronavirus pandemic was declared by the WHO, every day this week we are having conversations to highlight the challenges people have faced over the past year. We hear the story of one family in the US. Shaye and Paige are sisters in Oklahoma City and they tell us about losing their mother Judy to Covid-19, whilst their father Russell was in hospital with the illness. Russell also tells us about his recovery and how he found out his wife had passed away.

Also, we speak to our coronavirus expert of the day, Dr Helen Wimalarathna, about the latest news lines and research on the coronavirus. One of the countries we will be talking about is Brazil, where the daily number of Covid related deaths has exceeded 2,000 for the first time.

And we bring you the latest on the pro-democracy protests in Myanmar as the crackdown against protesters continues.

(Photo: (Left to right) Paige, Russell, Shaye, Judy. Credit: Patrick Rosch)