Coronavirus conversations: Airline pilots

We continue to bring people together facing the coronavirus with shared experiences. Today we hear from two pilots who lost their jobs because of the collapse of the air travel industry during the global pandemic. We hear about the impact it had on them emotionally and how they are adapting.

And we continue to look at how India's devastating outbreak of Covid-19 is affecting its neighbouring countries. Today we hear from Bangladesh, where cases are rising and the nationwide lockdown has been extended until mid May. We speak to our BBC Bengali reporter in Kolkata, the capital of India’s West Bengal state.

And our regular coronavirus expert Dr Megan Murray, professor of Global Health and Social Medicine at Harvard University will explain some of the latest stories about the virus. We discuss the myth circulating that vaccinated people can ‘’shed’’ the virus, and the benefits and ethics of governments offering incentives to people to get a Covid jab.

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