Covid-19: Doctors treating unvaccinated patients

Many exhausted healthcare workers around the world admit they feel demoralised as new Covid surges spread again in their countries. Some have also talked about compassion fatigue with un-vaccinated patients who are in majority in many ICU wards. We speak to a doctor in the US about their frustrations and experiences of treating patients who have refused a jab.

And concern is rising over the humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan, where more than half of the country's population are facing life-threatening food insecurity. For years Afghanistan has been in dire humanitarian need, with many millions of people utterly reliant on foreign aid. But with the takeover by the Taliban earlier this year, that international funding stream has switched off. We speak to our correspondent who has spent a day at one hospital where resources are being stretched to their limit.

Also, we hear more stories by people who witnessed last weekend’s tornadoes in the US.

(Photo: Medical worker treats a patient with COVID-19 in Rennaz, Switzerland, 13 December 2021. Credit: EPA/LAURENT GILLIERON)