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South Korea: record daily Covid deaths

East Asian nation struggling with severe lack of ICU beds

South Korea has recorded its highest ever daily figure for Coronavirus deaths. Despite only 7000 daily cases, hospitals in the east Asian nation are struggling with a severe lack of ICU beds, causing government to introduce a 20 day limit to state funding for intensive care. We speak to a doctor in the country, about what he's seeing there.

With the rise of the Omicron variant, many unvaccinated people are falling seriously ill with coronavirus. We speak to two people in the UK and the United States, who were hospitalised about their regret at refusing the jab.

And, as always, we take your Coronavirus questions, with our dedicated expert, molecular epidemiologist Dr Emma Hodcroft.

(Photo: Covid testing in Seoul, South Korea, Credit: BBC)

50 minutes

Last on

Thu 23 Dec 202117:06GMT

Broadcast

  • Thu 23 Dec 202117:06GMT

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