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BBC OS: 2021/02/23 16:06 GMT: Coronavirus: 500,000 lives lost in the US

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Coronavirus: 500,000 lives lost in the US

2021/02/23 16:06 GMT

2021/02/23 16:06 GMT: Coronavirus: 500,000 lives lost in the US

BBC World Service - BBC OS, Coronavirus: 500,000 lives lost in the US

We reflect on the milestone figure of 500,000 Covid-related deaths in the US

The US has passed the figure of 500,000 Covid-related deaths. We speak to Americans about their experiences of grief and look at the pandemic response by the Biden presidency. We also have a conversation with a psychologist about the “numbness” many are feeling as they struggle to process these huge coronavirus statistics. 

Dr Isaac Bogoch from Toronto will help us answer audience questions about the virus.

And we hear about the new Ebola outbreak in Guinea where vaccinations are starting with those who have come into contact with Ebola patients as well as with frontline workers.

(Photo: President Joseph Biden, First Lady Jill Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris and Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff hold a moment of silence and candle lighting ceremony on the South Portico of the White House for the 500,000 Americans who have died from the Covid pandemic in Washington, DC, USA, 22 February 2021. Credit: JIM LO SCALZO/EPA)

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