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BBC OS: 2021/03/02 16:06 GMT: Coronavirus: Your questions answered

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Coronavirus: Your questions answered

2021/03/02 16:06 GMT

2021/03/02 16:06 GMT: Coronavirus: Your questions answered

BBC World Service - BBC OS, Coronavirus: Your questions answered

We're joined by a health expert to answer your questions about Covid-19

Every day we are joined by a health expert to help us understand the latest news about coronavirus and to answer your questions. Today our guest is Dr Isaac Bogoch, an infectious diseases physician and scientist from the University of Toronto.

Also, more than two and half a million people worldwide have now died from Covid-19. The United States is at the top of that list with over 500,000 dead. Some in the US have been making a comparison with the loss of life from Covid-19 to those that died during the world wars. So how does the experience of a pandemic compare to being in a war? And how are those that have experiences conflict dealing with the pandemic? We'll speak to two veterans to find out.

And in Nigeria nearly 300 girls who were kidnapped from a school in last week have been released. It's still not known who the kidnappers are. We'll speak to our correspondent in Nigeria who's been following the story.

(Photo: A volunteer receives a dose of CureVac vaccine or a placebo during a study by the German biotech firm CureVac in Brussels, Belgium March 2, 2021. Credit: Reuters/Yves Herman)

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