Coronavirus: Forgotten voices

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Society & Culture, Documentary, Personal Journals

4.3 • 2.6K Ratings

🗓️ 2 January 2021

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

Host Nuala McGovern checks in with two so-called Covid-19 ''long-haulers'', who are still enduring symptoms several months after catching the disease. We also hear from residents living in some of the world’s poorest communities in Kenya, India and Brazil, and a parent living in Chile who is bringing up a child with autism.

Three mothers from three different countries also speak to Nuala again. They faced the daunting prospect of giving birth in 2020, as medical staff were under pressure due to the virus. The women reflect on their birth experiences, the first few months with their new babies and how the current situation has left them feeling more isolated. Thanks to BBC OS Conversations, they have now formed their own virtual support group

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0:00.0	Hello I'm Nula McGovern on the BBC World Service and this is BBC OS
0:05.8	conversations about coronavirus, forgotten lives.
0:11.8	With vaccines bringing the promise of an eventual end to this pandemic,
0:16.2	we're catching up with residents living in some of the poorest communities in the world
0:20.8	and hearing again from new mothers in three different countries who've now
0:25.1	formed their own virtual lockdown support group. So Salma who is phenomenal and Vicky
0:30.8	or phenomenal found me via Twitter and then we created a COVID- moms
0:38.2	Group on what's app and so we've been keeping in contact with another.
0:45.0	We started these programs when the pandemic was declared to bring people together from around the world
0:51.9	to share their experiences of COVID-19.
0:55.0	Nine months on, we are revisiting some of those conversations and catching up
1:00.0	with some of the people that we've spoken to. While we've all been affected by
1:04.8	the pandemic in some way, what has become increasingly clear is that some of the
1:09.9	greatest challenges have been faced by the poorest in society.
1:15.0	We asked three of our previous guests in Kenya, India and Brazil to update us on their situations.
1:22.0	Hi, my name is Joshua Ogore.
1:25.0	I live in Kibira, a slum, Nairobi, Kenya.
1:29.0	Coronovirus has really affected us and has changed our way of living.
1:34.9	Ranging from a restriction of movements to a curfew to so many other things.
1:41.2	People have come to support with food stuff, supplying water and sanitary
1:46.8	pads just to try and help curb this virus and it has taught us a lot of things that life can change and people can
1:57.1	adjust but a lot of people have given up and they don't care about the virus anymore.
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