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Beirut blast: The story of a street

How the people of Armenia street are trying to recover

Armenia is a street of apartments, bars and restaurants that begins a short walk away from the Port of Beirut and the site of Tuesday's explosion. After a viral tweet showed pictures of the severe damage to the street, alongside the rapid clean-up, we bring people together to talk about what they went through and how, as a community, they're trying to recover.

Also, we hear the story of a baby delivered in a Beirut hospital, just after the explosion had shattered the windows and thrown medical staff to the floor. Dr Stephanie Yacoub tells us how she and her team helped mum Emanuelle give birth to baby George.

And with coronavirus cases around the one million mark in Africa, we speak to a Zimbabwean doctor who tells us why so many medical staff are on strike as the virus spreads.

Picture: Armenia street in Beirut (Nadia Hardman / Twitter)

53 minutes

Last on

Thu 6 Aug 2020 16:06GMT

Broadcast

  • Thu 6 Aug 2020 16:06GMT

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