Stranger Times – life and death on a COVID ward

More than two million people globally have died with COVID-19 since the start of the pandemic – more than 100,000 of those in the UK.<br /><br />At the same time, NHS medics continue to save the lives of many others. <br /><br />Sky’s home editor Jason Farrell has been given access to staff at London’s Royal Free and Barnet hospitals as they treat patients who have contracted the virus.<br /><br />As part of our special Stranger Times series on the Sky News Daily podcast, we hear from intensive care and specialist teams as well as some of those being treated. <br /><br />Daily podcast team:<br />Podcast producer - Annie Joyce<br />Podcast producer - Nicola Eyers<br />Specialist producer – Liz Lane<br />Assistant podcast producer – Lauren Pinkney<br />Interviews producer - Tatiana Alderson<br />Archive - Simon Windsor<br />Archive - Rob Fellowes<br />Music - Steven Wheeler