From health workers on the frontline to those behind treatments and vaccines, female figures have played a key role in the fight against the virus – but it doesn’t stop there.

On the Sky News Daily podcast with Dermot Murnaghan, we are joined by the former chief medical officer for England Dame Sally Davies and infectious disease expert, Professor Wendy Barclay from Imperial College London.

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