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The US president-elect says the nationwide vaccine rollout so far has been a 'dismal failure'. Also: France to extend a six pm curfew across the country, and fake news 'causing UK South Asians to reject jab'.
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Team of experts is in the city of Wuhan to investigate the origin of coronavirus. Also, Germany records sharp economic decline, and a Spanish island asks people to stop talking on public transport to stop the spread of the disease.
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The coronavirus variant first detected in England has spread around the world. Also, a new study shows that doctors and nurses are suffering serious mental health problems from their work during the pandemic. And Indonesia launches its vaccination campaign by prioritising young workers.
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PM vows to hold a general election as soon as outbreak is under control in his country following accusations that the state of emergency is keeping his fragile government in office. Also: Britain sees the biggest increase in deaths in a single year since the Second World War, and several gorillas in a zoo in California test positive for Covid-19.
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A trial in Indonesia concluded that the jab was 65% effective. Also: China records its biggest jump in new infections in more than five months, and the Scottish football club Celtic is to play this evening despite the majority of its first-team players being forced to self-isolate.
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The number of cases continues to rise, amid fears of a highly contagious variant of the virus. Also: a new Chinese study of patients in Wuhan looks at the lasting effects of the illness, and the head of the WHO has criticised rich countries for buying up supplies of vaccines.
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Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has banned the import of any US or British-made coronavirus vaccines. Also: The UK becomes the first country to approve three separate vaccines, and Brisbane goes into lockdown after recording one new case.
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The new restrictions are in response to a steep rise in the number of cases, linked to a highly infectious strain of the virus. Also: Chile, Mexico and Costa Rica become the first Latin American countries to begin vaccination campaigns, and Russia approves its vaccine for those older than 60.
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India records ten million cases, but the rate of infection slows. Also: Switzerland authorises Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, and the Sydney to Hobart yacht race is cancelled.
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Introducing a podcast rounding-up the latest on the spread of the coronavirus around the world, with reports from affected areas and details of the latest medical information.