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India halts vaccine exports

The global scramble for AstraZeneca Covid jabs intensifies.

India has suspended all major exports of the AstraZeneca Covid vaccine after a surge in infections. As the EU also tightens controls on shipments of the jab, we ask how the restrictions could affect the global supply of vaccines.

Also on the programme: A huge container ship has run aground in Egypt's Suez Canal - blocking one of the world's most important shipping routes; And could a quick saliva test help detect concussion injuries in sport?

(Photo: A nurse displays a vial of AstraZeneca"s COVISHIELD vaccine, at a medical centre in Mumbai, India, January 16, 2021. REUTERS/Francis Mascarenhas)

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