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World Service,09 Jul 2020,53 mins

Covid-19: US surpasses three million cases

Newsday

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The mayor of Austin Texas, Steve Adler, tells us how they are trying to cope with the spike in cases and his fear that his city's hospitals could be overwhelmed in a matter of days. Scientists say they have new evidence of an epic Pacific voyage between the Americas and eastern Polynesia about eight hundred years ago - we speak to the lead author of the study. And the president of the Zimbabwe Nurses’ Association (ZINA) explains why thousands of nurses and doctors are striking.

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