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World Service,21 Dec 2020,53 mins

US lawmakers agree on Covid aid package

Newsday

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About $900 billion of aid is finally approved - with many Covid-19 economic relief programmes set to expire at the end of the month. We hear about the convent in South Africa where 8 nuns have died from Covid-19 - and 15 others are seriously ill with the disease. And a mass farmers protest in India enters its fourth week. The farmers say they won't back down - even though a number have died because of the cold.

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