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World Service,29 Jan 2021,53 mins

New vaccine effective against Covid variants

Newsday

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A new vaccine to fight Covid-19 has been tested in the UK called Novavax. Tests show high rates of success against the new UK strain of the virus - and sixty percent efficacy against the South African variant. President Biden plans to take on immigration with his latest batch of executive orders. We speak to climate activist Vanessa Nakate in Uganda who says that educating girls could help stop climate change.

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