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World Service,23 Feb 2021,53 mins

US records over 500,000 Covid-19 deaths

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President Joe Biden has addressed the nation as the US marks 500,000 deaths from Covid-19, the highest toll of any country in the world. We speak to someone who had the virus last year. El Chapo's wife Emma Coronel Aispuro has been arrested in the US over drug trafficking charges. We have the latest. And we take a look at South Africa's economic prospects during the pandemic.

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