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World Service,25 Mar 2021,53 mins

Covid-19: EU leaders to discuss boosting vaccine supplies

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European Union leaders are to hold virtual talks on how to boost coronavirus vaccine supplies, as a third wave of the pandemic gathers momentum; while many countries are eagerly trying to get their hands on more vaccines there is also still a lot of disinformation about them, some of it spread with a rather sinister agenda as we'll hear; and Pope Francis has ordered pay cuts for cardinals and other clerics as the Vatican battles to balance its books during the pandemic.

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