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World Service,07 Apr 2021,53 mins

Brazil Covid deaths reach 4,000 in one day

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Brazil's hospitals are overwhelmed as new variants fuel the pandemic. We speak to a doctor on the frontline. The European Medical Agency is expected to publish its latest advice on the AstraZeneca vaccine - will it make a link to blood clots? And after decades of a strict one child policy, our correspondent in China finds convincing parents to have more kids is not so easy.

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