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World Service,16 Dec 2021,49 mins

Covid-19: Omnicron variant surge in South Korea

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South Korea has reintroduced covid restrictions in response to a surge in infections - the change comes just a month and a half after measures were lifted. We hear from Pakistan where some are angry over the government talking to the group responsible for killing 134 schoolchildren. And Wikipedia auctions the computer first used to develop the online encyclopaedia website 20 years ago.

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