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World Service,21 Dec 2021,49 mins

Is there a link between HIV and Covid variants?

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Scientists in South Africa are studying whether mutations developing in immuno-compromised people are leading to more dangerous variants. We also go to the United States where Omicron is now the dominant variant - accounting for almost three quarters of all Covid cases. And in New York City, the jury has began deliberations in the trial of Ghislaine Maxwell - accused of grooming underage girls for abuse by the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

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