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World Service,28 Dec 2021,49 mins

Covid-19: US cuts isolation period by half

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The US authorities reduce the isolation period for asymptomatic people from 10 days to 5 in a bid to counter huge staff shortages. We hear how fisherman in Indonesia have been prevented from helping stranded Rohingya refugees. And in Japan students enrolling in schools will no longer have to specify their gender.

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