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World Service,28 Dec 2021,49 mins

Isolation time for asymptomatic Covid carriers in US cut by half

Newsday

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The US halves isolation rules from ten days to five - but is this good health policy? In North East Brazil extensive flooding continues to wreak havoc with 20 people now reported dead And in China computer scientists have developed an artificial intelligence system to prosecute people for common crimes.

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