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World Service,28 Dec 2021,49 mins

US halves Covid isolation time

Newsday

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People with no symptoms will only have to isolate for 5 days - in a bid to keep hospitals, airlines and the general economy running. The Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai and six of his newspaper staff have been charged with conspiring to publish seditious publications. And why Rohingya refugees are allegedly being turned away from Indonesia.

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