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BBC OS: 2020/12/31 16:06 GMT: Coronavirus: China approves a Covid vaccine

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Coronavirus: China approves a Covid vaccine

2020/12/31 16:06 GMT

2020/12/31 16:06 GMT: Coronavirus: China approves a Covid vaccine

BBC World Service - BBC OS, Coronavirus: China approves a Covid vaccine

China has given its first full approval of a coronavirus vaccine

We explain the latest developments with Covid vaccines and other coronavirus stories with the help of our medical expert Dr Emma Hodcroft from the University of Basel in Switzerland. Sinopharm, the Chinese company that's developed the vaccine that's been approved now, says it's 79% effective. 

Brexit transition period ends today and from tomorrow the United Kingdom will no longer be in the European single market and customs union. We have a conversation among three Brits; a business owner, a fisherman and a mental health worker, about their hopes for the future relationship with the EU. 

And as we continue to look back on the year 2020, our reporter in Washington reflects on the biggest news stories in the US; the pandemic, the elections and Black Lives Matter movement.

(Photo:  A signage of Sinopharm is seen at the 2020 China International Fair for Trade in Services (CIFTIS) Credit: Tingshu Wang/File Photo/Reuters)

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