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World Business Report: First broadcast 04/01/2021 01:06 GMT: The great vaccination challenge

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First broadcast 04/01/2021 01:06 GMT

First broadcast 04/01/2021 01:06 GMT: The great vaccination challenge

The great vaccination challenge

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Why producing and distributing a coronavirus vaccine is proving difficult

Professor Janet Hemingway tells us that making and distributing vaccines is proving to be a huge challenge. Plus how coronavirus will change the look of your office in the future.

The UK and United States have created divisions in the healthcare community with plans to delay the second coronavirus vaccination dose to give more initial jabs to others. Professor Janet Hemingway tells us that making and distributing vaccines is proving to be a huge challenge. The United States has banned imports of palm oil from Sime Darby in Malaysia, one of the world's biggest producers, after reports of workers suffering a series of abuses. We hear from Duncan Jepson, the managing director of the campaign group which lodged a complaint to the American authorities. Fiat Chrysler shareholders are set to agree a merger with PSA, which will create the world's fourth largest automotive company. Paul Eisenstein, publisher of the Detroit Bureau, tells us it could mean the end for some well known motoring brands. Plus how coronavirus will change the look of your office in the future.

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