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18/04/2021 GMT

COVID: Germany sees highest daily rate in three months

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Germany records highest single-day spike in covid cases since January

Germany has registered its highest daily rate in coronavirus cases  in three months.  The rise in cases comes as the country prepares to commemorate the deaths of some 79,000 people lost to covid in the last year.

Also in this hour: ahead of the upcoming Earth Summit, we’ll speak to a former Brazilian environment minister about talks underway to protect the Amazon rainforest; and a look at Aden in Yemen and its flourishing rap scene

(Picture: A sign is seen in downtown Timmendorfer Strand, Credit: Reuters/Fabian Bimmer)

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