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World Business Report: First broadcast 06/12/2021 01:06 GMT : Covid response divides nations

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First broadcast 06/12/2021 01:06 GMT : Covid response divides nations

Covid response divides nations

BBC World Service - World Business Report, Covid response divides nations

Governments' response to rising infection rates sparks wave of protests

Wave of European anti-vaccination and lockdown protests as governments aim to halt rising Covid rates

Tighter restrictions to contain the spread of Coronavirus have triggered a wave of protests across Europe, but Germany looks set to follow Austria in making vaccination compulsory next year. Economist Christian Schulz of Citigroup in Frankfurt explains why the move has political consensus and what impact any further lockdowns could have on Europe's largest economy. In other health news, we hear about plans to fund supplies of a newly developed vaccine against malaria with Professor Tom Churcher, an infectious diseases epidemiologist at Imperial College, London and campaign group Malaria No More. President Putin of Russia visits India this week; will the meeting go beyond arms deals? Priyanka Kishore, from Oxford Economics gives us her thoughts and the Chinese social media site Sina Weibo tries to clean up its act.
(Image: Demonstration against Covid-19 measures; Image Credit: European Pressphoto Agency)

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