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Virologist Barry Schoub: South Africa's covid situation 'is bleak'

Published: Jan. 13, 2021, 7 a.m.

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South Africa is now grappling with a highly transmissible new strain of Covid-19 that is causing international concern. Stephen Sackur interviews Professor Barry Schoub, virologist and Chair of the South African Government\\u2019s Advisory Committee on Covid-19 vaccines. What does the country\\u2019s Covid crisis mean for the worldwide effort to end the pandemic?

(Photo: Professor Barry Schoub appears via video link on Hardtalk)

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