Coronavirus: Russian Vaccine
President Putin orders the start of coronavirus vaccination programme in Russia
We鈥檒l look at the latest vaccine and other coronavirus stories with Dr Emma Hodcroft, molecular epidemiologist at the University of Basel in Switzerland. We鈥檒l also talk about Russia鈥檚 Sputnik C vaccine. A list of side-effects has been published today and the government has ordered a large-scale vaccinations to begin next week.
Also, we've spoken to the doctor in Texas who became a viral story when a photo showed him in full PPE hugging and comforting a Covid-19 patient on Thanksgiving.
And we'll discuss the story behind the top twitter trend #GuernicaDePie in Argentina. It's the story about families who were evicted from the Guernica makeshift settlement outside Buenos Aires. They've blockaded a bridge in the city to protest. We hear from some of them.
(Photo A school teacher receives a jab while being injected with Sputnik V vaccine against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at a clinic in the town of Domodedovo near Moscow, Russia December 3, 2020.Credit: Maxim Shemetov/Reuters)
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