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Germany limits the use of AstraZeneca jab

The German medicines regulator found 31 cases of a type of rare blood clot among the nearly 2.7 million people who had received the vaccine in Germany.

Germany will now be limiting the use of AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine for people below sixty because of risk of blood clots. We hear from an epidemiologist who thinks it is an extremely dangerous move - for Germany and the world.

Brazil faces further turmoil as its military chiefs step down. President Jair Bolsonaro struggles to contain a leadership crisis amid growing numbers of coronavirus cases.

Also how is Somalia coping without a national blood bank?

And we'll hear about the anger in Mexico after the death in police custody of a Salvadorian woman.

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  • Wed 31 Mar 2021 04:06GMT