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There's been growing concern from health professionals about vaccine hesitancy among ethnic minority groups. One study, carried out in the UK, found that black people over the age of 80 were half as likely as white people in the same age group to have been vaccinated against Covid-19 by 13th January. We hear how doctors are tackling vaccine hesitancy in their parts of the world, and what role social media plays in spreading misinformation.

Also, our regular health experts joins us to answer your questions about the pandemic. Today it's Dr Emma Hodcroft, molecular epidemiologist at the University of Bern in Switzerland. If you have a question you would like to ask, send a WhatsApp message to +447730 751925.

And we go to Pakistan where the Supreme Court has ordered the release of four men accused of murdering US journalist Daniel Pearl in 2002.

(Photo: Dr Angela Branche helps people sign up to receive fresh food boxes and coronavirus disease survival kits as part of an outreach program to the Black community to increase vaccine trial participation in Rochester, New York, US. Credit: Reuters/Lindsay DeDario)