Growing concern over Brazil coronavirus variant
Concern grows over a Brazil coronavirus variant as the UK blocks South America visitors.
Concern grows over a Brazil coronavirus variant as the UK blocks South America visitors. Camilla Mota from the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ's Brazilian service tells us how the new variant is spreading in the country. And we ask University of Reading microbiologist Dr Simon Clarke whether it is likely to be prevented by existing vaccines. Also in the programme, as German chancellor Angela Merkel's CDU party meets to elect a new leader, who will stand a good chance of becoming chancellor after September's general election, the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ's Marie Keyworth asks what is next for Germany in the post-Merkel era. Plus, there's new evidence that bees are gathering pollen and nectar from different kinds of flowers. Dr Natasha de Vere, head of conservation and research at the National Botanic Garden of Wales explains the implications.
(Picture: A coronavirus patient arrives at a hospital in Manaus, Brazil. Picture credit: Getty Images.)
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