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Incentivising coronavirus vaccination in Europe

Sweden and Germany are taking contrasting approaches to encouraging Covid-19 vaccinations.

Sweden and Germany are taking contrasting approaches to encouraging Covid-19 vaccinations. Whilst Sweden is trialling a system to pay young people to encourage them to get vaccinated, Germany is considering refusing access for the unvaccinated to restaurants, night clubs and sporting venues. We get reaction from a bar owner in Sweden and restaurant proprietor in Germany, and assess the contrasting approaches to incentivisation with Stephen Reicher, who is a professor of psychology at the University of St Andrews. Also in the programme, authorities in China have banned providers in Hong Kong of private tuition to school children from making a profit, causing their share prices to plummet. Hudson Lockett is a capital markets reporter for the Financial Times in Hong Kong, and explains the background to the move. Thirty years on from reforms that transformed the Indian economy, the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ's Nikhil Inamdar examines the impact of those changes. Plus, with some employers arguing that home working suits the least engaged workers, our regular workplace commentator Pilita Clark looks at the relationship between physical presence and employee competence.

(Picture: A young person in Europe is vaccinated. Picture credit: Getty Images.)

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Mon 26 Jul 2021 22:32GMT

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  • Mon 26 Jul 2021 22:32GMT