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Virologist Barry Schoub: South Africa's covid situation 'is bleak'
Professor Barry Schoub chairs South Africa's ministerial advisory committee on Covid-19 vaccines. He says new infections have risen to about 20-thousand per day.
South Africa is now grappling with a highly transmissible new strain of Covid-19 that is causing international concern. Stephen Sackur interviews Professor Barry Schoub, virologist and Chair of the South African Government’s Advisory Committee on Covid-19 vaccines. What does the country’s Covid crisis mean for the worldwide effort to end the pandemic?
(Photo: Professor Barry Schoub appears via video link on Hardtalk)
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