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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 ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½'s Brazilian service tells us how the new variant is spreading in the country. 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 ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½'s Marie Keyworth asks what is next for Germany in the post-Merkel era. Plus, we discuss the farming sector, discrimination of African-American farmers as well as gene technology to tackle a nasty fungal disease known as rust that can blight wheat crops.

(Picture: A coronavirus patient arrives at a hospital in Manaus, Brazil. Picture credit: Getty Images.)

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Fri 15 Jan 2021 22:32GMT

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  • Fri 15 Jan 2021 22:32GMT