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Sep 2021
23m 14s

Radio Sweden Weekly: Vaccinating kids 12...

SVERIGES RADIO
About this episode
Starting in November, children 12 to 15 years old can get a Covid-19 vaccine in Sweden.

And we hear how Sweden's most populated region is trying to get more residents to inoculate themselves against the virus, as pockets of people, especially in big cities, are still hesitant to get one. Also in this week's episode, with less than a year before the next general election, Radio Sweden heads to Gothenburg for a look at how the local politics of a major party there has changed drastically since the last vote in 2018. Plus, more on a Gothenburg man who was sentenced to prison this week for passing company secrets on to a Russian diplomat. Frank Radosevich frank.radosevich_ii@sverigesradio.se
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