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Dec 2021
24m 12s

Coronavirus: Threats to health workers

Bbc World Service
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<p>Covid-19 infections in several countries are causing pressures on hospital resources to rise again. At the same time, polarising views persist over vaccination and some health workers have witnessed rising hostility and abuse from the public. Hosts Nuala McGovern and James Reynolds hear from two health workers in Canada and the UK about the escalating p ... Show More
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