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Kate Lamb has this for Reuters this morning, that an Indonesian pharmaceutical firm has postponed a plan to sell Chinese Covid vaccines directly to the public, amid criticism by health experts that such commercial schemes could bypass vulnerable groups in a country that promised free shots to all.
The uproar came as coronavirus cases and deaths from the virus have hit record highs, pushing the healthcare system close to breaking point in parts of densely populated Java island.
Good morning, it is Martin Belam here in London taking over from Helen Sullivan. It is junior health minister Edward Argar who has drawn the job of the media round in the UK this morning. I should imagine if last week was anything to go by he will probably be fielding just as many questions about choosing Bukayo Saka to take a decisive penalty and the disgraceful racist abuse of England players on social media as he will about Covid, but I’ll bring you the relevant quotes as soon as he has been on.
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