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India climbs second to US as Covid cases surge
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Australia hopes to roll out 85m vaccine doses
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Antibody positive volunteers help on Covid ward
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Covid lockdown sees rise of 'barter classes' in India
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India climbs second to US as Covid cases surge
India, which has been adding record daily totals, now has the world's second-highest tally.
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War-torn Yemen's Covid-19 struggle
Yemen is already facing the world's worst humanitarian crisis and the pandemic has not stopped the fighting.
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Australia hopes to roll out 85m vaccine doses
The government says it has made a deal to produce two Covid-19 vaccines, provided trials are successful.
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Antibody positive volunteers help on Covid ward
A hospital in Jerusalem is recruiting recovered Covid-19 patients to visit people who would otherwise be in isolation.
![Dan and Helen](https://webarchiveweb.wayback.bac-lac.canada.ca/web/20200909070554/https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/{width}/cpsprodpb/6594/production/_114240062_helen_and_dan_976.jpg)
'I faced miscarriage alone - my partner had to wait in the car park'
Lockdown rules mean pregnant women must have scans alone - but what if there's bad news?
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Covid lockdown sees rise of 'barter classes' in India
In India, as schools closed during the Covid-19 lockdown, many villages turned to "barter classes".
![Men wearing and holding up face masks in South Africa's Nkowankowa Township during lockdown - 27 April 2020](https://webarchiveweb.wayback.bac-lac.canada.ca/web/20200909070554/https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/{width}/cpsprodpb/CA8C/production/_114225815_masks-getty976.png)
A surprise theory for South Africa's low Covid-19 death rate
Rather than helping spread coronavirus, might overcrowding actually mitigate its effects?
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War-torn Yemen's Covid-19 struggle
Yemen is already facing the world's worst humanitarian crisis and the pandemic has not stopped the fighting.
![A medical worker takes samples at a clinic in Australia](https://webarchiveweb.wayback.bac-lac.canada.ca/web/20200909070554/https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/{width}/cpsprodpb/919C/production/_114267273_mediaitem114267272.jpg)
Australia hopes to roll out 85m vaccine doses
The government says it has made a deal to produce two Covid-19 vaccines, provided trials are successful.
![Image on screen of a person in a Covid ward](https://webarchiveweb.wayback.bac-lac.canada.ca/web/20200909070554/https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/{width}/cpsprodpb/13F79/production/_114258718_p08qk8rl.jpg)
Antibody positive volunteers help on Covid ward
A hospital in Jerusalem is recruiting recovered Covid-19 patients to visit people who would otherwise be in isolation.
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