England to trial vaccine passports - a podcast by BBC World Service

The British Prime Minister on Monday will announce details of a covid status certification scheme that is being developed in England to enable concerts and sporting events to resume. Meanwhile, in India, Maharastra state goes back into lockdown after a spike in coronavirus cases and the Pope, in his Easter message, urges a faster vaccine rollout for the developing world. We hear from Charlie Roberston at Renaissance Capital about the global inequality resulting from the pandemic and mining analyst John Meyer tells us about how President Biden's infrastructure spending plans will impact global commodities. Chandrashekhar Dasgupta, a member of of the Indian Prime Ministers Council on Climate Change, says that India will not be pushed into meeting targets and a British musician, Verity White.
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