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10:20 Funeral directors support hundreds of families with Covid alert level changes

Changing Covid alert levels have caused significant changes to public and private events since they took effect yesterday morning.

Karyn speaks with David Moeger from the Funeral Directors Association about how to change  funeral arrangements during Alert Level 2 and Alert Level 3.

Funeral hurst.

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10:30 London Calling: Rob Hugh-Jones reporting

Lately's weekly cross to the BBC World Service and tonight Karyn speaks with Rob Hugh-Jones about the beginning of the COVAX scheme this week aimed at equitable access to Covid-19 vaccines for poor or developing countries.

Plus China's top law-making body has its annual meeting in Beijing, and the Pope visits Iraq.

Airport workers transport on dollies a shipment of Covid-19 vaccines from the Covax global Covid-19 vaccination programme, at the Kotoka International Airport in Accra.

Airport workers transport on dollies a shipment of Covid-19 vaccines from the Covax global Covid-19 vaccination programme, at the Kotoka International Airport in Accra. Photo: AFP

10:45  Introducing infants to peanuts reduces allergies

New research  has shown that introducing peanuts to the diets of infants might reduce the incidence of severe peanut allergies.

Jennifer Koplin from the Murdoch Childrens Research Institute joins Lately to explain the findings

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