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Now playing Next Italy COVID-19: Italy records highest one-day death toll since late January The high one-day death toll comes as half of Italy's regions were put under lockdown again on Monday. 16/03/2021
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Now playing Next Austria Austria calls on EU to 'correct' COVID-19 vaccine distribution Leaders of several countries including Austria say that, although the EU had agreed on distribution of the vaccines on a per-capita basis, some countries have received considerably more than others. 16/03/2021
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