Heathrow to trial fast-track vaccinated arrivals - a podcast by BBC World Service

Two airlines are trialling priority lanes at a UK airport for Covid-vaccinated arrivals. British Airways and Virgin are carrying out the trial at London's Heathrow airport, and we find out more about the project from Phil Collings, former head of aviation at East Midlands Airport in the UK. Also in the programme, a report released today by the German government reveals that more than three decades on from reunification, economic output in the former East Germany continues to lag as much as 20% behind that in the West. The BBC's Damien McGuinness tells us more. We have a report from India examining the economic impact of the most recent wave of coronavirus infections on the country's rural economy. Plus, we hear about the social media influencers helping to boost traditional book sales, from Selene Velez, who goes by the tag moongirlreads on TikTok. And we get wider context from Shannon DeVito, director of books at the American retail giant Barnes & Noble.

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