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Coronavirus: significant rise in Italian deaths
The number of people who have died in Italy rose by 133 on Sunday.
366 people have died in Italy as a result of the coronavirus outbreak; the northern Italian region of Lombardy is under an almost unprecedented travel lockdown.
Also in the programme: we ask how safe it is to go to sports events and large public gatherings amid the Covid-19 outbreak; and on International Women's Day we have a report from Mexico.
Picture: A man wearing a protective mask leaves a supermarket with trolleys full of shopping in Milan on March 8, 2020. Credit: Getty Images.
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