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Coronavirus: Trump declares national emergency
The global total number of deaths has reached about 5,000 according to WHO
US President Donald Trump declares a national state of emergency over coronavirus. We'll be looking at the effectiveness of the measures that have been adopted around the world.
Also in the programme: the effects of the coronavirus in the US, where an estimated 27 million people don't have health insurance; and remote working during the pandemic.
(Photo: US President Donald Trump (C) gestures as he takes questions with US Vice President Mike Pence (L) and US Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar (R) Credit:EPA).
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Fri 13 Mar 202021:06GMT
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