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Coronavirus: First death outside China reported in Philippines

A man has died in The Philippines from the coronavirus, the first person outside China

A 44 year old man has died of coronavirus in The Philippines, the first such death outside China.

Also on the programme: we speak to The Economist’s Middle East Correspondent, Nick Pelham, about his experience being detained in Iran. And: Israel says it's hit a number of targets in the Gaza Strip belonging to the Palestinian militant group, Hamas.

(Photo: People queue up to receive free protective masks being distributed by a medical supplies store in Manila. Credit: Getty Images)

53 minutes

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  • Sun 2 Feb 202007:06GMT