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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)
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