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Coronavirus sends US markets into turmoil

Stock markets in New York suffered their worst week in a decade

The Dow Jones index has dropped by seventeen percent since Monday. The price of oil has also fallen sharply.

Also in the programme: People in China step outside after quarantine and country music legend Kenny Rogers passes away.

Photo: Pedestrians run on the Harvard Bridge connecting Boston and Cambridge on March 20, 2020 in Boston, Massachusetts. (CREDIT: Maddie Meyer/Getty Images)

23 minutes

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  • Sat 21 Mar 202008:06GMT