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More countries announce measures including school closures to stop the spread of COVID-19. We are asking if further countries should follow what France and Ireland have done today - or if they should keep schools open, which is what the UK'S Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced. Also, are tech workers too optimistic about the idealism they bring to their wokplaces? We look at recent walkouts by staff at major tech firms. ow lets talk about millennials . And new research in the United Kingdom has found that millennials from black, asian and minority ethnic groups are at a greater risk of being in unstable employment than their white peers . Lord Simon Wolley from Operation Black Vote one of the groups behind the findings. We discuss all this with guests Mehmal Sarfraz – a journalist based in Lahore - and Rhonda Vonshay Sharpe, the founder and President of Wiser Policy in Richmond Virginia. (Image: A young woman watches a televised address by French President Emmanuel Macron announcing measures to tackle coronavirus.Photo by Marc Piasecki/ Getty Images)