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World Service,24 Jan 2020,53 mins

China coronavirus: Fears infections will rise as hundreds of millions travel

Newsday

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China is battling to contain a deadly coronavirus in its Hubei province, as hundreds of millions of Chinese prepare to travel over the Lunar New Year. The Trump administration is scrapping protections for America's streams and wetlands, repealing Barack Obama's Waters of the United States regulation. There's growing alarm in East Africa about huge swarms of desert locusts which are spreading across the region.

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