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World Service,24 Jan 2020,53 mins

Coronavirus: How worried should we be?

Newsday

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A virus - previously unknown to science - is causing severe lung disease in China and has also been detected in other countries. Italy’s far right leader, Matteo Salvini, is hoping to cause a political shock by winning Sunday’s regional election in Emilia Romagna, a stronghold of the left since the Second World War. The US Department of State has unveiled new rules to deter pregnant women from travelling to the US to give birth.

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