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World Service,30 Jan 2020,53 mins

WHO to take action on China virus

Newsday

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The World Health Organisation is to decide whether to declare a global health emergency, after the spread of the new coronavirus across China. Kenya’s High Court is to rule on a controversial plan to assign every person living in the country a specific ID number. Mali plans to increase the size of the army by around 50 per cent as it grapples with an Islamist insurgency.

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