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World Service,31 Jan 2020,53 mins

Coronavirus declared a global emergency

Newsday

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The Chinese authorities say more than two-hundred people have now died of the coronavirus, which has been declared a global health emergency. A new study says that within the next century, cervical cancer could be eradicated across the world, if ninety percent of girls are vaccinated by 2030. And we go to Nigeria, where black soot has been threatening the city of Port Harcourt.

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