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World Service,31 Jan 2020,53 mins

China virus declared global health 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. We look at how fungi can help us predict climate change. We find out how a new novel 'the Shadow King' talks of the bravery of Ethiopian men and women who fought bravely against Italy's invasion in the 1930s.

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