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World Service,13 Feb 2020,53 mins

Coronavirus: Sharp increase in deaths and cases in Hubei

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Hubei has started using a broader definition to diagnose people - which accounts for most of the rise in cases. Palaeontologists have unearthed new fossils in Venezuela and Colombia that reveal more about one of the largest turtles to have ever lived. The World Health Organization (WHO) has extended by three months the designation as a global health emergency the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

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