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World Service,10 Mar 2020,53 mins

Covid-19: Italy is biggest outbreak outside China

Newsday

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Italy’s prime minister Giuseppe Conte places the country in a virtual lockdown as the death toll from the coronavirus jumps by over 100 in just one day. As the trial on the shooting down of plane MH17 over Ukraine continues, Russia denies any involvement. And the desperate state on the Greek island of Lesbos where neighbouring Turkey's open transit policy is increasing tension between migrants and locals.

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