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World Service,16 Apr 2020,53 mins

Turmp announcement on lifting lockdown expected Thursday

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President Trump plans to issue guidelines to governors on Thursday about re-opening US states in lockdown because of the coronavirus outbreak, despite another large rise in the number of deaths. Europe's biggest economy, Germany, prepares for a gradual relaxation of the current lockdown. And South Korea's governing Democratic Party has won a landslide victory in parliamentary elections on the strength of its response to the pandemic.

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