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World Service,15 Oct 2020,53 mins

Covid-19: night curfews for nine French cities

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Paris and eight other French cities are now under curfew by President Macron in a bid to break the rising infection rate of Covid-19. In the US the decision by the White House to adopt a herd immunity policy is being soundly condemned by a group of eighty international scientists. The management agency of the popular Korean pop band, BTS, has made its stock market debut - with share prices doubling in minutes.

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