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World Service,20 Jul 2020,23 mins

Restrictions tightened in Hong Kong over coronavirus fears

World Business Report

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Hong Kong has recorded its highest one-day increase in coronavirus cases since the pandemic began; we hear from the BBC's Danny Vincent and Benny Lu in Hong Kong. According to the National Institute on Retirement Security, 59% of working-age people in the United States don’t have and money in a retirement account; we speak to Angela Antonelli, Executive Director of the Center for Retirement Initiatives at Georgetown University's McCourt School. And as Comic Con, San Diego goes virtual due to coronavirus, we hear from comic book author, Darcie Little Badger and Jennifer Maas, a TV reporter for The Wrap. (Picture of a taxi driver getting tested in Hong Kong; picture by Isaac Lawrence for AFP via Getty Images).

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