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56 reported dead, nearly 2,000 sick in coronavirus outbreak

26/01/2020 GMT

Fifty-six reported dead, nearly 2,000 sick in Coronavirus outbreak

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Confirmed cases of coronavirus jump sharply to nearly 2,000

Confirmed cases of coronavirus jump sharply to nearly 2,000.

New global figures released Sunday show the number of people infected by the new coronavirus has increased sharply to nearly two-thousand while fifty-six people have now died.  

Also on the programme: President Trump's lawyers at his impeachment trial have accused Democrats of seeking to overturn the result of the 2016 election. And: Monday marks the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz and the BBC’s Fergal Keane talks to people who risk their lives to help those persecuted by the Nazis. 

(Photo: A man pedals his bicycle on a deserted Beijing street. Credit: Getty Images)

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