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Newshour: 22/02/2020 13:06 GMT: Coronavirus: South Korea confirms huge rise in cases

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22/02/2020 13:06 GMT

22/02/2020 13:06 GMT: Coronavirus: South Korea confirms huge rise in cases

BBC World Service - Newshour, Coronavirus: South Korea confirms huge rise in cases

Virus-hit Hospital in Cheongdo has transferred some patients to other facilities

Virus-hit Hospital in Cheongdo has transferred some patients to other facilities.

There's growing international concern about the spread of the new coronavirus outside China -- as Iran, Italy and South Korea struggle to contain outbreaks.  Iran has reported its fifth death from Covid- 19 and a total of nearly thirty cases.  Two people have died in Italy.

Also in the programme: South Sudan rivals Salvaa Kiir and Riek Machar agree unity deal; and the funeral of Joseph Shabalala, the founder of Ladysmith Black Mambazo, is taking place in South Africa. 

Picture: A confirmed coronavirus patient is wheeled to a hospital at Chuncheon. Credit: Reuters.

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