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27/02/2020 08:06 GMT: Covid-19: Australia calls coronavirus "a pandemic"

Covid-19: Australia calls coronavirus "a pandemic"

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Australia is enacting an emergency plan to deal with the coronavirus

Australia is enacting an emergency plan to deal with the coronavirus.

The Australian prime minister Scott Morrison has warned there is every sign the world is about to be gripped by a coronavirus pandemic, as he announced emergency measures to stop the spread of the disease.

Newsday's Alan Kasujja is in West Pokott county, a remote area in the north-west of the country on the border with Uganda to report on the impact of a stark reduction in violence.

In Idlib - the last stronghold held by Syrian rebels - the offensive by the Syrian government, which is backed by Russia, has forced almost a million people to flee.

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