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Coronavirus: Leader of South Korea cult accused of murder by covering up virus apologises

02/03/2020 GMT

BBC World Service - World Update, Coronavirus: Leader of South Korea cult accused of murder by covering up virus apologises

South Korea mayor urges ten million residents to work from home.

As the number of cases rises in South Korea, Seoul's mayor has urged the city's ten million residents to work from home. The South Korean government has delayed the start of the school term by two weeks to help prevent the spread of the disease.

Also on the programme: a British military contingent is being sent to Mali to help in the fight against Islamic extremism in the Sahel and we hear what Pete Buttigieg's dropping out of the White House race will mean for the Democratic Party.

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