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Newsday: 12/05/2020 05:06 GMT: Why was world not better prepared for Coronavirus?

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12/05/2020 05:06 GMT

12/05/2020 05:06 GMT: Why was world not better prepared for Coronavirus?

Why was world not better prepared for Coronavirus?

BBC World Service - Newsday, Why was world not better prepared for Coronavirus?

We speak to the former head of the US CDC, Thomas Frieden

We speak to the former head of the US Centre for Disease Control, Thomas Frieden

The number of coronavirus deaths worldwide rises above four million, with more than two hundred and ninety thousand people have died.  The former head of the US Centres for Disease Control, asks why the world wasn't better prepared?

Meanwhile, we consider the British government plans to begin re-opening England. The boss of Tesla electric cars, Elon Musk, says he will re-open his California factory immediately, and will risk arrest.  

And the photographer capturing the moment when loved-ones meet - at temporary barriers between Germany and Switzerland.

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