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BBC OS: 2020/08/19 16:06 GMT: Coronavirus conversations: The impact on school children

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Coronavirus conversations:The impact on schoolchildren

2020/08/19 16:06 GMT

2020/08/19 16:06 GMT: Coronavirus conversations: The impact on school children

Coronavirus conversations: The impact on school children

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We speak to mental health professionals about how school closures have affected children

Children around the world are starting to return to school after months of absence because of the coronavirus pandemic. But opinion remains divided on whether it is safe for them to do so. We speak to mental health professionals from the US, Canada and Sweden about how school closures have affected children.

And we get the latest developments from Mali following yesterday's coup and the resignation of President Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta. We hear reaction from people in the capital Bamako, who tell us what they want to see happen next.

Also we speak to our economics reporter in the US where Apple has become the first company to be worth $2 trillion on the US stock market.

(Photo: Schoolchildren returning to school in South Africa, August 13th 2020. Credit: EPA/KIM LUDBROOK)

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