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Coronavirus: LA and New York shut schools, restaurants and bars

The New York mayor, Bill de Blasio, says "we must respond with a wartime mentality".

New York mayor Bill de Blasio said "we must respond with a wartime mentality".

Germany has closed its borders with France, Switzerland and Austria - while Italy reports 368 more coronavirus deaths - a new one-day record.

We look back to another pandemic in the fourteenth century - the bubonic plague - or black death.

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Mon 16 Mar 2020 07:06GMT

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  • Mon 16 Mar 2020 07:06GMT