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Coronavirus declared global health emergency by WHO

Global business news, with live guests and contributions from Asia and the USA.

The new coronavirus has been declared a global emergency by the World Health Organization, as the outbreak continues to spread outside China. Laurie Garrett, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Coming Plague, explains the implications. Interpol have launched a campaign against the 'Ndrangetha - the most famous organised crime gang you've never heard of. The southern Italian gang are accused corruption, fraud and violence, often behind the fa莽ade of every day businesses, from pizza restaurants to construction companies. We hear more about the group from Anna Sergi, a senior lecturer in criminology at the University of Essex and author of 'Ndrangheta: the global dimensions of the most powerful Italian mafia. We take a look at what's in store for Britain's financial services sector after Brexit. And the 麻豆官网首页入口's Adrienne Murray reports from southern Denmark on the prospects for a new electric ferry.

All this and more discussed with our two guests throughout the show: Nisha Gopolan, opinon coulmnist for Bloomberg in Hong Kong. And Andy Uhler, reporter for Marketplace on American Public Media, in Austin, Texas.

(Photo: a man wearing a protective facemask, goggles and gloves in a supermarket in Beijing. Credit: Getty Images.)

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Fri 31 Jan 2020 01:06GMT

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