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EPISODE · Feb 15, 2020 · 8 MIN

How can reporters avoid causing panic about coronavirus?

from Over to You · host BBC World Service

Reporting the continuing global threat of coronavirus. We ask the BBC’s China correspondent Stephen McDonell how he goes about getting access to the people and places affected, and does he worry his reports might cause unnecessary panic?Plus, your reaction to news that World Update is soon to be old news.Presenter: Rajan Datar. Producer: Howard Shannon

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