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Global outbreak: Italian Finance guards (Guardia di Finanza) officers patrol by a check-point in the red zone of the COVID-19 outbreak in northern Italy
Global outbreak: Italian Finance guards (Guardia di Finanza) officers patrol by a check-point in the red zone of the COVID-19 outbreak in northern ItalyPhoto: AFP/SCANPIX
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Published 27 February 2020, 06:28Updated 27 February 2020, 06:29