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In Italy 528 people are infected and 14 have died, officials say, amid global efforts to stop the virus spreading.

Italy registered a 25% surge in coronavirus cases in 24 hours, and the infections remain centred on outbreaks in two northern regions - Lombardy and Veneto. But a few cases have turned up now in southern Italy too.

Professor Neil Ferguson is the director of the MRC Centre for Global Infectious Disease Analysis at Imperial College London.

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