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290 million students out of school as global virus battle intensifies

Countries hit by the COVID-19 outbreak have begun closing schools to slow down the spread of the virus, although Taiwan reopened campuses at the end of February

Almost 300 million students worldwide faced weeks at home on Thursday with Italy the latest country to shut schools over the deadly new coronavirus, as the IMF urged an all-out, global offensive against the epidemic.

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