The Independent Republic of Mike Graham on Talk Radio.

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And of course this morning, there is only really one story in town.

And it is, of course, the coronavirus.

It doesn't appear to be going anywhere, and we are still really none the wiser.

But here's a few questions for you.

Is it a worldwide epidemic? going anywhere and we are still really none the wiser. But here's a few questions for you.

Is it a worldwide epidemic? Is it a threat to our financial networks and world economy?

Will it finish off our ability to travel from now until the end of the year? Are there any no-go areas we should know about? Are our schools now all going to be shut down because people

have been on skiing holidays to northern Italy. The coronavirus is front and center of the

news this morning. At schools are closing up and down the country. Hotels are shutting down in the

middle of the Mediterranean. There's one shutting down in Tenerife. Thousands of people are in quarantine

all over the world. And now even the Iranian deputy health minister has been diagnosed with it.

Our own foreign office is now warning against all but essential travel

to 11 affected towns in northern Italy,

and a six nations game between Ireland and Italy

might even be called off this weekend.

We're also hearing that the Euros might be called off during the summer.

We've so far been told the Olympics will go ahead,

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